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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 4015367" data-attributes="member: 2093">In the last campaign I ran, my PCs rescued two boys who were slaves and took them on as "torchbearers". They didn't do a huge amount of dungeoneering, so mostly the  boys were there to tend gear, cook, help with watches, etc...It was also very necessary for them to have the boys around for social status reasons when they were in town. It worked very well for a long time, but as the PCs got closer to 7-8th level, they began running into monsters that could wipe the boys off the face of the planet without even trying. They met a couple of hill giants once. One boy was hit by a flying rock. Raise Dead time! After that the boys stayed home at the manor house (with the several dozen other escaped slaves the PCs were sheltering) and some mid-level warriors were hired. The boys were an excellent vehicle for roleplay, they gave the PCs built-in innocents to protect, etc... I'd do it again if my PC's decided to "adopt"  in a heartbeat.</blockquote>