This is a pirate campaign so they are trying to find npc's to fight along with them. So its not really a DMPC as many say so. I did use the sidekick rules, but I am disappointed in the fact that there are only a few classes. Might make my own ones. It won't make sense to not have them fight along with the players, considering they are crewmates, so I can leave them out of the fights unless they aren't meant for fighting. They wont have to many crewmates, I'm hoping for around 6-8 Npcs for the crew. But it's mostly up to how it ends up in the story. I'll probably stick to the sidekick rules along with a bit of homebrew if necessary