(General)
Be they students, retainers, new recruits to your order, or neophyte members of your faith, you have access to a small set of dedicated servants.
Prerequisites
Charisma 13, character level 5th.
Benefit
You gain a number of cohorts (as per the
Leadership feat) that represent NPCs you are responsible for instructing and overseeing. You have a number of such cohorts equal to half your character level. Unlike normal cohorts, these recruits must be at least 4 levels lower than your level. Since these recruits must spend most of their time studying and gaining experience, only one recruit can travel with you at a time (though they all gain experience at the same rate, as those not present are assumed to be studying and growing independently). Whenever you are in a major town or city, you can exchange the recruit currently accompanying you for a different member of your recruits. As recruits are busy learning and studying the basics of their careers, those not traveling with you can't engage in mundane or magical crafting or
Profession checks. If a recruit dies, you take only a -1 penalty to your
Leadership score.
Special
The recruits feat counts as the
Leadership feat for purposes of fulfilling prerequisites. A character cannot have both
Leadership and Recruits. A character with Recruits who later qualifies for
Leadership can exchange this feat for
Leadership immediately upon qualifying (selecting one minor cohort to become a full cohort, while the rest move on).
