slaves, servants and apprentices

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:09 am

So, short of taking Leadership, how would I go about getting my character in D&D 3.5 slaves, servants, apprentices, etc? I'm thinking, since none but maybe the apprentices will have any affect on combat, that I may just see if my DM would be okay with me obtaining them through roleplay and payment...

any ideas?

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:09 am

There's hireling rules for low-level types.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:41 am

are they in Arms and Equipment or what? I seem to recall DMG having something... what's the best version of them in?

Grek · Post by **Grek** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:01 am

Because I am a lazy bum who is too tired to go looking around through books, here is the relevent bit from the SRD.

Coach cab - 3 cp per mile
Hireling, trained - 3 sp per day
Hireling, untrained - 1 sp per day
Messenger - 2 cp per mile
Road or gate toll - 1 cp
Ship’s passage - 1 sp per mile

Coach Cab: The price given is for a ride in a coach that transports people (and light cargo) between towns. For a ride in a cab that transports passengers within a city, 1 copper piece usually takes you anywhere you need to go.

Hireling, Trained: The amount given is the typical daily wage for mercenary warriors, masons, craftsmen, scribes, teamsters, and other trained hirelings. This value represents a minimum wage; many such hirelings require significantly higher pay.

Hireling, Untrained: The amount shown is the typical daily wage for laborers, porters, cooks, maids, and other menial workers.

Messenger: This entry includes horse-riding messengers and runners. Those willing to carry a message to a place they were going anyway may ask for only half the indicated amount.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:20 am

cool, thanks Grek.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:13 am

There's the Mentor feat from DMG2.

-Username17

Fuchs · Post by **Fuchs** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:33 am

We roleplay that stuff, though slaves/appretices/hirelings have usually no combat applications. Sometimes their spot and listen checks come in hadny though.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:41 am

well, assuming I was allowed to, I could conceivably take an apprentice now and level him up as I do, since I'm currently 2nd level (and gestalt, but let's not worry about that...)

I may have to talk to my dm about that... it is pretty much a solo character...

though the thought of a second level character having an apprentice is just... odd...

The Vigilante · Post by **The Vigilante** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:02 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:gestalt

Off-topic, I know, but I really need to know - I've seen this term pop up a few times already on these boards. Is this http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/class ... acters.htm what you're talking about ?

Roy · Post by **Roy** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:05 pm

Yes.

As for the apprentice bit, eh. It's what NPCs do.

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:32 am

(Thread-) Necromancy, if you are Evil there is the mother cyst feat. Permanent Domination without XP cost...

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:52 am

I think that AEG has better rules than the ones in the DMG. Just have your DM tweak the mercenary rules and you have a mechanic for buying higher level servants. Lords of Madness has a pricing guideline for slaves in the Neogi section.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:22 pm

Animate Dead is Instantaneous and gives you ongoing control over the creations. So if you Grab a scroll of animate dead or cast animate dead out of a ring of spell storing you get a pile of controlled undead that you keep until they are destroyed. Even if you aren't even a caster.

-Username17