Jane Williams wrote:
> --- Roderick and Ellen Robertson
> <rjremr_at_...> wrote:
>
> > >> The "Followers suffer one level worse" mechanic
> ...
>
> > Sure, but play the story, not the rules. If you are
> > in a fight, and your
> > follower-Sage is 'way over there behind the wall
> > while your hero is out in
> > the thick of the fighting (basically, is not
> > involved in the fight in any
> > way, shape of form), it doesn't make sense to
> > seriously injure the Sage just
> > because your hero gets chopped up, does it?
>
> I was thinking more of situations like a Heortling
> warrior with a healer follower. It's automatic for any
> Heortling: do not let healers get injured! So she's in
> there trying to help him, and he's making sure he's
> between her and any incoming damage. End result is
> probably her dragging his unconscious body off the
> field. In fact, having followers of any type carrying
> their leader back to be healed up is a standard story
> cliche.
Think of this the other way around.
A healer hero with a warrior follower. In a fight the warrior may
suffer defeat - the hero suffes one level down?