diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index 513c02070..dc16259a6 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ read_globals      = {
 		"copy", "indexof", "insert_all", "key_value_swap",
 		-- our Core/helpers:
 		-- table:
-		"contains", "has_value", "has_key", "merge", "merge_values", "is_empty", "overwrite", "keys_of",
+		"contains", "has_value", "has_key", "merge", "merge_values", "is_empty", "overwrite", "keys_of", "count",
 		"keys", "except", "keys_has_one_of_values",
         "equals", "multiply_each_value", "apply_function_to_every_value"
 	} },
diff --git a/mods/lord/Core/helpers/src/lua_ext/table.lua b/mods/lord/Core/helpers/src/lua_ext/table.lua
index 0be0dc8ff..06332b2ca 100644
--- a/mods/lord/Core/helpers/src/lua_ext/table.lua
+++ b/mods/lord/Core/helpers/src/lua_ext/table.lua
@@ -244,3 +244,13 @@ function table.apply_function_to_every_value(t, func)
 	end
 	return result
 end
+
+--- Use `#table` for numeric
+function table.count(table)
+	local count = 0
+	for _, _ in pairs(table) do
+		count = count + 1
+	end
+
+	return count
+end