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<blockquote data-quote="Baka no Hentai" data-source="post: 4154902" data-attributes="member: 62883"><p>However, do we have any evidence to suggest that you will ever come across a minion of various levels for one race? My assumption would be that all human minions are level 1. For them to go beyond that, they would no longer be a "minion" any more as they have reached that threshold where they can survive a single encounter relatively unscathed, and thus would advance into an appropriate NPC class.</p><p></p><p>If my assumption is correct, then the only "higher level" minions would be members of a race that is generally higher level than humans are. Take for example the vampire spawn... these creatures would be downright deadly to any normal person, and their ability to do harm to others is naturally higher than most common humanoids. However, they are not very reselient to damage... perhaps, maddened by hunger, vampire spawns tend to go for the kill regardless of whether that leaves themselves open to getting staked through the heart.</p><p></p><p> If the vampire lives long enough to over come their bloodlust, their power will increase drastically as they will not only have the natural combat ability of the spawns, but they will also have the common sense not to put themselves into unneccesary danger when dealing with their foes.</p><p></p><p>Now, perhaps I'm wrong and we'll see stats for Level 5 Human Minions... and in that case I will agree that it doesnt make much sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baka no Hentai, post: 4154902, member: 62883"] However, do we have any evidence to suggest that you will ever come across a minion of various levels for one race? My assumption would be that all human minions are level 1. For them to go beyond that, they would no longer be a "minion" any more as they have reached that threshold where they can survive a single encounter relatively unscathed, and thus would advance into an appropriate NPC class. If my assumption is correct, then the only "higher level" minions would be members of a race that is generally higher level than humans are. Take for example the vampire spawn... these creatures would be downright deadly to any normal person, and their ability to do harm to others is naturally higher than most common humanoids. However, they are not very reselient to damage... perhaps, maddened by hunger, vampire spawns tend to go for the kill regardless of whether that leaves themselves open to getting staked through the heart. If the vampire lives long enough to over come their bloodlust, their power will increase drastically as they will not only have the natural combat ability of the spawns, but they will also have the common sense not to put themselves into unneccesary danger when dealing with their foes. Now, perhaps I'm wrong and we'll see stats for Level 5 Human Minions... and in that case I will agree that it doesnt make much sense. [/QUOTE]
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