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A storm approaches... Every night more die. The citizens of Blackrill Vale are in danger... more danger than they know. Newly arrived in the city-state, your heroes stumble upon a sleeping evil that has existed right under the noses of the vale inhabitants. At the same time the king of the Doom...
That hydra is sweet. So for each 50 it gains a head. So by the time it has lost 200 HP it will be getting 8 bite attacks per round. Awesome.
And that lamia kicks ass too. *makes :] plans*
Keep in mind that Strider was the King and he used Kingsfoil (a weed in Sam's words) to heal which had special properties only in the hands of the true king. Epic, indeed.
How so?
The Pit Fiend's ability to make minions "go and blow yourself up at that guy for me" is pretty much the same sort of thing except as an offensive power versus defensive. And the grell using a grabbed PC to take damage instead uses the same sort of mechanical effect.
Perhaps it is only...
Absolutely. Martial Power Sources work in ME.
And what's all this talk of no cleric in ME? Elrond had legendary healing skills. Aragorn was able to heal as well. So some sort of granting of healing surges type thing is going on there.
Chances are you could tailor a class to mimic the abilities...
What if followers just added more reaction-type actions to the person they follow instead of acting on their own? That way using a follower would work more like a power. Take an attack at me and miss? My follower gets an immediate attack against you. By making their actions reactive instead of...
Hmm... well regardless of looting your companion's body being a time-honored tradition and the real world and meta-gaming reasons behind doing it or not doing it, I have to say that none of that really breaks it down into a quantifiable mechanic. Hopefully, instead, there will be general rules...