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[Imrahil]

Keeping him alive's not really all that tough, especially if you pick him up ASAP. He'll only be ~120,000-150,000 XP behind CHARNAME, after all (which, once you hit level 13+, won't make any difference). You can probably get him up to level 3 or 4 by having a Mage scribe a few scrolls. Plus, the heavy XP bonuses for Chapter transitions can give him a level or even 2.

By the time I got around to doing Trademeet, & let Cernd join, he & Cernd had the same amount of XP.

Early on (after an initial rest), he can pretty much sit inside a Sanctuary for several combats (Innate, Horn, 1st level spells) while gradually levelling up. I also used some early Invisibility potions (having assigned him no script, he'd politely sit there & not break his Invisibility) to keep him safe.

Once he hit level 6 or so, I felt comfortable enough giving him a sling & letting him contribute where he could. How's it working out so far? He now has "Toughest Enemy: Firkraag", after a well timed 2 points of damage from a Creeping Doom.

- Imrahil

[BobTokyo]

Firkraag? Wow! The missus will never believe that.

[SConrad]

Hubelpot killed Firkraag??

As Bob said, the missus will never believe that. Nor will Hamlish...

I see Hubelpot speaking to his grand-grandchildren at old age: "Ye know, when Ah was younge', Ah used te follow a hero called <CHARNAME>, an' we did a lot o' great things. Ah even killed a dragon, Ah did."

[Meira]

You know, you could add a special banter to Hublepot if he manages to do something exceptional (like kill a very powerful monster).

[BobTokyo]

"Chauntea! Ah thought that beastie were gonna do me fer certain!"