So, I'm doing the personal quest of Russel, a companion created by Someguy2000 (Speaking of which, does that guy actually do anything anymore, or has he quit modding entirely? He still does things like friend people on Nexus but there hasn't been a mod posted in a few years.).
Now, part of this personal quest involves fighting three Legion enemies. The big boi of the trio introduces himeslf by sending his slave over with a message. Just after the slave finishes delivering it, he collapses. Russel shouts something about bombs in the slave's guts.
Problem is, I'd set up C4 charges in the events leading up to the slave's introducing me, and I was too surprised to sprint the hell away.
Subsequent deaths involved fighting the Legion Three and dying because I tried to shoot them only to discover they were way too tough for just that to work.
Also, Russel tried to fight them in melee and kept dying.
Instead, I placed the 3 C4 charges I had left in front of the area I knew they were going to head into because they were going to charge straight at me after combat began.
Then I grenaded the hell out of them until they were all dead.
In a different kind of death, I tried to get Russel to carry the armor and weapons I'd looted from the Legion Three. I'd never brought him over the carry limit before, but when I hit it...
One of Russel's lines for when he can't carry any more is something along the lines of "Nope."
The other line he has? It goes something along the lines of "You ever hear of
'Overencumbered Man'? That's me."
Fallout: New Vegas, with the "Russel" mod added.