Hi!
I started playing wotr as a wizard (with archmage path) and want to build my owen academy specialized on binding demons, scribing scrolls and alchemy.
The idea was to buy a small house and start with selling scrolls and alchemy stuff to get more money for a bigger house later on. As soon as I have a cohort he should do the job maybe together with my familiar.
Since I do not want to wait till Level 7 where I will take Leadership I would like to know if there are other ways to get an apprentice?
Tried anyone building an academy and has some advice for me?
br!
If you could retrain into the Instructor wizard archetype you can get a cohort early. And there are downtime rules for running a business, but I don't know if you get the time you'd need for them in WotR.
On the other hand, is this essentially flavor? If it's the former then maybe your GM will work with you for events etc. without it costing too much. If you want to run it at a significant profit then that's when you need rules like the above.
Torchbearer gets you an alchemist apprentice at 5th level. Its very limited in the claasses you can recruit and you AND the alchemist have to spend a feat.
Squire gets you one at 3rd level but no real spellcasters (half casters at best) so you're stuck with standard alchemist crafting.
The Recruits feat (5th level) could also work though all but one are blocked from crafting. Assign one as 'travelling with you in spirit but not travelling with you physically' to craft stuff.