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Old 12-01-2020, 04:31 AM   #18
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Default Re: Anti-wizard tactics

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Originally Posted by phiwum View Post
That's an abuse for a PC who wants a horde of followers, I guess, but that sounds like an odd path for a player to take. Who wants to run a bureaucracy that manages a huge group of cultists? Most players go for more conventional heroes rather than Jim Jones.
Wait a minute here, in the old days, at least in D&D, that actually was the goal.

In original and first edition D&D, higher level PCs would gain followers and eventually build strongholds. Rangers got 2-24 followers (all of them merry), clerics got 20-200 followers...
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