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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treacherous_B" data-source="post: 3285235" data-attributes="member: 47524">As someone currently "abusing" the Leadership feat by having a cohort with an item creation feat, I decided I'd stop lurking for a second to chime in.Cohorts are figures of nearly-comparable power to your character that - based on that character's influence - has decided to drop everything they'd normally be doing to associate themselves with said character. I figure that entitles you to some perks, but nothing like a constant stream of free items. There can be a nice middle-ground there, especially if the cohort stays at home.In a sense, you're exchanging the combat/travel boons having (essentially) an extra party member would offer for the benefit of getting items "on the cheap" or, in what should be rare cases, "on the free".Example: my character (19 Cleric/2 Hierophant) has started to establish his own religion, and has erected a church to that end. His cohort (10 Favored Soul/7 Pious Templar) stays at the church dealing with the day to day activities, which includes welcoming new worshippers swayed from abroad by my character. He also happens to be a more-than-capable crafter of magic arms and armor, and as a way of thanking my character for taking him under wing, he crafted a potent magic weapon for no cost.Might this be a little unfair? Sure, if you want to look at it with that kind of slant. But is handing my cleric a rockin' scythe more helpful to the party than being an extra 17th level frontline combatant/healing machine/whatever? I certainly don't think so. And the unbalancing factor is mitigated by the fact that my party doesn't hold any sway over the cohort. The cohort might sell them a weapon on the cheap (75%) because of their association, but wouldn't give them something for free. Nor would my character ask that of his cohort.A lot of the problems with Leadership, it seems, can be covered by roleplaying. Most characters shouldn't feel entitled to free stuff because someone they know can make it.</blockquote>

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