(General)
You attract followers to your cause and a companion to join you on your adventures.
Prerequisites
Character level 7th.
Benefit
This feat enables you to attract a loyal cohort and a number of devoted subordinates who assist you. A cohort is generally an NPC with class levels, while followers are typically lower level NPCs.
Leadership Score
Your base Leadership score equals your level plus your
Charisma modifier. In order to take into account negative
Charisma modifiers, this table allows for very low Leadership scores, but you must still be 7th level or higher in order to gain the Leadership feat. Outside factors can affect your Leadership score, as detailed below.
Leadership Modifiers
Several factors can affect your Leadership score, causing it to vary from the base score (character level +
Charisma modifier). Your reputation (from the point of view of the cohort or follower you are trying to attract) raises or lowers your Leadership score.
Leader Reputation Modifiers
| Leader's Reputation | Modifier |
|---|
| Great renown | +2 |
| Fairness and generosity | +1 |
| Special power | +1 |
| Failure | –1 |
| Aloofness | –1 |
| Cruelty | –2 |
Cohort Leader Modifiers
| The Leader… | Modifier |
|---|
| Has a familiar, special mount, or animal companion | –2 |
| Recruits a cohort of a different alignment | –1 |
| Caused the death of a cohort | –2* |
*Cumulative Per Cohort Killed
Follower Leader Modifiers
| The Leader… | Modifier |
|---|
| Has a stronghold, base of operations, guildhouse, etc. | +2 |
| Moves around a lot | –1 |
| Caused the death of other followers | –1 |
Leader Reputation Modifiers apply when attracting followers and cohorts. Cohort Leader Modifiers apply only when attracting Cohorts, and Follower Leader Modifiers only apply when attracting followers.
Leadership Table
Max Cohort Level
| Leadership Score | Max Level |
|---|
| 1 or lower | — |
| 2 | 1st |
| 3 | 2nd |
| 4 | 3rd |
| 5 | 3rd |
| 6 | 4th |
| 7 | 5th |
| 8 | 5th |
| 9 | 6th |
| 10 | 7th |
| 11 | 7th |
| 12 | 8th |
| 13 | 9th |
| 14 | 10th |
| 15 | 10th |
| 16 | 11th |
| 17 | 12th |
| 18 | 12th |
| 19 | 13th |
| 20 | 14th |
| 21 | 15th |
| 22 | 15th |
| 23 | 16th |
| 24 | 17th |
| 25 or higher | 17th |
Number of Followers by Level
| Leadership Score | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|
| 1 or lower | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 16 | 25 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 18 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 19 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 20 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 21 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 75 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | 90 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | 110 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 25+ | 135 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Maximum Cohort Level: You can attract a cohort of up to this level. Regardless of your Leadership score, your cohort can never be higher than 2 levels below your own. The cohort’s alignment may not be opposed to your alignment on either the law/chaos or good/evil axis, and you take a –1 penalty to your Leadership score if you recruit a cohort of an alignment different from your own. See
Followers & Cohorts for details on how you create a cohort.
Number of Followers by Level: You can lead up to the indicated number of characters of each level. Followers are similar to cohorts, except they’re generally low-level NPCs. Because they’re usually 5 or more levels behind you, they’re rarely effective in combat.
When you gain a new level, consult Table: Leadership to determine if you acquire more followers, some of whom may be higher level than the existing followers (you may also choose to level up existing followers and recruit new followers to fill your ranks. Don’t consult the table to see if your cohort gains levels, however, because cohorts level up on their own.
