Retainers from the Geekcave

I like this look at retainers, mercenaries, and specialists from the B/X rules, over at Echoes from the Geekcave:


Moldvay Musings: Retainers, Mercenaries, and Specialists

It's not a super in-depth look, but it's a good primer on those rules sections if you haven't seen them. And I think his idea on retainers is pretty spot-on - they make excellent replacement PCs or folks for the player of a dead PC to take over mid-game.