>Are your companions self-replacing the way followers are? Is part of
>the incentive to treat a companion well that any HPs spent on the
>companion are lost if the companion dies? While I don't know if this
>answers your balance question, it would be a major difference between a
>2 word and a 25 word follower.
That's good, yes. Makes far more sense too, a companion is unique (well, aren't we all... but it's easier to find someone with 2 words to fit than 25 :). It ought to be damn hard to get a new companion too, they should be close friends with considerable links to the hero. And I still think there should be some compulsion to protect/avenge the companion.
Wulf
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