Fiction-Triggered Retainer Loyalty Checks
Overview
This procedure moves loyalty checks from a fixed schedule to consequence-based triggers tied to treatment, risk, fear, and goal alignment.
Trigger Examples
- Retainer feels unfairly treated.
- Retainer faces unusually high danger.
- Retainer witnesses terrifying events.
- Party goals diverge from retainer interests.
Procedure
- Referee identifies a trigger event.
- Call loyalty check at that moment or immediate aftermath.
- Adjust by prior treatment, pay, and relationship state.
- Apply result to behavior: continue, hesitate, demand terms, withdraw, or defect.
Benefits
- Loyalty becomes legible consequence, not rote tax.
- Encourages proactive retainers management.
See Also
- Retainer and Hireling Command Loop
- Patronage Favor and Obligation Economy
- Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy Rules Tome