Serpenteye said:
I'm not sure, for either RP or PowerP reasons, wether I should get a cohort. I would give up a very powerful ability to get one.
Very true.
Serpenteye said:
You are right, my cohort would be more powerful than yours, but that's one of the few (and diminishing) benefits my character gets from not having an LA. You all already get some considerable compensation for your LA in the form of extra HPs.
Very true also, but to be honest Kilcif isn't a trusting soul so any cohort he has will always been something that could be disposed off if need be. (OOC: I don't think this should ever happen, you took the feat, and your cohorts loyalty shouldn't be an issue as long as your loyal to them.)
As for the LA hit points is very kind, and I'm sure that Kilcif got more hit points per a level than your character got for his real level. If Isida thinks that they’re an unfair advantage at anywhere down the road I would gladly give them up.
To be honest, I have no issue with your character having a cohort its the simply matter of how many PC and cohorts we seem to be collecting... I dragged Isida into this game, and I feel responsible for any headaches she experiences cause of this game... :\ In fact I feel a sympathy headache forming now...
Anyhow it's her game so if she has issues with cohorts then she will say so.
Serpenteye said:
After I reach 21st level (and presumably Epic Level Spellcasting) my rate of power-increase will become a lot slower, most of it will come in the form of disposable treasure (and LA doesn't affect that). Most epic feats after that are rather weak compared to what non-epic characters get.
I'm not sure what you’re trying to say here as Epic Level Spellcasting is the most broken thing I've ever seen in 3rd edition.
Serpenteye said:
You, by contrast, will increase your BaB and/or your spellcasting ability until you too reach epic levels and get your handful of powerful feats in addition to your native abilities as a superior race.
Oh you get brownie points, oops, cool points for admitting to the superiority of Bugbears... If you’re wanting to convert to Hruggek please let Kilcif know.
Serpenteye said:
My character will be weaker, rather than stronger than the others in the group. It is only in the short term that my character has the potential to be more powerful than yours.
Though I do agree that growth does pause after epic levels especially if epic spell casting isn't used but I still don't think your character will be that weak... I know you to well to fall for that.
Serpenteye said:
Leadership might be the equalizer I'll need, but I'm not decided.
It might be indeed.
Serpenteye said:
Leadership might not be appropriate for a character who would have no political power in the House or the party. How could I justify playing the greatest leader in the group while being a follower?
I don't know, Kilcif has leadership simply for the zeal that infects his cohort. Kilcif isn't out to be the group leader, he'll be happy to let others be equals and his cohort could probably care little about the group or the group politics.
And for the record: Isida made my cohort for me.
What? He's an Incanatar, he specialises in taking care of Outsiders and the very alienness of the creature might have been quite a good reason for him to befriend it in the first place once he encountered it in a distant realm of the multiverse. Out of scientific interest if nothing else. It, alone and frightened by the sanity and order of its environment, might have been pleased to tag along... Or something.
.Really, I'm only joking (mostly) about the Pseudonatural.
