Re: Multiple Followers

From: Russell Cole <russ_cole_at_...>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:36:30 -0000

• In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Holmes" <homeydont_at_h...> wrote:
  > >From: "Russell Cole" <russ_cole_at_l...>
  > >
  > >I have some confusion over when a group of followers stop acting as
  > >followers i.e. augment or add AP's, and instead become an army or
  or
  > >formation as described on p183 (Mass Combat)?
  >
  > My rule is that Followers have to be individuals, and likely you
  have to pay
  > for them. If you can't name them, they're a "unit" or something.
  Note that
  > you could have the leader as a follower, and he or you could then
  have the
  > "unit" as another relationship. There are any number of
  combinations. But as
  > long as they will never act as individuals, they're not followers
  in my
  > game.
  >
  

Sounds a good idea to only include named followers when augmenting/adding AP's. What about if a player has a couple of his own followers and then an additional half dozen warriors loaned them for a particular session. Perhaps they have been given temporary leadership of a squad of troops? What affect would these 'temporary' troops have when caluclating combat results?

> The neat thing to do, IMO, is to "break off" some followers from
the unit
> over time. I allow purchases mid-game, so this could be done on the
fly.
> Need someone to suddenly appear from the unit and go take care of
delaying
> the caravan down the road? Then you just pay your HP, and suddenly
you get
> "Ragnar" with "Runs Fast" coming forth to take on that duty.
>
> Who knows, he could turn into the character's best friend
eventually.
>

I agree that this is a good way of gaining additional 'permanent' followers.

Cheers

Russell