A History of the Temple of the Frog

[Malchor]

Was it not common for the Blackmoor PCs to bring a bunch of hirelings/soldiers with them though?

-Havard

Offhand I can't think of a single anecdote of an adventure (as opposed to a wargame scenerio) by any of the original players or by Arneson where NPC hirelings were mentioned.  Might have been, but I don't think it was common.

The group that seemed to have used hirelings and henchmen was the Greyhawk gang. They also seem to have pressed captured dungeon monsters into service taking them back to their own holdings.

Something to point out, the hireling/henchmen rules in Men & Magic, and the men-at-arm/professionals rules confuse a lot of people. 100 GP/level (though never explaining if that is per dungeon delve, for as long as you are delving the dungeon, per month or something else) vs a few gold per month. One explanation is the former if for dungeon delves which is more dangerous and the latter is for staffing your keep with flunkies. Another thought is, what if the latter is from Blackmoor and the former is from Greyhawk. Just a thought.