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Sidekicks instead of Extra Attack?
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7625325" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Before post #6? </p><p></p><p>No it hasn't sailed. <u><strong>YOU</strong></u> may not want to engage in that discussion, but others might and apparently do, as I also don't think it should be a character option. Feel free not to engage in discussions about them not being character options.</p><p></p><p>I think making it a substitute for extra attack would be a big mistake. All too often the ability would be gimped, such as when the sidekick is ordered to stay outside by the king, killed, paralyzed when the PC isn't, and so on. Or it would be overpowered, such as still being able to attack when the PC is down, dead, paralyzed, attacking at a distance with a sword, etc. Extra attack is better than the former, and worse than the latter, and the latter would come up more often I think.</p><p></p><p>Better to make it something more akin to a magic item and have the sidekick be pure bonus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7625325, member: 23751"] Before post #6? No it hasn't sailed. [U][B]YOU[/B][/U] may not want to engage in that discussion, but others might and apparently do, as I also don't think it should be a character option. Feel free not to engage in discussions about them not being character options. I think making it a substitute for extra attack would be a big mistake. All too often the ability would be gimped, such as when the sidekick is ordered to stay outside by the king, killed, paralyzed when the PC isn't, and so on. Or it would be overpowered, such as still being able to attack when the PC is down, dead, paralyzed, attacking at a distance with a sword, etc. Extra attack is better than the former, and worse than the latter, and the latter would come up more often I think. Better to make it something more akin to a magic item and have the sidekick be pure bonus. [/QUOTE]
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