Leadership Subsystem

[Onkonk]

So this AP heavily uses the Leadership subsystem and throughout the first book you get the chance to recruit followers and lieutenants. I'm not sure I understand the mechanical benefit of this however, it says that followers and lieutenants are noncombatant NPCs and if you decide to use a liutenant as a cohort that is akin to adding another player to your party.

As far as I can tell when you recruit people they just add up to your numbers and follow you as noncombatants. If the intent is simply to add NPCs to your party that you can RP with this is very fine, I guess I'm just wondering what to do with the subsystem and if it is worth the bookkeeping.

Maybe there is an event in later books that rely on the organization size and level?

[Leon Aquilla]

In at least one encounter it says they use the stats of a bodyguard in Chapter 1.

[demlin]

Yeah, that entire subsystem is a huge disappointment. There's really nothing mechanically tied to it, just a number of followers.

That being said the first book mentions the size of the tribe and how many could potentially die a lot, so at least something is bound to happen in later books; I'd keep the tally for now

[The Raven Black]

The description of the second book mentions recruiting people in the following and that of the third book leading them in battle.

And I think they would not have put the Leadership system in the Player's Guide if it was not used in the AP.