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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 251104" data-attributes="member: 545">Yup.&nbsp; Those cohorts are so weak that they really are nothing more than walking meatshields to buy the casters a round before being overrun.A 3rd level cohort implies a Leadership score of at most 5.&nbsp; 9th level PCs would have a base Leadership score of 9.&nbsp; -2 for having a familiar.&nbsp; So either those PCs have very poor Charisma scores or someone has been earning negative rep modifiers for using cohorts as disposable speed bumps.Squire James is correct.&nbsp; If you want small creatures to drain resources you will need to methodically keep the players guessing about the power level they are up against.&nbsp; Do not let them assume that the goblin is less powerful than the ogre.Those PCs are optimized for standing back and vaporizing the opposition.&nbsp; They know they are in a world of hurt if someone brings the fight to them; that is why they are so quick with the blaster spells.If you want to cause these guys real trouble make them fight in fog.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 251104, member: 545"] Yup. Those cohorts are so weak that they really are nothing more than walking meatshields to buy the casters a round before being overrun. A 3rd level cohort implies a Leadership score of at most 5. 9th level PCs would have a base Leadership score of 9. -2 for having a familiar. So either those PCs have very poor Charisma scores or someone has been earning negative rep modifiers for using cohorts as disposable speed bumps. Squire James is correct. If you want small creatures to drain resources you will need to methodically keep the players guessing about the power level they are up against. Do not let them assume that the goblin is less powerful than the ogre. Those PCs are optimized for standing back and vaporizing the opposition. They know they are in a world of hurt if someone brings the fight to them; that is why they are so quick with the blaster spells. If you want to cause these guys real trouble make them fight in fog. [/QUOTE]

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