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^ ^ A post so strong, it made the thread silent for a day. I agree with payn, Quickleaf: that was awesome. Conferring a boon while on watch is, I think, inspired. That whole notion of the Fighter improving morale, courage, and ease of mind in the party as a whole--I love that.
Another idea some others here played with strikes me as attractive, but it might be too cumbersome: having a page. Fanaelialae suggested followers, but people expressed worries about number and complexity of play, right? Well, in Chaucerian tales, knights do have pages and those pages aren't just commoners wielding home-made clubs. So what if the D&D Fighter had a page? One follower, in effect, not bunches, and that page would not be a full-on PC-strength character, but would be able to do something meaningful once the arrows started flying (and even when they weren't).
Probably, this wouldn't work at L1. At L1, the Fighter herself/himself isn't that tough and is still just getting started on the HP slope. But at L3 or later I could see something like this, no? And isn't it at later levels that the Fighter really starts to lag?
What do folks think?
Another idea some others here played with strikes me as attractive, but it might be too cumbersome: having a page. Fanaelialae suggested followers, but people expressed worries about number and complexity of play, right? Well, in Chaucerian tales, knights do have pages and those pages aren't just commoners wielding home-made clubs. So what if the D&D Fighter had a page? One follower, in effect, not bunches, and that page would not be a full-on PC-strength character, but would be able to do something meaningful once the arrows started flying (and even when they weren't).
Probably, this wouldn't work at L1. At L1, the Fighter herself/himself isn't that tough and is still just getting started on the HP slope. But at L3 or later I could see something like this, no? And isn't it at later levels that the Fighter really starts to lag?
What do folks think?
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