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Speech

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Nathan Garvin
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“The Speech skill governs how much you can influence someone through dialogue, and gain access to information they might otherwise not want to share.”

Speech allows you to interact with characters better. Any time a Speech option comes up, you’ll get a chance to radically alter the course of the conversation. Failure usually only deprives you of the benefit of suceeding-you rarely suffer penalties for trying. Success will convince NPCs to do things without a hassle, give you more money, or tell you about cool loot.

If you have a high Charisma, you might not need this skill, although there are few instances where Charisma actually comes up at all. Also, you get experience for successfully using Speech , unlike with having a high Charisma. You typically only get one shot at making a Speech check for an NPC about a specific subject, so save and reload if you fail. If you want to do quests off the bat, you should boost your Speech to get as much out of the quests as you can… a score of 50ish should minimize save/loading (although it’s by no means going to eliminate it). If you level first, you can put Speech off a bit. Saving and reloading will allow you to succeed at any Speech check… eventually, a higher Speech skill just cuts down on the bother. It’s good, but it can wait.

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  • Publisher
    Bethesda Softworks
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS3, XB 360
  • Genre
    Action RPG
  • Guide Release
    7 February 2015
  • Last Updated
    7 December 2020
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin

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War never changes. The Fallout franchise certainly has, however. In 2008 Bethesda revived Interplay’s famous “Post Nuclear Role Playing Game”, moving from third person to first person, and from the west coast to the east coast. You are the Lone Wanderer, an outcast from Vault 101 who sacrifices a relatively easy life in order to brave the terrors of the post-apocalyptic Wasteland and find your Dad, whose mysterious departure from Vault 101 sets a chain of events in motion that will change the Capital Wasteland forever…

This guide is intended to be the ultimate completionist’s guide to Fallout 3.

  • Every area in the game covered extensively including all side quests and main quests.
  • All the Bobbleheads, skill books and schematic locations.
  • A full trophy/achievement guide.
  • An in-depth information about character creation is also provided so you can create whatever Vault Dweller suits you best.
  • Good, evil and neutral alternatives to quests will be presented where applicable.

Become the Last, Best Hope of Humanity… or add to the continuing sum of human misery in your selfish quest for survival. Sneak past foes, talk your way out of confrontations, shoot everything in the head, or create a character who can do it all. The Wasteland is a big, dangerous place, and this guide will help you experience as much as possible.

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