Poison system

[Odin]

In regards to the poison system being used in Fallout, JE said this:<blockquote>I think 3E's poisons are really bad news (in a good way). Instantly doing multiple dice of stat damage to someone, then potentially doing more in a few minutes is pretty awful. I'm not sure how it could/should fit into a Fallout game, to be honest. I think it would make the most sense on special pre-poisoned primitive weapons like spears and knives. Also, needler ammo could have poison a-plenty.</blockquote>..

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Uhhh... Isn't this already in the game? I mean, wasn't there a "You've been poisoned" thing happening with, oh, I don't know, that big scorpion thing that was radiated and had a poison tail or something?

You've been poisoned!!
You're 2 weeks away from the nearest town!!
You're going to die before you get help!!
I hope you have a save-game from before you're poisoning!!
It is a condition of game-play that you carry posion anti-dote on you at all times!!
Silly you just used your last bottle the last time you met a radscorpion encounter!!

Although, I had that issue with radiation poisoning when I went to The Glow my first time without taking Rad-X. I mysteriously died on my way back to the Hub with a rad count of 2000 something. Had to reload from a game WAAAAY back. Heh.

More dangerous poison would make things interesting.

 

[Frog]

I hope you have a save-game from before you're poisoning!!
It is a condition of game-play that you carry posion anti-dote on you at all times!!
Silly you just used your last bottle the last time you met a radscorpion encounter!!

How about wondering around wasteland with no armor and weapon ? It's the same thing !

FO +/- simulates life in post-apoc world so having some antidote and antyradiation stuff is the same like having big mean gun ready to fire
If you spot slavers without equipment you will die, if you get radiated or poisoned without proper medicine around you will die as well.

And now some perks like "Snake eater" which were totaly useless for me before would finally make sense.