Psychotic Prankster

Psychotic Prankster is an achievement in Fallout 3 which is awarded for successfully reverse pickpocketing a live explosive into someone's inventory.

Pants Exploded is both a term and a player-statistic that appears on the screen between loading areas. It measures the total number of times the player has planted explosives on someone.

A Stealth Boy can be used if pickpocketing is too difficult against that particular character. Also keep in mind the bulk of equipped gear, ambient lighting, and distance/position behind the target count against you, same as pickpocketing.

Strategy

 * Since you have to be crouching to pickpocket, make sure you holster your weapon, you only have a couple seconds to back out of the blast-zone and its best to keep your hands free so you can move quickly.


 * Even with 100% sneak skill, silent running and an active stealth boy you won't always succeed. So, when its an important or dangerous target, its probably best to save before trying.


 * Even if you fail, if you are sufficiently hidden, you will not be "detected" by the enemy - and will remain . However, you will be unable to attempt pickpocketing on that particular NPC again.

Usable Explosives

 * Bottlecap Mine
 * Frag Grenade
 * Frag Mine
 * Nuka Grenade
 * Plasma Grenade
 * Plasma Mine
 * Pulse Grenade
 * Pulse Mine

Related Pages

 * Sneak
 * Sneak Attack
 * Fallout 3 achievements