Roderick and Ellen Robertson wrote:
> > IIRC, if a follower doesn't lend AP, but just aguments, then he's
> > not affected by this. Something like that. I always have to look it
> > up. But the point is that basically I give the player the choice of
> > which mechanic touse, and by which they choose to use, the player
> > decides if they're risking the follower or not in the current contest.
>
> Not in the Rules as Written, it isn't, though I think someone
> suggested it long ago (it might even have been me, come to that).
>
> The "Followers suffer one level worse" mechanic is intended to
> focus attention on the hero, but it certainly has to be modified to
> fit the situation - frex, if the follower isn't involved in the combat
> he might not be affected at all.
Isn't the follower an aspect of the hero anyway?
Sinisterecho.