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PDFJohn on said: Actually I just got done rewriting CSIO to give it a slightly more low-magic, swords-and-sorcery feel… a table of possible henchmen for hire…
Here’s a table of untested, untrustworthy and somewhat incompetent henchmen.
| Roll 1d20 for each column | Former Occupation | Incompetence | Motivation | Attribute |
| 1 | Barkeep | Bad at fighting | Sick relative | Nervous |
| 2 | Gravedigger | Equipment upkeep | On the Lam | Tells bad jokes |
| 3 | Town Guard/Jailor | Falls asleep on watch | Just greedy | Overconfident |
| 4 | Headsman | Coward | Pride (wants to jump class/caste) | Obsessed with bathing |
| 5 | Prostitute or madam | Easily confused | Owes money to a wizard | Glutton |
| 6 | Knight | Clumsy | Under a spell | Drunkard |
| 7 | Farmer | Sociopath | The thrill | Angry |
| 8 | Shepherd/cattleman | Easily discouraged | Spoils of war | Young |
| 9 | Bard | Hero worship | Tales of old | Religious |
| 10 | Sailor | Oblivious | Misplaced sense of chivalry | A witch |
| 11 | Craftsman | Wooden leg | Redemption | Sings off key |
| 12 | Librarian/scholar | Loud | Prove self/earn money to marry | Good medic |
| 13 | Clergy (non adventuring) | Very stupid | Daddy/mommy issues | Insomniac |
| 14 | Sewer cleaner | Physically weak | Just crazy | Afraid of or dislike of non-humans |
| 15 | Printer | Wanders off | No other options in old profession | Hedonist |
| 16 | Cook or household servant | Can’t count | Wants to travel far away | A boor |
| 17 | Actor | No sense of direction | Voices in head giving orders | Lecherous |
| 18 | Town bureaucrat | Absent minded | Mean | Think of self as equal or superior to employers |
| 19 | Street vendor | Kleptomaniac | Death wish | A fan of gladiators/adventurers |
| 20 | Town crier | Generally mildly incompetent -1 to all attempts to do anything | Prove worthy to god | Knows many local legends, all untrue or the details are wrong in some crucial way |
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This list is too funny! I can just imagine some of the antics I could come up with. Thanks, I will definitely be using this!
Excessively excellent. Acquiring.
Your blog is massively wicked. Glad I surfed here!
Very nice, and with a little tweaking, could work for any setting.
I’m a big fan of the prostitute with a wooden leg motivated by the desire to prove her worthiness to her god all the while serving her gluttony.