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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8067960" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Following up on the retainer thing. I think this follows my thoughts on it pretty well. In the game with my Feylock, we are running a campaign where the focus is on our group leading and rebuilding a town destroyed by the apocalypse. (Modern setting, magic came in and messed everything up, we are scrambling to survive)My Feylock, The Zealot Barbarian and the Monk who is the leader of our armed forces (technically) have an army to call on. But we earned that. We helped these people. And while the Monk is officially in charge of the army, my Feylock is in charge of the purse strings, food supply, booze, and pretty much any social aspect of the city. While the Barbarian is our High Priestess and she has gotten enough divine intervention rolls that literally if she says &quot;the gods are with me&quot; we just all accept that as a fact, because it has been true at least eight seperate times where they directly stepped in and said &quot;we back her&quot; So, it all follows. We have followers because we helped people and earned followers. It doesn't sit right with me to be just handed followers for no reason. Just, &quot;Hey, this is Ted, he will serve you to the death now. Don't worry about where he came from&quot; It just bothers my sense of realism. NPCs should have motivations beyond wanting to serve the fighter (and for some reason not the party, since it is the fighter's feature)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8067960, member: 6801228"] Following up on the retainer thing. I think this follows my thoughts on it pretty well. In the game with my Feylock, we are running a campaign where the focus is on our group leading and rebuilding a town destroyed by the apocalypse. (Modern setting, magic came in and messed everything up, we are scrambling to survive) My Feylock, The Zealot Barbarian and the Monk who is the leader of our armed forces (technically) have an army to call on. But we earned that. We helped these people. And while the Monk is officially in charge of the army, my Feylock is in charge of the purse strings, food supply, booze, and pretty much any social aspect of the city. While the Barbarian is our High Priestess and she has gotten enough divine intervention rolls that literally if she says "the gods are with me" we just all accept that as a fact, because it has been true at least eight seperate times where they directly stepped in and said "we back her" So, it all follows. We have followers because we helped people and earned followers. It doesn't sit right with me to be just handed followers for no reason. Just, "Hey, this is Ted, he will serve you to the death now. Don't worry about where he came from" It just bothers my sense of realism. NPCs should have motivations beyond wanting to serve the fighter (and for some reason not the party, since it is the fighter's feature) [/QUOTE]

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