Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Oddball Mercs with Odd Quirks

Oddball Mercs with Odd Quirks is a pay what you want system neutral collection of unique hirelings. It was written and illustrated by Aleksandar Kostic aka Art of Caustic. The product's page says that sometime in the future D&D (I assume 5e) and OSE stats for the characters will posted. Seems that this came out a few years ago though, so it may not happen.

Each merc has the following information: art, name, attributes (presented as star ratings), equipment, abilities, required wages to obtain services, and goals (both low and high priority ones). They are:

  • Brutus Mutantus - an urchin mutated into a hulking three-armed gladiator
  • Zorr and Xann - conjoined twin magicians 
  • Tuskk - primal warrior born from the swamp in order to avenge a slain dryad
  • M. Giraud Le Colosse - hog riding knight on a mission
  • Professor Lazarus Vex - alchemist tainted by primordial gods 
  • Cyclops - one-eyed punk and prophet of doom
  • Eleanore Mourne - no-nonsense noble turned outlaw
  • Ophelia Mourne - Eleanore's little sister, turned into a lizard person
  • Titullah Buul -  rotund firebreather and beast tamer on the run
  • Petry Von Bern - goblin turned jester after being punched in the head too hard. 
The art for these npcs is weird in all the best ways. Several of them can be connected (not just the Mourne sisters). For example, multiple have connections to hags or alchemy. The character goals could also be used as plot hooks. Instead of hirelings, the characters could serve as patrons and quest givers. I'm glad I stumbled upon this one and I hope some of you find it useful too. 

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