Hello,
I thought up an alternative table for the Leadership-Feat, which is based on Challenge Rating rather than level. A quick guide to the CR's (thanks to stringburka for explaining them to me):
NPC-class with non-heroic stat array: CR = Level -2
Kobold with NPC-class and non-heroic stat array: CR =Level -3
PC-class with heroic stat array: CR = Level -1
CR 0 = 1/2
CR -1 = 1/3
CR -2 = 1/4
Now what's the point of the whole thing?
1) Flexibility. You can take whatever followers you can get that have a CR equivalent to the follower level. You can take kobolds as followers without being nerfed, or gnolls or pixies, whatever fits you style (and what the DM allows).
2) A slight nerf. There was almost no reason to take NPC-classes as followers and I didn't like the idea of Leadership creating an army of heroes, so now the bulk (namely everbody on CR 1/3) has to be a member of an NPC class. I spread the followers over 7 CR's instead of 6 levels so you can still have a halfway competent court wizard or cleric.
Feedback is appreciated.^^
I'd have to read this over, but if I get the gist of it properly. Then seems good.
However, I'm not that in depth with game mechanics, so not sure.
I'll bookmark and give you additional feedback later.
So basically it increases the power of the leadership feat quite a bit.
I think. I dunno, I'm not currently the guy to talk to this option about.
So basically it increases the power of the leadership feat quite a bit.
I think. I dunno, I'm not currently the guy to talk to this option about.
How does it increase the power? At the moment the rules allow you to use heroic levels for all followers. With the alternate table you get the same number of followers but you have to take non-heroic npc's for the least powerful of them. For the higher ones you have to decide if you want someone with an NPC-class who is one level higher or someone with a PC-class who gets some extra abilities. The number of the followers is unchanged, they are only spread over one more category so that the two most powerful followers could still be level 6 heroics like before.
Oh okay. >.> See, I am sometimes stupid. Anyway.