Quote: Posted 06/30/04 00:29:20 (GMT) by Argyle

I know DA is not based on D&D, but this topic is nonetheless relevant. To quote from E. Gary Gygax's 1st Ed. AD&D PHB, page 39:

"Experience awarded to henchmen is usually much less than that which would be given a player character. This is because the henchmen are acting under the direction of their master or mistress. So you should expect that your character's henchmen will get about 50% of the experience points ... possibly even less if your character bore the brunt of the action and closely directed the henchmen."

And in a rare moment of redundancy (rare for Gygax, anyway), it is once again stated on page 107, shortly after the discussion of 0-level NPC's:

"Remember, character henchmen will gain only one-half of the total experience."


Hmmm, why would Gygax write this, and write it twice? And I recall long ago how BioWare was whining about trying to keep the focus of the game on the PC, as opposed to being overshadowed by the party NPC's. Hmmmm. Any comments, BioWare?

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