Ranger's Followers
I have a ranger in my BR campaign that is due to get followers soon.
I tried using the standard tables (from both 1st and 2nd edition), yet
had too many instances of gnomes and even a dragon. So to solve the problem
of re-rollng until I found something suitible, I came up with this. I'd
apreciate any feedback.
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Cerilian Ranger's Followers (Anuirean)
| 1 - 10 | Black Bear | |||
| 10 - 15 | Brown Bear | |||
| 16 | Grizzly Bear (or Brownie*, if they exist in your BR campaign) | |||
| 17 - 21 | Priest of Cuiraecen - Anuirean | |||
| 22 -23 | Priest of Erik - Rjurik | |||
| 24 -25 | Priest of Haelyn - Anuirean | |||
| 26 | Other Priest (Dm's choice) | |||
| 27 | Bard - Anuireran | |||
| 28 - 30 | Cat, Great (Puma, Mountain lion) | |||
| 35 - 40 | Dog | |||
| 40 - 42 | Falcon/Hawk | |||
| 43 - 45 | Fighter - Half-elf | |||
| 46 | Fighter - Elf | |||
| 47 - 52 | Fighter - Anuirean | |||
| 53 - 55 | Fighter - Rjurik | |||
| 56 - 57 | Fighter - Khinasi | |||
| 58 - 59 | Fighter - Goblin, Cerilian Elite | |||
| 60 | Fighter - Goblin, Cerilian Huge | |||
| 61 | Hippogriff | |||
| 62 - 63 | Magician - Anuirean | |||
| 64 | Magician - Rjurik/Khinasi | |||
| 65 | Magician - Goblin, Cerilian Elite | |||
| 66 | Nymph* | |||
| 67 | Ogre, Stonecrown* (May be classed, Dm's option) | |||
| 68 | Owlbear | |||
| 69 - 71 | Owl | |||
| 72 | Pegasus | |||
| 73 | Ranger (Half-elf) | |||
| 74 - 80 | Ranger (Anuirean) | |||
| 81 - 84 | Ranger (Rjurik) | |||
| 85 | Ranger (other Human) | |||
| 86 - 88 | Raven (or other bird) | |||
| 89 | Sylph* (or Satyr*) | |||
| 90 - 92 | Thief (Anuirean) | |||
| 93 | Thief (Goblin, Cerilian Common) | |||
| 94 | Thief (Halfling) | |||
| 95 | Treant* | |||
| 96 | Were-critter* (Bear, most likely) | |||
| 97 | Wizard (Anuirean) | |||
| 98 | Wizard (Half-elf) | |||
| 99 | Wizard (Goblin, Cerilian Elite) | |||
| 00 | Dm/Player's Choice, or strange thing (like an intelligent, talking frog) |
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Notes:
The guide for Ranger's followers in the PHB (or 1st Ed DMG) is good for
a generic campaign, but not so good for one based in Birthright. Missing
races, monsters, etc. So, here's the table I came up with. It works fairly
well, with some explanations:
Rangers in Cerilia , while still not in love with humanoids, do get along
with good and neutral goblins, as mentioned in Ruins of Empire. They even
train together. So, it's not too big a leap to include them. As elves tend
to be rare, the number of them have been reduced. A (fairly bad) parallel
would be how some American Indians befriended cowboys and army scouts in
the old west. (Tonto and the lone Ranger, as it were)
I'm not sure if Pixies/Brownies exist in other BR campaigns, so I tentatively
excluded them. The same goes for the Satyr and Centaur. I think they are
un-BR like, so they don't exist in my game.
As for priests, I surmised the most common ones that would follow a Ranger
in Annuire would be Cuiceans (sp?), with some Druids.
Special care (by the player) should be taken with the Nymph, Sylph, Owlbear,
Treant - they are true wilderness beings.
Final Big Note: If a ranger is blooded, at least one follower should fit
his bloodline!
It's actually fairly rare for Rangers to reach a high enough level to gain
followers in Birthright, as it's fairly low powered world (ie, not 20th
level store clerks like in FR).
Alternate Follower Attraction Table for Birthright:
6th level: 1
8th level: 1
10th level: The rest (roll 2d6 - 2)
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