I am currently in a play through using SS 3in1, and Conqueror. I've had a few occasions to use the town meeting gavel to gather everyone around and I have noticed that the NPCs don't seem to be spawning near me. Rather they seem to cluster in a seemingly random location within the settlement forcing me to search around for them. Certainly not game breaking, but I thought I would toss it out there and see if anyone else has seen this behavior.