Leadership
Modifiers: Several
factors can affect a character’s Leadership score, causing it to vary from the
base score (character level + Cha modifier). A character’s reputation (from
the point of view of the cohort or follower he is trying to attract) raises or
lowers his Leadership score:
|
Leader’s
Reputation |
Modifier
|
|
Great
renown |
+2 |
|
Fairness
and generosity |
+1 |
|
Special
power |
+1 |
|
Failure
|
–1 |
|
Aloofness
|
–1 |
|
Cruelty
|
–2 |
Other
modifiers may apply when the character tries to attract a cohort:
|
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. |
|
Followers
have different priorities from cohorts. When the character tries to attract a
new follower, use any of the following modifiers that apply.
|
The
Leader . . . |
Modifier |
|
Has a
stronghold, base of operations, guildhouse, or the like |
+2 |
|
Moves
around a lot |
–1 |
|
Caused
the death of other followers |
–1. |
Leadership Score
|
Cohort
Level
|
——
Number of Followers by Level ——
|
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|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
||
|
1 or
lower |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
2 |
1st |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
3 |
2nd |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
4 |
3rd |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
5 |
3rd |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
6 |
4th |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
7 |
5th |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
8 |
5th |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
9 |
6th |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
10 |
7th |
5 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
11 |
7th |
6 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
12 |
8th |
8 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
13 |
9th |
10 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
14 |
10th |
15 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
15 |
10th |
20 |
2 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
|
16 |
11th |
25 |
2 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
|
17 |
12th |
30 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
|
18 |
12th |
35 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
|
19 |
13th |
40 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
— |
|
20 |
14th |
50 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
— |
|
21 |
15th |
60 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
22 |
15th |
75 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
23 |
16th |
90 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
24 |
17th |
110 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
25 or
higher |
17th |
135 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Leadership
Score: A
character’s base Leadership score equals his level plus any Charisma modifier.
In order to take into account negative Charisma modifiers, this table allows for
very low Leadership scores, but the character must still be 6th level or higher
in order to gain the Leadership feat. Outside factors can affect a character’s
Leadership score, as detailed above.
Cohort
Level: The character
can attract a cohort of up to this level. Regardless of a character’s
Leadership score, he can only recruit a cohort who is two or more levels lower
than himself. The cohort should be equipped with gear appropriate for its level.
A character can try to attract a cohort of a particular race, class, and
alignment. The cohort’s alignment may not be opposed to the leader’s
alignment on either the law-vs-chaos or good-vs-evil axis, and the leader takes
a Leadership penalty if he recruits a cohort of an alignment different from his
own.
Cohorts earn XP as follows:
The cohort does not count as a party member when
determining the party’s XP.
Divide the cohort’s level by the level of the PC with
whom he or she is associated (the character with the Leadership feat who
attracted the cohort).
Multiply this result by the total XP awarded to the PC
and add that number of experience points to the cohort’s total.
If a cohort gains enough XP to bring it to a level one
lower than the associated PC’s character level, the cohort does not gain the
new level—its new XP total is 1 less than the amount needed attain the next
level.
Number
of Followers by Level: The
character 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 generally five or more levels behind the character they
follow, they’re rarely effective in combat.
Followers don’t earn experience and thus don’t gain
levels. However, when a character with Leadership attains a new level, the
player consults the table above to determine if she has acquired more followers,
some of which may be higher level than the existing followers. (You don’t
consult the table to see if your cohort gains levels, however, because cohorts
earn experience on their own.)