Monster advice?
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Hi all! I'm looking for some advice for an upcoming mystery: I'm sending my players into a sort of magic forest area, and I'd like to introduce a few minions for them to encounter along the way. I want to have an Easy minion type, a Medium minion type, and a Hard minion type, with the understanding that they might encounter more than one each of the Easy and Medium minions but that they'll only encounter one Hard minion.
I've got some ideas for each, but I wanted to ask for some advice for proper scaling! I want to make sure that battling these minions one after another will be challenging but not impossible. I'm especially looking for suggestions for the monsters' HP and the amount of damage each attack does.
My minion ideas are:
Easy - Rabbit. 4 hp, no armor. Attacks: Bite (1 harm intimate), Scratch (1 harm hand).
Medium - Deer. 8 hp, no armor. Attacks: Impale (2 harm intimate), Trample (2 harm hand, also knocks down opponent).
Hard - Boar. 9 hp, 1 armor. Attacks: Gore (3 harm intimate), Shriek (1 harm close ignore armor, causes -1 forward).
I haven't thought of a weakness yet, but it'll likely be something that's not terribly difficult to acquire and use.
Some extra information:
-There will almost certainly be two player characters involved. One of them is a good fighter with a 3-harm weapon and 1 armor; one is less of a fighter (but is a magic user) and doesn't have armor IIRC. There's a chance the party will recruit at least one NPC to help as well.
-One party member has the DIY Surgery move from the Wronged playbook; that's about it in terms of healing capacity.
-Exactly how many of each minion the party encounters will depend on how they roll - they'll definitely encounter at least one Rabbit and at least one Deer, and failed rolls while navigating the forest/in the middle of fights might cause another Rabbit or a Deer to show up. (As mentioned, there will be only one Boar; it will be at the end of their journey, guarding a particular plant I'll be sending them to find.)
Let me know what you think, would definitely appreciate any and all feedback!