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Drawing the '''Mercenary card''' will immediately generate a durably summoned mercenary which will offer you its services for a fee. The fee is roughly equal to the monster's [[XP]] value, plus or minus 15 percent. A hired mercenary will be friendly, but if the player cannot or chooses not to purchase the ally, it will be hostile.
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Drawing the '''Mercenary card''' will immediately generate a [[durably summoned]] mercenary which will offer you its services for a fee. The fee is roughly equal to the monster's [[XP]] value, plus or minus 15 percent. A hired mercenary will be friendly, but if the player cannot or chooses not to purchase the ally, it will be hostile.
  
The mercenary is a durably summoned monster, which means that it is worth no experience, can't be abjured, never times out, and will not leave a corpse or any equipment behind upon death. However, they increase in strength as they deal the killing blow against enemies, and can grow into a more powerful creature after it gains enough experience. This is the list of possible mercenaries in ascending order of power:
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As a durably summoned monster, a mercenary gives no experience, cannot be abjured, never times out, and will not leave a corpse or any equipment behind upon death. However, they increase in strength as they deal the killing blow against enemies, and can grow into a more powerful creature after it gains enough experience. This is the list of possible mercenaries in ascending order of power:
  
 
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Revision as of 16:44, 16 April 2015

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Drawing the Mercenary card will immediately generate a durably summoned mercenary which will offer you its services for a fee. The fee is roughly equal to the monster's XP value, plus or minus 15 percent. A hired mercenary will be friendly, but if the player cannot or chooses not to purchase the ally, it will be hostile.

As a durably summoned monster, a mercenary gives no experience, cannot be abjured, never times out, and will not leave a corpse or any equipment behind upon death. However, they increase in strength as they deal the killing blow against enemies, and can grow into a more powerful creature after it gains enough experience. This is the list of possible mercenaries in ascending order of power:

High card power increases the chances of getting a stronger mercenary.

History

Prior to 0.15, the list of possible mercenaries, in ascending order of power, was as follows:

  • Big kobold
  • Merfolk
  • Naga
  • Tengu
  • Orc knight
  • Centaur warrior
  • Spriggan rider
  • Ogre mage
  • Minotaur
  • Random base draconian
  • Deep elf blademaster

The Mercenary card was added in 0.11, and could be found in the following decks over the past several versions.

0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 trunk

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