Henchmen

A henchman follows you, levels with you, and can be equipped. You may have two at a time.

How far they level

A henchman levels itself to your level, up to a ceiling:

	Ceiling
To begin with	10
After the first part of the main quest	20
After the third part	30
Every level you have is Fighter, or every level is Rogue	+10 on top of the ceiling above, up to 40

Looking after them

Their gear can be replaced.
They get item set bonuses like anyone else.
A henchman given a stack of healing potions drinks one when it is hurt.
They can be healed or buffed by casting on them, or by dragging a potion onto them or onto their portrait.

When they die

They come back after 30 seconds, or at once if you raise them. Inside a dungeon the wait is 5 minutes instead, unless you raise them yourself.

Associates Control

One ability on your quickbar commands everything travelling with you at once - hired henchmen, spell summons, an animal companion or familiar, a dominated creature, the epic summons (the Mummy Dust warrior and the Dragon Knight), and any sub-summon one of them called up.

Use it and a targeting cursor appears. What you click decides the order:

You click	They do
an enemy	all of them converge on it, and the order clears when it dies
yourself	they gather and guard you - anyone far away or in another area teleports to you first
a friendly or neutral creature	they move to protect it
the ground	that associate goes there and holds
Escape	nothing; the order is cancelled

Commanding associates

It sets the target and the place, not the tactics. A spellcaster still opens with spells, an archer still shoots from range, a fighter still closes to melee, and all their healing and self-preservation behaviour carries on. Each associate still chooses its own actions every round, against the target you gave it.

The party-bar voice commands (Follow Me, Attack Nearest, Guard Me, Stand Ground) all still work. Any of them clears the order, and your associates go back to choosing their own targets.