Mook Makers, Minion Masters, and Minimech Manufacturers

Ultra-charismatic tactician who ends up recruiting just about every NPC he meets
Spiritcaller or whatever who temporarily calls forth their ancestors as spirits
Shaman who calls forth/forms elementals from the environment
Lurker in the Swarm whose body is a hive for a swarm of insects
Bard who calls forth spirits/ancestors/whoever to play the other instruments in his band
Dominator who repeatedly mind-controls people
Ophiuchus accompanied by a bunch of floating spirit weapons (I picture like Guild Wars 2 Guardians but psionically-wielding an armory works too)

>>52289992
I'd say Dominator's another kind of thrallherd.

Crystalmancer, controlling crystalline beings, and casting light based spells through their refractions.

>>52288353
Do illusionists with armies of illusory goblin count?

>>52291609
Yes, particularly if they use nethermancy/shadowmagic to make the illusions partially real. They don't have to be goblins either.

the guy that has lived in X environment so long that he has befriended all of X small animal

the guy who breaks parts off his own body to make minions

the rigger with their swarm of drones

>>52288353
A pact maker, summoning beings (devils, angels, and fae alike) that he made pacts with previously.

>>52291760
But true illusions, mostly for the fear factor. And yeah of course not but why make a massive army of a creature that's not normally found in massive groups?

>>52289992
>Ophiuchus accompanied by a bunch of floating spirit weapons (I picture like Guild Wars 2 Guardians but psionically-wielding an armory works too)

I like the idea of the psychic armory, but rather than wielding the weapons, the creator distributes them throughout the world, acting as their eyes and ears, and potentially sleeper cells.

>>52291933
Oh also

the psion who implants his mind in other people and slowly grows an army of himself

I feel like their should be a categorization system for this.

Like, Minion Number/source/dependence.

Dependence being either:
Independent
Needs Orders
Needs Orders (simple only)
Preprogrammed
Hive Mind (Master independent)
Hive Mind (Master part of)

>>52288353
And evil alien AI that destroys the world with a clone army of Tom Cruise.

>>52292065
So it's really more a description of what the commanding guy is doing when the mooks are doing their thing?

The super who's power is multiplying himself.

I always loved the modern action movie version of Lieutenant with impossibly coordinated group of tacticool soldiers.