SSE Passive Follower to loot for you

[Callystaza]

I came across this mod "Followers Can Loot" and I immediately wondered If there were any passive followers to stay back and loot all the corpses and possibly chests for you because I don't always want a follower to fight since they tend to get in the way more often than not.

"Followers can loot" limits your followers to pick up one specific type of item e.g just gold, just food, just ingredients etc. That means you'd need a plethora of followers so that every single item type can be picked up but in places like dungeons that can get aggravating real quick.

I understand it'd be too much to ask to have one follower pick up EVERYTHING in the surrounding area as this would mean that your follower could never catch up to you inside a dungeon... but, well I assume anyway... that a passive follower could be used to loot all corpses of every single item they carry and loot everything inside chests and containers.

 

I really like the idea of a little helper or minion aiding me with my looting adventures. Especially when you're a werewolf and can't pick up any goodies.

Now, I don't know how far SSE mods have come and If there is a possibility to turn a follower passive or even cowardly (when attacked) when a fight begins. This would mean that:

 

1. they don't engage in combat and freeze in place, sort of like "wait here" until combat has ended.

2. If they happen to get attacked they could cower and flee within a certain range so that you don't have to chase the enemy all over hell and creation. (just for immersion purposes)

3. stay behind you at all times within a certain range that is further away than conventional followers.

4. loot the bodies and chests/containers out of combat so that they don't run in and catch an arrow or blade to the face.

5. have a separate loot window you can access when talking to them to only look at the loot they collected, not their personal inventory.

6. Possibly make them non-essential to add to the fear factor and constant pressure to keep enemies off them. - Adding a dual wield restoration spell to their arsenal could prove handy. Given the situation that the follower is not humanoid and can't use magic, I leave it up to your imagination on how they can act to stay alive.

7. The possibilities to make the follower compatible with other mods could be endless. They could carry torches or lanterns in dark places, give you water/food, throw in a heal for you If you so choose, go out and buy/sell things from/to shops ...

 

All together a well rounded and useful follower that won't get in the way when you f*ck some sh*t up :D

 

Now that I have projected this thought into the depths of the interwebs, I hope my prayers will be answered.

Edited November 28, 2016 by Callystaza

[Tekrakai]

I'd like something like this. +1
Specially for role play, having a mage apprentice or Aragonian Slave picking things up for you as they would.

 

- Could possibly add some helpers to the Conjuration Tree.

(They'd be labeled as helpers, essiential but do not fight, they have one job to collect)

Edited November 30, 2016 by Tekrakai