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The man knows. Using his methods, you can clean out the entire temple with an Endurance 1 character and not break a sweat. If you don't want to bother with the critters there's nothing in the temple that'll give you any kind of critical headstart-- a couple of bottles of antivenom you usually...

I enjoy melee combat, myself, but I can't deny that it consists of-- and perfectly resembles-- flailing away like you just walked into a cloud of radioactive bees. It's fitting that wasteland brawling is more of a rough and sloppy affair than a choreographed battle dance, but that will only take...

I'd wager that's the single greatest factor keeping the porn industry afloat (and by "afloat," I mean "probably more profitable than OPEC"). It probably also helps account for the sheer number of oddly specific fetishes and sub-fetishes cropping up. Once you're inured to the "normal" stuff and...

Sown in salted earth Barren crop of sin and pain and, here and there, Floyd Next: The Broken Hills conspiracy

Who needs dating sites? Looks like things are heating up right here on NMA. :wiggle: *sad trombone* Oh, nevermind then.

Autoduel. I know any modern iteration couldn't be much like the original, but I can definitely envision it taking the form of a post-apocalyptic Grand Theft Auto with junktech scavenging elements and Armored Core-style vehicle customization and arena battles, and that'd suit me just fine.

Makes as much sense as a full-body brahmin-leather outfit increasing your agility, imo. It's just a symptom of Magical Clothing Syndrome. It's only the T-51b that gives the charisma boost (in both games), so I'd imagine it's a nod to the iconic old-school charm of the original design rather than...

If your Courier hasn't aligned themselves with the Brotherhood, yes. If you have, if (and this is a big "if") you're actually "with" them rather than just joining for power armor training or to tick yet another entry off in your quest log, the Brotherhood would have nothing to fear and...

I'm not sure they'd be crushed as long as they stayed out of the way (though the Van Graffs would be in a pretty tight spot), though with House out of the picture and Vegas now an unprotected frontier and symbol of humiliation rather than a tourist spot in the eyes of the NCR, I don't see their...

Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Once you've got Power Armor you can pretty much write your own ticket except for where Deathclaws and gangs of supermutants are concerned. Care to favor us with some of your exploits? Found any special encounters yet?

I don't know about looked down on, but I know most disagree here. I'll actually add (and I swear, I'm not a contrarian, it just takes all kinds to make a world) that I forgot to mention that I rather enjoyed the Outcasts as a narrative element-- how they hadn't given up their mission or their...

Naw, I'm gonna wait til everyone can get in a few more ad hominems first. Maybe a strawman or two as well. I've almost perfected my "ad strawminem" hybrid and I need more field research.

I'm assuming it's okay to follow your divergence about killable children, X12: I personally feel it's more of a realism concern. It doesn't really do to tout immersion as one of your prime selling points and then make the weakest people in the wasteland (children) and the only ones the game...

Where is it you work, Mobucks? Reminds me of a little plot I used to work when I was geosurveying out in Texas, only replace the boats with alligators.

My Girlfriend and I just re-watched Dark Crystal, incidentally. We always cheat and shoe-horn it into our Halloween marathon by merit of the tone. I don't know what it is-- there are darker kids movies from the same era, more complex ones, better-written ones, but Dark Crystal just has something...

Oh, wow. Oh, Jebus. I step out for a day and this is what I come back to? Where to begin? Business first-- cool your jets, people. Personal attacks are a no-no, be they overt and colorful or insidious and constant. No one gets testy, no one gets a mod-boot to the testes. (As a catch-phrase, it's...

You seem to be starting to get a bit personally invested in this, and I'll admit I was a little sloppy in my phrasing, so I want to apologize and reframe myself a little more concisely: As a scholar, as a social influence, she is largely a conservative one. The foot she chooses to put forward...

It really depends on which parts of the series you enjoyed the most, I guess. The original and New Vegas had that more somber, serious tone, and a more contiguous wasteland that sought to evoke a specific feel and a cohesive whole. Fallout 2 and 3 were gonzo outings and proud, patchwork...

A big part of it is setting dilution. Fallout for the first game, and for at least a third of the second, were very careful about where and how they embellished what was really a very classic cold-war wasteland concept at heart. You can only stretch a device so far before it becomes an ill fit...

I dunno, Crni. Adapting to survive is sort of humanity's thing, even if the adaptations we have to make are severely psychologically unhealthy or even completely contrary to our natures. I think the state of modern society is proof enough of that. Vault contents, entertainment, schedules, and...