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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8164347" data-attributes="member: 6988941">I think it's worth clarifying that, unless the Wizard is completely impossible to like and goes out of his way to alienate the people closest to him he can have some loyal retainers as a manner of course. Both Magnificent Mansion and Mighty Fortress (both of which he will presumably be casting as a matter of course) come with a pile of invisible servants serving lavish 9-course banquets to up to 100 people. Now I guess if the Wizard is a total edgelord loner as well as completely unlikable he can eat those banquets alone. But if he knows the first thing about how a pseudo-medieval lord operates he will fill those banquet halls with retainers. It should not be hard to at least have a core entourage of a couple dozen loyal people who under his rule live cushy lives with free room, feasts, and numerous magic servants to wait upon them, and without him and his magic have nothing. This is not even touching on the loyalty he can get out of spreading around non-magical kingly largess once he has done some conquering, this is just the byproduct of magical housing and fortification.So while I guess having his lackeys turn on him is he is hyper-overtly evil and/or goes out of his way to mistreat those around him, if he can just stay somewhat morally ambiguous and be marginally considerate to his immediate entourage then I think some loyal followers are something we can reasonably assume.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8164347, member: 6988941"] I think it's worth clarifying that, unless the Wizard is completely impossible to like and goes out of his way to alienate the people closest to him he can have some loyal retainers as a manner of course. Both Magnificent Mansion and Mighty Fortress (both of which he will presumably be casting as a matter of course) come with a pile of invisible servants serving lavish 9-course banquets to up to 100 people. Now I guess if the Wizard is a total edgelord loner as well as completely unlikable he can eat those banquets alone. But if he knows the first thing about how a pseudo-medieval lord operates he will fill those banquet halls with retainers. It should not be hard to at least have a core entourage of a couple dozen loyal people who under his rule live cushy lives with free room, feasts, and numerous magic servants to wait upon them, and without him and his magic have nothing. This is not even touching on the loyalty he can get out of spreading around non-magical kingly largess once he has done some conquering, this is just the byproduct of magical housing and fortification. So while I guess having his lackeys turn on him is he is hyper-overtly evil and/or goes out of his way to mistreat those around him, if he can just stay somewhat morally ambiguous and be marginally considerate to his immediate entourage then I think some loyal followers are something we can reasonably assume. [/QUOTE]

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