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Message: <blockquote data-quote="katahn" data-source="post: 4189177" data-attributes="member: 65004">I wouldn't try to TPK them, but I do very much like the idea of making ample use of NPC defenders working with the monsters the party is fighting.  Let them see how powerful/effective/freaking useful a defender can be and they'll either figure it out or they won't.  The one thing I wouldn't do is give them an NPC defender, at least not "for free".  If they want to hire one as a retainer or find one as a follower then they can RP that out and work for it in that sense.I would suggest incorporating a house-rule that says that if any player wants to reroll a character of an archetype that no one is playing, they can do so and begin with exactly the same amount of experience earned and all comparable equipment converted.  Make it for any archetype and it has to be an archetype that isn't being regularly played - so no rerolling a leader just because Bob who plays a cleric doesn't happen to arrive at this particular session.  It would be because after 2 or 3 sessions the group's lack of whatever archetype is clearly becoming painful for them and one of them is willing to reroll.</blockquote>