Companion Characteristics

This simple mod uses JIP's capacity to provide perks to NPCs to provide more gameplay quirks and personality to companions. There are a mix of debuffs and buffs, though a few get mostly or all debuffs.

Companions which are not mentioned on the page are untouched.

This mod is highly recommended for use with other mods which make companions use normal ammo and non-essential. Balance issues when not using such a mod will not be considered consequential.

While the beta version of this mod gave these companions more total buffs and debuffs, after extensive playtesting I decided to narrow them down to make for a more straightforward set of decisions on how to equip and use them. If you review this list and feel that the changes to the companions that I made will not be consequential enough to matter for you or be in a direction that you would find consequential, there is no real point to using this mod.

ED-E

ED-E cannot bear any of your burdens. It has 5x crit. chance, but it suffers -75% crit. damage.

He's a turret orb, not a pack brahmin.

Boone

Boone takes the time to line up his shots, but when he fires, he hits his target. He has -50% spread with non-automatic weapons, but has -50% attack speed. He also suffers -25% damage with Unarmed weapons, but gains +25% damage when using combat and bowie knives.

Slow this boy down! He hits hard and very accurately in vanilla, and he needs to take the time to pick his targets to be more balanced..

Cass

Cass shoots first and asks questions never. She gains +25% attack speed with non-automatic weapons and +25% reload speed, as well as +15% run speed in light armors. She will periodically steal and drink your Whiskey if you are carrying any, which will double her attack and reload speed boosts when she drinks it.

She'll burn through ammo, but she can be a substantial boost to DPS if she's hitting her target. Slow her down with low-capacity weapons to moderate her ammo usage in the early game.

Arcade

Arcade specializes in Energy Weapons. He gains 50% better crit. damage and spread when using Energy Weapons and has no movement spread penalty when using medium armors, but he suffers -50% damage with Melee and Unarmed weapons.

Lily

Lily's vision may have suffered, but she's still pretty tough. She has -75% reload speed, -25% run speed, and no crit. chance whatsoever, but she takes 25% less damage from all sources.

She's old, her sight is bad, and she's used to swinging her bumper sword, not firing guns or other melee weapons. Take care of her.

Raul

Raul may be old, but his skills are still sharp. He gains +75% attack speed with western weapons, and his equip speed and