Cat's Paw

The Cat's Paw is a Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics item. It can be found in one location in Fallout and is part of a side-quest in Fallout 2.

While in Fallout the item is quite mysterious and the only descriptions are "You Have No Idea" and "Upon further inspection, you still have no idea what this is.", in Fallout 2, Cat's Paw is a magazine can be assumed to be either the equivilent of a Playboy or a Maxim.

In Fallout 2, if you collect enough of the magazines, one can recieve a special Cat's Paw Issue No.5 "that contains a very interesting article on energy weapons" in New Reno.

Fallout 2 Locations
Among other places, issues of Cat's Paw can be found in:
 * 1) Klamath Downtown -
 * 2) *found on bookcase in the locked room at the Duntons' house,
 * 3) *found in northwest toilet,
 * 4) *purchased from the Dunton brothers,
 * 5) *stolen from one of the bath house women,
 * 6) The Den Businesses - purchased from Flick,
 * 7) Vault City -
 * 8) *Courtyard - found in bookcase in Cassidy's bar,
 * 9) *Vault 8 Level 1 - given by Phyllis during sperm donation,
 * 10) *Vault 8 Level 2 - found at Dr. Troy's footlocker,
 * 11) Gecko -
 * 12) *The Harp - stolen from one of the ghoul
 * 13) *Reactor - two can be stolen from the ghouls
 * 14) Vault 15 Level 2 - found in desk in northwest living quarters,
 * 15) Raiders Barracks -
 * 16) *found in floor safe,
 * 17) *found in one of the footlockers near a bunk bed,
 * 18) Broken Hills Downtown - found in pot outside the hotel,
 * 19) New Reno -
 * 20) *Stables Lab - found on Myron's bookshelf,
 * 21) *Shark Club 3rd Floor - stolen from John Bishop's safe,
 * 22) Sierra Army Depot - second floor desk near computer terminal,
 * 23) Navarro Maintenence - found in locker.

Behind the scenes
Cat's Paw is actually a real-life brand of rubber heels manufactured in Canada. The image for the item in Fallout appears on the box for a pair of those heels. The developers of Fallout 2, not knowing the real origin of the image, mistakenly assumed that it's a pornographic magazine.