Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26486187-20160616003138

So, I have Hobbits to do my farming, I have Elves to do my killing, I have Merchants to spend my money on, but when it comes to mining or lumbering, i'm the only one to do it...

My suggestion is for 4 new hirable slave/helper NPC's, 2 for Mining, 2 for getting wood. All of the Mechanics here are possible, as demonstrated in the Minions Mod. All of these are also Canon, either directly mensioned or being greatly implied.

Wood Cutting:

Mechanics:

When hiring, you right click them, to set them on active, and they start cutting down any tree's in the vicinity.

Isengard Lumberer: 

Similar in appearance to the Snagae of Isengard, only wielding an axe. They have no armour, an Uruk axe, and have the same HP as a normal Snagae. They would be hirable for 40 Silver Coins. They would be hirable by an Uruk Chieftain.

Gondorian Lumberman:

This one was hard, seen as the first obvious choise, the Beorning Lumberman, wouldn't have a faction, so I chose Gondor. They would have no armour, 20 HP, wield a normal Iron Axe, and be hirable for 40 Silver Coins at a Gondorian Captain (or maybe their own seperate Lumber Master, I don't know).

Mining:

Mechanics:

Yet again, look at the Minions mod to find this out, but it is possible. Orc Slave Miner:

Mensioned by Gorbag, these weak, horrid Orcs mine in the pits under Bârad-Dûr. They would wear no armour, wield a Mordor Pickaxe, have 15 HP, and be hirable for 35 Silver Coins at an Orc Slaver. They would work rather slowly, but the price for them is pretty low.

Dwarven Miner:

This is a nice and easy choise. Dwarven Miners mine in the deepest places in the world, and are thus the best ones possible. They wear no armour, have a Dwarven Pickaxe, have 36 HP, and can be hired for 45 Silver Coins by Right Clicking on said miner and clicking  the "Hire" button, next to the "Talk" button.

Additional Mechanics:

Yet again like the Minions mod, I would suggest being able to allocate a chest to your hired worker, so they could put tehir stuff in there. This could be done by right clicking on the worker, pressing the "allocate chest" button, and then right clicking on a nearby chest.

Thanks for reading! I hope this will make you LOTRmod time that tiny bit easier! Kudos and Constructive Critisism much appreaciated! 