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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 7352038" data-attributes="member: 82504"><p>The possibility of the Sword wielding a minion instead of being teamed with a Hero does bring up a useful game balance point.</p><p></p><p>Basically with the model in question from a pragmatic point of view the symbiotic benefits those gained by the party as a whole would have to compete with the party getting a minion servant who will typically last one fight then need replaced (even though it might be more flavorful than that). </p><p></p><p>Assume the symbiotic ability mentioned above works identically with a minion or another hero then the first real attack against your character will shut down the mind of your host and deprive you of that basic attack.</p><p></p><p>Now since combining with a hero does not intrinsically mechanically ADD a component to the parties side of the fight there needs to be an additional benefit akin to the ability to trigger an extra basic attack or two by those of heroic.</p><p></p><p>The player who wanted his magic sword wielding a minion could then be contributing roughly equal side by side to the one bound to another heroic archetype.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 7352038, member: 82504"] The possibility of the Sword wielding a minion instead of being teamed with a Hero does bring up a useful game balance point. Basically with the model in question from a pragmatic point of view the symbiotic benefits those gained by the party as a whole would have to compete with the party getting a minion servant who will typically last one fight then need replaced (even though it might be more flavorful than that). Assume the symbiotic ability mentioned above works identically with a minion or another hero then the first real attack against your character will shut down the mind of your host and deprive you of that basic attack. Now since combining with a hero does not intrinsically mechanically ADD a component to the parties side of the fight there needs to be an additional benefit akin to the ability to trigger an extra basic attack or two by those of heroic. The player who wanted his magic sword wielding a minion could then be contributing roughly equal side by side to the one bound to another heroic archetype. [/QUOTE]
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