I’ve read a lot of AP but I’ve seen no use of Hirelings. I think this guys are great, but I’m not Old School enough to have played a game with retainers. Do you use hirelings in your games? Are they fun?
I’ve read a lot of AP but I’ve seen no use of Hirelings.
I’ve read a lot of AP but I’ve seen no use of Hirelings.
We had an ex-Fighter bartender help the PCs in 1 tough battle, and a wizard in another, but not actual hirelings per the rules yet.
I had a game where a player requested the help of a massive orc. We treated that like a hireling. It was good fun. Gave the druid some additional umph in combat.
Our wizard hired a guy to carry his stuff. Rolled a 6- on the recruitment, got a dangerously incompetent greenhorn. Griff Strongcruch ended up being the group mascot. He got saved from slaad, githyanki, mutants…classic. Hirelings are bags of fun.
A player played a bard in one of my games, and he had 3 elven soldiers (warrior 2, protector 1) to back him up. That +6 damage was bonkers 🙂
It was a small skirmish battle, and he just charged alongside them.
A dwarven lord provided my players a bodyguard from his personal retinue for a mission (protector). I gotta say, a high powered protector was EXTREMELY tough.
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I think Hirelings are lots of fun oportunites to add RP to a story. Plus, the PCs are expected to attend the funerals. >:)