11-17-2019, 12:08 PM | #1 |
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Rules for Minions/Mooks
I'd like to pick the collective brain of the forum.
Seems like the trend in rpg systems is to make minions, mooks, henchman, and other lower tier npc's easier to eliminate in combat than the more important adversaries. I'm trying to nail down just when this started. My question is: what's the earliest set of rules you can remember that advocated this approach? Thanks in advance.
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11-17-2019, 02:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: Rules for Minions/Mooks
I remember seeing it in The Lord of the Rings RPG, circa 2001.
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11-17-2019, 03:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: Rules for Minions/Mooks
I'm not sure, but I think I remember such rules from the original Feng Shui game back in the nineties.
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11-18-2019, 12:35 AM | #4 |
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Re: Rules for Minions/Mooks
7th Sea had Brute Squads in 99, but i remember seeing the concept somewhere earlier. Just can't remember where.
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11-18-2019, 01:39 AM | #5 | |
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GURPS cinematic rules ("Cannon Fodder") probably pre-date it, but I'm not going to dig through my 3e books to find out. Compendium II "Silly Combat Rules" may be a good starting point for someone who wants to.
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11-18-2019, 02:05 AM | #6 | |
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11-18-2019, 10:21 AM | #7 | |
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11-18-2019, 11:07 AM | #8 |
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Re: Rules for Minions/Mooks
I got into RPGs in the late 70's and it was accepted encounters always had a powerful enemy with a number of weaker minions (Or else it was a single large monster). I don't know where the concept was published or if it was just passed on as tribal knowledge.
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11-18-2019, 08:53 PM | #10 |
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