Modoc



Modoc is a small farming comunnity located west from Vault City. A dwindling collection of survivalists, Modoc is built on the edge of the former Modoc National Forest. For a long time it traded in leather and meat from Brahmin, but as other places were offering the same goods at cheaper rates, and people began herding and raising their own Brahmin, Modoc has been on the decline. It is mostly a sleepy mountain community, with a centrally located Bed and Breakfast for the traveler. Modoc is beginning to change to a trade city, taking its cue as a stopover place for the Vault City trade routes, but the change may not be enough to save it.

Modoc has problems with "ghosts", missing watches, gardens infested with rats, a missing boy and other things. You can get Married (befitting for all genders and sexual orientations. Shotgun Wedding! Yay!) there! Also you can help a brahmin with its hurt leg, and if you're feeling sinister, you can lead it to the slaughter.

There are a couple of funny things to do in this town. For example, if you marry the daughter of the butcher at the Slaughter house, leave with his daughter, then let her die in a fight, you might want to come back to her father. If you tell him about his daughter's death, he himself will die of a heart attack. Sweet :)

Also, as stated above, if you heal the cow's leg, it will follow you wherever you go, so you might as well lead it to the slaughter house and get her turned into some jerky. Yummy.

Also, when trying to find the stolen watch, you have to blow up a toilet to get to the sewers beneath it. The explosion will result in the entire town's buildings being covered with, well, poo.

Mood
The city has a very original feel to it. The music in the location makes it very special, since it is a combination of quite, peace, and unease at the same time. You get the feeling that there is something terrible about to happen in this town (and when the whole town is covered with shit, that isn't terrible, right? oh wait). One of my favorite towns. I highly suggest you Save your game status before you enter this town, in a whole new slot, and just load every time you screw something, so that you can check out different dialogue combinations.

Modoc