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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4861289" data-attributes="member: 54846">No, you're just taking him too literally. If you confront something 5 levels under you, it's not even a challenge, combat is a pointless exercise. 5 levels under you can't hit your defenses, or damage you in any significant way.If you confront something 5 levels above you, it's so much of a challenge combat a pointless exercise. 5 levels above you, you can't hit their defenses or damage them in any significant way. So there would be no reason for 9th level characters to encounter 2nd level kobolds, because they are mechanically not on the same plane. A DM wouldn't put them in the same room as a 9th level character. If the PCs do run across them, then they're going to be minions, they're going to be set dressing, and not meant to really be fought, because the 9th level PCs so far outclass them that it'd be like roleplaying doing laundry: a waste of time and effort in counting HP and rolling damage.If the point is to emulate &quot;You destroy them without any real effort or threat to you&quot;, you can do that in a narrative fashion; you don't need to actually roll for that. If the point is to emulate &quot;you're cutting a swath through an army, but it's still dangerous&quot;, then you use minions of a reasonable level to the party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4861289, member: 54846"] No, you're just taking him too literally. If you confront something 5 levels under you, it's not even a challenge, combat is a pointless exercise. 5 levels under you can't hit your defenses, or damage you in any significant way. If you confront something 5 levels above you, it's so much of a challenge combat a pointless exercise. 5 levels above you, you can't hit their defenses or damage them in any significant way. So there would be no [I]reason[/I] for 9th level characters to encounter 2nd level kobolds, because they are mechanically not on the same plane. A DM wouldn't put them in the same room as a 9th level character. If the PCs do run across them, then they're going to be minions, they're going to be set dressing, and not meant to really be fought, because the 9th level PCs so far outclass them that it'd be like roleplaying doing laundry: a waste of time and effort in counting HP and rolling damage. If the point is to emulate "You destroy them without any real effort or threat to you", you can do that in a narrative fashion; you don't need to actually roll for that. If the point is to emulate "you're cutting a swath through an army, but it's still dangerous", then you use minions of a reasonable level to the party. [/QUOTE]

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