Hirelings, Henchmen and NPC's
Hello,
I am new to the whole play by post thing and I think it is great so far, even though I have yet to get into an adventure. I do have a question about hirelings and such.
I read in the FAQ that you want to not limit the players, that you want to make all the rules in the Core Book available, and perhaps others in the future.
Well, I made a character named Robillard and I gave him an eighteen CHR and the skill focus Diplomacy feat (I was thinking of a Leadership based character for the long run, DMG 3.5 page 106), relying on the fact that I could hire a hireling as stated in the PHB 3.5 page 129, under spellcasting and services, hireling (trained) 3sp a day.
I looked up the hirelings in the DMG, 3.5 page 106, mercenary, and decided that I have 113 extra gold and would like better protection than a 1st level warrior (if you look at Robillards character, he wouldn't last a minute in combat) so I opted for the mercenary leader, who can be 2nd level or higher for an extra 3 sp per level, however, I didn't want a warrior, I wanted a rogue who could pick up the slack for what I was sacrificing by puting all my skill points in CHR based skills, so I looked at the NPC section and geared up a rogue for 5th level, under the guidelines in the DMG 3.5, page 123.
There are no guidelines for hiring an NPC (that I saw), or a DM to do the Diplomacy checks to see if I could strike a better deal or improve the attitude of the NPC, but this is what I figure, if a 5th level warrior, one of five non standard character classes, would be 15 sp per day on a month to month contract, then perhaps a 5th level NPC in a normal class as define in the DMG 3.5, pages 110-128, would cost, say, twice as much, so 30 sp, or 3 gp, a day for a month to month contract, not including any wiggle room for a good diplomacy check which I would get a +13 on, sure to lower the price a bit, but reguardless, 90gp for a months protection of that caliber, not to shabby.
I guess I am asking any DMs out there to check my characters for approval, they have been up for a week now, and also to rule on whether my third character, Robillard, can hire an NPC body guard rogue (I got bored waiting for action in the Inn or for someone to check the first character that I made, so I made three, sorry if the is unacceptable).
All of my characters are on the character thread, including the 5th level rogue hireling NPC bodyguard as outlined in the rules previously stated (told ya I was bored).
So, I know that all you DM types are busy, but can I get feed back on this please?
), Quickwhip got a MW greatsword (~300gp), and we had a sack full of candlesticks and a scroll. If the other judges agree, I'd consider it fair if the loot in the sack amounted to about 1000 gp for each of you (about how much Jack would get if he sold the magic sword), once sold... As profit-minded as Jack is, he could only consider that fair, since he's got a shiny new sword, enough cash to buy a new set of gear, and bit of money left over besides.
