[LE] Non-essential conscript soldiers for the player.

[JasperBark]

Basically just asking for a mod that adds random npcs from all races and genders that the player can recruit/hire to serve in your private army, outfit in the with the gear the player finds or makes, and use them to fortify locations or help them conquer said locations. Ideally they can be killed in battle whether following you or not. Now, I know there are some mods already that somewhat do this, but all the ones I saw where either too limiting, or they had a more specific pre-determined reason for npcs following you. What I would prefer is that the player can have as many soldiers as they want, so long as they have the gold to hire them, and can find the random npcs to be hired in the first place. I also would prefer to have the reason that these npcs are willing to die for the player to be up to player interpretation, whether they are simply mercs who desperately want gold, or if they believe in whatever cause the player fights for, or they are just random citizens who the player wants to help out and give a home to.

 

Ideally there will be no prerequisite for hiring these npcs, save for actually finding them in the overworld, say in taverns or walking the city streets, for immersion sake as opposed to spawning them in. Also, simply having the gold to hire them, say around 500 like a regular merc. The gear they start with should just be iron weapons and regular civilian clothes, again for immersion sake, but also so they will most likely equip the items you give them without much trouble.

 

edit: And preferably no management system like constantly making sure they have food and money, or at least make the system optional, depending on if the player is more interested in quality of life or immersion. They can do that themselves, the player has a world to explore/save/conquer/destroy/whatever!

Edited September 28, 2022 by JasperBark

[ejsmaximus]

Sounds like the mod Expendable Mercs(https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/8296/) is probably the mod that you're looking for! I use it all the time when I need cheap replaceable muscle for my party.