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Hirelings
The section on hirelings in the Blueholme rulebook p51-52 confounds several types of hirelings.
* Adventurer Hirelings: the first 2 paragraphs refer to adventurers hired by the party for a specific dungeon or other dangerous expedition. Low level PCs might want to hire these guys since henchmen might be out of reach. Adventurer hirelings don't require maintenance, just their fee and/or treasure share.
* Specialists: the rest of page 51 refers to skilled NPCs hired as employees for money. These generally will not go on dungeon expeditions. Check the maintenance page for update payment costs.
* Mercenaries: soldiers who fight for money are detailed on page 52. Check the maintenance page for the updated costs for paying mercenaries. Various monsters such as orcs, goblins or lizardmen might be recruited on adventures to serve as mercenaries. Likewise, bandits, berserkers and thieves might join a character's entourage and should be paid/maintained at a rate like mercenaries.