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#1 Endarire Nov 20, 2008 18:09:00	I heard someone mention how cohorts are awash with experience from level-appropriate encounters. I intend to have my cohort start with 1 LA then buy it off as soon as practical, but only if doing so wouldn't set me behind the XP gain curve.
#2 phaedrusxy Nov 21, 2008 10:39:41	Hmm... looks like you are right. They don't count as a party member when dividing XP, but the amount of XP they get is based on how much their "master" gets. So yeah, you should be able to do what you're talking about I think. That's a great idea. Congrats on "discovering" it. Cohorts earn XP as follows: The cohort does not count as a party member when determining the party’s XP. Divide the cohort’s level by the level of the PC with whom he or she is associated (the character with the Leadership feat who attracted the cohort). Multiply this result by the total XP awarded to the PC and add that number of experience points to the cohort’s total. If a cohort gains enough XP to bring it to a level one lower than the associated PC’s character level, the cohort does not gain the new level—its new XP total is 1 less than the amount needed attain the next level. So a level 8 cohort with a level 10 PC would gain 8/10ths as much XP as the PC, but has a "cap" of 2 levels lower than the PC. So any XP above that would be wasted anyway, and might as well go towards buying off LA.
#3 altpersona Nov 21, 2008 10:49:29	buy off and things that burn xp like item creation.