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Leadership is...frustrating, it seems cool from a flavor perspective, and that's why people in my group have taken it (at least I like to think that's why) but it really is too powerful for a feat. If you had a prestige class built around it- that is for ten levels you get class feature that build up an army, instead of other class features, than maybe, maybe it could work.

I'll admit a lot of it did come from Leadership, and yet, the main character did benefit a ton from Cavalier.

The bonuses he handed out on charges from banner, the 38 AC I managed to maintain using a combination of Mithril Breastplate, Lion's Shield, Combat Expertise, Dodge,the Order of the Lion's Challenge ability (+5 AC against one target, -2 to all others), and some minor magical items; the mount, and the ability to hand out Teamwork feats.

Overall the Cavalier is a great combatant if you're not looking to outshine everyone, and be a great team player. He really shines in cohesion with everyone else.

I myself just recently retired a Cavalier after he proved too disastrous to the Serpent Skull AP. Being mostly out in the open, being a Cavalier 5 / Bard 1 / Battle Herald 4 and having both the Taldan Knight and Leadership feat allowed him and his cohorts to just eat through encounters nearly unaided by the rest of the party, due to the large amount of damage handed out by the 8th level Fighter cohort, the large amount of AC the Herald has, and all the bonuses the Battle Herald himself hands out. My crowning glory (and the events that led to my decision to stop playing him so the rest of the group could stop feeling left out) was a Huge Sized Spider killed in 1 hit (thanks in part to the Critical Hit Deck) and Two Tyrannosaurs dropped in 3 rounds (which was due in part to another Player's Witch, who put one of the beasts to sleep).

Overall I've had fun with the Cavalier, while my party less so.

All I can remember about said article is that it presented several martial arts created by various fantasy races, one specific one called Kokumajutsu, Demon Wrestling or some such. It's not the article in 303 with the various racial martial arts. Any help is much appreciated.