Specialists

Professional experts hired for downtime and behind-the-scenes activities.

Hiring

PCs must spend 1d6 + 15sp and 1d6 + 1 days soliciting for a specialist, the type of which must be specified.
Roll on the availability chart below, the chance represents monthly availability, and may be retried once per month per settlement.
The referee determines any special qualities, quirks, or qualifications (see Random Tables).
The PCs may briefly interview the specialist, and make an offer (the default is the below month wage).
Roll on the Recruitment table, modified by the PC's Charisma score, the Party's Region Reputation, and any situational modifiers.
If hired, the referee secretly rolls 3d6 +/- Loyalty Adjustments from the Recruitment Roll and/or the PC's Charisma score, and records this as the specialist's Loyalty Score.
The player should keep an index card to keep track of the specialist.
There is no maximum amount of specialists that may be hired.

Availability

Specialist	Month Wage (sp)	Village %	Town %	City %	Fort +	Notes
Alchemist	6,000	—	¹⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	—	Produces potions, ointments, etc.
Animal Trainer	250	³⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	⁵⁄₆	+1	May domesticate wild animals, & teach commands.
Architect	2,000	—	²⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	—	Required for construction of buildings.
Armorer	2,000	¹⁄₆	³⁄₆	⁵⁄₆	+1	Makes armor, 1 per 50 folk-at-arms to maintain their gear.
Artillerist	3,000	—	¹⁄₆	³⁄₆	+1	Required to build, maintain, and operate seige equipment.
Artisan	750	¹⁄₆	²⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	—	Type must be specified (weaver, woodcrafter, etc.)
Assassin	2,000	—	¹⁄₆	³⁄₆	—	Used to go on missions to exterminate humanoid targets.
Blacksmith	600	⁴⁄₆	⁵⁄₆	⁵⁄₆	+1	Required for maintenance of a stronghold, may produce weapons.
Jeweller	2,000	—	²⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	—	Appriases gems & jewellry, can cut & craft such items.
Laborer	30	⁴⁄₆	⁵⁄₆	⁵⁄₆	—	Provides basic work - carrying, building, sorting, etc.
Mining Lead	3,000	—	³⁄₆	²⁄₆	+1	Required for large-scale mining operations.
Sage	2,000	¹⁄₆	²⁄₆	³⁄₆	—	Answers questions in 1 Major Field and 1d3 Minor Fields. Research takes 1d4 weeks; queries beyond their expertise cost an additional 100 sp/week.
Scribe	300	²⁄₆	²⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	—	Produces written documents or copies.
Spy	500	¹⁄₆	¹⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	+1	Gathers intelligence on a specified target (troop strength, layout, plans). Returns a report after 1d6 weeks; referee secretly checks accuracy.
Steward	1,500	—	¹⁄₆	⁴⁄₆	—	Administers a stronghold or estate — collects income, manages staff, and maintains records. Required to manage a domain generating more than 500 gp/month.

Recruitment

Recruitment Roll	Reaction
≤ 2	Refuses & slanders the party (−1 to Party Regional Reputation)
3–5	Refuses
6–8	Must be provided a sweeter deal, rerolling on this chart with +1
9–11	Accepts
≥ 12	Accepts with +3 Loyalty Adjustment

Loyalty

Loyalty Score	Effect on Morale
≤ 3	Will desert as soon as possible
4–6	−2 on morale checks
7–8	−1 on morale checks
9–12	—
13–14	+1 on morale checks
15–18	+2 on morale checks
≥ 19	Never check morale