Protect your People - PyP - Better NPC Protection SE

Original Skyrim Version

Thank you guys so much! I thought I'd never make it with this... ;_;

What's the difference?Past NPC protection mods got the job done. They worked as they were supposed to. NPCs would not easily die because they were flagged Protected, meaning they can only die from a hit by the Player. So what's the big deal? Past mods protected NPCs by editing NPCs' Actor records and checking their Protected flags on. By all means, this works but what happens when you install another mod that edits those same NPCs' Actor records? Their Protected flags get overridden because the new mod you installed didn't enable the Protected flag for them. But isn't it just a matter of using SSEEdit and forwarding the Protected flag onto them? Yes, that problem is easily solved but what about the NPCs that become non-Essential after certain quests end? Check their Protected flag on? That can't happen if they're already set Essential in their Actor record in the first place.

{Throughout this description, I use the term "Actor record" to refer to the "NPC_" Form Type used in the Creation Kit to designate NPCs' and creatures' object records. The reason why I referred to them as Actor records is because NPCs and creatures are collectively known as Actors in the CK Wiki. Sorry if anyone was confused by this naming scheme.}

Bryling Example

Let's use Elisif's thane, Bryling, as an example.

Image Credit: UESP Wiki

She wears a unique set of clothing that is worn commonly by Jarls. Fortunately, Bryling can actually die after Bound Until Death (as well as Erikur ;)), then you can strip her unique clothing off her dead body.

But what if you were an honorable assassin who only killed who you were contracted to and happened to have superb thieving abilities at the same time? You can use the Perfect Touch perk to undress Bryling without her noticing and take her unique clot