Episode 545 - henchmen

* (0:29) Fear the Con Online, coming up on June 19th – 20th. The promo video  and the signup site . * (7:41) Fear the Con 2021 has been locked in for June 25th – 26th, 2021. * (9:39) A question about henchmen, courtesy of Jesse Sierke. Setting some boundaries on the discussion. * (12:56) How many is too many, particularly if you’re not trying to run an empire-building or administrative game? * (15:35) Making it the burden of the player that brought in all of the NPCs. * (18:58) When players treat the NPCs as a valueless resource. Abstracting a group of NPCs into a single, collective unit. * (28:42) Tracking social transactions. * (37:17) Making the players explain why they need hirelings to begin with. * (41:03) The role of the party should always eclipse the role of the henchmen. Hosts: Brodeur, Dan, Laura, Wayne