I ' ve been around here long enough that I remember that , too , jeeze . And all the links to toilet paper extenders and conversations about hygiene that ensured . It ' s both heartbreaking and gaginducing that people get to that state . The terrible looking truth that the Internet has shown us is that if one person talks about doing it , we know there ' s more people out there doing it , too . <| sep |> I think the multiple companions thing is a good idea . But you would have to have a way to keep them all together . Maybe have a dialog option to send them to your player home or base of operations . In Lakeview you could have a blacksmith follower working the forge in the basement , an alchemist brewing some potions and an enchanter in the tower . I don ' t know if you could have more in other houses because I ' ve never gotten any of the other hearthfire homes yet .