Talent Pool

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick Walkthrough

 * Tommy Torini wants performers.
 * Recruit Billy Knight, Hadrian, The Lonesome Drifter, and Bruce Isaac.
 * Return to Tommy Torini

Detailed Walkthrough

 * Tommy Torini at The Aces located in the Strip in The Tops casino needs more performers to get a bigger audience. For each one you bring back, you get 3% of the cut (or 5% with a 50 barter check) and fame within New Vegas Strip. Recruit these characters one-by-one and return to Tommy Torini after each successful recruitment. You must recruit:
 * The Human Comedian: Billy Knight. He is found just outside The Tops casino by the gate leading to the Lucky 38. You can 25 Barter check to give Billy some confidence to haggle, netting you 90 caps instead of 45. Alternately, using a 25 Barter check on Tommy Torini (Instead of Billy) will get you 90 caps instead of 45. If you do both challenges you will get 150 caps.
 * The Ghoul Comedian: Hadrian. He is found inside Atomic Wrangler Casino, and you must convince James Garrett to release him from his contract. He can be found on the first floor but sometimes is upstairs; you will have to wait around for Hadrian to return to the stage at 2 PM to activate the speech to release him from his contract. You first have the option of a 50 Barter check or a 50 Speech check (allowing you to not pay any caps). If you select to pay him you can try to pass a 35 Barter check to lower the caps to 100, instead of 150 caps. With the Terrifying Presence perk you can intimidate him into letting Hadrian go for no cost. You can also just kill Garrett and then talk to Hadrian.
 * The Musician: The Lonesome Drifter. He is found East of El Dorado Dry Lake next to a Sunset Sarsaparilla Billboard . It is possible to pass a 50 Barter check - The Mysterious Magnum is the reward.
 * The Singer: Bruce Isaac. He is found on the second floor of the Novac hotel.


 * Return to Tommy Torini after recruiting each performer to collect your 3% (or 5%) cut.

Bugs

 * If the player recruits more than 1 performer at a time the quest may glitch. Even though the player can still receive their rewards the quest will not be marked finish and the journal will tell you to "Talk to Tommy Torini at the Tops". Continuing on with the game with this quest glitched resulted in a "glitched" save file. Prior to this, freezes were rare, after this it will freeze to inventory. Deleting the save completely fixed this.


 * Tony may get stuck on the stage and won't talk to you. If this happens, wounding him might fix the problem.


 * Recruiting two or more acts at the same time stops quest markers being completed can also stop any other quest markers being ticked off (possibly game breaking glitch) re-loading to save before the quest is taken is the only known fix.


 * After recruiting any of the performers and talking to Tommy Torini, game will constantly freeze or crash. Reloading earlier save fixes this.


 * Due to the glitch above, you may not be notified that you have gotten the achievement linked to the completion of the quest.


 * If you fail the barter speech check with The Lonesome Drifter, he will proceed to The Tops without ever taking the talent card, rendering the quest broken.


 * Sometimes Billy Knight won't have any conversation options for recruiting him, and you will be unable to complete the quest. No known fix.


 * You can begin the quest and recruit Hadrian without ever visiting Tommy Torini. Simply kill everyone in the Atomic Wrangler (while avoiding Hadrian) and then talk to Hadrian. The option to recruit him will come up.


 * After recruiting Isaac, going back to New Vegas may cause the Strip North Gate to become locked. Killing one of the robot guards and looting its key will allow re-entrance.


 * Tommy Torini and his crew may attack Rex if he is in your party, they will undoubtedly win, not a problem on casual as he will be rendered unconscious and the gang won't attack you. Hardcore you can revert to the auto save.


 * If you get Bruce Isaac he will never move from the stage and cause all the other acts to end.


 * Occasionally, after recruiting The Lonesome Drifter, the quest will glitch and only require you to recruit one more Entertainer.


 * If you decide to kill Benny and take the elevator back down to the main floor, all of The Tops chairmen(including Tommy) will become hostile on sight, and attempt to kill you, making the quest unfinishable, no matter what point you are at in the quest.

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