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So. A character with the leadership feat can recruit a cohort with a level of up to 2 levels below his own (depending on leadership score), but as per the leadership table he can't actually have a cohort of higher than 17th level even when he himself reaches level 20. A bit weird, but it was like that in 3.5 as well.
The noble scion prc has the following ability:
At 2nd level, a noble scion gains the Leadership feat as a bonus feat. He can recruit a cohort up to one level lower than himself. At 10th level, he can recruit a cohort of the same level as himself.
So how would this work with a noble scion of 18th level or higher? By RAW you would certainly still be limited to a 17th level cohort, but this is a rather important class feature of the otherwise power starved noble scion.
Would you consider it overpowered (well, more than usual) for the noble's leadership to bend these rules, either by waiving the limitation altogether (somewhat questionable due to the power of most capstone abilities) or impose a level -1 restriction at 20th just as a regular character with leadership, allowing for a 19th level cohort?
Nothing prevent a cohort to exceed level 17 by adventuring with the main character.
You just can't recruit a new one higther than 17° level, but your compagnion from level 7, recruited at level 5, can easily goes up to level 20 if you reach level 22.
