DM_Blake wrote:
It seems you've presented this the hard way.
First calculate your base score, then derive the other two modified values from that.
Base: 8 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 15
Cohort: 15 - 2 (familiar) = 13
Followers: 15 + 2 (base) = 17
So you can get a 6th level cohort of any adventuring class and you can get nearly a full platoon of lower-level guys: 30 first level soldiers, 3 second level corporals, 1 third level sergeant, and 1 fourth level lieutenant. (No, they don't have to be military, you could get a bunch of blacksmiths or a small village of farmers and a few NPCs to run the inn and store and tavern, or whatever other arrangement you like).
Thanks Blake much appreciated that does clarify it.