multiple cohorts

[Liquidsabre]

The Leadership Feat provides the benefit: "Having this feat enables the character to attract loyal companions and devoted followers, subordinates who assist her."

Taking the Leadership feat more than once provides no extra benefit and would be a waste of a feat. When the Leadership feat has been selected more than once no extra beenfit is gained, the leadsership score for the character remains unaffected.

 

[the Jester]

I have no problem with a cohort taking Leadership; how else do you get big sprawling organizations? Just remember, your cohort's followers aren't loyal to you, they're loyal to your cohort; and if your cohort's cohort decides that you're a fool making terrible mistakes, and decides that his boss would be a better boss than you...

As to taking Leadership multiple times, I seem to recall reading a discussion in Dragon, Sage Advice or somewhere that indicated you could do it, but it's a vague, old tobey-blunted memory and I can't place it exactly.

If a pc asked to do so, I'd prolly tell them no. There are enough damn npcs in the party as it is.

 

[Impeesa]

Sure, your cohort can take Leadership. You're his cohort now. He's still your cohort too, so to meet the level limits on cohorts, you both alternate losing two levels to be behind the other until you hit level 1, run out of con, and die.

--Impeesa--

 

[Li Shenron]

- There was indeed some FAQ or sage advice about taking Leadership multiple times. It would grant you one additional cohort every time (but no followers). I think there should be no problem in doing that, except that it may become a burden for the DM who has to RP all the cohorts.

- A cohort is completely different than an underling or hireling. The idea is modelled around characters like Sancho Panza for Don Quixote for example. It should be played loyal to a very long extent, since the PC has "spent" a feat for it, otherwise just get an NPC friend (both things need DM approval) of any level and simply handle him a share of treasure and Xp. I totally disagree that having someone under you in the army should be represented as having a cohort.

 

[Dimensional]

I would allow a 2nd cohort, But I'd give a cumulative -2 modifier to effective leadership score (just like having a familiar, or mount reduces you leadership, so does having a cohort. thus unless your charisma is realy high, your going to find it difficult to have an effective 2nd or third cohort.

jeremy