Modern Minions

A modern setting has certain advantages.  One of which being fully automatic weapons that are wieldable by almost any character with a modicum of proficiency.  The other being a lack of good defensive magics to render these weapons irrelevant.  Thus you can equip your minions with weapons that can threaten the party without impacting their wealth significantly.  Even the lowly kobold could be a threat given a sub machine gun.

Art from GIS for "kobold"
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