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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 2648923" data-attributes="member: 16285">Interesting point.  I guess the same would apply to any magic item since they all require a "feat" to make.So a 5th level wizard with a wand of fireballs (which he made himself) should be a higher level challenge than a 5th level wizard who instead spent his feat on empower spell?The difference between traps and items and cohorts are that in order to create them and "additional" expenditure of other assets is required.  Magic items require gp and xp traps require gp.In order to gain a cohort (note that the feat grants only one a single cohort at a time {I don't agree with this ruling, but see my response rom the WoT Cust Serv combined with the same thing others have gotten from different sources in the WotC chain}) only requires the feat (and of course a DM who isn't out to mess with a player by not allowing him to have a cohort). Leadership is not a bonus feat for any of the core classes and so requires expenditure of a character level feat - a bit more restrictive and expensive in the long run.</blockquote>