If anyone is interested. With IE Mod you guys can respec your party members and change their attributes using the commands ChangeClass and AttributeScore
For instructions:
http://rien-ici.com/iemod/console
Yep. All the companions are quite different from the strategy guide
Well... guess i'll have to wait before really really buying this game. Gonna wait for some patches and some mods so i can change the npcs like their strategy guide counterparts.