Just a short note about Trollsmith's "
Shields Shall Be Splintered!" and its other-things-to-splinter spin-offs (
helms and swords,
limbs,
Thought Shields,
horsies.) Jeff Rients didn't use the name, but he's just essentially proposed "
Henchmen Shall Be Splintered!"
I'm not a big fan of "throw away" NPCs. Kinda violates the whole point and definitely violates the spirit of NPCs, at least as understood by Gygax.
ReplyDeleteA straight "throw-away" rule is pretty bad, and maybe even the version Jeff Rients posted is too extreme, although he does limit the sacrifice to once a session. But I'm wondering if there's a way to do the same thing in a less extreme way. Maybe a reaction roll to see if the hirelings helps, and if so, splitting damage between the two.
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