KoK Player's Guide: Temple Rank

[Samothdm]

Has anyone used the concept of "Temple Rank" in the Kingdoms of Kalamar Player's Guide?

The privileges gained seemed to be pretty powerful. For example, at Rank 5, a character only has to pay 1,000 XP, be able to cast divine spells, and have at least 4 ranks in Diplomacy. For doing that, he gets:

1) A "senior" cleric follower of level 1d4 +2
2) 1d3 1st level clerics
3) 1d4 commoners or experts (cooks, grooms, messengers, etc.)

That's like getting a free "Leadership" Feat.

Just curious if anyone has used this concept in their game and whether or not you found it balanced. I'm considering doing something similar for a cleric player in my game.

 

[Lord Ravinous]

Never seen it, but a cool idea none-the-less, BUMP

 

[Yeoman]

Let's see, one of my dm's used it in his Kalamar campaign, and we had the followers from Temple Rank, only arrive and apply once the cleric had built a church, and they simply staffed the church instead of adventuring. The whole system seemed pretty cool in our opinion.