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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3563775" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>I think, though, that the two level difference is already enough to make the cohort no match for the PC she follows. The lower Point Buy just adds injury to restriction and harms survivability for most classes of cohort. I could see a Point Buy restriction for Followers, say, since they're supposed to be bland homebodies, but cohorts are supposed to go on adventures, and a 25 PB cohort other than a cleric who turtles, a druid who uses the high starting level as an advantage and stays Wildshaped at all times, thus partially ignoring the PB restriction, and possibly an archer who pumps Con and stays far in the back is just going to die on every tough encounter. </p><p></p><p>Want a Wizard or Sorcerer cohort? Okay, but you're not going to get one with more than 14 Con on 25 PB, and 14 Con is already spending 1/4 of that 25 PB. A level 9 character can have a level 7 cohort, so your 14 Con Wizard cohort will have 36 HP. CR 10 Juvenile Dragon? Your group can easily kill this, but when it does its first breath weapon and hits the cohort? Dead cohort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 3563775, member: 29014"] I think, though, that the two level difference is already enough to make the cohort no match for the PC she follows. The lower Point Buy just adds injury to restriction and harms survivability for most classes of cohort. I could see a Point Buy restriction for Followers, say, since they're supposed to be bland homebodies, but cohorts are supposed to go on adventures, and a 25 PB cohort other than a cleric who turtles, a druid who uses the high starting level as an advantage and stays Wildshaped at all times, thus partially ignoring the PB restriction, and possibly an archer who pumps Con and stays far in the back is just going to die on every tough encounter. Want a Wizard or Sorcerer cohort? Okay, but you're not going to get one with more than 14 Con on 25 PB, and 14 Con is already spending 1/4 of that 25 PB. A level 9 character can have a level 7 cohort, so your 14 Con Wizard cohort will have 36 HP. CR 10 Juvenile Dragon? Your group can easily kill this, but when it does its first breath weapon and hits the cohort? Dead cohort. [/QUOTE]
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