Episode 14 - TTRPG Followers and NPCs

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss cohorts, followers, hirelings, minions, pets, sidekicks, and other varieties of followers and NPCs who might be part of your “party” in a TTRPG. We discuss the mechanics in current and historical versions of DnD and Pathfinder, and discuss how to make these NPCs creatures and characters work in your games.

Special thanks to @webJWF for this week’s question of the week.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Articles on RPGBOT.net
• DnD 5e
• Ranger Subclasses Breakdown
• Pathfinder 1st Edition
• Practical Guide to Animal Companions
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition
• Practical Guide to Animal Companions
• DnD 3.x
• Heroes of Horror (affiliate link)
• Leadership Feat
• DnD 5e
• Dungeon Master’s Guide (affiliate link) – Overrun is detailed on page 272 under the “Action Options” section
• Essentials Kit (affiliate link)
• Player’s Handbook (affiliate link)
• Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything (affiliate link)
• Pathfinder 1st Edition
• Leadership Feat
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition
• Core Rulebook (affiliate link)
• Minion General Rule on Archives of Nethys
• Other Stuff
• Charles Barkley as a sidekick
• Chelliax on PathfinderWiki
• Dragon Magazine #28 PDF on Wizards.com
• Elminster on Forgotten Realms Wiki
• OldSchoolRoleplaying.com – Henchman and Hirelings in DnD
• The Mummy on IMDB
• Way of the Wicked, by Fire Mountain Games on DriveThruRPG (affiliate link)

This episode was produced in collaboration with The Leisure Illuminati.