Untill the two-headed cows come home.

I've not really felt up to writing anything this weekend so far.
Maybe sometime next week.

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Hi there, quick note before we begin. I'll be playing through as (personally) non-combat as I can. This is in evidence right here:

And before you ask, why yes, that is a strength rating of 2 and a max carry weight of 55 lbs.
The tradeoff is that I'm a pretty princess and will be able to convince big strong people to stand in front of me and take bullets, and my Endurance isn't low enough to make a stiff breeze take me down.

I played through this first bit a few times, and realized that this sort of character sucks at surviving the first bit, so I dialed the combat difficulty to low. I promise I'm going to change that as soon as I'm done in here.

everything inside [[]] is out of character, if you hadn't guessed]]

So there I was, standing at the front door of the towns proving ground, needing to prove that I'm some sort of chosen one. I guess the fact I'm descended directly from The Vault Dweller means jack when it comes to proof, but is more then enough to toss me into a hole filled with radscorpions and ants big enough to give birth to me.

And really, did they have to tie me up and drag me off in the middle of the night? When I asked Klint to let me back into Arroyo he was a jerk about it

So I did the only thing I could do. Aside from cry. I went back into the temple, and started killing Giant Ants.

"Hey," I thought, "At least they gave me a spear, I shouldn't have any problems with this thing!

It's really too bad it was made of lead though.

That's more like it. I might have the upper body strength of a moth (What can I say, when you're as pretty as me you don't need to do chores) but I've always been a damn good jumper. Thankfully that seems to translate well into kicking the shit out of things. Who knew.

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Something I hadn't noticed about Fallout 2 before, if you kill all your enemies without being hit (which thanks to my agility is exactly what just happened) you get bonus exp.

Also, unarmed combat is handled better this time. your first weapon slot, if empty, makes you punch, and your second item slot makes you kick. Kicking is based off of agility. This means my kick is considered a "strong kick" and that's why I'm doing so much damage with it. My unarmed skill is still shit, so I'm hitting less then half the time, but when I DO hit I hit hard.
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Just outside the first room I came to a fork in the path. After an intensive testing process (Eeny meeny miney moe; catch a radscorpion by the toe...) I decided to go right.

And ran into more 13 damned ants.

The Holy Pip says that ants used to be really small, I have to wonder how they were ever killed in that case. Some mysteries, I guess, are just lost to time.

Inside the chamber there was some of my tribes healing powder. I could use it if I got hurt, but I'd be hearing colour for the next few hours if I do.
Sometimes I wonder if the best way to heal a cut is to make the person high, but then the elders yell at me.

That way was a bust, so I headed off to the other path. as I passed a side chamber I heard a distinct clacking sound.

Scorpions.

Hey there, Internet, a friend of mine started a blog for the Iron Man Blogging Competition. His blog is mostly about video games, however recently it's been more and more about his experiences with Fallout. He's been, essentially, chronicling his experiences with the game, while discussing what it does right, and what it does wrong. I've been enjoying those- if only because it was my prompting that made him continue.

I'm planning on ripping off his thing in a way while I play through Fallout 2. I never finished it the first time, so this should be fun.

I'm planning on playing what is essentially a charismatic twig.
It's at the point where I need to dial down the combat difficulty for the first bit.
Anywho, I hope someone enjoys this almost as much as I hope I do!

Also, I'll try to avoid any fallout 1 spoilers for you, OldManLever.