The Explosives skill determines the power of any set mines, the ease of disarming any hostile mines, and the effectiveness of any thrown grenades.The Energy Weapons skill determines your effectiveness with the Alien Blaster, Laser Pistol, Laser Rifle, Mesmetron, Plasma Rifle and Plasma Pistol.The Big Guns skill determines your combat effectiveness with the Fat Man, Rock-It Launcher, Missile Launcher, Flamer, Gatling Laser and Minigun.In general, the higher your Barter skill, the lower your prices on purchased items.Raising your Luck raises all of your skill values, and improves your Critical Chance with all weapons.The higher your Intelligence, the more Skill Points you'll be able to distribute when you level up.Intelligence determines your effectiveness with the Science, Repair, and Medicine skills.High Charisma gives bonuses to both the Barter and Speech skills.A high Endurance gives bonuses to Health, environmental resistances, and the Big Guns and Unarmed skills.A high Perception grants a bonus to the Explosives, Lockpick and Energy Weapons skills.Perception determines when red tick marks (which indicate threats) appear on your compass.Strength affects how much you can carry, and determines the effectiveness of all melee attacks.If you want to effectively sneak, turn it off. The light generated from your Pip-Boy light actually makes you less stealthy.If you want to stay hidden, stick to the shadows, move slowly, try to stay behind your opponent.Stealth is affected by many factors, including light level, sound generated, weight and bulk of worn apparel, and line-of-sight.Running is noisier than walking and makes you easier to detect, even if you are sneaking.If you start a fight you can't finish, try putting away your weapon.You can run faster with your weapon holstered.

Heavier weapons and apparel will slow you down when they're equipped.Zooming in with a ranged weapon slows you down, but improves your accuracy.Want to prevent an enemy from fleeing? Cripple the legs.Picking someone's pocket and placing a mine or grenade in their inventory will activate the explosive.Crouching will both improve your accuracy, and activate sneak mode.

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If you wrong someone, prepare to pay with your life.

The Capital Wasteland lacks a unified government, and any institutional system of crime and punishment.

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