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.
The Agrikan Order of the Copper Hook at Hyen Keep established two permanent baggage trains to help ensure that institutional logistical knowledge is not lost. These baggage trains resupply outlying manors along the border with Kanday. They are escorted by soldiers of the Order of the Copper Hook who patrol the border and protect the trains.
This FFF ‘double’ issue (24 characters) details one of the two baggage trains. It includes 12 members of the Baggage Train and 12 members of their Copper Hook escort, which consists of an octad and a square. This unit is known as “Rasczak’s Roughnecks” after the sergeant in charge. Each character has adventure hooks. These may result in the characters being encountered in Golotha, Southwestern Rethem or Northwest Kanday (predominately the Tesien Moor).
This article is a collaborative effort with concepts attributed to Marc Renouf, Brent Bailey, Richard Luschek, Kerry Mould and Phil Calkins. It has been edited by Lauri Tuiskuharju, Joe Adams, and Kerry Mould, who also worked on the layout. The articles were illustrated by Richard Luschek, with the artwork being sponsored by Phil and Hunter Calkins.
The characters include:
The Baggage Train
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- Camp Follower Laundress “The Laundress”
- Camp Follower Prostitute “The Camp Follower”
- Metalsmith “The Blacksmith”
- Metalsmith Apprentice “The Apprentice”
- Ostler “The Ostler”
- Tent Maker “Tent Maker”
- Woodcrafter “The Woodworker”
- Huntsman “The Huntsman”
- Laborer Porter “The Porter” or “Dube”
- Servant Cook “The Cook” or “Cooky”
- Teamster “The Teamster”
- Shek Pvar Savorya “The Mute”
The Roughnecks (Copper Hook)
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- Medium Foot Sergeant “Rasczak”
- Medium Foot Corporal “Rigo”
- Scout Crossbow “Izzy”
- Light Foot “The Shield Maiden”
- Medium Foot “Wildman”
- Medium Foot “The Fiddler”
- Light foot “The Skirmisher”
- Physician “Doc”
- Squire “The Dame”
- Herald “The Herald”
- Medium Horse “The Quarter Master”
- Fuming Gate Priestess “The Chaplin”
by Phil Calkins and Richard Luschek
