The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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From: ryamis | #062
Does the console code to change the level of your follower affect their skills or abilities, because I heard those do improve? I'd mention that they don't care about you committing crimes.

"Refreshing" the characters does affect their skills, yes. From what I understand from the various topics on the board, followers do increase in actual level normally; some people claim that their early-game Lydia would run away when they use the werewolf's howl of fear (which affects anyone under level 30 iirc) but late-game would not run away.

The problem is that the only thing that changes is the level itself, and not the actual stats and skills. Refreshing the character with the console fixes that, albeit only up to the level you are currently at when you do it (so you refresh the character at level 30, but you'll still need to do it again at level 50 because the follower will have level 30 stats).

In regards to crimes, followers just have a VERY high tolerance for your criminal activities. However, they will eventually attack you if you hit them enough in a short amount of time while outside of battle.
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From: Thalantyr1216 | #051
Not possible for that last part to happen. They only ever die if you hit them, or an enemy hits them while trying to hit you, after they have taken a knee (ie. AoE affect used by the enemy),
I've actually seen the last part happen a few times against a Forsworn mage who had an obscenely powerful ice spell (she was in the little village they have in front of the Sky Haven Temple). My follower was hit so hard that he simply died. Yes, I know that followers and NPCs can LOOK dead but are still alive if damage is high enough, but I confirmed the kill by going up to him and tryng to interact with him.

Actually, that makes sense, probably because those spells are damage per second. Wasn't that it was insanely high damage, but damage per second means it likely hit him, made him take a knee, and then killed him the following second.