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<blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 4866508" data-attributes="member: 20239"><p>An idea that I had for a quick minion house-rule "fix" (for those who would like one) while thinking about this thread...</p><p></p><p>Minion is a special template for a monster that includes three important characteristics...</p><p>1. A minion has 1hp. A missed attack never damages a minion.</p><p>2. Minions have resistance to all damage equal to their level.</p><p>3. Creatures fighting a minion gain a bonus to damage equal to their level on an attack that hits.</p><p></p><p>So a level 23 minion, with resist all 23, is nigh indestructible to a low level party (unless they get lucky with a daily power or something), but still presents the same level of threat to an equal level party and requires no additional bookkeeping for the DM. This also explains why high level minions don't die when a butterfly lands on them. They are still treated as a special case by the rules (i.e. they follow rules that other creatures don't), but at least the exceptional mechanics are more congruent with simulationist sensibilities.</p><p></p><p>Just a thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ourph, post: 4866508, member: 20239"] An idea that I had for a quick minion house-rule "fix" (for those who would like one) while thinking about this thread... Minion is a special template for a monster that includes three important characteristics... 1. A minion has 1hp. A missed attack never damages a minion. 2. Minions have resistance to all damage equal to their level. 3. Creatures fighting a minion gain a bonus to damage equal to their level on an attack that hits. So a level 23 minion, with resist all 23, is nigh indestructible to a low level party (unless they get lucky with a daily power or something), but still presents the same level of threat to an equal level party and requires no additional bookkeeping for the DM. This also explains why high level minions don't die when a butterfly lands on them. They are still treated as a special case by the rules (i.e. they follow rules that other creatures don't), but at least the exceptional mechanics are more congruent with simulationist sensibilities. Just a thought. [/QUOTE]
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