Just disorganized thoughts for now-

a small group of 8 travelers can quickly become a good sized mob when considering realistic travel.

• [Travelers vs Nomads ?]
  • As nouns the difference between traveller and nomad is that traveller is one who travels, especially to distant lands while nomad is a member of a group of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc.
  • Source

[overlap is NEEDED for these skill sets / roles, you can't just lose all your gardens if your farmer dies, they're just knowledgeable enough to get by and learn ]

_Roles

• Leader / Captain
• Second / right hand man
• Hunter / tracker
• Jack / all-rounder
• healer / medic
• Brute / fighter
• Gardener / farmer
• archer / shooter
• scout / navigator
• Engineer / Mechanic
• cook
• Forager / scavenger
• jester :)
• carpenter / builder
• comms guy / messenger
  • (are we talkin magic or modern? if so this works but if not this is a messenger w trained birds/dogs and the fastest endurance horse lol)