[Lonelypilgrim]

Actualy you can get pretty many followers,without the charisma.Some of them don`t take a Party Place when you take them.I don`t remember who anymore but i am sure about Dog and Virgil...So you can have them and + the ones you can have with the charisma.I rarely party with more than 2 though.
Well,if you want some must-have-characters then you should take Virgil even if you are a techno.Then i like to take Raven but you should keep her apart from that bow.Also a good thought would be taking Magnus.Heard that he is very fun to play with.