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Message: <blockquote data-quote="heifitz" data-source="post: 1620603" data-attributes="member: 20728">On page 104 of the DMG 3.5 under Cohorts, first sentence second paragraph it states that there is no limits to the number of cohorts that can be employed by a character. The text for attracting cohorts and the leadership feat on page 106 goes back and forth between using verbiage that states or implies that one can employ multiple cohorts and referring to the cohort in a singular sense that is seemingly incongruous with this without explicitly contradicting it.  Technically then, the feat allows any number of cohorts but the DM has final say on whether a cohort is available and the details of that cohort, the PC merely tries to attract a cohort and has no control over who shows up for the job (though of course unsuitable canidates can be rejected). From my experience most PCs create their own cohort and submit for DM approval, the DM IMHO only need step in when the PC is misplaying the cohort or otherwise trying to squeeze too much benefit out of the one feat they have spent. Also, cohorts can be a liability, like familiars they can be susceptible to damage or death since they are less powerful, and the PC will likely end up spending a significant portion of his own wealth on equipment and upkeep for the cohort(s).</blockquote>