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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8055940" data-attributes="member: 42040"><p>I loved minions. I would still use them if they were viable in 5e - but with bonded accuracy a squad of 4 minions is different than a single full-hp monster (more effective in terms of damage potential, but AC doesn't scale enough to protect their puny 1 hp).</p><p>I'm curious what hero build you can make in 5e that can drop a full-on Ogre with 59 hp in a single blow? I'll bet that most characters can't reliably drop a 15 hp Orc in a single blow.</p><p>Hit Points have inflated over the years. In OD&D I think Ogres had an average of 19 hp. Now in 5e, an Ogre's HP have more than doubled just since 3rd edition (when it was 29). Whereas in the past editions, characters could drop monsters in a single hit, that's really not the case anymore due to HP bloat. Minions would be a good remedy for that.</p><p>If being a badass warrior and having epic fights like we saw in the LotR films aren't your thing, I guess you can keep disliking minions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8055940, member: 42040"] I loved minions. I would still use them if they were viable in 5e - but with bonded accuracy a squad of 4 minions is different than a single full-hp monster (more effective in terms of damage potential, but AC doesn't scale enough to protect their puny 1 hp). I'm curious what hero build you can make in 5e that can drop a full-on Ogre with 59 hp in a single blow? I'll bet that most characters can't reliably drop a 15 hp Orc in a single blow. Hit Points have inflated over the years. In OD&D I think Ogres had an average of 19 hp. Now in 5e, an Ogre's HP have more than doubled just since 3rd edition (when it was 29). Whereas in the past editions, characters could drop monsters in a single hit, that's really not the case anymore due to HP bloat. Minions would be a good remedy for that. If being a badass warrior and having epic fights like we saw in the LotR films aren't your thing, I guess you can keep disliking minions. [/QUOTE]
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