Any good teen/child mage follower mods?

[Noisy Koi]

I recently found Vimune and now love having a short quiet mage companion. I want to get the feel that I have an apprentice on my travels but I don't want them to look like my body guard so a young looking follower is what I am looking for. Vimune is adorable but unfortunately rather light in every respect, though her not having dialog for about 70% of interactions is cute on its own because it's like she's shy.

Main details I am looking for are that they must be shorter than the player (races are different heights, I am aware but they gotta be short), I would prefer that they use magic, if not, hopefully they are compatible with Amazing follower tweaks, and the most important aspects is that they must be SE and independent of other mods, this is because most of the dependencies I find are incompatible with other mods I want to use or I just don't want to use that mod.


I know I can just find this stuff myself but after spending a few hours trying to even find some short/cute follower mods in general, I have come up with only two potential options, both dependent on relationship dialog overhaul which last I checked, has some janky af dialog edits. For this reason I have grown lazy and chose to ask those who probably have more experience with modding.

[DPMR]

Perhaps bodyslide, recreate our own look.

[Noisy Koi]

Originally posted by DPMR:

Perhaps bodyslide, recreate our own look.

perhaps, but nothing beats the feel of a drag n' drop mod

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Have a look through Nexus. There's quite a few child or child-like followers who you can RP as an Apprentice.

[Alliecienti]

Another source for prebuilt followers of many different types, ie: mage, assassin, ranger etc. that are built as teens, fully functional in their class, helpful and not just eye candy (they actually have perks for their skills and gain power as you level up with them in tow) and are voiced in most dialogs too.

https://schaken-mods.com/

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Alliecienti:

Another source for prebuilt followers of many different types, ie: mage, assassin, ranger etc. that are built as teens, fully functional in their class, helpful and not just eye candy (they actually have perks for their skills and gain power as you level up with them in tow) and are voiced in most dialogs too.

https://schaken-mods.com/

Looks like a Mod Thief. Does he have permission from all those Authors to post them? I seriously doubt it.
Better off going just browsing and writing down the ones you like and find them on Nexus to download. At least on Nexus you're sure to get one that's up to date and Virus Free

[Noisy Koi]

I’ve looked through nexus and spent a couple hours to find two that rely on relationship dialog overhaul (which is janky af for their custom dialog). And one that adds elf twins but I loaded it up and I could find one but not the other and the voice was weird.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Kalrizion . . . I hope you put eye drops in while searching . . . SMEG! I haven't looked through them in a year, and oh god MY EYES!!! Too many modders that either were weaned too early or haven't grown up enough yet to learn THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE BIG TO BE GOOD!.

Now, I went searching for a Follower I think you'll like. She's a bit of a mage, with a custom body & face that doesn't require you to install ANY mods to use her . . . well, except for her mod. LOL
She got a great backstory you learn through a few mini quests that don't get in your way of exploring or questing.

Meet Marai https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10908

[Noisy Koi]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Meet Marai https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10908

Thank you for the mod, this looks to work well except for the faint but noticable hum during her dialog. as for the eye drops, have you looked around on the skyrim SE nexus list lately? there have probably been "young follower" mods before as I have heard of the "many child mods" however I have also heard of the purges of them that also happens. So from my perspective and timing, these kinds of mods are hard to find, at least currently.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Kalrizion:

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Meet Marai https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10908

Thank you for the mod, this looks to work well except for the faint but noticable hum during her dialog. as for the eye drops, have you looked around on the skyrim SE nexus list lately? there have probably been "young follower" mods before as I have heard of the "many child mods" however I have also heard of the purges of them that also happens. So from my perspective and timing, these kinds of mods are hard to find, at least currently.

Yeah, I was on there for the first time in months today looking for that mod for you. The "Young Follower" mods that are on there are usually disguised as Anime now. Like we want Under-Cover Hentai on there.

As for the hum, you'll get used to it. I had her as a main companion for a couple hundred hours over a year ago. Just a bit of warning, it alters an interior in Markarth and the east side of the Dragon Bridge near the end of her questline. The author tried to make it as mod friendly as he could, but if you have a town overhaul mod, it may conflict. Check the conflict list on the description page.

Other than Vilja, Marai is in second place on my list next to Sophia.
My Favourite Sophia Quote. I actually had the pause the game the first time I heard her say this because I was laughing too hard to play.
https://i.imgur.com/XTFFyuZ.jpg

[DrNewcenstein]

Open CK
Select your preferred Race
Rename it
Choose Male or Female
Go to the Body Data tab and change Height to anything less than 1.000 (Children are 0.8)
Close the dialog and select "Yes" to create a new form
Pick any Follower NPC (Housecarl, Hireling, etc) of the base Race and Gender you just edited (Nord>Female, etc)
Rename it
Select the Traits tab and change their Race to the Race you created
Give said NPC whatever spells and perks you want them to have
Remove all Factions (except Potential Follower and Current Follower), Relationships, and AI Packages from it except Default Master Package
Give it a Relationship to the Player and set it to Ally so you can just walk up and say "Follow me" without a bunch of drama
Load an interior cell from which to acquire this NPC (tavern, etc)
Drag the NPC into the cell in the Render WIndow
Save the mod
Run the game, enable the mod, Save before exiting Helgen Keep, go where you put the NPC and see if it's right
If not, exit, adjust it, then run the game again, and load the Save from before you left Helgen Keep

This may turn out to be a miniature adult more than a child, as they do use different meshes, and appear to be hardwired against certain behaviors/animations (some of the Staff animations cause mesh deformation)

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Don't forget the mod that stops the child from altering size when sitting in a chair. Kinda freaky seeing them instantly grow up . . .

[Alliecienti]

Race Scale Remover

Keeps the shorter ones from suddenly growing when they use or interact with furniture, cooking pots etc.