From Cohort Overload over on the official forums...
Me, I'm still gonna start out with a four-player-built-party, but I like that they're offering support for the folks who just want to play with one PC.
So creating a party is going to be optional after all, and you could still play via the usual "One character whom has folks join up with him throughout the adventure". A nice change, I think.Tony Evans said:Also, we decided to allow the party to have more than 2 cohorts. Now you can replace any player created party member with a cohort, except for the one you started the campaign with. So you could have up to 5 cohorts in the party (with the Leadership feat - 4 without).
Me, I'm still gonna start out with a four-player-built-party, but I like that they're offering support for the folks who just want to play with one PC.