Friends, Foes & Followers — Parts 17 & 18

Friends, Foes & Followers is a GM resource that uses a common format for presenting 2 pages of information about a character. The characters can be used in any way the GM sees fit; as NPC opponents, helpers or even emergency PCs for that unexpected player, making these resources no GM should be without.

This ‘double’ issue (24 characters) includes 19 characters from Rob Barnes’ Lynnfana campaign. There are also 5 additional illustrations donated by Patrick Nilsson many, many years ago. They have been sitting on my hard drive waiting for an opportunity to do some evil!

This article is a collaborative effort by seven writers, Kerry Mould, Rob Barnes, Dave Mareske, Peter Veenstra, Sonia Handforth-Kome, Bill Gilsdorf and Scott Warner. The art was sponsored by Rob Barnes (19) and Patrick Nilsson (5). Kerry Mould did the layout. The article was illustrated by the talented artist, Richard Luschek.

The characters include:

  • a crossbowman on the run from his past
  • a huscarl who can never go home
  • a journeyman apothecary with impressive woodsman skills
  • a harper with an uncanny resemblance to someone else
  • a mute Lia-Kavair enforcer
  • an entertainer raised by the Night People
  • a hunstman and Uthriem Roliri ranger
  • a teamster with an uncanny knack for animals
  • a noble bailiff and friend to an earl
  • a teenage squire with a crush on his master’s daughter
  • a handsome young man squired to an obnoxious knight
  • an up and coming squire ready for knighting
  • an acknowledged bastard knight with undercover skills
  • a widowed noble woman, bailiff until her son is old enough to inherit
  • a lonely noble lady trying her best to raise stepchildren
  • an adventurous young noblewoman, very precocious for her age
  • a priest of Ilvir with a dark, mysterious past
  • a priest of Larani touched by the goddess for some great purpose
  • an ambitious, but fanosel addicted, priest of Morgath
  • a Peonian priestess supporting a large “family” of dependants
  • an apprentice Lyahvi with a special, magical friend
  • a Jmorvi weaponcrafter from Thay
  • a Jarin swordsmith trained in Azadmere who is also a Jmorvi mage
  • a renegade Peleahn Satia-Mavari on the run with a horrific artefact

Please enjoy. Your feedback and comments are always welcome.

curated by Kerry Mould

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