That should be fine, I'll mark your name next to Dean's so everyone knows he's taken. You should, however, read the rules if you haven't already.


I is confused

1.) I just did a test with the hunting rifle where I set my strength to 1 and guns to 50 (requirement for the hunting rifle) and what I found was that the sway is pretty awful. Not completely crippling, but without a scope it makes the rifle almost useless at long range. With a scope it still sways just as much but it's a little more adaptable to longer range shots than if you just used iron sights. Also, most unarmed weapons require a high strength, and if you don't meet the requirement the attack speed of the weapon is greatly reduced. Another drawback of a low strength is that you won't be able to take strong back or burden to bear, so your carry weight will stay at 160 the whole game (assuming you keep strength at 1)
I agree with you about agility though, that makes you slower and cripples your reloading speed. I think House would have to be an energy weapons exclusive playthrough (in terms of combat) with a few explosives thrown in. Or it could make for a decent pacifist playthrough.

2.) I would say that Luck is very important. What you said about critical hits is true, (or at least it seems that way) that luck makes it harder for enemies to score critical hits on you. A luck of 6 is also required for the better critical perk, which imo is the perk that makes or breaks a sniper build or really any stealth based build.

If you're too busy to join or you just don't like the challenge that's fine, but if you do join might I suggest taking Tycho. I've already done a Desert Ranger/Tycho playthrough, so I won't be taking him, and I don't want some noob who'll die during the tutorial to take my namesake.

@Legend - If you'll take Paladin Todd for this challenge then I'll add him to the list.

@slowbutter - His stats are unavailable, but you can take Fantastic if you want.

I'll give Paladin Todd a go.
Whats his stats, tags etc.?

Sounds good, I'll mark your name in the OP. Here are his stats:

Paladin Todd
SPECIAL: 7 ST, 7 PE, 6 EN, 5 CH, 3 IN, 7 AG, 5 LK (modified to fit with 40 SPECIAL points)
Tag Skills: Energy Weapons, Guns, Explosives (he only had two tagged skills, guns and EWs, but I thought explosives would fit)

Hm, well this would be one hell of a way to wake up after sleeping. "Hey, you were shot in the head! Here is a few stins, a pistol, & a caravan shotgun; go get revenge!" Then you find those golden geckos, oh the geckos..

On topic.

I will go with Father Elijah. Ran around with energy weapons & clothing once, not that bad. Though the gauss rifle helped.

Now, being nuts for old world technology will be fun. Now to decide if it would be nuts to go to Big Mt. as early as possible for decent weapons..

I marked you down for Elijah; that should be a pretty fun playthrough, although if I could offer you some advice I would say to hold off on OWB until you are at a high enough level. It's a difficult DLC for DiD because it is ripe with bullet-sponges and has a lot of boss enemies, most notably of course the X-42. It isn't a friendly place for low level characters on Hard difficulty unless you really know what you're doing, but if you do I would say go for it. You'll have to go there at some point in an Elijah playthrough, so if you're good enough to do it early you'll walk out with Elijah's LAER and Elijah's Tesla Cannon.

Eh, I'm use to its form of bullet sponges. more than likely I will hold off on it until 25 or 30. Not the first time I have not done it fresh out of the box as a DiD either though.

Well this will be interesting though. Time to start!

It's difficult to roleplay dean without breaking character ever, I got attacked by some rad- scorpions while I was wearing pre-war business wear. two hits and my health was at about 25%, I think I'll just break character a bit and wear this combat armor I found

Oh and I'm lvl 9 right now, and heading to Cottonwood cove.

You can break character a little bit, I mean I'm sure Dean would have worn some combat armor in the Sierra Madre if he had access to it.

Also, I think I'm going to take Caesar. I might change if I can't make my character look like Caesar, but I'll most likely take him.

Is it cheating if I give myself T-45d and a tri-beam at the start?

This is rather fun, we should do events like this more often.

Almost died trying, but liberated Primm from the NCR. So far, so good.

I'm going to take a little break from SPAZ to give this a try and I think I'm going to take Robert House.

I've always wanted to try a playthrough with someone who uses weapons as little as possible and I think he would fit the bill. He seems like the sort of person who would rather have someone else do his fighting for him, someone who is very good at manipulating people and though he seems like someone who wouldn't use weapons, he does seem like someone who would do whatever is necessary. I think he finds normal weapons too mundane and inelegant, but the damage a few words can do could last several life times.

I'll wait for feedback before I start.

Well, yes. It would make the beginning of the game extremely easy.


Glad you like it. I'm about to liberate Primm from NCR imperialism right now, actually.


That should be fine, Lobo. I think House, Three Dog, Fantastic, and Tandi make the best choices for a playthrough with little fighting. I'll mark you down for House right now.

Thank you. I'll play him as a clone of House, who was sent by him to retrieve the Platinum Chip. Who else would be more trustworthy then himself?

I think the best course of action is for House to go south and build up his resources. He must know by Benny's suit that he most likely came from the Strip, but when House wakes up he has very little in the way of supplies and it would be foolish to brave the harsh roads to the north.

Woah, those NCR death squads run your supplies dry quickly. Almost died after Nipton, got lucky & had my mine field blow them to high hell.

How did Primm's liberation go Tycho?

Well, Father Elijah is out of the race.

NCR death squad came to do their business. Killed each of them with explosives, saddly did not take notice of the car I had set off. Oh well, at least I went out with a bang.

Mr. House has made it to the other side of Nipton. Goodsprings' conflict could wait and wasn't very important to the stability of New Vegas. He scouted Primm, but decided that the odds weren't good to try and make a run for the casino or the Mojave Express Office. Traded at the Mojave Outpost and saw how disorganized the NCR was at their gateway into the Mojave. Avoided the Jackal's ambush just before Nipton, but almost got killed by Radscorpions. Used Vulpes Inculta and his squad as protection across the bandit rich cliffs to the eastern Mojave.

I'm picking No-bark

Wish me luck guys.

I'm debating as whether I should kill the NCR in Primm or not, especially since NCR hit squads will spawn near Wolfhorn Ranch if I kill them now. I killed two regular soldiers stealthily so that my NCR rep wouldn't plunge, but I think I'm going to hold off on killing the named troopers at this point. Caesar isn't foolhardy, and I don't think he would run into a tent containing two NCR soldiers while armed only with a varmint rifle and a tire iron. Besides, it fits better with my back story if I don't kill them.

Here's the back story of how Caesar ended up shot in the head outside of Goodsprings:

Caesar cloned himself. How? He's the son of Mars. He can do whatever the hell he wants. Anyways...he sent his clone into the Mojave with the intent of having him bring back information about the various small settlements and towns in the Mojave and which ones would assimilate well into the Legion. Why didn't he just send a frumentarius to do it? Because they're busy scouting out the NCR, and their opinion on which settlements would assimilate well into the Legion could be different than Caesar's, and his opinion is what matters.

In order to carry out his mission without looking suspicious, Caesar's clone joined up with a Courier group and was assigned to deliver a package. Outside of Goodsprings, he was ambushed, tied up, and shot in the head by some weirdo in a checkered business suit. Now he's out for revenge - while still trying to scout out the various settlements of the Mojave.


That svcks, I hate hit squads early on in the game, both NCR and Legion. What level were you when you died? And if more people don't start joining soon, you can take another character if you want.


Careful, they got spies all over! Oh, and keep an eye out for chupacabras.

.....

Caesar decided to get involved with Goodspring's powder ganger problem in order to see how capable the townspeople were when it came to fighting. They will be part of the Legion someday, and some of them might make good Legionaries. Caesar convinced everyone to hide and ambush the fighters, promising a profligate named Ringo that he would help him during the fight. Instead, Caesar retreated to gas station and watched the fight play out, and to his surprise not a single resident of Goodsprings was killed by the time the fight was over. Caesar determined that many of the younger settlers would make good legionaries someday, and he made note to not forget about the small ghost town when it came time for his Legion to occupy the area.

After leaving Goodsprings, Caesar killed a few Powder Gangers along the road, and then came upon Primm. A profligate soldier was standing outside, and he had the nerve to tell Caesar that the town was off limits. Not knowing how many other soldiers were nearby, he decided to retreat to rifle range and hide so that he could kill the profligate without being noticed.

Here are some screen shots:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/tycho808/screenshot/506890852497534510/?

How's this for a clone: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tycho808/screenshot/506890852497535538/? - http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Caesar2.png

I'll take Tycho. As long as no one else has taken him.

I guess i'll take Vulpes Inculta. He's sorta weak and i'm always looking for a challenge. Plus i'm a huge fan of the Legion.

So....Tandi in New Vegas? I think I might enjoy this! This will be a difficult role play. Sign me up! I promise to be totally NCR for the whole play through!

Wow. You did a wonderful job on your Caesar. I must say I'm jealous! This is beautiful, I'm in freaking awe. I hope to make my pathetic little Tandi as well as you made your glorious Caesar. I'm happy you took him over, you're an excellen Role Player!

Is anyone able to give me the exact facial stats of Benny? Because I might do a Benny playthrough.

That's very impressive, my Domino isn't nearly as good as that, but to be fair, all I had to go by was a tiny photo of him on a pre-war poster (and the hologram in the sierra madre).
I would post a pic but I don't have the means to do so, if anyone want's to know what he looks like, select caucasian preset 9 on the character creation screen, make his hair black, make his skin lighter, and give him a lady's man mustache (or whatever mustache looks best).

I think http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110111211422/fallout/images/9/93/Sierra_Madre_celebrities.jpg is a good ref pic.

I must admit that the most difficult part of playing a minimum direct violence playthrough is leveling up. House has just gotten to Freeside and he's only level 5, but he is using Veronica as a bodyguard. I'm five hours in and I have nearly 5000 caps.