[Balanor]

They are different. So, for example, if you really want an entourage and you have an evil Sorcerer/Ranger/Cleric you could have your animal companion, your familiar, one summoned creature, all your recently captured slaves (up to what your strength allows), and all controlled undead (up to what Turn Undead allows) following you around at the same time. Keep in mind that if you were adventuring though this would give you a significant penalty to combat XP though.