Type: General
Source: Player's Handbook v.3.5
You are the sort of person others want to follow, and you have done some work attempting to recruit cohorts and followers.
Prerequisite: The character must be at least 6th level.
Benefit: Having this feat enables the character to attract loyal companions and devoted followers, subordinates who assist her. See table below for what sort of cohort and how many followers the character can recruit.
Special:
| Leadership Score | Cohort Level | Number of Followers by Level | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | ||
| 1 or less | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | 7th | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | 7th | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | 8th | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | 9th | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | 10th | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 10th | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 16 | 11th | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 17 | 12th | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 18 | 12th | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 19 | 13th | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 20 | 14th | 50 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 21 | 15th | 60 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 15th | 75 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | 16th | 90 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | 17th | 110 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 25+ | 17th | 135 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Leadership Score: A character's Leadership score equals his level plus any Charisma modifier. In order to take into account negative Charisma modifiers, Table: Leadership allows for very low Leadership scores, but the character must still be 6th level or higher in order to gain the Leadership feat and thus attract a cohort. Outside factors can affect a character's Leadership score, as detailed in Leadership Modifiers.
Cohort Level: The character can attract a cohort of up to this level. Regardless of the character's Leadership score, he can't recruit a cohort of his level or higher. A 6th-level paladin with a +3 Charisma bonus, for example, can still only recruit a cohort of 5th level or lower.
Number of Followers by Level: The character can lead up to the indicated number of characters of each level. For example, a character with a Leadership score of 14 can lead up to fifteen 1st-level followers and one 2nd-level follower.
| General Leadership Modifiers | |
| The Leader Has a Reputation of | Leadership Modifier |
| Great prestige | +2 |
| Fairness and generosity | +1 |
| Special power | +1 |
| Failure | -1 |
| Aloofness | -1 |
| Cruelty | -2 |
| Cohort-Only Leadership Modifiers | |
| The Leader | Leadership Modifier |
| Has a familiar/paladin's warhorse/animal companion | -2 |
| Recruits a cohort of a different alignment | -1 |
| Caused the death of a cohort | -2* |
| *Cumulative per cohort killed. | |
| Follower-Only Leadership Modifiers | |
| The Leader | Leadership Modifier |
| Has a stronghold, base of operations, guildhouse, and so on | +2 |
| Moves around a lot | -1 |
| Caused the death of other followers | -1 |
| Example Special Cohorts | ||
| Creature | Alignment | Level Equivalent |
| Werebear | Lawful good | 9th |
| Pegasus | Chaotic good | 6th |
| Unicorn* | Chaotic good | 8th |
| Dire wolf | Neutral | 6th |
| Owlbear | Neutral | 6th |
| Griffon | Neutral | 9th |
| Dragonne** | Neutral | 10th |
| Hell hound | Lawful evil | 6th |
| Displacer beast | Lawful evil | 7th |
| Imp | Lawful evil | 7th |
| Young green dragon*** | Lawful evil | 9th |
| Erinyes (devil) | Lawful evil | 15th |
| Quasit | Chaotic evil | 8th |
| Ettin | Chaotic evil | 8th |
| *Leader must be a human, elven, or half-elven maiden. **The leader is immune to the dragonne's roar. ***The dragon ages but does not gain XP. | ||