Companion Permadeath

X has died.X died. No time for a funeral.X has died - as heroes often do.X died, and is beyond our power to resurrect. So ends X, but as for us - our journey must continue.

PROBLEM

Without this mod, when companions die, they can be revived by several means. If you do not want them revived, perhaps to commit to their death for role play, you can have Withers "watch over them" to temporarily remove them from your party.

BUT! Their corpse will still awkwardly hang around in their tent. Everyone will speak of them as if they are alive. And they will occasionally even be revived by the game for certain cutscenes which involves them. Hardly dead.

SOLUTION

This mod solves various problems surrounding death, allowing one to commit to the death of a companion - whether for role play or difficulty.

Now companions will leave the party as "killed" the moment they die. This mechanism is used by the game for certain story events where companions die permanently, so it is legit. Your journal will be updated, it will trigger reactions (if any) and everything else. A side effect is that they cannot be revived. There is an exception for a companion who has a story revival (they only have one).

Furthmore, resurrection is blocked for origin companions that die prior their recruitment.

Harvest Companion Tadpoles goes well with this mod for further immersion.

This also affects hirelings which cannot be recruited again once dead. Dead hirelings will no longer count towards the maximum.

TUTORIAL DEATHS

This also handles the case where a companion dies in the tutorial. In an earlier patch you would come across their corpse on the beach with a unique cutscene and choices, but Larian instead now revives everyone after the tutorial - no longer!

For those that want this feature without the permadeath, it is available as a seperate mod: Beached Bodies Restored.

TECHNICAL

INSTALLATION

Safe to install and uninstall mid-playthrough. It will not affect companions that are already dead (t