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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5295368" data-attributes="member: 25619"><p>I'm looking for ideas about a henchman for my game on Saturday. I'm looking for edition neutral ideas, but I'll tell you the technical stuff below, just in case it matters to anyone.</p><p></p><p>Setting: Greyhawk, Yatil Mountains</p><p>Edition: 3.5, borrowing some ideas from AD&D.</p><p></p><p>The set up is an orc tribe in the Forge of Fury -- the classic 3e adventure about a fallen dwarven mine/fortress.</p><p></p><p>The henchman (technically, cohort) would be a 5th level character working for the orc's leader.</p><p></p><p>In my version, the leader is a female orc priestess of Luthic -- the orcish goddess of caves, healing, and female fertility. She's actually N, not evil, as Luthic is an LE/N goddess (originally described in AD&D's Unearthed Arcana). The leader is an Adept 2/Cleric 3/Wizard 1 -- yes, I know that's not a great build, but it suits the character idea I have for a smart generalist spellcaster, the only spellcaster in her tribe, and Wizard gives her access to some good utility spells.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the tribe (Vile Rune tribe, followers of Luthic) are a mix of LE and a few N. Mostly plain vanilla orc warriors, with one old orc veteran fighter. (Because my setting is AD&D centric, orcs are usually LE, not CE, consistent with AD&D instead of 3e rules.)</p><p></p><p>Generations ago, orcs conquered this place after a long bloody war with the dwarves. Now, they are pretty much camping on the resource (a good fortress) and hunting, with a little raiding now and then. They've long ago lost most of the fortress to other monsters.</p><p></p><p>So who is the henchman for the leader? I'm thinking something surprising to find with orcs -- maybe a human female monk, LE or LN, maybe a former prisoners they freed. Staying away from the obvious -- half-orc fighter -- and any other male characters who might try to boss her around from unusual role as a female orc leader, do you have other neat ideas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 5295368, member: 25619"] I'm looking for ideas about a henchman for my game on Saturday. I'm looking for edition neutral ideas, but I'll tell you the technical stuff below, just in case it matters to anyone. Setting: Greyhawk, Yatil Mountains Edition: 3.5, borrowing some ideas from AD&D. The set up is an orc tribe in the Forge of Fury -- the classic 3e adventure about a fallen dwarven mine/fortress. The henchman (technically, cohort) would be a 5th level character working for the orc's leader. In my version, the leader is a female orc priestess of Luthic -- the orcish goddess of caves, healing, and female fertility. She's actually N, not evil, as Luthic is an LE/N goddess (originally described in AD&D's Unearthed Arcana). The leader is an Adept 2/Cleric 3/Wizard 1 -- yes, I know that's not a great build, but it suits the character idea I have for a smart generalist spellcaster, the only spellcaster in her tribe, and Wizard gives her access to some good utility spells. The rest of the tribe (Vile Rune tribe, followers of Luthic) are a mix of LE and a few N. Mostly plain vanilla orc warriors, with one old orc veteran fighter. (Because my setting is AD&D centric, orcs are usually LE, not CE, consistent with AD&D instead of 3e rules.) Generations ago, orcs conquered this place after a long bloody war with the dwarves. Now, they are pretty much camping on the resource (a good fortress) and hunting, with a little raiding now and then. They've long ago lost most of the fortress to other monsters. So who is the henchman for the leader? I'm thinking something surprising to find with orcs -- maybe a human female monk, LE or LN, maybe a former prisoners they freed. Staying away from the obvious -- half-orc fighter -- and any other male characters who might try to boss her around from unusual role as a female orc leader, do you have other neat ideas? [/QUOTE]
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