Merchant Faction, Black Market Faction, Reputation & Looting

[ace4321]

This mod is good for those wanting to play a raider like character, but can be good also for those wanting to be more of a trader (depending on your faction points)

 

Hi everyone this is my first post in NexusMods. I wanted to see if there was a merchant faction, but so far I haven't seen a mod like this. I have seen the lootable inventories mods, but my idea just goes a step further.

 

I am interested in seeing a mod where each merchant or independent merchant (that most likely isn't part of another faction) is part of the Merchant Faction. Making a base somewhere in the wasteland where a representative can answer some basic questions about the faction and maybe even throw some cool stories about reconciling trade in the Mojave desert. Since a lot bad business happens in the wastes, like competitors buying out, or annihilating their competition. The Merchant Faction seeks to protect and promote trade by peaceful means which helps promote a free market economy (unlike those wishing to establish a monopoly in one trade or the other by eliminating competition) and is opposed to acts of violence against merchants or caravans.

 

So things would include:

-Negative faction points for killing merchants

-Negative faction points for letting the thugs kill Cass (or any other quest involving the elimination of competitors)

-Positive faction points for helping said quests depending which faction you chose

 

 

NPC merchants can be killed for their loot, but will have negative consequences such as:

-negative faction points

-random bounty hunters encounters (like Caesers Legion after a negative reputation )

-Refusal of selling or buying goods with an extremely bad reputation (goods can be sold only to the Black Market Faction as a way to counter this and visa versa)

-Increased Prices

 

Possibly unique armor for both factions as an added bonus (if anybody can make something easily).

 

Merchants will have their own alliances, either with the Black Market Faction, or the Merchant Faction and will buy sell goods based on your repetition with them.

 

Both factions will have their own bases, with the black market most likely to be located underground or in the sewers at the strip. The Merchant Faction can have an outpost outside near the strip, or down south near the Mojave Outpost.

 

If anyone wants to exapnd on this idea go ahead! I am interested in making this myself. It would be my first mod, but if anybody wants to take a stab at it that would be cool as well.