20 Things #69: Henchfolk & Hirelings (System Neutral Edition) Creighton Broadhurst is a role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press. The supplement is stated to be system neutral, but also compatible with any version of Dungeons & Dragons, and is therefore covered by the Open Game License with some parts considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available for $3.45 from DriveThruRPG, although it was bought at a reduced price thanks to a special offer, and comes in three versions. One version is a text file; the other two are 11-page PDFs. One PDF is intended for print and high-end devices, the other for low end devices and mobile. Two pages are the front and rear covers, two pages are ads, one page is the front matter, Contents and some notes on using the supplement and one the Open Game License.
The hirelings are divided into four sets of four; Clerics & Priests, Fighters & Warriors, Thieves & Rogues and Wizards and Sorcerers. In each case there is a paragraph on the class type, followed by descriptions of four NPCs. Each is given a name, description, class, level, race and alignment, a brief overview of them, their personality, mannerisms, background and a hook.
Some of the NPCs will be more helpful than others. For those that worship a god, the deity is given, from the Gloamhold setting, and a sidebar gives a single sentence on each god, which makes it easier to select an appropriate replacement form another setting.
20 Things #69: Henchfolk & Hirelings (System Neutral Edition) in Review
The PDF is well bookmarked with everything bar the sidebar linked. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is very good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There is a single, black and white full-page illustration. Presentation is okay.
It should be pretty obvious that the “20 Things” name is more inaccurate as a description for this supplement than it is for others in the series; there aren’t 20 hirelings all told and certainly do 20 tables. Instead, there are 16 essentially statless NPCs, though ones with a decent description that includes adventure hooks, that can be dropped into a setting, and with some tweaks not even D&D or derived games. 20 Things #69: Henchfolk & Hirelings (System Neutral Edition) is a decent little supplement and it can be found by clicking here.
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