When Accord status brings both burden and ambition, trusted citizens can turn to bureaucracy’s greatest gift: a subordinate with a badge. Hired Help are the workhorses of Accord order—never the stars, but always reliable, crisp, and eager to deliver forms, reroute orders, and keep chaos at bay.
Journeys move faster, corners get cut (legally), and Accord missions gain that vital edge—all for the right paperwork and a little favor. Treat your aide well. Accord files record everything.
The Hired Help Boon allows characters with Liked-tier reputation (5–14 Favor) to officially contract an Accord junior operative or technician for a mission. This grants valuable skills, social leverage, and mechanical support, reinforcing Accord themes of bureaucracy, order, and resource administration. Accord Hired Help always present as crisp, uniformed functionaries and are bound by both protocol and the PC’s mission objectives.
Hired Help Boon
Faction: Celestial Accord (This Boon can be purchased multiple times with separate factions; each faction offers its own initiates)
Reputation Tier: Liked (5 to 1 4 Favor)
Cost: 6 Favor, Companions are also paid Wages
Frequency: Once per Mission
Duration: One Mission
Effect: You may contract a single Accord junior operative (CR -1 to 3) for the duration of a mission or major downtime activity.
Select from role-appropriate specializations:
Quartermaster’s Aide: Procures and manages field gear, expedites requisitions, grants +2 bonus to checks for Accord equipment or logistics during the mission.
Security Cadet: Handles routine security, basic tactical support, manning checkpoints, or simple squad actions (not elite combatants).
Records Clerk: Aids in document checks, legal filings, permit navigation, and official records, reducing red-tape complications or granting a re-roll on a crucial bureaucracy hurdle.
Sanitation or Tech Servitor: Manages maintenance, life-support, or menial systems, assists with mechanical or technical checks for most support tasks.
Hired Help operate under PC supervision, are not disposable in combat, and have clear limits to their authority and skill. They function within Accord protocol and expect appropriate compensation and professional treatment.
Special: Mistreating, risking, or misusing Accord Hired Help (as cannon fodder, scapegoat, or for illegal tasks) causes immediate loss of boon access and reputation drop. GMs may allow customization of operative origin (culture, species) and skills per mission needs.
This boon reflects the Accord’s thematic core: social order, bureaucratic privilege, and the practical value of a credentialed, uniformed helper. It scales up to higher tiers for access to elite Accord agents and specialists.
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