Skilled Settlers

One of the biggest knocks against workshop settlers is that, for the most part, they are useless. Sure, you can assign them to various jobs that produce resources for your settlements, but the settlers themselves don't bring anything to the table. Skilled Settlers changes this by bolstering the vanilla settler pool with a host of additional settlers who possess a variety of passive skills and abilities that benefit settlements even if the settler in question is never assigned to a job. At present, Skilled Settlers are derived from six archetypes; namely, Entertainer, Forager, Scavver, Soldier, Survivalist, and Vendor, detailed as follows:

Common Traits

Skilled Settlers, regardless of type, share the following traits:

• []Skilled Settlers use the same faces as vanilla settlers, but they can be distinguished from vanilla settlers (and each other) by their name plates, which display the appropriate Skilled Settler type (e.g., Entertainer, Soldier, etc.).[/]

  []Skilled Settler NPC (Actor) records are flagged as "unique" so that the aforementioned identifiers won't get overridden by random name generators. Theoretically, the "unique" flag should make them accessible to LooksMenu, too, although this hasn't been tested.[/]

  []Skilled Settlers are higher level than vanilla settlers, instead being on par with the named, unique settlers at Abernathy Farm, Warwick Homestead, and the like.[/]

  []Skilled Settlers wear armor/clothing appropriate to their archetypes, making it easier to distinguish them from common settlers when they spawn. Note: This is a work in progress. Until complete, some Skilled Settlers will continue to spawn with common settler outfits. See descriptions for each Skilled Settler archetype for details.[/]

  Entertainer

  Entertainers are the most abstract Skilled Settler, as their exact role is for you to decide. Perhaps they are stage performers or campfire storytellers, or maybe they engage in more sordid activities such as gambling or prostitution. Whatever your head canon says they are, however, Entertainers bring a 10-point happiness bonus and 2-point income bonus to their settlement. Additionally, Entertainers have clean faces to better reflect their profession. Finally, while Entertainers can be assigned to any job, if you want them to have more specificity, mods like Singing Settler, Simple Prostitutes, and the like may be in order.

  • []Female Outfit: Feathered dress, red dress, or sequin dress.[/]

    []Male Outfit: Tuxedo and formal hat.[/]

    Forager

    Foragers are experts at finding wild edibles and potable water, and as such, provide to their settlement a 2-point bonus to both food and wa