I don't put much stock in companions, at least nothing pre-New Vegas (Which was a great system). I downloaded this one because it's considered *the* companion mod for Oblivion and I just got Oblivion functional for PC. At the moment I have pretty much all the mods I'll ever truly need (Most of it clothing/armor related), but poked this one.

I noticed immediately that she is not marked as essential. I can do my best to farm out Rockmilk Cave (My favorite place to visit when I'm short of cash) and get her some glass armor and general high level equipment but I'm still worried that she's going to get herself killed once I start pushing against the Main quest and the tough Daedra it offers.

I don't know much about this mod, so I'm wondering... Does she respawn in some fashion? Is she tougher than she looks? Is there anything I can do to make her really, really hard to kill?

(Or hell, is there a console command I can use so she only gets knocked out?)

Vilja can be toggled essential or non-essential in her Options Menu book.

I don't remember getting a book T_T

The book can be perused when choosing the "How are you skills progressing" option in dialogue with her.

Ah, thanks muchly. Now I can let her actually fight.