HeroQuest 2 says on page 64:
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Sidekicks
A sidekick is a secondary character under your control. Most of the time he stays at your side to render assistance, but he can also go off and perform errands or missions on his own. Give your sidekick a name. Be prepared, when asked, to explain how the sidekick came to be your follower, and why he continues in that role.
Sidekicks start with three abilities, one rated at 17 and the others at 13. Any of these abilities may be a keyword. At least one of them should indicate a personality trait. (A sidekick is often a less experienced version of yourself, with the same main abilities as your PC.)
If the sidekick is nonhuman or a member of an unusual culture, one of its three starting abilities must be its species or culture keyword.
The key part is in the last line “one of its three starting abilities must be its species”. It’s a spirit, so it must have the Spirit rune.
So a spirit sidekick should have:
The Spirit Rune Keyword – it’s species
A descriptor, not a Keyword – just like creating a hero
Anything else you – like preferably a keyword
Here’s an example from the current Praxian playtest:
Nerika takes a high llama spirit as a sidekick.
As her sidekick is a spirit, it gets the Keyword – Spirit rune (spirit). She gives it the Keyword – Beast rune (beast) as she want’s it to be able to become corporate, and the Tall-eyes as it is good at seeing things. Of the 15 points, she spends 12 getting the keywords to 1(mastery). The remaining 3 she spends on a breakout of the Beast rune (beast).
Yondar Tall-Eyes (15 points)
(beast) 1(mastery)
+3 Become Corporate high llama.
(spirit) 1(mastery)
Tall-Eyes 13
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