Awarding XP: Animal Companion, Familiar, Cohort?

[apesamongus]

Since cohorts take their own small share of XP,

No, they don't.

 

[Thanee]

He certainly means, that they gain XP (they don't take a share from the 'party's XP')... which they do (75% of the XP the leading character gains, IIRC).

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Thanee