Stealing this from Reddit. If you could create a FO4 companion who/what would they be? Backstory? SPECIAL? Would they have a quest?

Mine:

I also want a cat that doesn't actually contribute anything but looks absolutely adorable. I want it to have a little hat. Later you stumble across a lab and with high enough science you can splice it with a deathclaw. Fear us, Mr Bootbopplefips and I.

Alot of my would be companions in this game already exist in other TV shows / Games etc. Jack from Mass Effect was one of my favourite 'companions' along with Garrus, but I can't take them with me into the world of Fallout. So starting with a base character... (first time doing this...so apologies if it svcks!)

Base Character: Anne Bonny (Black Sails)

Name: Loviisa

Background: Troubled childhood, abducted by raiders at 5 years old and forced into slavery. Through years of torture, abuse and several attempted suicides, she finally snapped. She murdered her 'owner' and the residents of the town for what they put her through, but, she left one alive. A scared 14 year old boy who had been nice to her even when encouraged by everyone to treat her as if she was a worthless animal, he showed her compassion and often snuck food and water to her. She ventured out into the wasteland and entered the ruins of what was Boston, Massachusetts.

There she meets a mysterious stranger and his dog....

Fighting Stye: Uses a customised 12 inch hooked knife with a serrated blade (Primary), When the need for range arises, she uses a modified colt python.

Personality: She's very quiet, but also fiercly loyal. Due to her upbringing she doesn't understand the world she lives in and often see's murder as the only way to end the argument. However she is not without compassion, such as her fond memories of the young boy who helped her through troubled times. While she doesn't trust very easily, she's searching for somewhere to call home and the hope of finding people who won't want to kill her when she's of no use.

Quest: Located in the corner of the local bar. Upon meeting the mysterious stranger and his dog, Loviisa asks the PC to go find the young boy and deliver this letter along with a request to join her in the wasteland. She feels guilty and the fact the young boy is on his own in this world is weighing down on her conscience. She marks a location on your map and the PC heads off in search of the goal. Upon arriving at the waypoint, he finds the place has been ransacked and is now abandoned. In one of the rooms upstairs, the PC finds a torn diary, which appears to be written by the boy. It details how the place had been overrun with ghouls and the writer had been hiding in a cupboard upstairs.

The diary then stops abruptly.

Upon heading outside you are greeted by a ghoul by the name of 'Frank'. Upon being asked, he tells you about a faction of ghouls nearby and that they pose no threat to anyone. While he never asks what your business with them is, he does state that you should choose your course of action wisely as the wrong action, may cause problems long term (This faction of Ghouls will hunt you consistently). PC now has a choice. Bargain with the ghouls for the boys release or take the place by force.

If bargaining: You lose 2000 caps (can be bartered down to 1000 depending on skill), the boys freed and is able to go with you should he choose. You hand him the letter and offer to come with you to Loviisa. He will decline and add he wants to stay with the ghouls but he understands why Loviisa did what she did. Player can then Persuade/Intimidate to change his mind (needs at least 4 charisma). You'll then return to Loviisa who will setup a home in your town ( if you have one) or in one of the small settlements.

Alternatively if he refuses and your charisma is not high enough... you can kill everyone there (except the boy of course) in a fit of rage...essentially leaving him on his own again. He'll run off. You then tell Loviisa the boy is dead or missing. (no special loot either)

Reward: XP, Money + Loviisa as a companion

Take the place by force: As it says on the tin. Kill all the ghouls to get to the boy who will come with you. However the Ghouls from this faction will now hunt you throughout the game and appear and random points. However taking this option also grants the player the opportunity to loot a unique ghoul mask and pistol. The mask adds +2 to charisma and agility.

Reward: XP, Money + Loviisa as a companion + Mask and pistol looted.

I don't care about backstory, just give me a creation menu where I can recreate my Not-Brienne in Dragon's Dogma named Ygritte.

If I could create any kind of companion I'd most likely make robots and cyber animals. I'd also create little disposable scouting robots.. but i'd give them all names and personalities and be sad when they died in scouting missions. I'd of course have a graveyard in my town filled with the little graves of these dear lost companions.

Would be cool to have some sort of bird companion who would fly around or be on your shoulder a lot when not in combat. When in combat, it'll fly around, dodging bullets and such, while distracting the enemy. While maybe even auto-killing any enemy with low enough health. A falcon would work.

Sadly, I don't think Bethesda will ever do this so I guess I'll have to wait for FOE to have a bird companion in that game.

If I could create a companion, it'd be a pre-war ghoul. He would have been a professional baseball player for the Red Sox in 2077, and still wears his old uniform, using a baseball bat as his main weapon. He'd also have a buffout addiction, although he fervently denies ever taking the stuff.

His background was that in the 2077 World Series (which actually takes place in October), the Red Sox (which, in the Fallout timeline, had not yet broken the Bambino's Curse) were going up against the Yankees, each team having won three games. But before the 7th game (taking place in Boston) could begin, the bombs fell.

First no repeated one liner every minute, yes you tribals in Zion. Must be the mutated bear meat you eat.

Veronica does this well she could even talk a bit more. That they could talk about is if hur , if they are out of ammo on weapon given, granted they are given ammo too, else they are just carrying it home. If weapon used get damaged tell so, do not throw it away, yes you Veronica.

-A slave with an explosive collar that the player can purchase the remote to, given the unfortunate name of "Ass" by his previous owner. He's very sardonic. The player can free him, or at the very least let him use his real name again: Richard.

PC: "So...dike?"

Richard: "Better dike than Ass."

-A con artist and thief named Mr. Crow. His lockpicking skill will always be 1.5 times that of the player, and you can ask him to pick locks for you. However, occasionally items and caps will vanish from your inventory and mysteriously appear in his.

-A Ghoul sniper named Rose. Bitter and world-weary but is amused by the PC's naivete and treats him/her like a little kid. Once a day, you can give her a target to shoot in V.A.T.S., which she will never miss.

I would definitely like a ghoul companion, similar to Raul, but with more lines and advice about various places he knew from pre-war visits.

Sometimes his advice would be accurate, and sometimes not: "Sorry boss, it's been a while since I've been here!"

Also like the idea of various companions you could acquire, who are expert in one skill, such as lockpicking, terminal hacking, barter etc.

You can ask them to attempt a task for you, which you are not very good at.

I want a little, overly-plucky mechanic girl as a side kick. Essentially Moira Brown but a little less air-headed.

Like, a character that can recite every component to a Tri-Splitter Laser Beam Rifle, but also sings show tunes.

To be honest I’d like a raider.

Seems we always see these guys/gals just charging us with pipes, knives, pistols whatever like they have some kind of death wish or are very high … probably both.

I’d like to find one hold up in a raider camp that I just cleared out so doped up and high that she cannot even stand to fight you like the others. Immediately the player is given the option to either kill her or give her some aid to help her recover. If she recovers she is confused. Has no idea why you would bother helping her considering what she is. She immediately will ask the PC for her drug of choice, which the PC can either give or refuse.

She’ll ask to follow the PC around since all her support (the gang) is dead and she knows she would not stand a chance in the wasteland by herself. As time passes again she will ask for drugs and again the PC can give or refuse. If the PC gives the drugs the woman remains semi-coherent most the time and becomes irrational, eventually may even attack the PC. If refused the woman begins withdrawal and makes the PC aware of her physical pain. The PC can ignore this or try to find help at a clinic for withdrawal symptoms.

If helped along to full recovery the raider companion becomes more and more helpful (stats recover to full health, etc.). Her original group of raiders were basically reject so she holds no real love lost towards other raider groups you may encounter. She eventually realizes that she owes the PC not only her life but a life finally worth living. Romance possible (male or female).

Can I use an existing character from another game?

Name: Duncan the Reckless

Personality: Reserved and dour, yet fanatical, zealous, and reckless in battle (and protecting the Sole Survivor)

Skills: Explosives, Melee Weapons, Survival

Companion perk:

Initial weapons: Frag grenades, combat knife

Background:

Behaviour:

Quest:

Phew it was a long post -w-'

Sure why not.

I do this often with Skyrim. Should a given PC finish telling me their story and retire without dying I will make a follower in their image and skills. Give them a place of their own and call upon them from time to time.

A Sentry Bot named Stuart would be nice.

I'll just expand on what I posted on Reddit.

Name: CODSWORTH

Personality: Varies depending on which personality drive you have selected. One could ideally choose the gender, or voice type, for their personality. One could also change the color scheme. They would be as follows:

1. Posh, elegant, servile. Overly-verbose and eloquent. The default CODSWORTH personality.
2. Psychotically violent and aggressive. Evil and highly cynical. Very raider-like.
3. Caring, nurturing, motherly, and obsessed with cleaning.
4. HAL reference personality type. Unlocked with Wild Wasteland Trait.
5. US Propaganda machine. Anti-Communist and Anti-China. Spouts propaganda.
6. Seductive, friendly, and ditsy.
7. Sarcastic, snide, and snarky.
8. Conspiracy theorist. Anti-US Government. Thinks the US Nuked itself to further an agenda.
9. Grizzled-detective-type personality. Jaded idealist pretending to be a cynic.
10. [No personality].

Combat/Functionality: CODSWORTH has three extremities, like all Mister Handy units. One limb comes equipped with a sawblade. Another limb comes equipped with a blowtorch. The final limb comes with a plasma weapon. Through upgrades, the player can improve or enhance each of these weapons as their heart desires. In addition, one could track down other AI packages (like a Mister Orderly AI package) to teach CODSWORTH to be able to handle other obligations, such as keeping the player in good health or acting as a repair bench.

Quest: CODSWORTH's quest would involve tracking down these multiple personality drives, upgrades the robot's combat abilities, and AI packages to improve the functionality of the unit.

Li'l Mo.

he's a http://modsreloaded.com/downloads/2mhmbsenb3/vub4g55no3.jpgyou http://modsreloaded.com/downloads/vhor6jmoco/w3se8kxcvt.jpg in my fnv "mole's well" mod http://modsreloaded.com/moles-well/images/ (and "clean at "cheng's laundrey" http://modsreloaded.com/chengs-eastside-laundry/images/2/).

he's cute, he makes funny noises, he can find stimpaks and radaway, has a hell of detection so he'll notice any enemies long before you do, when he's in the way, you can just send him home (whereever that is), and otherwise, he'll just tag along and, despite being tiny, is more than capable of taking care of himself against about any opponent. oh, and did i say he makes funny noises? )

can't wait to get him back, missed him big time in skyrim...

(and i saw in the trailers fo4 molerats animate awesome, and they can dig themselves up in holes now ))

ain't that sure actually. like, i made donkeys for skyrim, model based off skyrim's vanilla horse model. i'd like to re-use the model for fo4 a lot (if technically possible anyway), but i actually don't think i can.

Then I want Trevor form GTA V. As a raider.

I wouldn't mind my character's spouse becoming a companion, since I'll actually get to design her.

Sentry bot

Turning Codsworth into Sgt. RL-3

A droideka

A magnaguard/T-800(without skin) with 4 arms using 4 shockswords.

My character:

Name: Shawn Jackson

Age: 34

Backstory: Shawn had a great family, his family was killed by raiders, he the only survivor, as a kid he farmed and such. No one really knows much about him, he is a cowboy that wonders the waste.