[ We insult the Overlord by giving his Standing a safety barrier. And given that Standing is a measure of status in the eyes of the whole organisation, we should also be able to hand it out ourselves. ]

In the “Standing” rule, replace “The Overlord may at any time remove any amount of their own standing and increase another henchman’s by the same amount so long as their own standing does not fall below 500.” with:-

Any Henchman may, at any time, remove any positive amount of their own standing and increase another henchman’s by the same amount so long as their own standing would not fall below zero.