Cause they killing then around here.

Ok, seriously now, did anyone else notice that falmer are the only type of eneemy wich is actually capable of ending the life of your own companions and your dog? While doing the dwemer ruins mission in markath, i notice that lydia died to their attacks, even tough i did not hit her, also my poor dog.

Do you think this is intentional? Or is this probably a flaw? Because Lydia got hit by a giant once, she flew away, and i tought she was dead, suddenly i hear her behind of me firing arrows at the giant once she feel down.

Lydia trolls giants, but Falmer laugh at her :confused:

Dont use a companion that is mellee.

That wasn't really the point of the topic... if i want to save then i simply tell then to wait far away while i deal with then with long bow shots and dual wielding swords. Problem is i find it quite weird that they can kill then but no other enemy can.

I'm guessing that it's a poison effect that kills them off.

But when i send then to kill spiders they usually survive, bending down on their kness and recovering... i don't think the poison has anything to do with it.

ive heard that companions can only fall over so many times, i don't know the validity of that because most of my companions have been tied to whatever quests i'm doing

Your companions can die from anything lol

You using chain lightning? Cause that will kill them off...

Like i said, i'm not hitting then, i made then go all alone against bandits, giants, and other stuff to try it out, but only falmer semm to kill then off, after they bend over enemies ignore then completely but not falmer, they go for then anyways.

falmer are still way easier then hordes of freakin chaurus...but as an assassin i backstab kill everything

the only falmer that scares me are these bossess, glooming lurker or so...they heal themselves and are very strong!

Companions can only die if you hit them. When they are down on one knee and you so much as nick them with a flame attack they die.

Again, let me put all the myths and questions to rest: Companions can ONLY die if YOU kill them whether on purpose or accident.

It's easy to do this in the heat of combat when they are low on health...

I have never had a companion die to the falmer. I did have Lydia lose her (aka my) ebony greatsword to them. I murdered her for that crime.

Come to think of it, only the rock traps have killed my allies. I had someone with me in a cave when rocks fell on us.


Off topic much?

Let me reapeat myself.... i'm not hitting then. I SEND THEN ALONE, the falmer simply moved in fought her and then killed her, i stayed crouched so they would not notice me.

Incorrect.

Enemies will stop attacking your companions once they go down, but they can still be killed if they're hit by area of effect attacks (dragon breath), or if they have lingering effects (poison, fire) on them.

Yeah, anything can kill companions. I'm betting her giant survival was the bug, not her getting killed by falmer. They have HP just like everyone else...

Falmer hit hard in melee, and they often use nasty poison. Spiders don't do much melee damage and their poison is negligible too, at least in comparison with Falmer.

what's the problem? They don't kill your companion they just bring your companion down to ONE KNEE. Only you can kill your companion, anyone who says different needs to read the official strategy guide or has no clue what they are talking about. You can't rely on your followers to mop up 3-4 falmer for you.

completely false.

ANY source of damage that a Follower takes while down on one knee will kill them. This includes damage from you, damage from enemies and damage from the environment. The only exception to this is some types of traps (though they may as well be dead since they often get bugged when this happens).

There is only one person here who doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Companions can most certainly die from a large variety of dangers. If they recieve damage while trying to recover (the knee animation) there is a good chance they will die. Falmers chew companions up. The list goes on.
I don't care what they wrote in that official guide, because it's wrong.

wrong.

enemies do stop attacking them when they are down on one knee. but if an enemy tries to attack you, they can still hit the follower by accident which kills them.

i've had this happen several times

for the topic creator, i've not had this happen to me, but then again i rarely send my companions to fight by themselves (they usually do this on their own haha)

maybe when the companion went down on one knee, another enemy was in mid-attack. so when the attack struck, the follower was on one knee, which would kill them

This is NOT TRUE.

Yes, you can kill them when they are bent down.

But if any attacks from any enemies, traps, etc hits yours companion while they are leaning down then they will die. It does not matter AT ALL wether it comes from you or not.

Normally enemies will stop attacking your companions when they lean down. However, there are circumstances that can still cause the enemies to hurt them anyway- if the enemies accidentally hit them, for instance. (area effect spells are common culprits of this), if enemies hit them with a powerful attack that goes past the point of leaning down it will kill them outright. - And traps are, of course, non-discriminatory.

Lydia Died for me as soon as I got her. We went towards the greybeards, did one catacombs together. Then encountered a *spoiler* on the way up to the Grey Beards as she was killed almost out right. Well, I misinterptreted her "kneeling" for a death and she died soon in combat.

So, don't worry op, theres lots of ways for them to die. Personally I feel I'm better off not having to drag someone around.