Friends, Hirelings, and Side-Kicks

[restlessgriffin]

Originally Posted by Rolando

One way of doing it is just to completely forget the hirelings until they are needed, they are extra tools and assets, it is very uninteresting but the advantages of this style is that you as a GM and the players don't have to invest effort and time in secondary and probably disposable characters.

Give them names and general descriptions if anything.

How do I do this while delving? Let's say I have 2 players each with a PC. The first is a Knight and the second is a Wizard. I suggest they need at least a party of 4 to tackle the adventure. I also recommend they have a healer. So the Knight wants a Squire but suggests maybe a Palladin. So he gets a Squire who's a Holy Warrior. The Wizard figures she wants a side kick thats flamboyant and free wheelig so she selects a Swashbuckler.

The PCs are full 250 point characters, but I want the side kicks to be lesser characters so they'll be built on 150 points. So if I forget about the side kicks, how do they show up when the PCs are miles away from town and have descended t the third level of the dungeon?