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Homesteaders

One of the numerous worker groups in the wasteland.
Disposition	Non-Hostile Will attack if provoked.
Armor	No armor
Weapons	10mm Pistols Cattle Prods Grease Guns
HP Range	137-143
XP Range
Valuables
Notes	Farmers can be recruited as workers
They typically travel in groups of 5 or more.

One of many organized Group Encounters.

Homesteaders are people who live off the land, mostly around the Redding area. They can be enslaved. Farmers often travel with them and can be recruited to work at your base (limit 1 Farmer per base). Only a faction leader can recruit a Farmer from a Homesteader group, but once recruited, any faction member can get him to work. Recruiting a Farmer from a Homesteaders encounter requires 5k Caps and a successful roll against the faction leader's Charisma.

Recruiting

A faction leader with 5k Caps in Inventory can talk to a male Farmer in a Homesteader encounter, and offer him money to pay off his debt in exchange for reporting to the faction as a faction employee. Success is likely based on a random rolls against the faction leader's Speech and Charisma, so use Mentats and Beer for best results. If that deal is struck, exit the Homesteaders encounter and go find that Farmer, who will be at one of your faction bases, now stationed there as a worker. This feature only works on male Farmers who are found with Homesteaders, and they often decline your offer, but once a farmer is working at your base, get him to do some work via dialogue; they will gather your choice of one of the following basic resources for you, once every RT 15 minutes:

NOTE: A faction can have multiple Farmers working for them this way, but only 1 per base.

Dialogue Tip
Negotiating a Homesteader's employment so he'll work for you, does have some requirements. If you meet the requirements, including having the 5k Caps in your Inventory, you'll get some dialogue options that are invitations for him to work for your faction. If things go well, he will reply with gladness but ask if you can help pay his debts. The proper dialogue is a one-time opportunity per encounter, so if you try it and fail, you have to exit and find another Homesteaders encounter to try again.

When recruiting a Farmer, you do not get an option to direct him to which base. If you have 10 bases, he will go to one of them, and you'll have to find him. If you have 10 bases and 10 Farmers already, you won't be able to recruit any more Farmers for now - add more bases to be able to recruit more Farmers.

Requirements

Successful roll against recruiter's Charisma, so use Mentats and/or Beer for best results
5k Caps in recruiter's Inventory
Level ?? (wip: 24)

NOTE: Once a Farmer starts working at your base, anyone faction member can get them to work.

Enslave

Homesteaders can be enslaved in the normal fashion.

Skins And Notes

Names	Where to encounter	Weapons handled*	Comments
Homesteader (Male)	Near Redding.	Knives, clubs, grenades and pistols.	They can be useful with a Cattle Prod or a pistol. If only they had more Hit Points.
Homesteader (Female)	Near Redding.	Knives, grenades and SMG.	As the female Homesteader, she has good eyesight, which makes her an accurate shooter.
Farmer	Near Redding with Homesteaders.	Knives, clubs, grenades and pistols.	They can be recruited by a faction leader to become a worker at a base.

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 One of many organized [[Group Encounters]].
-Homesteaders are people who live on the wastes, mostly around the [[Redding]] area. They can be [[Enslave|enslaved]]. Farmers travel with them and can be recruited to work at your base (limit 1 Farmer per base). Only a faction leader can recruit a Farmer from a Homesteader group. This requires 5k [[Caps]] and sufficient [[Charisma]].
+Homesteaders are people who live off the land, mostly around the [[Redding]] area. They can be [[Enslave|enslaved]]. Farmers often travel with them and can be recruited to work at your base (limit 1 Farmer per base). Only a faction leader can ''recruit'' a Farmer from a Homesteader group, but once recruited, any faction member can get him to work. Recruiting a Farmer from a Homesteaders encounter requires 5k [[Caps]] and a successful roll against the faction leader's [[Charisma]].
-== Recruiting ==
-If the faction leader has [[Charisma]] 4 or more (can use [[Mentats]] and [[Beer]] if needed), and 5k [[Caps]] in [[Inventory]], they can talk to a male '''Farmer''' in a Homesteader encounter, and offer him money to pay off his debt in exchange for reporting to the faction as a faction employee. If that deal is struck, exit the Homesteaders encounter and go find that Farmer, who will be at one of your faction bases, now stationed there as a worker. This feature only works on male '''Farmers''' who are found with Homesteaders. Via dialogue, they will gather your choice of one of the following basic resources for you, once every [[RT]] 15 minutes:
+==Recruiting==
+A faction leader with 5k [[Caps]] in [[Inventory]] can talk to a male '''Farmer''' in a Homesteader encounter, and offer him money to pay off his debt in exchange for reporting to the faction as a faction employee. Success is likely based on a random rolls against the faction leader's [[Speech]] and [[Charisma]], so use [[Mentats]] and [[Beer]] for best results. If that deal is struck, exit the Homesteaders encounter and go find that Farmer, who will be at one of your faction bases, now stationed there as a worker. This feature only works on male '''Farmers''' who are found with Homesteaders, and they often decline your offer, but once a farmer is working at your base, get him to do some work via dialogue; they will gather your choice of one of the following basic resources for you, once every [[RT]] 15 minutes:
 * [[Scorpion Tail]]s
 * [[Fruit]]
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 ! Dialogue Tip
 |-
-| Negotiating a Homesteader's employment so he'll work for you, does have some requirements. If you meet the requirements, including having the 5k [[Caps]] in your inventory, you'll get some dialogue options that are invitations for him to work for your faction. If things go well, he will reply with gladness but ask if you can help pay his debts. The proper dialogue is a one-time opportunity per encounter, so if you try it and fail, you have to exit and find another Homesteaders encounter to try again.
+| Negotiating a Homesteader's employment so he'll work for you, does have some requirements. If you meet the requirements, including having the 5k [[Caps]] in your [[Inventory]], you'll get some dialogue options that are invitations for him to work for your faction. If things go well, he will reply with gladness but ask if you can help pay his debts. The proper dialogue is a one-time opportunity per encounter, so if you try it and fail, you have to exit and find another Homesteaders encounter to try again.
 |}
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 ===Requirements===
-* [[Charisma]] 4 (use [[Mentats]] and/or [[Beer]] if needed)
+* Successful roll against recruiter's [[Charisma]], so use [[Mentats]] and/or [[Beer]] for best results
+* 5k [[Caps]] in recruiter's [[Inventory]]
 * [[Levels|Level]] ?? (wip: 24)
-'''NOTE''': Once a Farmer starts working at your base, only the faction leader can get him to work. (needs verification - can an officer do this?)
+'''NOTE''': Once a Farmer starts working at your base, anyone faction member can get them to work.
-== Enslave ==
+==Enslave==
 Homesteaders can be [[Enslave|enslaved]] in the normal fashion.
+==Skins And Notes==
-== Skins And Notes ==
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 !Names
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 | Near [[Redding]].
 | Knives, clubs, grenades and pistols.
-| They can be useful with a [[Cattle Prod]] or a pistol. If only they had more [[hit points]].
+| They can be useful with a [[Cattle Prod]] or a pistol. If only they had more [[Hit Points]].
 |-
 | '''[[Homesteader|Homesteader (Female)]]'''
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 | Knives, grenades and SMG.
 | As the female Homesteader, she has good eyesight, which makes her an accurate shooter.
+|-
+| '''Farmer'''
+| [[File:Nmpeasaa sw.gif]]
+| Near [[Redding]] with Homesteaders.
+| Knives, clubs, grenades and pistols.
+| They can be recruited by a faction leader to become a worker at a base.
 |}
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 [[Category:Encounters]]