(how the hell did I miss your post until now?)
An idea washes over you.
"Pittance! Pittance, you fool, where are you!?" You scream, your voice magically projecting through your tower. That stupid Pittance, being late like this to your boredom curing!
Your unscheduled boredom curing, a small part of your mind tells you reasonably, but you are a wizard! Reason is unneeded! So, you shut down that part of your brain with magic. With your conscience gone, you restart your search.
"Pittance!" You yell once more, and from the lowest steps of the tower steps start being heard. Surely enough, the kobold appears, slightly fatigued from being woken up in the middle of the day. He was still, however, wearing his butler outfit! Good, good, you think to yourself.
A wizard with no butler is no wizard at all. Preferably a treacherous butler, but what you have will have to suit you.
"Pittance, gather my kobold armies! We have... things to do!" You yell at him, not terribly sure what these things are. Whatever they are though, you'll need your armies for them. The reptilian creature looks at your for a bit, before nodding and heading for the door, no doubt gathering the generals.
That Pittance, what a hard worker. You consider giving him a raise, before you remember that you don't pay him at all. A 100% raise, then, would suit him fine.
The armies are on their way, but until then, what do you do for more preparation to this boredom curing of yours?