Roleplaying

This section is to just throw some role-playing ideas around (i.e. When you have beaten the main quest and are bored) and maybe have some fun testing them out. Once a modding tool comes out for the PC version, it will be considerably easier to play a character. Once again, please put your ideas into alphabetical order.

Guidelines for role playing.

 * Do not fast travel as often: Try to walk to places instead of fast traveling. It is understandable if you are a merchant, going back and forth, but in that case fast travel to a location near town and walk from there.


 * Watch your weight: Try to limit what you are carrying, for example only a primary weapon, a sidearm, a knife and some grenades for your weapons. Also, store some Stimpacks at your house and only carry a few with you, or only have one set of clothes at a time; keep the rest in your house, etc.How do you carry a mini-gun, fat-man, and 5 different small guns at the same time?


 * Eat and sleep: Try to eat at least once a day, or preferably twice. And, return to your house every night or two to get some sleep. Maybe when modding tools come for the PC version, you can have a mod that makes your skills go up if you have a lot of sleep, and your skills go down the less sleep you get.


 * Remember, alignment naturally sways and changes over time: THIS IS HUMAN NATURE. Feel free to play a good, hardworking, honest character that remains as such until his death. But also feel free to allow your character 'wiggle room', if your straightarrow-hardworking goody twoshoes becomes a psycho addict willing to steal to feed his addiction, this is a good thing. It makes your characters more reallistic and 'human', and makes them far more interesting.

Character Ideas
These are just some ideas for characters or professions you could play.

Amnesiac
Amnesia is simply a mental condition that involves short term loss of memory.

Have a friend set up random equipment and tell him to do something despicable and to leave you somewhere. with minimal weaponry (like a Chinese pistol or a .32 pistol and a sawn off or scoped .44 mag.) if possible. then try and figure out what "you" did as well deciding if you want to change, or liking who you were

Arms Dealer
Be like your favorite wasteland merchants and give your aid (and your weapons) to the highest bidder!


 * Be sure to lift whatever guns you can off the wastelanders you may kill. Anything from Combat Knives to Xuanlong Assault Rifles is fair game- and more caps for you.
 * Wear the Roving Trader Outfit or some equivalent piece of clothing, and always wear your best gun on display. It's great for publicity.
 * Be a good businessman, but have some sense: Invest in your weapons skill as well as Speech and Barter as much as possible. Any merchant worth his salt will tell you that the best merchant is someone that knows how to sell their guns and use them at a moment's notice.
 * Respect your wares! Be sure to keep all of your eqipment in good condition, or your price will be low.
 * Get Fawkes or RL-3 as a follower and have them do all the heavy lifting. Who needs Brahmin, anyways?

Assassin/Contract Killer
Become a killer for hire, leaving no trace or warning of you presence


 * Try to do your dirty work from a distance. The Sniper Rifle, Scoped .44 magnum and. infiltrator work very well for this.
 * Use silence weapons whenever possible.
 * Set a trap. Maybe you could plant some mines, then steal the victims belongs. As they walk to you...boom!
 * Get the contract killer perk. Guys gotta make a living.
 * Your attire could consist of a regulator duster, cowboy hat and dark shades. You could even wear a pre-war suit.
 * If you are going for a more stealthy approach, try wearing recon armour, or the Chinese stealth suit.
 * Be sure to raise sneak, lockpicking and small guns. possible even speech, to win people over with your charm.
 * Wait until nightfall, then break into houses and kill the owners with a quick shot to the head. You could also pick the Sandman Perk.

Bigot
Ghouls are meant to be hated, for this character.


 * Spend your days at Underworld insulting the residents.
 * If you every get the ghoul around the fire random event,Insult them!
 * If you really feel like a bigot, get Charon and..Insult him!
 * If your think yourself a ass, kill every ghoul you see!

Brotherhood of Steel Member
Be a warrior trying to reunite the shattered remnants of humanity.


 * Slip into a set of Power Armour and scour the D.C. ruins for any threats. Be sure to eradicate any and all super mutants and Enclave soldiers you encounter.
 * Have a patrol route. you could defend places such as Galaxy News radio, Arlington Library and of course, the Citadel.
 * Seek out and destroy threats.Try attacking Outcast outposts and Super Mutant bases.
 * Max out you Big Guns skill. You can't repair humanity with a peashooter, right?
 * Get Star Paladin Fox as a follower, you'll need a buddy. You can also use exploits to get many followers, just be sure to give them Power Armour too!
 * The Brotherhood aren't very fond of Ghouls. The Brotherhood tend to only shoot on sight, but if you really want to eradicate ghouls, attack underworld.
 * Be sure to bring back any holotags you find. You must honour the dead.
 * Want to repair humanity with a little less violence? Become a scribe and find as many pre-war books you can to expand the Brotherhoods knowledge.

Brotherhood Of Steel Outcast
Much like the Brotherhood of Steel, though you have been kicked out.


 * Acquire some outcast power armour and and a weapon such as the laser rifle or minigun.
 * Find other Outcast patrols and tag along.
 * Loot all the best technology available.
 * If you have Operation Anchorage, you could help the Outcasts obtain that hightech gear. this also has the benefit of getting you Power Armour training early.
 * Find Megaton and disarm the bomb, and when you get your house, get the Science or Vault theme.

Butcher Pete
You are Butcher Pete, you love hackin and whackin and smackin , and chopping all the women's meat, you dont care whos meat you chop.


 * Wake up in the mourning at half past five, to get an early start on chopping.
 * Make a chubby Butcher-esque character and make them wear the "wasteland surgeon" outfit ( it has bloodstains on it).
 * Choose melee weapons as a prime skill and tag strength, to get the most out of your hackin' and slashin'.
 * Get the Lady Killer perk so you do more damage to the ladies.
 * keep listening to GNR for the Butcher Pete Song. Maybe you hackin' could get a little more crazy?
 * Become obsessed with hitting things of of shelves.
 * Kill single women, married women, old dames and all!
 * Make sure you have a steady supply of knives (and maybe a Ripper) in your inventory along with buffout and heaps of psycho.
 * The "Bloody Mess" perk is a must-have for this type of character, plus keep choppin' till they explode.

Caravan Guard
Protect traveling caravans such as Doc Hoff's or Crazy Wolfgang's.


 * Wear leather armor and use a Chinese assault rifle and be sure to follow your chosen caravan around.
 * Be sure to protect it as well as possible!
 * Every few trips around D.C, invest in your caravan when you get to Canterbury Commons.

Chinese Commando
An Asian character fits this one the best.


 * Put points into Sneak and Small Arms and maybe Melee Weapons for the sword.
 * Limit yourself to only wear Chinese weapons and their jumpsuit
 * If you have the Operation Anchorage, be sure to use the Shocksword and Chinese Stealth Suit.
 * Get Charon as a follower. This is because he doesn't care for your alignment and he has stealth as a tagged perk.
 * Seek out and destroy all patriots (Abraham Washington and Nathan for example). Mister Gutsy's are a must to destroy as well.
 * Carry a Chinese pistol, Chinese assault rifle and a Chinese sword aswell as any medical supplies. Though do not go over the top and carry excessive amounts of equipment.

Chinese Enthusiast
America still has not realized the power of China!
 * Wear Tenpennys suit(red)and equip the zhu-rong pistol.
 * equip a follower with a chinese jumpsuit and the xuanlong assualt rifle.
 * reverse pickpocket wastelanders with chinese equipment. Convert them!
 * Take down the Enclave and its followers, kill the American Enthusiasts!

Cowboy
Become your own law, and let your gun do the talking.


 * Wear cowboy attire. Lucas Simm's has a sheriff duster and hat.
 * Vances Longcoat would also work it lacks the star but is repaired with leather armor
 * If you don't want to kill Lucas, you could just let Mr Burke kill him.
 * Patrol in and around Megaton. Be sure to kill any troublemakers and raiders on sight.
 * Use western style guns such as the .32 pistol, Lincoln's Repeater and the hunting rifle.
 * Get the lawbringer perk so you get paid for your services. Or just collect fingers as a gruesome trophy.
 * Kill Moriarty and free Megaton from his villainous ways.

Cultist
Perform ritual murders featuring very specific style and execution.


 * Take gruesome souvenirs as trophies. These can be fingers or the remains found in gore bags.
 * Gain a house and store your new found belongings there.
 * Find or create a cathedral via the pc, name after your honoured deity.
 * A good place to take over would be the Dunwich Building.

Doctor/Medic
Going around curing people.


 * Get lots of Stimpacks, blood packs, Rad-Away, and drugs like Rad-X. Give them to companions, or give purified water to beggars to cure dehydration.
 * Find a surgical mask and always wear it, and get a lab coat like a scientist. For those long expeditions, carry around all your medicine.
 * Wear an environmental/radiation suit when trekking through the wasteland.
 * Test out radiation effects on yourself, (radiation poisoning) and then use your medicine to cure you.
 * You could even be travelling doctor like Doc Hoff. Go on certain routes around the wasteland and sell your wares.

Explorer
The Indiana Jones character! Travel the wasteland uncovering it many hidden treasures.


 * Make an effort to never fast travel.
 * Go to every marker you see on your compass. Don't just get the area put on your map, actually loot the place.
 * Get a high speech and barter skills, so you can swindle your way out of situations.
 * Collect as many unique things as you can and be sure not to trade them.
 * Get the wastelander theme for your home.
 * Wear a sheriffs hat and a duster.

Freddy Kruger
Go around terrorising citizens of the wastes in the dead of night.


 * Wear the merc outfit with the red striped jumper and the ghoul mask.
 * Put many points into the Unarmed skill and create the Deathclaw gauntlet.
 * Obtain the Sandman perk for some stealth kills.
 * Use the console and lock the door of your victim. Then terrorise them as they have no way to escape.
 * Haunt settlements such as Megaton and kill a citizen every night. If you do not want to risk killing someone important then kill the general residents.

Hunter
This is a really malleable role to play as it applies to a lot of things.


 * Wear appropriate gear such as the leather armour or regulator dusters.
 * Roam the wasteland with your trusty hunting rifle (you could get Ol' painless for a bit more kick).
 * Try to only kill game such as Yao Gui and molerats.
 * Get Dogmeat as your tracking hound.
 * Don't just shoot on sight, stalk your prey and wait till it gets dark or weakened in a fight.
 * You could find a home in the wastes (a scavenger shack for example).
 * Carry a hunting knife to cut up your kill and drag it back to your home.
 * Only carry the bare essentials such as clothes, weapons, ammo and some medical supplies.
 * If you're feeling malicious, take the Cannibal perk and hunt down any Wastelander you see...

Insane
In the nuclear wasteland that is DC area not everyone is going to be perfectly... Stable. Some ideas for insanity are:


 * Obsessive compulsive: Preform certain things before doing tasks, whether it be spin in a circle three times before sleeping or having to shoot everything in the head.
 * Do not talk to anyone, excessive blubbering is not understandable and people do not want to talk with you.
 * Only the simpilist weapons, the insane can not use power armour or energy weapons.
 * Be a pyromaniac! Only ever use a Shishkebab or a Flamer in a fight and try and set fire to as much stuff as possible!
 * Generally be a complete psychopath who murders everyone he comes across. Or just women (see the option below for more detail!)
 * Be an insomniac! Never EVER sleep. This will bar you from the "well-rested" bonus, but is good for a creepy character.

Mercenary
Who needs justice and retribution? The best fighters are always in it for the caps, nothing more or less.


 * Always wear the best: Dress in combat gear whenever you're outside the cities (Talon or Ranger Combat Armor will do ya nicely), and always carry your gun.
 * Tag Small Guns, Big Guns, and Melee Weapons. Speaking and skullduggery are for suckers, anyways.
 * True mercs have no shame or piety. Any time someone offers you money, take it, especially if your offer has three or more digits in it.
 * Backstabbing is not below you. If your target has a higher offer than a contract, take the money.  Even better, convince your boss the target is dead or indisposed, then collect both fees and get rid of them both.
 * Safehouses are the name of the game. Always maintain a few scattered houses or shelters across the wasteland with armor and weapons should you ever run dry.
 * Payment is top priority. Unless you're trying to sway someone to your logic, always request a reward.  If they can't pay, show them you mean business with the business end of your weapon.

Pious Warrior
The wasteland is full of evil and foul abominations, and it is your duty to eradicate them!


 * When you are able to, wear generic Power Armour or the T-51B Power Armour.
 * Have high skills in Speech, Barter and Small and Big Guns. You are supposed to be charismatic and strong.
 * Do things that give you good karma.
 * Raid places that have evil characters, such as Fort Bannister, Dunwich Building or Paradise Falls.
 * A full-face helm is appropriate for this style of playing.
 * Try to do all the quests available, help as many people as you can.
 * If you decide to go insane with cleansing the wasteland, destroy the plague that is Underworld.

Preacher
Be a preacher for the children of the atom.


 * Stand in the irratiated water near the bomb or behind the stand in the church.
 * Wear Wasteland Setteler outfits, something dirty.
 * Preach ( outloud or in your head about the golry of atom!)
 * Regularly donate to the church.
 * Good karma. This is a church and besides the people who come to you if you have very good karma give you "Donations."
 * Get the Megaton house and use it as your "holy" house ( and remove thos pesky rads with the my first infirmary")
 * Optional - Kill Confessor Cromwell and return to Megaton after 3 days so you will be the only preacher.

Raider
Everyone wants to be an evil raider and in Fallout 3 it's possible!


 * Purchase the raider theme for your home. You know, if you to soft to rough it in the wastes.
 * Be sure to wear raider armour and carry brutal weapons such as nailboards and baseball bats.
 * Find a base such as the super duper mart and and bring home raider related things (mutilated bodies for example)
 * Go on raider parties and attack travelling merchants and wastelanders.
 * Be sure to get Jericho as a follower and spark his interest in his old habits.
 * Make sure you dress any companions in different raider armour.

Reilly's Ranger
Become one of Reilly's mercenaries.


 * Complete the Reilly's rangers quest to unlock their hideout.
 * Get the ranger battle armour and always wear it. Be sure to give your followers it as well.
 * You can find contracts in the terminal, fulfill them.
 * Hunt down any and all threats around D.C.

Rivet City Security
Protect the successful settlement of Rivet City.


 * Put on a Rivet City Security uniform, then grab a 10mm SMG and a police baton and get to work!
 * Map out a patrol route of Rivet City which you follow during your shift, and do karmically good quests related to Rivet City.
 * If you're feeling daring, go out into the surrounding ruins or the broken part of the ship and fight Super Mutants and Mirelurks!
 * Slip into something casual and hang out at the Weatherly Hotel or the Muddy Rudder during the evening, and call it a night in the Guard barracks at the top of the stairwell.

Scavenger
Gather up scrap from before the bombs fell and sell them for a profit.


 * It is very easy to be a scavenger. Before leaving the vault, give your character the survivalist beard and some shaggy hair.
 * Try not to fight with ranged weapons, except maybe the .32 caliber pistol.
 * Look for trashy clothing, and scavenge the ruins for anything of value.
 * Hang out with other scavengers and use their help to fight off bad guys.
 * Take up residence at one of the many scavenger shacks.

Scientist
Try to uncover sciences many mysteries and use your knowledge for good...or evil.


 * Go for balding hair and wear glasses. Find a lab coat (if you found Jonas' body in the vault, his lab coat does +5 to science).
 * Buy the workbench and laboratory.
 * Create strange weapons with the workbench, and brew some chemical compounds with your lab. *Get a lab rat (a real mole rat or a person; either one works fine!) and do some tests on him/it (be creative).
 * Always have a clipboard and pencil for taking notes. Get Fawkes and study him.

Slaver
Join in on the capitol wastelands civilian displacment program.


 * Take up residents at Paradise falls.
 * Buy Clover from Eulogy Jones and make her your personal slave.
 * Help Grouse enslave the list of slaves known as VIP slaves.
 * Always make sure you carry the Mesmetron and have a good ammo supply.
 * Help Pronto load up his armory supply, it is very valuable.
 * Capture Bumble for Eulogy and help the Child Slaver at Little Lamplight.
 * Meet up with Leroy Walker and the slavers at the Lincoln Memorial. Help them kill Hannibal Hamlin and destroy the Temple of the Union.
 * Be sure to sell Leroy the artifacts from the Museum of History for an added bonus. Become a renown slaver throughout the DC wasteland!

Sniper

 * Find a tall building to camp out at.
 * Bring possessions and items to the building, if possible use the geck to make a bed and other accessories.
 * Take pot shots at anyone passing by.

Soldier
Be a soldier!


 * Put points into Small Arms, Big Weapons, Explosives, Melee Weapons (for the Combat Knife or Trench Knife if you've got Operation: Anchorage) and maybe some in Unarmed.
 * Wear Combat Armor and the helmet or the T-51 B power armor (both the regular one and the DLC one) or the Medic Armor (it has the military logo instead of the Brotherhood logo).
 * Any small arm will do (the standard assault rifle fits perfectly) except the Chinese ones because they belong to the enemy!
 * You will also need grenades, a combat- or trench knife and maybe the missile launcher. Also have some Med-X with you as they are basically morphine.
 * Sergeant RL-3 will be the perfect partner.
 * You should consider going to Mama Dolce's to kill any Chinese remnant. Also Operation: Anchorage fits this character perfectly!
 * Dress any followers in military gear.

Talon Company Merc
Become one of the wastelands most feared and take any jobs you are offered.


 * Wear Talon armor and be a bastard with a gun of your choice.
 * Put points into your Small Arms and Barter skills, take the Contract Killer perk, then head on out.
 * Have your followers wear the same gear and be sure to do a lot of quests with monetary rewards, preferably seeking the bad-karma alternative when there's an option.
 * When you are being slightly civil, insult everyone, and when somebody mouths off to you, put a bullet between their eyes.
 * Don't bother with reason and always shoot to kill. We all gotta get paid, right?
 * You might also want to splice this with some negative personality traits, like being an alcholic or bigoted against Ghouls.

Tank
Nobody can stop you, for you are a golden god!


 * Wear power armor and equip a heavy weapon like a minigun or gatling laser.
 * Hit up places like the Mall or the Capital Building alone.
 * Maybe even set the difficulty to very easy, so that you take less damage and pack more of a punch!

Thief
Sneak around unseen stealing people most prized possessions.


 * Being a thief, is by far one of the most easy and fun classes to be.
 * Max out lock picking and sneak skills and steal!
 * Always have secret stashes all over the wasteland so that you can get some extra weapons and ammo if you need it.
 * Have a hiding spot in Megaton or Rivet City and build up on loot. Then sell it and steal some more.
 * If you are ever caught, make a run for it and escape!
 * Also, you may find some interesting quest related items, so watch out for those.

Treeminder

 * Live in oasis and mind the trees.
 * Wear oasis robes and hoods.
 * Whenever you do the Oasis quest either apply Laurel's Liniment or Birch's Sap on Harold, Do NOT kill him.
 * Every week go out into the wastes and gather up some grub for the fellow treeminders.

Wanderer
Travel the wastelands and get a feel for adventure.


 * Get Dogmeat, animal friend perk, and the regulator duster.
 * Then simply roam the waste without using fast travel and only go into town once a week at most to sell goods or buy supplies.
 * Try to remain neutral and remember you have no home and if you can get what someone else has its fair game.

Vampire
Become a creature of the night.


 * Get the cannibal perk to "feed" on people by killing and then eating their corpse.
 * Hang out with your fellow brethren, The Family.
 * Do the related quest and get the perk Hemotophage, which boosts up the healing prowess of blood packs.
 * Consume a bloodpack daily to rejuvenate yourself.
 * Get the night person perk to get a boost for being outside during the dark.
 * Never go out during the day because it will theoretically kill you.