Of course, the bulk of the money raised went to the “Streaming” part of the Kickstarter so creator Matt Colville could get a proper studio for his very popular YouTube channel. Last updated October 21, 2019. Retainers are done differently than NPCs, or the Unearthed Arcana sidekick playtest material. Could you share with me the file? I really like this part of the book, there are rules on how to build and maintain a stronghold that come with their own demesne. I'm a big fan of the style of the 5e sheets, so I had a look and couldn't find anyone who'd done this before. Not only are you chipping away at the BBEG's HP - and therefore also testing out his resistances/etc - but you're helping turn the action economy even more in your favor by removing something that could be a threat later in the combat. And, as a DM, if you find it annoying, you can always reduce the amount of low AC targets in an encounter. I'm using that in the Chain of Acheron game. Rolling separately for the retainers is tedious and only solves a problem, if the players make it one. On Friday I gave my first impressions of Matt Coleville's Strongholds and Followers.Over the weekend and the past few days I've had more time with the book. Strongholds and Followers is the brainchild of Matt Colville, a designer with over two decades of experience in both the tabletop and digital realms. Hey I know this is like a month after you posted this, but I just wanted to say thanks so much. Nice idea, Ill steal it! They’re unlikely to solo the boss for you with their one attack per round. The Workshop Watches by Leon Barillaro.This is a short adventure for 5th-level characters featuring S.A.M. It is exactly what we were after. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the mattcolville community, Discussion of Matt Colville's "Running the Game" YouTube series and MCDM's "Strongholds & Followers", "Kingdoms & Warfare" 5th Edition supplements, ARCADIA digital magazine for 5th edition GMs and players, and "The Chain" actual play D&D livestream (currently on hiatus), as well as TTRPGs in general and other MCDM projects —————————————————— Need assistance with your MCDM store order or your Kickstarter pledge/preorder? Made some custom retainer cards for my group, completely inspired by u/lufresh . Cookies help us deliver our Services. They are a unique version of this supplement and I strongly suggest this section is read over carefully. All I did was make the form fillable PDF. Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) is an out-of-print collectible card game created by Alderac Entertainment Group in 1995 and published until 2015, when it was announced that the game would be discontinued for a rules-incompatible successor that will be part of Fantasy Flight Games' Living Card Game line. Establishments generate revenue and gather intelligence on your neighbours. Follower/Retainer Character Sheets So, my players recently got some followers, and I wanted some kind of sheet for them to use. Would love to make some edits that fit in with my setting. This is a short adventure for 5th-level characters featuring S.A.M. High-AC boss with Low-AC mooks: In this situation, your enemy is either a plate-wearing juggernaut with plenty of HP, or a dextrous striker who deals lots of precision damage. Getting three retainers would be incredibly difficult and unlikely and I suspect you won't see it in your game, unless you just hand out retainers. In which case, having your retainers deal with the mooks makes plenty of sense. Strongholds & Followers brings a lot of options to the table, and it’s hard to know how much detail to focus on. So the example given in the book is that a 5th level Exarch has 5 health levels.