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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 4966462" data-attributes="member: 25619">I agree with you.&nbsp; I've seen real life near-autistic genius attract followers (in academia and in the tech industry).But I'm make your character use his prime cohort spot for a &quot;business manager&quot; or personal valet, secretary, or even lover, someone to be a go-between between your character and the world.&nbsp; You know, someone to apologize when your character accidentally does an experiment that kills their pet, or gets angry at their slow apprenticing and throws a chair -- in general, to manage your character into being someone others can live with.And I'd make that be an non-adventuring major domo who runs your mage's tower (or whatever), not a meat shield for your adventures.Two reasons for that:1) It's what I've seen in the real world, and in fiction.2) It's kinda fun.3) I'm the DM, so I do what I think makes sense, even if I said there were only two reasons.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd do this either with an OOC aside, or just by running the NPC world, with quitting followers and so forth, until it worked out how I think it should.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 4966462, member: 25619"] I agree with you. I've seen real life near-autistic genius attract followers (in academia and in the tech industry). But I'm make your character use his prime cohort spot for a "business manager" or personal valet, secretary, or even lover, someone to be a go-between between your character and the world. You know, someone to apologize when your character accidentally does an experiment that kills their pet, or gets angry at their slow apprenticing and throws a chair -- in general, to manage your character into being someone others can live with. And I'd make that be an non-adventuring major domo who runs your mage's tower (or whatever), not a meat shield for your adventures. Two reasons for that: 1) It's what I've seen in the real world, and in fiction. 2) It's kinda fun. 3) I'm the DM, so I do what I think makes sense, even if I said there were only two reasons. :) I'd do this either with an OOC aside, or just by running the NPC world, with quitting followers and so forth, until it worked out how I think it should. [/QUOTE]

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