Pete's D&D character gets a new squire...
Nerd By Northwest #128 – “Tight Labor Market”
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Yes, it's the triumphant return of Brent the Rookie from the XCOM-ic strips, this time reincarnated as Brentwick the Squire!
The D&D games my friends and I played (way back when) rarely involved henchmen. Part of it I think had to do with whatever Dungeon Master (or DM) we had running things not caring to manage extra NPC's. But I think an equally large part of it was that most of the time our DM's just knew that most henchmen would ultimately end up being monster bait or fodder for traps. Sure, we did have our serious role-playing moments at times. But when it came down to brass tacks, our adventuring groups tended to be less the "slay the monsters and save the town" adventurers and more the "slay the monsters and steal everything in town that isn't heavily-guarded or nailed-down" type. 😁
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