Retainer Maneuvers

[civic otter]

Hello everyone,

I run for a small group (3 players) so I've been thinking about how to make retainers feel a little more impactful while sticking to the design intent of making sure they feel like sidekicks and not heroes. One approach I'm trying is creating some basic maneuvers that reinforce the retainer's role. I was inspired by some of the beastheart and summoner design to make sure that these basic maneuvers do something interesting and impactful without adding much complexity.

I would like to know what you all think of the results!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cWq9GKUujLBdJsXd0l0RIlWICCnIjRwpOrNNH7TS1os/edit?usp=sharing

[lapis moss]

I'm all for beefing up retainers. Great idea.

[drifting matrix]

Cool stuff, good job!

[stone flower]

whats the vibe with the additional manuevers? do you only get 1 manuever? or is it role + additional option?

[civic otter]

That’s a fair question. Alternate options might be a better title. I was thinking of the first page as default options for each role and the rest as alternatives that could be swapped in instead, so only one basic maneuver per retainer.

[stone flower]

are the role manuevers of equal power level to the alternate options?

intent wise

[civic otter]

I think roughly equal is the intent. I’m also shooting for impactful but not quite as powerful as a hero’s maneuver.