Good article. Not sure I'd start the demihumans with attracting followers as soon as he does (at 2nd level), though if you were running a pure (capped at 3rd level) Holmes campaign I could see it; if running a level 6 cap game I wouldn't start followers until at least 3rd level. re: thieves, I'd do them similar to fighters attracting followers but sub bandits, other thieves of lower level than the PC, and possibly demihumans/humanoids (of neutral or evil alignment only). Food for thought..
There is additional NPC hireling information in B1 "In Search of the Unknown" - also included in earlier Holmes Basic D&D box sets, but I don't recall if it addresses your specific concerns. I believe it was mostly about fleshing out individual hirelings & henchmen.
Good article. Not sure I'd start the demihumans with attracting followers as soon as he does (at 2nd level), though if you were running a pure (capped at 3rd level) Holmes campaign I could see it; if running a level 6 cap game I wouldn't start followers until at least 3rd level. re: thieves, I'd do them similar to fighters attracting followers but sub bandits, other thieves of lower level than the PC, and possibly demihumans/humanoids (of neutral or evil alignment only). Food for thought..
ReplyDeleteThere is additional NPC hireling information in B1 "In Search of the Unknown" - also included in earlier Holmes Basic D&D box sets, but I don't recall if it addresses your specific concerns. I believe it was mostly about fleshing out individual hirelings & henchmen.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention Holmes' own simple hireling rules, published as "Warrior-for-Hire" in Alarums & Excursions #11. Zach H summarized the article on his site: https://sites.google.com/site/zenopusarchives/home/rules-variants/warrior-for-hire
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