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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thesolinicus" data-source="post: 4184340" data-attributes="member: 64451">I am currently in a group that is running two campaigns.  We generally get together every 3 or 4 weeks and play for most of a day and into the night.  One GM starts the day and then we switch to the other campaign after dinner.  It gives everyone a chance to play and makes it a little easier on each GM because they only have to prepare for half of the day.  We also keep the stories fresh by using a message board for each.  I am a GM in one of the games and have a sort of debate, I guess you would say, with the other GM about Cohorts and xp.  He has allowed one of the players to take the leadership feat and therefore have a Cohort.  I find them confusing and, to be honest, a pain in the butt.  I am sure that the same player will wish to do something similar in my campaign when he gets around to attracting Cohorts.  I am really on the fence about allowing Cohorts.  Can anyone help to clarify some rules concerning cohorts (and the like) and their relationship to Party Level and CR?  I know that the Cohort (etc…) don’t take any of the parties XP, but do they influence the amount they get to divide out?  So, I guess my questions are these:  1.  Some classes allow for characters to have ‘helpers’ (i.e. familiars, animal companions, mounts).  How do these differ from Cohorts?  What about Improved Familiars or Mounts as Cohorts… or dire animal companions?2.  Are Cohorts, Animal Companions, Mounts, Familiars, Improved Familiars, Followers, etc. used to calculate average party level in regard to calculating an encounter’s CR and therefore total XP awarded?3.  If they are included in the calculations, how are they computed?  Are they another character or a percentage of a character (so a party of four with one cohort is 5 or 4+X)?4.  Can you give me some arguments for and against Cohorts (etc)?  At this point I am personally leaning towards against them.If anyone can make some suggestions or weigh in with options I would greatly appreciate it… if you have the time to come up with some examples or scenarios that help to illustrate these rules it would also be a big help.  Thanks.</blockquote>

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