Companion and Perk Tweaks

Companion and Perk Tweaks

All right, this game has been out for over a decade and frankly "all the fish is already sold" like they say in my country, so I'm gonna be QUICK:

PLAYER PERKS

• []Life Giver: requires 6 END or 7 CHA and gives +30 max HP to you and companions. It also lowers limb damage to them by 50%, and makes them recover HP when you get hit weighted by your Charisma: from 2% of the damage you receive at 1 CHA, to 20% at 10

  []Ferocious Loyalty: requires 6 CHA or 45 Speech. It now also gives companions effects similar to those of the Pack rat and Run 'n Gun perks

  []Spray and Pray: requires Ferocious Loyalty. It also lowers damage from companions to you and among them (from explosives etc), and increases their attack, reload and equip speed with all weapons (since unfortunately some mod works by removing Agility modifiers from NPCs)

  GENERAL COMPANION CHANGES

  • []Check the Config file to change some of these if they bother you

    []The companions' perks now depend on you being close enough to them. If you get separated or the companion gets knocked out, you'll get notified that the perk is removed, it will be readded when you get close enough

    []Companions' tag skills now try to follow what the companions say, or at least what one can infer from their personality. So no longer is everyone proficient with Melee Weapons just because

    []And also, because I wanted to have all skills covered when using companions to do stuff with JIP CCC

    []Since all companions are setup with a Sneak skill of 100, companions with the Sneak tag skill will ignore enemy DT based on their Critical Chance and have the Silent Running perk effect

    []Companions can use some hidden dialogue when they use a Doctor's Bag (JIP CCC kinda required)

    []Companions can gain the otherwise unavailable effects from chems that use perks on the player: Psycho/Slasher, Yao Guai Meat(s), Steady, Rushing Water (JIP CCC kinda required)

    []When using Psycho, Yao Guai Meat, Rushing Water or Turbo, companions will occasionally scream in Frenzy, for funsies

    []When getting poisoned, companions will occasionally complain about it, though JSU makes them poison immune since it's more of a bother

    []When getting set on fire, companions will scream in agony and fail to do anything until the fire dies out. Very inconvenient

    []God (Dead Money) isn't bothered by fire, but any other companions will pretty much be out of commission while they are on fire. Check the Config file to change this

    []You can have all three companions at once while exploring the Sierra Madre

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  ARCADE

  []Is gay

  [*]Tag Skills are: Energy Weap