Accessory Companions

(THIS MOD IS ABANDONED AND IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. I MIGHT REDO THE ENTIRE MOD SOME DAY AND FIX ALL THE BUGS)

This is a revival of a very old mod of mine, rewritten and being expanded upon. Originally intended only for wardogs, warhounds and warwolves (event), it now also includes taming of beasts. It is currently not very balanced and there might very well be bugs lurking! Suggestions and feedback is most welcome! Also, check the changelogs for specific updates and changes.

Since the companions (pets) in this mod increase the player's party strength (making you reach maximum scaling faster than usual?) and possibly still make the game too easy if and when the you get them leveled up (especially the "super beasts"), I highly recommend using this mod together with the More Scaling mod that TaroEld has created. The two mods don't seem to have any conflicts with each other.

I've heard that this mod already works with Legends, or at least used to, but if it doesn't, or you want to be able to tame Legends-specific beasts 'n' stuff, you might be interested in, or need, Accessory Companions for Legends or Accessory Companions (Legends Version).

This mod does not seem to be compatible with the True Balance mod. At least not fully. Perhaps it will be later, possibly when this mod can be mod_hooks queued after that mod. Renaming this mod's zip file in a way that makes it load after that mod might be a possible partial solution.

Renaming this mod's zip file in a way that makes it load after other mods might also be a partial or full solution for some cases of issues between this mod and other mods. Something like zmod_AC.zip.

Details

Companions gain experience when a brother, another companion or they themselves score a kill (gaining 33% less experience than the brothers receive, without lowering the brothers' gains). They do not need to be unleashed to get experience. When they level up they get an untalented improvement in their preferred attribute (Melee Skill for most of the companion types) as well as in two randomly selected attributes (past level 11 all improvements are +1). On top of that they also receive a random "quirk" (perk, trait, skill, effect) when leveling up, selected from a list of allowed ones. Upon reaching level 11, beast companions receive the "Good Boy/Girl" quirk which increases their base damage as they continue to gain levels.

When a brother has no accessory equipped they have access to the ability "Tame Beast" which is used to try and tame beasts. The base taming chance is 0%, but for every 1% hit points that the beast is missing the chance is increased by 0. 03% (0. 045% for Beastmasters). Rooted (net, spider web, shaman roots, et cetera) beasts are 1. 25x easier to tame. Failing the attempt makes further attempts on the same beast impossible. Succeeding the attempt equips the be