Thanks for the clarification, and that does help. The main reason that I asked is that, for example, a follower of level 4 would have a d8 for all actions that they might make, but when they leveled up to a local hero, it would basically be a downgrade for them, since most skills would be level 0 with some d4 and maybe a d6 or two, if that makes sense? I do like the idea of using it in the area that they are likely to have competence.