John Cassidy

John Cassidy is a veteran wastelander, bartender and a potential companion who resides in Vault City in Fallout 2.

Background
Cassidy has scars from his adventures following a stabbing in 2203 and old wounds from shootings in 2195, 2199 and 2201. He also has a metal plate in his skull and a fake eye.

Cassidy settled down in Vault City after a life of adventure when his heart started to fail him. He requires regular cardiac booster shots to keep his heart working properly from Doc Andrew, and Vault City offers the necessary medical care. He runs a bar, the Spittoon, in the Courtyard, paying a hefty fee for a license to sell real alcohol on the premises. His business took a hit when Sergeant Stark led a raid on his bar, confiscating his alcohol and detaining several customers.

Companion

 * Cassidy lacks the animation frames for unarmed weapons, spears, throwing weapons, pistols, and rifles. He cannot use weapons that use other animations, such as plasma rifles, laser rifles or pulse rifles.
 * Giving Cassidy power armor of any kind will boost his Unarmed skill above Small Guns.
 * The player character cannot recruit Cassidy if they have less than 4 Intelligence, karma below -101, or the Slaver or Childkiller reputations.
 * Cassidy has interactions with other members of the player character's party.
 * He will harass Myron as long as the two are in the party together.
 * Cassidy will repeatedly tell Lenny to keep his distance, due to his smell.
 * K-9 will also prompt a number of reactions from Cassidy, related to his ferocity.
 * He states he is skilled with shotguns and rifles mostly (he begins equipped with a sawed-off shotgun), as well as pistols. He can also use brass knuckles and spears; he claims that he used to hunt with a spear but expresses shame about making him seem like a tribal. At this point, the Chosen One can state they are tribal, after which Cassidy will sincerely apologize and claim that spears are fine weapons used by many of his tribal friends.

Statistics

 * Note: Unarmed will be tagged when Cassidy is equipped with power armor, as the Strength bonus it confers boosts his Unarmed skill above that of Small Guns.

Appearances
John Cassidy appears in Fallout 2 and the Fallout: The Board Game expansion Fallout: New California.

Behind the scenes

 * Chris Avellone stated that Cassidy was added for another companion in the location but without wanting to do another taking head, served as a "fun combat character."
 * After the release of Fallout 2, a fan-made talking head for Cassidy was created for the mod Mutants Rising. It was later included in the Fallout 2 Restoration Project. Rumors and misinformation surrounding which parts of the mod were fan-made and which were taken from the game files led to this talking head being presented on as official unused content for a significant period of time. In 2018, the Fallout: The Board Game expansion Fallout: New California released a companion card of Cassidy with a design based on this fan-made talking head.
 * Cassidy references the Final Fantasy series when he says "Wish I had a limit break..."
 * Josh Sawyer mentions that Cassidy had a child, Cass, after he traveled with the Chosen One.
 * Cassidy is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.