#Fallout 2 temple of trials free#

Outdoorsman can save you in a dire situation. Throwing doesn't do a lot due to the scarcity of grenades (and all the other thrown weapons suck), Science and Repair are useful but can be learned through books. You probably won't want Traps, it's marginal at best. Steal is a fun skill if you want to gain some money and are not fond of too much save/load.

#Fallout 2 temple of trials free#

If I don't have Gifted, it's easier to free up the Small Guns slot. My preferred tagset with Gifted is an early game weapon skill like Small Guns/Unarmed/Melee Weapons, then a late-game like Big Guns or Energy Weapons (Energy Weapons being the king of F1), and Speech. In F1, Barter is powerful, in F2, less so. I don't, but it's interesting to know the game's limitations, while most of the time you want to play various wild choices. Gifted is great, I agree, but I do manage to have some success and fun without it, and there are a few not-so-obvious approaches that can pwn as well.Д«ut Fallout isn't really a game you want to go into with a power gamer approach. In F2, you recruit NPCs based on Charisma score/2. Plan for that, then pick charisma accordingly.Д«arter is nearly useless after the early stages of the game, because you'll be swimming in combat shotguns, assault rifles and other guns which all sell for more money than you'll need.ДЄctually, high Charisma isn't that much of a buff, and if you're really into making a powerful build, you can put it at 1 (or 2 with Gifted), because in F1, it affects about nothing (maybe except some marginable choices), with the thing really mattering being a Speech check.

The mechanical impact in Fallout 2 is almost the same, but in addition to those negligible effects it also governs how many companions you can take.

In contrast intelligence affects vast swathes of the game. There are maybe 2 dialogues that you can get a bonus option from high charisma. Just boost those skills and save the attribute points. In Fallout 1 high charisma has almost no mechanical effect whatsoever other than boosting a few skills. I also tag Small Arms for when I need to fire a bullet (Energy Weapons are more useful in the long run, but unless you 'cheat', you're not gonna get them soon) and Barter because I somehow keep running out of caps. Personally, I get high Charisma, high Intelligence and tag Speech, in order to get out of situations without firing a bullet. You will have fewer skill points, but you'll get more than you will probably need in the long run. Take Gifted if you're new to the game.ДЄ lot of character mechanics are derived from traits, but only skills are reduced by Gifted, while the increase in skills due to the increase in traits kind of mitigates this.