Companion Characters - Support for small groups

[Manbearcat]

Hi Manbearcat - re my Loudwater blog, players write the PC-viewpoint session accounts, eg Lirael's player is Kimberly Pauley a professional author (WoTC used to publish her teenage-vampire books, she's friends with Shelly Mazzanoble & co) so her stuff is always excellent.

I was doubling down on the group support so that makes sense.

We converted my son Bill's PC from a 2nd level Magic-User in Moldvay B/X to a Companion Character style 10th level character - I just pulled an appropriate looking 'wizard' type monster stat block and edited the hp & surges. One thing I noticed is that the way the Powers work in 4e is far more intuitive for him than the old Vancian one-shot system. Although he did say after the battle "I've used (Encounter powers) twice, I need to rest ten minutes to get them both back!" Still, not bad for six!

Pretty pro IME!