Is there a way to make a follower or NPC less powerful?

[nunyabidnez]

Just recently loaded up The Erotic Adventures of Misty Skye, and she is a hoot, lol.  But, she's also borderline OP, especially for a wench running around with basically two belts on and nothing else but sandals.  She basically one or two shots most bandits or other things we come across, which I find a little off putting.  Is there a way to make her less powerful, able to be beaten by bandits or at least challenged by them?  Thanks in advance for any information.

[Hex Bolt]

14 minutes ago, nunyabidnez said:

Is there a way to make her less powerful, able to be beaten by bandits or at least challenged by them?

Difficulty Balance on Nexus scales down a follower's power to match that of the PC.  Ashien's Cursed Rings (also on Nexus) lets you further reduce a follower's power (along with Difficulty Balance, or instead of it).  I believe the latter mod is only for LE, but it's just a simple esp file that should work fine with SE.

 

If you're not already using a follower framework, Nether's Follower Framework has a slider setting for the damage that a follower inflicts.

Edited February 11, 2023 by HexBolt8

[nunyabidnez]

7 minutes ago, HexBolt8 said:

Difficulty Balance on Nexus scales down a follower's power to match that of the PC.  Ashien's Cursed Rings (also on Nexus) lets you further reduce a follower's power (along with Difficulty Balance, or instead of it).  I believe the latter mod is only for LE, but it's just a simple esp file that should work fine with SE.

 

If you're not already using a follower framework, Nether's Follower Framework has a slider setting for the damage that a follower inflicts.

You rock.  Thank you very much, I'll give them a look.

[spoonsinger]

1 hour ago, nunyabidnez said:

You rock.  Thank you very much, I'll give them a look.

 

The thing with Nethers, (I seem to remember), was it was a fixed amount. However I wanted the followers to grow in strength over time from a low base. I did do a plugin thing for Nethers myself which 'curses' your followers, (I seem to remember quite harshly, but they get stronger as you level). Never published it, but if you want to give it a go find it attached.  (Oh and if they went into bleedout I wanted them to stay that way until given a potion or healed by spell and Nethers kept getting them back up).  No warranty. :-)

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