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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6315841" data-attributes="member: 177">That works just fine.&nbsp; But it is still using the &quot;henchman&quot; dynamic, and that's not required.I have seen another form of troupe play.&nbsp; Imagine you have a core party: Wizard, Cleric, Thief, and Fighter, each played by a separate player.&nbsp; They do normal adventuring stuff.But each of those is also connected to an organization. There's a church for the cleric, a guild of thieves, a convocation for wizards, and the fighter's in tight with the city guardsmen.So, everybody also has a character involved with the church, the guild, the convocation, and the guard - a total of 4 characters per player.&nbsp; Characters are swapped based on context - when dealing with church matters, everyone plays their church character.&nbsp; When the cleric goes off adventuring, they play their adventuring characters.&nbsp; The adventurers find an artifact, which is taken to the convocation for study and that kicks off play with the convocation characters, and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6315841, member: 177"] That works just fine. But it is still using the "henchman" dynamic, and that's not required. I have seen another form of troupe play. Imagine you have a core party: Wizard, Cleric, Thief, and Fighter, each played by a separate player. They do normal adventuring stuff. But each of those is also connected to an organization. There's a church for the cleric, a guild of thieves, a convocation for wizards, and the fighter's in tight with the city guardsmen. So, everybody also has a character involved with the church, the guild, the convocation, and the guard - a total of 4 characters per player. Characters are swapped based on context - when dealing with church matters, everyone plays their church character. When the cleric goes off adventuring, they play their adventuring characters. The adventurers find an artifact, which is taken to the convocation for study and that kicks off play with the convocation characters, and so on. [/QUOTE]

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