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<blockquote data-quote="IcyCool" data-source="post: 3530753" data-attributes="member: 20308"><p>I'll admit that the method I tossed out there was pretty much off the top of my head.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to address a couple of points:</p><p></p><p>1. "It gives no penalty for death" - Well, aside from the expense of getting raised and remaining at the lowered level until the PC levels, then yes, this is correct. How much of an issue would this be?</p><p></p><p>2. "It is open to abuse of the crafting rules" - Possibly, I admittedly didn't look very closely at it, but could you give some examples of how it could be abused? At first glance, it looks like the main benefit would be that the PC gets access to the pool of XP earlier than he might if the cohort were earning it over time.</p><p></p><p>3. "Cohorts are gimped at 25 point but" - For a normal game, I'd probably say you are very correct. But for Living EnWorld, where you could potentially have PC's that are of an equal or lower level than the cohort in the party, a non "gimped" cohort means that one PC's torch bearer could be easily stealing the spotlight from a legitimate PC. I'd call that a bad thing.</p><p></p><p><em>Edit - RA's method seems reasonable to me, but couldn't it be just as easily "abused" as far as xp expenditures go? And how much of an issue is that?</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IcyCool, post: 3530753, member: 20308"] I'll admit that the method I tossed out there was pretty much off the top of my head. I'd like to address a couple of points: 1. "It gives no penalty for death" - Well, aside from the expense of getting raised and remaining at the lowered level until the PC levels, then yes, this is correct. How much of an issue would this be? 2. "It is open to abuse of the crafting rules" - Possibly, I admittedly didn't look very closely at it, but could you give some examples of how it could be abused? At first glance, it looks like the main benefit would be that the PC gets access to the pool of XP earlier than he might if the cohort were earning it over time. 3. "Cohorts are gimped at 25 point but" - For a normal game, I'd probably say you are very correct. But for Living EnWorld, where you could potentially have PC's that are of an equal or lower level than the cohort in the party, a non "gimped" cohort means that one PC's torch bearer could be easily stealing the spotlight from a legitimate PC. I'd call that a bad thing. [i]Edit - RA's method seems reasonable to me, but couldn't it be just as easily "abused" as far as xp expenditures go? And how much of an issue is that?[/i] [/QUOTE]
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