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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9886373" data-attributes="member: 7026594">Well, Troupe Play is the concept of having multiple characters you can switch between, more specifically. Where generally each player in AM runs one or more Grogs (fighter bodyguards) alongside their real PC (a Magus or Companion), and sometimes players have multiple real PCs (Magi and Companions).  As opposed to the Seasonal play with mechanics for downtime study and production I was focusing on.But yeah, I agree that AD&D's precedent of having an open world game during which your high level characters might be occupied for long periods doing magic item production or something does create a situation which incentivizes players to create lower-level characters or run the higher level ones' henchmen as secondary PCs to play while the high level ones are busy and out of the action. And that this undoubtedly inspired Lion Rampant (Rein-Hagen and Tweet) to make a more coherent, intentional system for something similar in Ars Magica.</blockquote>