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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9681467" data-attributes="member: 7026594">The PH stuff is pretty similar, but they do seem a bit de-emphasized in the 2E DMG.&nbsp; If you compare 1E pages 28-37 to 2E pages 104-115.&nbsp; 2E talks about them more in context of other NPCs, and removes the mechanics for actually recruiting a henchman, the rules spelling out how much payment is needed, what equipment is normal to provide, etc. In 1E it definitely seems like the expectation is that recruiting help is normal and expected, where in 2E it becomes much more of the DM can allow this but has to fill in a lot of the details themselves, and as a novice DM the section came off very much like this was something for advanced DMs with more experience.&nbsp; As a player, I almost never saw henchmen in play, but rather more commonly a DMPC to fill a hole in the party, with the expectation that henchmen would eventually show up at name level with other followers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9681467, member: 7026594"] The PH stuff is pretty similar, but they do seem a bit de-emphasized in the 2E DMG. If you compare 1E pages 28-37 to 2E pages 104-115. 2E talks about them more in context of other NPCs, and removes the mechanics for actually recruiting a henchman, the rules spelling out how much payment is needed, what equipment is normal to provide, etc. In 1E it definitely seems like the expectation is that recruiting help is normal and expected, where in 2E it becomes much more of the DM can allow this but has to fill in a lot of the details themselves, and as a novice DM the section came off very much like this was something for advanced DMs with more experience. As a player, I almost never saw henchmen in play, but rather more commonly a DMPC to fill a hole in the party, with the expectation that henchmen would eventually show up at name level with other followers. [/QUOTE]

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