<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332237.msg15843009#msg15843009">Quote from: firepyre on 03-05-2021, 19:57:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Milena was hired for her legal skills. Khaldrash for his hard head. I'm not sure Ailienne really has much to offer that Davriel would be looking for.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>This is fair - and to be honest, part of this is on me for taking awhile to build the concept, Milena and I clearly had similar visions. However, the obvious answer for why she might be hired are:<br/><br/>- as an adventurer - She brings trapfinding, which you don't have, as well as witch buffer/controller/debuffer skillset.<br/><br/>- as a "face," when you want the velvet glove to Milena's iron fist. A difference between a +13 in Diplomacy and a +17 is significant, and it may be useful to have a first contact/hospitality specialist that isn't openly Asmodean - they sometimes have a bad rap and first impressions matter. The Diplomat, where Milena is the legalistic followup.<br/><br/>- as a poisoner.  Just a tool in the toolbox, in case someone needs to be given indigestion.<br/><br/>- the scouting available from a magic talking bird, because Ailienne has an actual talking bird.<br/><br/>- as a foil to the Asmodean cleric - overlapping niches mean they have to compete for your favor, and neither of them becomes too indespensable. Capitalism! At least, unless Milena and Ailienne started cooperating closely, at which point you have an effective team.<br/><br/>[/quote]I appreciate the work you've put in, and I feel like a proper bad guy right about now, but that's my thoughts on it.<br/>[/quote]<br/><br/>Nah, don't go feeling bad! It's an opportunity for me to do something different. If Ailienne flubbed the job interview, it's on me to make the pieces fit.<br/><br/>I'll see about brainstorming a druid, ranger or rogue - it sounds like someone to handle the natural world and /or scout is more valuable to you than a first-contact/hospitality specialist, so I can  go that route - but I'll keep Ailienne as-written for a bit in case you change your mind.<br/><br/>It might take me a day or two to build a new character.