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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 3530653" data-attributes="member: 20854"><p>Yeah, that sounds right.  The Holmes rules do mention that PCs with Cha below 13 can't hire more than 5 followers (which is perfectly congruent with the OD&D Cha table), and that low Cha affects follower loyalty.  However, it doesn't go into any more specifics, leaving that up to the DM.  I just house-ruled in the OD&D rules to cover this; it seems like what the rules had in mind, in any case.  (Also, I really like including lots of followers in the party -- makes things interesting and does give high Cha PCs an important role.  There's a high-Cha fighter in my Holmes game that has been extremely helpful keeping the followers loyal, etc -- they're exploring B4-The Lost City, so there're several followers from the desert caravan, and I plan on introducing some stragglers soon, too...)</p></blockquote><p></p>