This is sort of a question for Dave, but some of you might have also come up with solutions and in any case I think the answer might be useful for everyone.
A normal Pulp Alley game assumes league vs. league. Now, in the Perilous Island scenarios, You are sometimes given Lady Elaine as an additional character. How is this costed in terms of adding additional challenges for the league?
I know the game has some wiggle-room, since several of the league abilities provide additional characters who may not show up every game (Wealthy, Altar, etc.), but I imagine there was still some accounting for guaranteed allies, to avoid making things too easy.
Say you wanted to do a scenario which grants additional characters - 2-3 Followers, an Ally, or even a Sidekick. How would you cost the opposition? Is it as simple as giving an opposing force equal points worth of opposition? So if you grant the heroes an Ally for the scenario, you also grant the enemy (or other player) an additional 2 points worth of figures?
It's not something I want to do every game, because obviously that gets into size creep that will affect the game, but from time to time it would be neat to script in the addition of a powerful ally or useful helper.