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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 890273" data-attributes="member: 1465">It happened to me to DM some sessions with few players (1-3) with low level PCs and I was not afraid of letting them side with one or two NPCs, which of course I ran by myself. To acquire the support of those NPCs required only some RP (even if some Diplomacy rolls were involved), and obviously the DM's will to accept such a situation. Note also that those NPCs in my games are usually the same level as PCs (or higher, in the case there is only 1 friendly NPC).Since I did that from the start, a player of mine takes Leadership only if he wants a constant and faithful support from an NPC (we have never used &quot;followers&quot; yet); that is, an NPC who doesn't go away suddenly because of his own reasons. Somehow it is accepted for LShip sense to be that the character has enough Charisma AND a special talent (&quot;Leadership&quot;) that grants him the ability to keep a SINGLE cohort to follow him*. It is still possible that the cohort leaves if mistreated, but usually it doesn't happen.Anyway, cohorts must be of lower level to be &quot;leadershipped&quot;. In any case, I prefer to run the cohort by myself.*I think there is a rule to take LShip more times and have more cohorts</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 890273, member: 1465"] It happened to me to DM some sessions with few players (1-3) with low level PCs and I was not afraid of letting them side with one or two NPCs, which of course I ran by myself. To acquire the support of those NPCs required only some RP (even if some Diplomacy rolls were involved), and obviously the DM's will to accept such a situation. Note also that those NPCs in my games are usually the same level as PCs (or higher, in the case there is only 1 friendly NPC). Since I did that from the start, a player of mine takes Leadership only if he wants a constant and faithful support from an NPC (we have never used "followers" yet); that is, an NPC who doesn't go away suddenly because of his own reasons. Somehow it is accepted for LShip sense to be that the character has enough Charisma AND a special talent ("Leadership") that grants him the ability to keep a SINGLE cohort to follow him*. It is still possible that the cohort leaves if mistreated, but usually it doesn't happen. Anyway, cohorts must be of lower level to be "leadershipped". In any case, I prefer to run the cohort by myself. *I think there is a rule to take LShip more times and have more cohorts [/QUOTE]

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