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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 4600743" data-attributes="member: 8461">Well, there's some problems there (beyond that fact that, as experts, they shouldn't be able to make alchemist's fire at all, since crafting that item requires that you be a spellcaster).As Runestar noted, there's nothing in the Leadership description saying that your characters have the non-elite array, or NPC class levels. So if your followers were three 1st-level wizards, with maximum ranks in Craft (alchemy), a 16 Intelligence (+3) bonus, and took the Skill Focus (Craft (alchemy)) feat, they'd have a +10 bonus to Craft (alchemy) checks.Moreover, they don't need to take a "standard distribution" of rolls, since they can take 10 on a Craft check. Doing so means that they achieve a 20, which is the DC to create a flask of alchemist's fire - moreover, that result multiplied by the DC to create the item is 400; double the price of the item in silver pieces (200 sp), which means it'd take each follower just half-a-week to make one flask.This doesn't seem like such a big deal, but there is potential for problems, particularly if the PC here is inclined to screw with game-world economics. After all, it just costs one-third of an item's listed price to craft it, and you can sell it for one-half the listed price, meaning you always turn a profit.By itself, that's still not too big a deal, but now add in those mages selling spellcasting services (being 1st-level characters, they make 5 gp per 0-level spell and 10 gp per 1st-level spell), and that's more money coming in.Again, that's pretty meaningless, but it's just an example of what can be done. There's a great article in the latest Knights of the Dinner Table (#146, I think) about maximizing character profit, and reselling is a big part of that. With several NPCs doing it for you, it can quickly get cumbersome for the DM.My point is that (in my experience), followers are a burden - either for the DM (as they carry out myriad nickel and dime tasks) or the PC (babysitting them to keep them alive when the DM has a monster target them).</blockquote>

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