RPGaDay 2025 22: Ally
Ever since reading Torchbearer, I’ve been struck with their description of adventurers. Lousy, good-for-nothing, down-on-their-luck losers. Who would ever want to become an adventurer? Only short life and a horrible death awaits you. It’s the question I now have when I think of why anybody would wnat to become a porter hireling for a group of PCs. Who in their right mind would do that?
So, to help with that idea, here’s a table of d10 possible motivations for hirelings! Let me know what you think about it.
| d6 | Why did they go to adventuring? |
|---|---|
| 1 | Needs to pay off student loans. This is the only job that requires no experience. |
| 2 | Addicted to adrenaline. Nothing quite hits like dungeons. |
| 3 | Can’t find any other work. Nobody will hire me. |
| 4 | Stuck in the job. Need this job to pay for last job. |
| 5 | Get rich quick. Just one good score needed. |
| 6 | Don’t want to fit in regular jobs. This provides freedom. |
| 7 | Trying to find enough like-minded adventurers to start my own group. |
| 8 | I want to see the world. Travel is included in adventuring! |
| 9 | I want to be like the cool adventurers the bards tell stories about! |
| 10 | I have a lot of violent tendencies and this is a socially acceptable outlet. |
Look forward to more RPGaDAY posts throughout the month!
