<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=260870.msg12945318#msg12945318">Quote from: AmberStarfire on 30-01-2017, 21:53:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm just wondering, what's the benefit of spending points on servant (eta)? Couldn't you just go to the nearest eta village and say 'you. You're coming with me. You're going to do what I tell you to do' and that's that?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Wasn't sure if we'd only be in this one town for the whole game, having a servant you trust especially an eta I've found can be a good idea since they're technically the only ones allowed to touch dead bodies and who knows when a murder mystery will pop up? also leather working and clothes washing, and other tasks you usually don't outright mention PC's are doing in the background not befitting a samurai. spending points on one, GM dependent, usually means some degree of loyalty I'd think? at least if you treat them well. Also good for rooting out information<em>from</em>local eta who wouldn't otherwise talk to samurai candidly. (unless someone has Hero to the People, which we do in the party but doubling up rarely hurts.)<br/><br/>While its totally allowed as samurai to go up to any Eta and tell them to do things the nearest Eta village in this case would be a lion clan territory village and I'm pretty sure its rude or improper to tell someone else's property what to do even if accepted. Now there's a question, are the local Peasants and Eta having their own celebration festivals in honor of their local lord getting married as well? would be a good thing to notice and figure out what kind of personality the Lord has.<br/><br/>Plus, on the loyalty thing, having a loyal traveling companion like a Sancho Panza to Don Quixote relationship I think is less strained than waltzing in to the nearest Eta hut and removing them from their potential wife and child and upcoming harvest or whatever work they need to do to make a living. I mean they are non-people in setting sure but they're still human beings who still have the choice to either like or dislike their lord even if obligated to serve?<br/><br/>tl;dr<br/><br/>I don't mind spending the points for a role-play based decision over a mechanics based decision (Since they will be stuck in an eta village and be out of play for the duration of the estate wedding even if collecting info). I was considering buying Servant (Budoka) too to keep guard over his trade goods when they're doing samurai things but I figured two servants would be excessive to start. Also I hit 15 points of advantages and didn't want to push it.