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<blockquote data-quote="GeekKen" data-source="post: 5083187" data-attributes="member: 87699">I am with this completely. Roll with their choices and facilitate the fun.My campaign is a small group. I've had to helm a companion character to beef up their numbers. It's been a blast. I have 2 suggestions:- Pick an NPC that compliments the party abilities. You've got that ranger with sneak attack. Getting someone up to gather the attention of baddies so they can slip in and out of hiding (or used a ranged combat advantage feat) for those sneak attacks. Consider having a skill or 2 trained in something to broaden their talents, so they don't get boned on a skill challenge. In short, play a character that will diversify the party and play on its strengths.- Consider a leader-type NPC. It doesn't need to be a full blown cleric, but something with a secondary leader role will help (paladins are pretty nifty). You don't need a leader. But you will find the group out of resources pretty quickly after 2-3 encounters. This may not be a big deal, but having some leader powers in the party can stretch those healing surges a bit more for the group. Otherwise you might end up with the '2 fight-extended rest' tango for your campaign entirety.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GeekKen, post: 5083187, member: 87699"] I am with this completely. Roll with their choices and facilitate the fun. My campaign is a small group. I've had to helm a companion character to beef up their numbers. It's been a blast. I have 2 suggestions: - Pick an NPC that compliments the party abilities. You've got that ranger with sneak attack. Getting someone up to gather the attention of baddies so they can slip in and out of hiding (or used a ranged combat advantage feat) for those sneak attacks. Consider having a skill or 2 trained in something to broaden their talents, so they don't get boned on a skill challenge. In short, play a character that will diversify the party and play on its strengths. - Consider a leader-type NPC. It doesn't need to be a full blown cleric, but something with a secondary leader role will help (paladins are pretty nifty). You don't[B] need[/B] a leader. But you will find the group out of resources pretty quickly after 2-3 encounters. This may not be a big deal, but having some leader powers in the party can stretch those healing surges a bit more for the group. Otherwise you might end up with the '2 fight-extended rest' tango for your campaign entirety. [/QUOTE]

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