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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 7936836" data-attributes="member: 27385">I have DMed AL adventures before but am not a moderator or anything.&nbsp; I find the point of retainers is to expand roleplay and not be involved in combat or to give your PC an advantage somehow.&nbsp; I would allow the retainer to hunt and use firebolt that way since it does not affect AL modules.&nbsp; These all seem to be mostly linear and straightforward.As another player in an AL game, I would be a bit upset if another player tried to overshadow the others by taking retainers and tries to make them more than they should.&nbsp; I would be cool if the other player took them as an aid and spread them out to better off the whole party.In one of my regular games a player took this option.&nbsp; He ended up with a butler-type that would assist the noble and cook for the group.&nbsp; A horse-type that looked after the animals and hunted small game for the butler.&nbsp; The 3rd was a squire that held the torch in the dungeons or stayed out and protected the others.&nbsp; The squire ended up with some more power as the PCs advanced.&nbsp; He eventually became a first level NPC in power sometime when the PCs gained level 7 or so.&nbsp; He was a minor secondary character for the player, but managed to be a decent shooter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 7936836, member: 27385"] I have DMed AL adventures before but am not a moderator or anything. I find the point of retainers is to expand roleplay and not be involved in combat or to give your PC an advantage somehow. I would allow the retainer to hunt and use [I]firebolt [/I]that way since it does not affect AL modules. These all seem to be mostly linear and straightforward. As another player in an AL game, I would be a bit upset if another player tried to overshadow the others by taking retainers and tries to make them more than they should. I would be cool if the other player took them as an aid and spread them out to better off the whole party. In one of my regular games a player took this option. He ended up with a butler-type that would assist the noble and cook for the group. A horse-type that looked after the animals and hunted small game for the butler. The 3rd was a squire that held the torch in the dungeons or stayed out and protected the others. The squire ended up with some more power as the PCs advanced. He eventually became a first level NPC in power sometime when the PCs gained level 7 or so. He was a minor secondary character for the player, but managed to be a decent shooter. [/QUOTE]

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