In theory, these characters should be diluting XP awards, if you’re using XP-for-monsters-slain. If you’re in the kind of troupe-style campaign that comfortably supports the DM handing the talking skull’s briefing over to a PC, though, more power to you. (Since this is mostly not why you have hirelings, it shouldn’t come up much – the scholar stats are not really suited to being a combat hireling.) For escort NPCs or more ambiguous accompanying Companions, like a certain talking skull, it’s probably good to let a player control them in combat as long as they are on board with not just sacrificing that NPC, but the DM probably needs to keep conversational control of the character. Their traits emphasize that they are secondary to the PCs, and their action economy should stay simple.įor hirelings, my recommendation is to let the hiring player control them in combat, but go troupe-style and let another player control them for conversation, with interjections from the DM if that character needs to be the mouthpiece of exposition. I think they’ll also make good NPCs for escort quests – a more common adventure model in MMOs than tabletop games, but hey, let’s try new things. I’ve written these stat blocks to be about as durable as 3rd or 4th-level characters, so that they can tag along on the adventures of characters of 4th to… let’s say 10th level or so. I’ve created a collection of NPC stat blocks, and I’ll talk a little about how I see them getting used.Ĭontrary to the most traditional use of hirelings, I don’t see these as characters you pick up to make 1st level survivable – that’s a problem I solve a different way. Now, 5e characters are not all that complicated at low levels, but there are still a few more moving parts than one necessarily wants in a henchman or hireling character.
The idea of henchmen NPCs in a D&D party goes all the way back to the earliest games, and was most recently part of official release in D&D 4e. That'll be fun.23 Jul, 2017 in 5e DnD / creature design / design ideas / free gaming resources / Planescape / Tyranny tagged companions / D&D 5e / henchmen / hirelings / Lantry / Morte / Planescape Torment by Brandes Stoddard Once I have more room I will be making a dragon for my OC Damian, who is almost as old as Adrien and his partner. just upgraded, you know, so it no longer looks like an 11 year old designed it! Maybe if I like the site enough I'll fork over some $$$ to get a paintie as an homage to his old design. :D He's supposed to be my oldest/favourite OC who was originally a green Aisha haha. also based off my kitty :3Īnd then Adrien the carpenter/blacksmith. Lucy is the main explorer and will be a warrior once I manage to handle the job. Yuki is a snowy owl and the resident herbalist. This is Lolly the spotted lop, aka my village's doctor and part-time explorer Mizzy! She plants and grows herbs for medical and alchemy use. Bonus points if you know the character he is based off of. You should know by now why I chose him to be the breed he is. Picked her because I love Pallas cats and well, because one of my few OCs is basically her.Įngie builds houses and such. Sandy is in charge of clothes and costume making.
Picked him because I absolutely love Ball Pythons and any snake honestly. I picked her because I love the absolute life out of otters.īenjamin, my co-founder. User ID is 4727.Īquarius, my guild founder. Got six of 'em at the moment, and counting! I'm Sandwichcats on there if you'd like to add me.
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