Giving the players an NPC to round out the party?

[Lorkan]

Hey fellow GMs . I was wondering about something: My party has a Nymphblood Sorcerer and two Bards. One Maestro, one Enigma.

I wanted to give them one of the companions that they can then run in combat, in order to round out the party. I was hesitant though, because they managed pretty well until now ( I fear once it gets tougher they will get problems though). We are still in the first chapter. Thoughts about giving them a frontliner? Pitfalls/ things to consider? Or should I just roll with it?

I would let them choose between Amiri and Valerie. (Jaethal that is also a possibility, but she doesn’t have a quest) thoughts/suggestions ?

[Scoutistic]

that should work well as long as they are okay with taking on the extra load of playing said companion, Harrim, Ekundayo, and Nok-Nok could work as well though if your players feel like they don't have many options. If not having a quest for the companion makes you unsure you can always pull some of thier "quests" from the crpg, all the companions have some good story from there.

[Lorkan]

Scoutistic wrote:

that should work well as long as they are okay with taking on the extra load of playing said companion, Harrim, Ekundayo, and Nok-Nok could work as well though if your players feel like they don't have many options. If not having a quest for the companion makes you unsure you can always pull some of thier "quests" from the crpg, all the companions have some good story from there.

Pulling quests from the video-game is a good idea, thanks! DO you think it would be better if I play the NPC? I am a bit worried that it turns into too much of a DMPC

[Scoutistic]

Lorkan wrote:

Scoutistic wrote:

that should work well as long as they are okay with taking on the extra load of playing said companion, Harrim, Ekundayo, and Nok-Nok could work as well though if your players feel like they don't have many options. If not having a quest for the companion makes you unsure you can always pull some of thier "quests" from the crpg, all the companions have some good story from there.

Pulling quests from the video-game is a good idea, thanks! DO you think it would be better if I play the NPC? I am a bit worried that it turns into too much of a DMPC

i play the npcs for my group whenever someone cant make it to a session or if that npc would want to tag along for whatever it is that the players are heading to do. i think that makes it easier on the players, but some players prefer having more to do and would like juggling multiple characters so i think its worth asking them and seeing what their thoughts are.

[Goblin Slayer in Brevoy]

I would give them a ranger so they can pick up more natural knowledge, tracks, and the like.