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Message no. 1
From: Philip Hayward <Philip.Hayward@***.UK>
Subject: Re: Newbie Que
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 16:02:28 -0000
Stefan wrote:
>
>Robert wrote:
>>
>> Do what I do (or at least did). Followers don't tend to act on their own
>> iniatitive. That's why they are called followers. They _follow_. Get
>> your PCs to boss them around. :) And, when your PCs are stuck, they can
>> do something to help them out.
>>
> That's the way all my NPCs tend to act. Seems to 2-dimensional to me. If
> I had more time I'd like to flesh them out, with more personality.
> I didn't have a PC with followers in my campaign (yet!). They tend to
> go for cyberware/magic stuff or burn their money on contacts and buddies.

Beware! do not let your PC's use followers as cannon fodder, to save their
own hide, besides I like the look on my players faces when followers
start considering their own life expectancy, turn and flee just as things
get really dicey. :)

With regards to developing followers/buddies and their ilk, how do the
rest of you deal with improving their skills to keep up with PCs, if at
all? And who chooses which skills they should improve GM or PC?


Phil
<Philip.hayward@***.uk>
Message no. 2
From: Philip Hayward <Philip.Hayward@***.UK>
Subject: Re: Newbie Que
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 09:14:18 -0000
Stefan wrote:
>
>Robert wrote:
>>
>> Do what I do (or at least did). Followers don't tend to act on their own
>> iniatitive. That's why they are called followers. They _follow_. Get
>> your PCs to boss them around. :) And, when your PCs are stuck, they can
>> do something to help them out.
>>
> That's the way all my NPCs tend to act. Seems to 2-dimensional to me. If
> I had more time I'd like to flesh them out, with more personality.
> I didn't have a PC with followers in my campaign (yet!). They tend to
> go for cyberware/magic stuff or burn their money on contacts and buddies.

Beware! do not let your PC's use followers as cannon fodder, to save their
own hide, besides I like the look on my players faces when their followers
start considering their own life expectancy, turn and flee just as things
get really dicey. :)

With regards to developing followers/buddies and their ilk, how do the
rest of you deal with improving their skills to keep up with PCs, if at
all? And who chooses which skills they should improve GM or PC?


Phil
<Philip.hayward@***.uk>
Message no. 3
From: Stefan Struck <struck@******.INFORMATIK.UNI-BONN.DE>
Subject: Re: Newbie Que
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 13:01:25 +0100
Phil wrote:
>
> Beware! do not let your PC's use followers as cannon fodder, to save their
> own hide, besides I like the look on my players faces when followers
> start considering their own life expectancy, turn and flee just as things
> get really dicey. :)
Yes, I love that, too and no, NPCs aren't slaves in my campaign.
>
> With regards to developing followers/buddies and their ilk, how do the
> rest of you deal with improving their skills to keep up with PCs, if at
> all? And who chooses which skills they should improve GM or PC?
Hmmm...Improve the threat rating seems the right way for me.
The GM should choose the skills and (never) the PC.
bye,
Stefan
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