Mentats (Fallout)

Mentats are a chem in Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics.

Characteristics
Mentats are most useful for characters with low Intelligence. Furthermore, they are one of the games' more valuable items yet are relatively easy to find. This makes them also useful as an easy source of money, particularly when first starting. In addition, the +1 to Charisma can allow you to recruit a new party member if the new CH is an even number. The party member will even stay after your CH returns to the normal score.

Fallout, Fallout 2

 * Lynette in Vault City
 * Johnson in Redding
 * Bookcase in Broken Hills
 * Eric in Broken Hills
 * Doc Holliday in Broken Hills
 * Dan in Broken Hills
 * Renesco in New Reno
 * Sierra Army Depot level 4

Behind the scenes

 * Their name is a reference to Frank Herbert's Dune, where, in the wake of humanity rejecting artificially intelligent computers and robots, Mentats are humans trained for computer-like mathematical and logical computations. Also of note is that the pills are colored red. Red-stained lips are a distinguishing characteristic of a Dune Mentat.