Ah yes. It's under "Units With Distinct Elements", although I would have thought "Independent Characters and Retinues" may have been a more sensible heading when talking about, um, Independent Characters and retinues... :wink:
Thanks, royemunson!
All that said, that section only really talks about victory points, and not the retinue's status as a scoring unit. I'd be inclined to count it as the same thing in this case though.
Edit: On a related note, do you get ½ victory points for (for example) reducing a unit to 50% and then full victory points for destroying it completely? ie, you reduce a 200pt unit to 50%, so you get 100vps; when you destroy the unit, do you then get 200vps (so 300 in total), or a second lot of 100vps?