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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vexed" data-source="post: 1713932" data-attributes="member: 7361">Scenario-Two women are running away from fire giants as you come out to the edge of a forest.  You take care of the giants and offer to escort the two women to the nearest town.Dilemma-The two women are druids 3rd level.  The town is days away.   Keep in mind the player’s party level is 18th. (The pcs offer to escort them because of their good alignment, not because they need/want their assistance) They also intend to later leave the city with the PCs to find their parents who were last known to be near a mountain region that the PCs are going to investigate for different reasons... Since Cohorts, hirelings, and followers are all in some manner subservient to the PC, would the druids be classified as Allies? (They do, or I should say will risk their life in fights, use magic/skills, etc.)The DMG says ...Allies come in two types. 1- People who provide goods, info, and lodging.  2- People who travel with you on adventures.  They differ from cohort/hireling/follower because they don't work for the PC(the second example of Allies functions as members of your party and receive treasure/xps)Does this mean the two druids are part of the "party" now?  What if you’re PC do not wish to share xp and reward with them, but they later become an integral part of the story... I realize you can (as a dm) have them show up later, etc.  But the point of the post is to ascertain the xp distribution.   So which do you feel is correct?A) Yes, the people traveling with you become part of your party, period.  They share your xps and gold.  Regardless if they are 18th level fighter or 1 lvl commoner goat herder.Or...B) No, they just become some kind of sub class of follower who tags along regardless if they have anything to bring to the table or not. (They get no spoils or xps at the end of the session)P.S.I realize in some cases it may be beneficial to have lower level NPC part of your party to bring the party level down.  Also, in some cases NPC around your level become XP leaches.  But there should be a standard so this doesn't become an issue.</blockquote>

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