So how many followers can you have? I haven't gotten married but obviously you can have one. What about your wife and a merc? I know I tried asking a merc to join me while I had Lydia, but she said no. I mean NPCs not things you can summon. (xbox)

ehhm 1?

Yeah I think its just 1. Not sure if you can have a dog and a human follower like they did in fallout.

1 Mercenary but quest followers dont count towards the total number

I got Lydia and Neeko following my character around, combine with my two Atronachs we're like a small army.

Meh....Meeko is okay, just a dog. I wish you could have two followers....I mean that seems reasonable.

I think you should be able to have at least 3. Like a little party of adventurers.

^ This I mean, why wouldn't I get help from more than one person sometimes. I mean since Frost Trolls are harder to kill than Dragons it only makes sense...

I want mah army back ;(

The Imperial special ability should've been the ability to have one extra companion with you. It would be called "natural leadership". It would be lore-correct, and it would make imperials feel really different than the other races. So why the hell didn't the devs do that?

I got a dark brotherhood assassin and an assassin ghost following me around. The ghost is with me until he dies and I can summon him once a day so If I keep him alive Its kind of like 3 followers. Also, If I use conjuration that's 4 people. Where there's a will there's a way!