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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8711505" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Ah well, that changes things completely!  My bad, my woes dealing with henches and hirelings are a product of my modern gaming experience.  AD&D is a different story, I had a character who drew the Knight card from the Deck of Many Things, and kept that 4th-level Fighter at my side forever (also, she was a great place to put magic items my Elf Wizard had no use for)!As combat has become more complex (or at least, it sure seems to have), though, extra bodies adding action economy to encounters has become a lot more of a nuisance.  Or maybe that's just old age (which, I continue to point out, has not awarded me with bonus mental ability score points, despite what D&D always told me!) setting in.</blockquote>