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Hire your own Housecarl

IMPORTANT: The features of this mod are now included in my Hearthfire Enhanced. If you intend to use that mod, or already used previous versions of it, install or update it BEFORE removing this as it will recover the housecarls you assigned with this one. Do NOT install this after updating HFE to 1.22. This mod won't get anymore updates but still can be used if you don't want HFE.

Hearthfire version available: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=116453089
Please make sure you don't have both enabled.

Update: Script refactor, added more NPC as possible housecarl
Update procedure: clean save or:
open console and type "sqv LH_Housecarls" there you should notice the names and ids of the added npc. If not all of them are populated with ids then type "setquestaliases LH_Housecarls". All available choices should now be populated and the one starting with assigned... may be missing in case you didn't have an hosecarl in that position case in which you can recruit imediatly.
Dispite the initial plans I believe the next versions will be based on Hearthfire too and available on steam under a new location which will be anounced at the time.

The main feature will be to dismiss vanilla assigned housecarl and the ability to recruit your own...somehow similar with recruiting blades or stewards. I will also aim to give housecarls something useful to do.
The mod will try to be lore friendly, yet the lore for them is not sufficiently established in ES so real world premedieval lore will be the model. This means housecarls are bodyguards, warrior type, they won't do your groceries.

Current features
Dismiss vanilla housecarls (not the ones added by Hearthfire). They will go to the local inn after that and you may hire them back.
Talk to the mercenary hirelings from the inns to hire them in the place of the dismissed housecarls. See next section for additional candidate NPCs
If default housecarls were dead, assigned to the Blades or you married one of them even before adding this mod their position should be free as soon as you start using this.

Candidates NPC
Enough candidates will be provided so you can have all the housecarls males or all females.
For other NPC to become candidate for the job please use the console: "help housecarlcandidate", select the npc so it's id get displayed then type "addtofaction XXX" where XXX is the id of the faction returned by the help command. I urge you to test this one as even the final version may not provide a choice for your preferred NPC, modded followers should work too this way, try to use it on a potential follower as this mod won't make them followers if hired as housecarls.

Planed Features
Sandbox AI enhancements for housecarls.
Monthly wage for housecarls. If you fail to visit them in a month a courier will look for you and if all that fails they will leave your service.
Tasks for housecarls via radiant quests. *Accepting suggestions on what they can do
Delegate your bounty missions to your housecarls.

Issues
Dialogue options should appear for the assigned housecarls to dismiss them and for candidates to be hired if you have an open position for them but to may be affected by now the classical dialogue bug so: load, save, load after instaling this mod.

Compatibility considerations
Initial release of this mod will affect only vanilla housecarls, not the one added by Hearthfire. It should be compatible if you have Hearthfire just that you won't be able to replace the housecarls added by it.
I will try not to touch any NPC directly, not even the vanilla housecarls. All will be done via aliases. So it should be compatible with any cosmetic housecarls enhancements.
All testing will be done with my current multiple followers and other enhancements mod so expect full compatibility.
Won't be compatible with housecarl AI mods as this mod will provide that. Load this after the other mod to gain other features from there like cosmetic changes

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