Description
Due to brawl bugs, Uthgerd the Unbroken can be difficult or impossible to recruit as a follower. This mod bypasses the brawl bugs by making Uthgerd an ally so that she can be recruited immediately upon meeting her. Also modifies her looks and organizes her skills and perks for 2H combat.

For her appearance I wanted to retain the original story of a seasoned (aka aging) fighter who is at the same time so undisciplined and hotheaded that she was thrown out of the Companions.

I made this mod for my personal use, and decided to share in case others were interested.

NOTE: She will still be wearing steel plate armor. Armor shown in screenshots is Bandit Steel Plate from Brigandage.


Features

• Levels with the player from 6 to 100.
  

• Class: CombatWarrior2H (as per USKP changes).
• Modified base stats: Health +100, Stamina +50
• Custom combat style (modified HumanBoss2H).
• Perked in her particular skillsets (all two-handed weapons, archery,block,heavy armor, and of course, Lightfoot).
• Morality: retains the default of No Crimes.
  

Perks

• 2H - Barbarian40/ChampionStance/DeepWounds30/Limbsplitter30/Skullcrusher30/Sweep
• Heavy Armor - Juggernaut60/Conditioning/WellFitted/TowerOfStrength/MatchingSet
• Archery - Overdraw40/CriticalShot30
• Block - ShieldWall60/BlockRunner/PowerBash/DeadlyBash
• Sneak - Lightfoot
  

Requirements

• Vanilla Skyrim. No DLCs required.
  

Versions

• See "Latest Version" link above.
  

Installation

• Download with NMM.
• Activate in NMM.
  

Removal

• Dismiss the follower.
• Deactivate in NMM.
  

Usage

• Do not upload this mod elsewhere, but feel free to use anything in it for your own mod.
  

Compatibility

• Load after UFO or any other mod which modifies Uthgerd.
• Uses only vanilla assets.
  

Recommended mods

• UFO-Ultimate Follower Overhaul
• Follower Trade Priority
• Challenging AI - Aggressive Combat Styles
• Duel - Combat Realism
• Stagger Fix (for Tower of Strength perk)
  

Mods used in screenshots
I like a generally minimalistic approach to character visual changes. These are the mods used:

• Superior Lore-friendly Hair - HD Textures
• No More Blocky Faces
• Better Females By Bella (version: No makeup just improved textures)
• Natural Eyes
• Brigandage
  

My Mods

• Incremental Difficulty - Expert and Master Difficulty increase enemy damage output without decreasing the player damage output
• Mages Focus - a magicka regen & spell cost reduction buff spell for battlemages
• Quieter Dremora Summons - Dremora summons say their lines less frequently
• Giants Are People Too - Giants can be just subdued rather than killed
• Khajiit Campsite - A Khajiit tent player home near Whitewatch Tower
• Thadimir and Thazimir - Redguard Followers - Two Redguard one-handed and shield tanks with custom combat styles
• Niphriel - A Wood Elf Necro Ranger Follower - Bow, one-handed and the dark arts
• Belrand Reloaded - A skills and cosmetic makeover of Belrand the hireling
• Follower Trade Priority - Moves the "I need to trade some things with you" topic up in the list of dialogue choices
• Orc Followers - Four Orc followers with various abilities ready for battle
• Follower Keeva-Ja - Conjurer of Fire and Ice Wraiths - Argonian follower Keeva-Ja conjures fire and ice wraiths together,
  and also has spell tomes so you can learn to summon these creatures
• Lore-Friendly Lydia - A young and capable Lydia remake which remains lore-friendly.
• Resilient Follower Jewelry - Jewelry for followers to recover from bleedout better and faster
• Jordis Empowered - A strong and attractive 2H-wielding Jordis
• Adelaisa Vendicci Revised - Improve the appearance & skill of the vanilla follower Adelaisa
• J'zargo the Magnificent - Makes J'zargo's skills worthy of his ego
• Valdimar Improved - Improve the skills and appearance of Valdimar the housecarl
• Uthgerd the Ally - Improve the appearance and skills of the follower Uthgerd, and bypass the brawl bugs
• Rayya Revised - Improve the appearance, outfit and skills of Falkreath housecarl Rayya
• Annekke Revised - Improves the looks and skills of Annekke Crag-Jumper. Includes special Bounder Edition!