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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6656854" data-attributes="member: 82106">Yeah, I think it is just that the bulk of real 5e proponents are heavily into a fairly mechanistic style of play where they want classes to be rules of the world that every NPC goes by, and they want a very structured set of henchman rules ala 1e. Actually I kind of liked the 1e henchman recruitment mini-game, it wasn't too bad, but it was overall a bit too concrete, the resulting henchmen required a lot of energy to run and I think that discouraged their use overall by most groups. In our 5e game my character hired a couple men-at-arms. He uses his spare cash, or looted equipment, to enhance them. So now they're AC18 and armed with military picks, and crossbows. The DM doesn't advance them, they're more hirelings than henchmen, but they'll remain useful for at least a few more levels, and they at least serve the narrative function of guarding the camp/base from 'vermin'. It would be fun to have some real henchmen though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 6656854, member: 82106"] Yeah, I think it is just that the bulk of real 5e proponents are heavily into a fairly mechanistic style of play where they want classes to be rules of the world that every NPC goes by, and they want a very structured set of henchman rules ala 1e. Actually I kind of liked the 1e henchman recruitment mini-game, it wasn't too bad, but it was overall a bit too concrete, the resulting henchmen required a lot of energy to run and I think that discouraged their use overall by most groups. In our 5e game my character hired a couple men-at-arms. He uses his spare cash, or looted equipment, to enhance them. So now they're AC18 and armed with military picks, and crossbows. The DM doesn't advance them, they're more hirelings than henchmen, but they'll remain useful for at least a few more levels, and they at least serve the narrative function of guarding the camp/base from 'vermin'. It would be fun to have some real henchmen though. [/QUOTE]

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