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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belzbet" data-source="post: 6059576" data-attributes="member: 6678902">I am sure others have already mentioned these things but I will go ahead and mention them too. I actually was part of this bad ass group that specialized in having minions. We had a town and ALL the members where loyal to one party member or another. 3.5e caters to the person who wants minions. First off there is leadership feat, gain minioons based on CHA.Secondly there is a cleric. Cleric have the ability to gain quite a large number of undead followers (ALL evil cleric do and some neutral clerics can command undead. Prestige classes in I think Libris mortis GREATLY increase the clerics ability to command undead. Also a cleric with the plant domain can command plants. A cleric with the earth, air, fire or water domain can command elementals. This stacks with its ability to command undead (at least that is how I would rule it). i believe there is a feat or ability somewhere that even allows clerics to command evil or good outsiders... ill look.CLerics and wizards/sorc. The have the spell animate dead and stronger versions of this spells. This gives more undead minions.there is also spells that animate objects and plants; and dont forget about summonign and planar binding...Leadership and clerics ability to animate or command undead is the most effective way to gather minions. But a druid also has ta limited ability to gain minions. Druid: druids can befriend animals. however, they actually dont limit the druid the way they limit the cleric. meaning a druid ability to use animal empathy (or other abilities and spells) to make friends with animals is not based on the druids HD, so I guess a druid can have a MASSIVE number of animal helpers. Also there are good prestige classes that enhance the druids ability to get minions. I forget the name of the PrC but ill look. The animal minions however arent ALWAYS loyal as the clerics undead minions and the minions given by leadership. I mean its essentially making friends with animals and hoping they will follow you so its up to the DM, its not part of the rules that the animals that a druid befriends has to follow them and help them (only the animal companion). I think there is some prestige class or feat out there that gives teh druid the ability to command plants or animals JUST like a cleric commands undead. If given this ability then the it wouldnt be upto the fancy of the DM to decide if your animal followers are loyal.Also there is nothing in the rules preventing your cohort given by leadership to actually have leadership itself, at least I dont think there is (thus increasing the minions you have access to)</blockquote>

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