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King Bob wrote:

I'd like to see what people think about adding "minions" (from 4E, or some other variant) to Pathfinder. I personally like the concept of being able to add a good number of enemies to the fray, without overpowering the PCs. Either that or maybe some sort of template for monsters that makes them minions: 1 hp, decreased XP rewards, and so forth.

Thanks!

Just my two cents: I'm using "Minions" (from an original Feng Shui RPG mechanic) since 2 years in my homebrew d20 RPG, and it worked frickin' well. I hope they include it in the game.

I have played the new 4th Edition D&D. It was designed with one thing in mind. To capture a younger clientele that would normally be playing video games. Minions turn a low level encounter into a potential deathtrap for PC's , that's why they changed the rules to give out more HP. And finally minions and certain other rule changes WotC made for D&D turned the game into a mostly combat table top version of a video game or a cheap table top copy of World of War Craft. Now no matter how you slice it, RPG stands for Role Playing Game. That means it's about the experience and the comaraderie of getting together and sitting down at the table and playing/problem solving through situations and dungeons. Not playing toy soldiers. If you want a table top war game or board game then play 4th Edition D&D. If you want an RPG then play Pathfinder. It is quickly becoming the new "D&D" among the players I know. We started with the First Edition and Second Edition and stayed faithful...until the 4Th Edition. It's not an RPG anymore, it's just a faster paced combat table top simulation. Yes a DM can change that, but why should he have to? He has enough to deal with without unmaking a bad product. If the DM can't spend game play time making the story the main part of D&D then it just isn't D&D anymore. Enough said.