Tobar the Ferryman



Tobar is a ferryman living in Point Lookout in the year 2277.

Background
Tobar is the captain and crew of the Duchess Gambit, the steamboat with which the Lone Wanderer can travel from the Capital Wasteland to Point Lookout, Maryland. The Duchess was a small sightseeing vessel used for tourist excursions along the Chesapeake Bay before the war. Tobar's grandfather found her and, with the help of his caravan, restored the boat's boiler, allowing the vessel to be powered by steam heat from any fuel that will fit inside the burner. Tobar has various ports of call along the Atlantic Seaboard. He claims he used to travel up and down the coast from "the Commonwealth to the Broken Banks".

Tobar's current career as a ferryman revolves around the punga fruit produced at Point Lookout. The tribal leader of the fruit farmers has struck a gruesome bargain with the ferryman. By way of exchange, Tobar is permitted to export the considerable surplus of punga fruit produced by the commune every lunar cycle.

Tobar takes on passengers whenever possible. Not only does he usually negotiate a considerable fare from the passenger, but most who visit the commune at Point Lookout join it, each time creating a new opportunity for Tobar to earn his next punga shipment. Tobar has long since decided that something must be off about that fruit, and he's not touched the stuff since.

Daily schedule
Tobar stays at his boat waiting to take the player back and forth as they please, and will trade merchandise with you in Point Lookout.

Quests

 * The Local Flavor: Transports the player to Point Lookout and will mention to them there are untold treasures that lie within the swamps. When you arrive in Point Lookout, he remarks about the smoke coming from Calvert Mansion and encourages you to check it out.
 * Hearing Voices: It is revealed by Nadine that when people are rendered unconscious by the Mother Punga, Tobar sneaks into the Sacred Bog and removes a part of their brains. When confronted, he taunts the Lone Wanderer about their "spirit walk", then attempts to justify his actions by stating it's what he needed to do to survive, and that the Lone Wanderer has killed far more people than he has. Afterwards he becomes hostile and will attack with a scoped .44 Magnum. He will actually have the chunk of your brain he removed in the Engine Room, which you can take.

Effects of player's actions

 * Tobar sells punga fruits, in both refined and wild variants, and, most importantly, riverboat tickets to Point Lookout. The tickets are 300-400 caps each depending on your Barter skill.
 * He also takes a part of your brain after getting gassed by the mother punga fruit. After completing Walking with Spirits and talking to Nadine, you can kill Tobar and get your lump of brain back. At this point, Nadine will take over the ferry and allow the player to ride for free.

Inventory
* One of the riverboat tickets sold from Tobar's merchant inventory will always be simultaneously listed in his personal inventory. If it is stolen, another will then move from his merchant list to his personal inventory. The stock of tickets in his merchant inventory will refresh following this change.

Appearances
Tobar appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.

Bugs

 * Sometimes, if the player skips the encounter with Tobar when first arriving in Point Lookout, if the player returns to the Capital Wasteland before completing the main quests, Tobar might not be found after arriving back at the River Boat Landing.
 * Sometimes when you first talk to Tobar, his lines will not be voiced.
 * Sometimes Tobar will be found with most of his body below the deck, showing only his chest up from the floor of the boat.