If they did then so would any mission NPC’s So I would say no they do not. Should be easy to test with Farming areas and keeping a log to get a drop percent.
Well out allies still had some alive at the shrines...
@ Painbringer: the theory is that these specific minions count as henchys because you can choose to add or not add them.
@ Zidane: that linkage was complete useless since it holds no context towards this event.
@rothan: you might be able to test this if you let some add the minions and the person they follow stay back.
Show of force - its used as many will know as a keep quest for lb/ss farming and i never bother clicking on the npcs as you dont need to have them in party.
Ive always left them at extrance and gone killing and done the quest without them - they enjoy sitting around player poker an drinking beer i reckon lol.
Sometimes im cautious and if a quest has allies you need to select i often clear the area and if the quest isnt done i go back and click on them - saves the offchance of failing the quest because npc has died.
Yea, i know that you don't need to talk to the guy on start, because thats why i said that you can choose to bring them or not. I also never take them along but i'm to lazy to go H/H on an LB/SS run, and some people seem to find it necessairy to bring them along...