Okay so I am utterly confused by the leadership feat and how it works with regards to a monstrous cohort.
In the bestiary it says '...Their effective cohort "level" corresponds to the level available to the PC as afforded by his Leadership score"
So does this mean a Skeletal Champion is effectively the same as say a 6th level human fighter?
And does this mean I would need a leadership score of at least 9 to take it too? What if I had a leadership score of 10 (level 9 + 1 from charisma modifier for example)at 9th level and took the leadership feat then for the skeletal champion, giving me a cohort of up to level 7. Would I add a class level to the base skeletal champion from the bestiary?
Any information is greatly appreciated.
My group has been dabbling in monstrous cohorts pretty heavily. Each of us have one, and there are (up to) eight players per session.
Here's how you would deal with the Skeletal Champion. Since the Skeletal Champion in the book is a human warrior 1, and the monstrous cohort table makes no mention that you do not simply take the creature as listed in the Bestiary, you get a human warrior 1 as your Skeletal Champion (race and class might be negotiable with your GM). This creature is ECL 6, meaning you need to be at least level 8 (with a Leadership score of 9). Since you are level 9 with a Leadership score of 10, your Skeletal Champion can gain a class level (since SCs specifically can gain class levels). Taking levels in an associated class is recommended in the monstrous cohort text, so that would be fighter, barbarian or ranger (or warrior, I would think).
Your cohort would then gain XP as per the Leadership feat and level as per the XP gained and the Leadership table.
Does that make sense?
My group has been dabbling in monstrous cohorts pretty heavily. Each of us have one, and there are (up to) eight players per session.
Here's how you would deal with the Skeletal Champion. Since the Skeletal Champion in the book is a human warrior 1, and the monstrous cohort table makes no mention that you do not simply take the creature as listed in the Bestiary, you get a human warrior 1 as your Skeletal Champion (race and class might be negotiable with your GM). This creature is ECL 6, meaning you need to be at least level 8 (with a Leadership score of 9). Since you are level 9 with a Leadership score of 10, your Skeletal Champion can gain a class level (since SCs specifically can gain class levels). Taking levels in an associated class is recommended in the monstrous cohort text, so that would be fighter, barbarian or ranger (or warrior, I would think).
Your cohort would then gain XP as per the Leadership feat and level as per the XP gained and the Leadership table.
Does that make sense?
It does, I got hung up on the wording about it's effective level and what not is more of the thing. Thanks.