Why does the Squire feat have a prerequiste of Character Level 4

[Whale_Cancer]

Couldn't pin down exactly where this belongs, so my thanks to any mod who deems to move it somewhere more appropriate.

Simple question. Why does the Squire feat from Knights of the Inner sea have a prerequisite of character level 4? Feats are gained on odd levels and it is not a combat feat. Am I missing some way to access this feat at 4th level?

I would really like to so my eldritch knight to-be can have a mobile scroll rack 1 level sooner.

[Weren Wu Jen]

It has been errata'd to be 3rd level:

Right Here

[Whale_Cancer]

Weren Wu Jen wrote:

It has been errata'd to be 3rd level:

Right Here

Thank you!

[Weren Wu Jen]

You're welcome!

Cheers!

[Jeraa]

Unless I'm missing something, its useless at 3rd level.

Quote:

Benefit: This feat acts similarly to the Leadership feat, with several exceptions. You can only attract a 1st-level cohort (referred to hereafter as a squire) with this feat, and cannot recruit followers until you have the Leadership feat. You determine your Leadership score according to the rules presented in the Leadership feat, but your squire is always at least three or more levels lower than yourself.

Since the minimum level a character can be is 1, and the cohort must be at least 3 levels below you, you would have to be at least 4th level to get the cohort.

[cartmanbeck]

Jeraa wrote:

Unless I'm missing something, its useless at 3rd level.

Quote:

Benefit: This feat acts similarly to the Leadership feat, with several exceptions. You can only attract a 1st-level cohort (referred to hereafter as a squire) with this feat, and cannot recruit followers until you have the Leadership feat. You determine your Leadership score according to the rules presented in the Leadership feat, but your squire is always at least three or more levels lower than yourself.

Since the minimum level a character can be is 1, and the cohort must be at least 3 levels below you, you would have to be at least 4th level to get the cohort.

Yeah, but with the errata I think they meant it to also have the words "minimum 1" after "lower than yourself". However, as it stands it basically gives you no mechanical benefit at 3rd level, but does allow you to get the squire as soon as you hit 4th level.