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 - found on bookcase in the locked room at the Duntons' house, found in toilet NW, purchased from the Dunton brothers,
 * 2) The Den Businesses - purchased from Flick,
 * 3) Vault City Courtyard - found in bookcase in Cassidy's bar,
 * 4) Vault City Vault Level 1 - given by Phyllis during sperm donation,
 * 5) Vault City Vault Level 2 - found at dr. Troy's footlocker,
 * 6) Vault 15 Level 2 - found in desk
 * 7) Raiders Barracks - found in floor safe,
 * 8) Broken Hills Downtown - found in pot outside the hotel,
 * 9) New Reno Stables Lab - found on Myron's bookshelf,
 * 10) New Reno Shark Club 3rd Floor - stolen from John Bishop's safe,
 * 11) 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.