<p>Hirelings are just cards, like other cards. <a href="http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/rules/">The rules</a> for looting are quite clear - you lose all the cards you had in play. So not only do you lose anything he's carrying, you lose your Hireling too (he runs off somewhere)!</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Death</strong></p>
  
  <p>If you die, you lose all your stuff.
  You keep your Class(es), Race(s), and Level (and any Curses that were affecting you
  when you died) – your new character will look just like your old one.
  If you have Half- Breed or Super Munchkin, keep those as well.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Looting The Body:</strong> Lay out your hand beside the cards you had in play. Starting
  with the one with the highest Level, each other player chooses one
  card . . . in case of ties in level, roll a die. If your corpse runs
  out of cards, tough. After everyone gets one card, the rest are
  discarded.</p>
  
  <p>Dead characters cannot receive cards for any reason, not
  even Charity, and cannot level up.</p>
  
  <p>Your new character appears when the
  next player begins his turn, and can help others in combat . . . but
  you have no cards.</p>
</blockquote>

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2012-02-11T14:55:21.980Z
All of this is just reminding me that I forgot to sacrifice my hireling, and instead failed my run away. `<sigh>`
yurisich
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2012-02-11T14:28:27.320Z
2012-02-11T14:28:27.320Z
ire_and_curses
<p>At first we said that he simply loses his item, and sticks around until you're respawned...but then my friend changed his mind and thought that, given we were in a <em>real</em> dungeon/monster/treasure situation, he'd simply whistle over the hireling, who would be lost and afraid without a hero escorting him around. Listening to him, it almost seemed as if he had the hirelings best interest in mind while crafting his argument....<em>hmmmmm</em>.</p>

<p>I gave him points for originality, but told him I'd have to consult with the community here first.</p>

<munchkin>
Are Hirelings Looted From Your Dead Body?
yurisich
# Are Hirelings Looted From Your Dead Body?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-02-11)

At first we said that he simply loses his item, and sticks around until you're respawned...but then my friend changed his mind and thought that, given we were in a *real* dungeon/monster/treasure situation, he'd simply whistle over the hireling, who would be lost and afraid without a hero escorting him around. Listening to him, it almost seemed as if he had the hirelings best interest in mind while crafting his argument....*hmmmmm*.

I gave him points for originality, but told him I'd have to consult with the community here first.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-02-11. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

Hirelings are just cards, like other cards. [The rules](http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/rules/) for looting are quite clear - you lose all the cards you had in play. So not only do you lose anything he's carrying, you lose your Hireling too (he runs off somewhere)!

> **Death**
>
> If you die, you lose all your stuff.
> You keep your Class(es), Race(s), and Level (and any Curses that were affecting you
> when you died) – your new character will look just like your old one.
> If you have Half- Breed or Super Munchkin, keep those as well.
>
> **Looting The Body:** Lay out your hand beside the cards you had in play. Starting
> with the one with the highest Level, each other player chooses one
> card . . . in case of ties in level, roll a die. If your corpse runs
> out of cards, tough. After everyone gets one card, the rest are
> discarded.
>
> Dead characters cannot receive cards for any reason, not
> even Charity, and cannot level up.
>
> Your new character appears when the
> next player begins his turn, and can help others in combat . . . but
> you have no cards.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: All of this is just reminding me that I forgot to sacrifice my hireling, and instead failed my run away. `<sigh>`  

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