I didn't mean that there should only be four choices of companion, just that you would need to settle on four at some point. I thought it a bit unnecessary actually to kill off the others as in DOS 2, but I would prefer that at some point your choice would be final. Perhaps the available heroes would need to be divided into two groups to address different problems ... Members of the other group could even show up as non-companion NPCs later in the game. Anyway, I don't see the existence of a lizard companion (whom you might or might not want to include in your party) as depending on how many members a party normally has.
