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<blockquote data-quote="Dolza" data-source="post: 2235718" data-attributes="member: 16071">A few levels ago one of my players, a Paladin of Clangeddin/Fighter/Kensai took leadership and attracted a cohort.&nbsp; The cohort i gave him was a lawful neutral character who was trying to learn/follow the example of a Lawful Good character to change her ways.&nbsp; The problem has been this, the character doesn't exactly act like what i percieve a Paladin to be all the time.&nbsp; He is hesitant in battle if he thinks his nifty armor or weapon might get hurt, he doesnt support his church or his leige that he's sworn his Kensai oath to.&nbsp; He had his current follower for 2 levels and was very stingy with rewarding her with gold or items etc, even though she saved the party's bacon a time or two.&nbsp; The other party members are quicker to help supply her with cash etc.&nbsp; He rationalizes all this by saying things like....&quot;I'm a dwarf and dwarves are greedy and love gold!&quot; or&nbsp; he wont run to the front line and tell the group &quot;i didn't want to risk me weapon boys!&quot;&nbsp; in my opinion, this is crazy considering he's a cleric of Clangeddin!&nbsp; They're the first to rush into battle no matter what the odds.So, here is what I'm thinking of doing.&nbsp; His current cohort is going to leave him in search of someone who is more of an example of what i see as Lawful Good.&nbsp; Then his church is going to provide him with a new follower that is not battle tested but knows how a representative of Clangeddin would act.&nbsp; I've mentioned this to him during the game but it hasn't seemed ot matter much to him.&nbsp; I guess my questions areIs it fair to change out followers based on RP reasons?Should i begin to take away paladin and/or Kensai benefits if he's not behaving as someone of those classes would?Should his Leadership score take a hit for a follower leaving him?How do i explain a Cleric of Clangeddin that knows how to act but would need to follow the player around?thanks for your helpdolza</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dolza, post: 2235718, member: 16071"] A few levels ago one of my players, a Paladin of Clangeddin/Fighter/Kensai took leadership and attracted a cohort. The cohort i gave him was a lawful neutral character who was trying to learn/follow the example of a Lawful Good character to change her ways. The problem has been this, the character doesn't exactly act like what i percieve a Paladin to be all the time. He is hesitant in battle if he thinks his nifty armor or weapon might get hurt, he doesnt support his church or his leige that he's sworn his Kensai oath to. He had his current follower for 2 levels and was very stingy with rewarding her with gold or items etc, even though she saved the party's bacon a time or two. The other party members are quicker to help supply her with cash etc. He rationalizes all this by saying things like...."I'm a dwarf and dwarves are greedy and love gold!" or he wont run to the front line and tell the group "i didn't want to risk me weapon boys!" in my opinion, this is crazy considering he's a cleric of Clangeddin! They're the first to rush into battle no matter what the odds. So, here is what I'm thinking of doing. His current cohort is going to leave him in search of someone who is more of an example of what i see as Lawful Good. Then his church is going to provide him with a new follower that is not battle tested but knows how a representative of Clangeddin would act. I've mentioned this to him during the game but it hasn't seemed ot matter much to him. I guess my questions are Is it fair to change out followers based on RP reasons? Should i begin to take away paladin and/or Kensai benefits if he's not behaving as someone of those classes would? Should his Leadership score take a hit for a follower leaving him? How do i explain a Cleric of Clangeddin that knows how to act but would need to follow the player around? thanks for your help dolza [/QUOTE]

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