GM's thought on Monstrous Companion (or taking a monster as a cohort for that matter)

[Kennypngn]

Not to beat a dead horse (which it probably already is)

long background, read if you want:

In our game one of our players wanted to take the Monstrous cohort feat, until they realized how under powered it is in some instances. They have a descent charisma and an animal companion, which in and of itself doesn't prevent leadership. With that being said it was noted that the monstrous cohort got rid of both for a sub-par cohort that was weaker then the avg cohort.

So the fix that I'm thinking about using would be to mix the monstrous cohort with the rules for monsters as PC, and using the lvl it says to count them as, more as the lvl you can pick them up.

In other words a druid would have to be lvl 8 to pick up a hippogriff, but the hippogriff could be lvl 4

Druid 8 = cohort 5

Hippogriff= cohort 5

Hippogriff is cr 2

so 3 lvls + (1/3*lvl up to 1/2 cr)

So the main question is..does this seem overpowered?

Another question, would instituting it for the rules to pick up cohorts be overpowered?

[Yorkblack]

It woule still be less powerful than taking a real cohort, so I think it's fine. I mean, if you're lvl 8 and you want to take a mount, you coule take a synthesist summoner 6 who would be far more OP than a hippogriff with 4 lvls

[The Shaman]

It is still not as great as a normal cohort and does not come with followers. I think it isn´t such a big deal.

[Kennypngn]

Thank you. I just wanted to make sure before I did it. Would've hated if around end the other party members began to feel under powered. TBH I usually don't allow leadership feats just due to how much they bog down combat, but this current party is pretty small (3 people)