From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   William Vetter  wrote:   
      
   > > Dealing with the ten guards is a group management issue.  (I deal in a   
   > > similar way with hordes of noble courtiers, with a group of school   
   > > girls, with a nomadic tribe, etc.)   
   >   
   > That's a separate problem also.  They aren't individuals; they're a   
   > collective organism that responds to its environment, like a platoon of   
   > soldiers on patrol, or the crew of a ship.   
      
   Groups are made up of individuals.   
      
      
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