What are some good minion types for various wizards and.or assorted

>>48920793
I like using formians for summoner minions. They make good, obedient workers who are intelligent enough to follow orders but don't run much of risk of them backstabbing you at a later date.

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>>48920793
Necromancers
>Zombies
>Skeletons
>Intern Med-Students.
>Ghosts
>Religious Acolytes.

Mentalists
>Inconspicious pet animals; crazy cat lady mode.
>Well paid employees.
>Apprentices that think they're learning from another type of mage.
>Debtors who's accounts were purchased.

Summoner
>Machines from the Clockwork Nirvana.
>Elementals
>Local small gods, Shinto varieties.
>Ethereal Merchants; your tower is also a Bazaar in return for their guardianship.

Shifter
>Pack animals with highly social habits. Wolves, Apes, Ravens.

Artificer
>Clockwork Automatons.
>Perfectly crafted Stepford Wives
>Half-golems of people who've lost limbs/bits.
>Sanctum-wide bodied AI.

Elementalist
Try for a bit more flavor if you can. Planetouched community formed up around a link to their elemental plane from the prime material that your wizard set themselves up near to expand their knowledge. Locals support their community and the wizard is a part of it.

Alchemist.
>Drug Addicts.
>Alchemical zombies.
>Sentient plants

Spellblade
>YOU ARE A WARRIOR. GET AN ARMY DAMNIT.
>Spirits of defeated foes.
>Apprentices/Students.
>Bandits turned security squad at swordpoint.

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>>48922057
*whose accounts were purchased.

Sorry.

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Homunculi make sense for Artificers too. Also dwarves.
Ghosts compliment mentalist types well.
Summoners are pretty setting dependent, but but they should have a preference for either loyalty or strength.
Alchemists have a lot of overlap with Artificers. (>>48922057 Intern Med-Students would work)
Assistants/Apprentices work well for literally everyone.

>>48922084
>Apprentices that think they're learning from another type of mage.
This is way funnier than it seems like it should be.

>>48920793
>Mind controlled minions, but which type is best?
Your target's family, friends, and cat.

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>>48920793

Necromancers always have floating cancer lumps, Dire Aborted Fetuses, Counsin It, Things, ghosts, ghouls, werewolves etc...

Tulpas for Mentalists.

For shifters, you can have them pull out some of their armpit hair and fling it around, creating an army of monkeys if in human form or of whatever their changed form is based on.

Artificers could have angry alchemical gear, like alembics with little legs that shoot steam at things

Summoner could have modrons/slaadi.

Elementalists could have giants, they're usually elementally aligned, like frost giants or ice giants or glacier giants. Also anything with something vaguely elemental in their name, like water elves or mountain lions.
Spellblade could summon animated spells or wizard books.

Alchemists could have hermit crabs that live inside potion bottles that they just throw at people.

bamph

>>48924280
That armpit hair idea's interesting.

You could also just carry around a jar of toenail clippings.

>>48926955
Gross.

>>48920793
Necromancers
>grave diggers/ grave robbers
>disembodied brains
>leatherworker
>butcher
>candlestick/ soap maker
>fence
>farmer