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Hello there!
For my Kingmaker group I will not allow leadership as a feat. Instead the players will receive cohorts via roleplaying (followers also, but that's not important).
I'd like to create all kinds of NPCs and introduce them via different approaches. If my players show interest in their background, personality etc. they will stay near and the players get the chance to win them as a cohort.
Did some of you went for the same?
What are your selfmade NPCs, what is/was special about them and where or under what cicumstances did the players met/will meet them the first time?
I'd really like to hear about your ideas!
I did allow Leadership within my campaign, but made it clear that only one character in the group could have it. Since only one player was particularly interested, it worked out. The player let me know he would be interested in have a wizard as a cohort, so I designed 3 of them, and added them to the game as NPCs...(Note the player was a Cavalier, and the entire party lacked a full arcane caster)
First one was Maximilian, who was the black sheep uncle of one of the other characters. Max was a randy old man with a thing for Orcish women who regularly made trips out to the Iobarian tribes to tomcat. Despite his odd personality, he was likable and tough. He was a pretty pure Evoker; he liked to 'bring the thunder'
Second was Kenya, a Cavalry-trained battle mage from Lastwall. She arrived with small contingent of Lastwall Riders (some of whom eventually became followers of the PC) looking to get established in their Kingdom. She was a Transmuter with a bit of a temper and a real chip on her shoulder about the Surtova family (long story).
Finally was a Dwarven Conjuror, Cade Whitelock, who was a 'utility mage'...enough combat to get along, but mostly invested in the side magics that could be useful. He had a level of Fighter, so he was a slightly less powerful Wizard (and he eventually went the Eldritch Knight route). Cade was a family retainer of the PC, his original tutor in a number of skills.
Cade is the cohort the player eventually chose, though 'Uncle Max' did continue to make social appearances in the game, and the Cavalier wooed and wed Kenya.
I'm statting out the other three parties that adventure in the Stolen Lands, which I've posted here.