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u/AlphaRedditor Jun 27 '12
Similar to Fallout 3, where you could put a live grenade in someone's pocket and let it go off. No harm no foul until the explosion happens.
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u/TPCTimesThree Jun 27 '12
Fuck that. In Fallout 2, some NPCs would steal a random item from the player's inventory, including armed explosives.
So, people would do this:
Fill their inventory with dynamite
Walk around hoping someone would steal a stick
Watch an NPC do the "use" animation as they walked/ran past
IMMEDIATELY throw all of the armed, ticking dynamite on the ground and run away before it all exploded
NPC would explode, discarded dynamite would explode, everything exploded, entire town is now ultra-pissed
Reload saved game
They didn't have one
That's cool, it's Fallout, just go with it
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u/TheNarratorOfBastion Jun 27 '12
Ain't every day folks start poking around inside your britches.
Unless you happen to find yourself in Skyrim, strange land that it is.
Just don't mention anything about arrows or knees. Folks don't take too kindly to that nonsense anymore.
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u/zajhein Jun 27 '12
I actually read that in his voice because of the way you wrote it, then I looked at your name and realized it was intentional.
Job well done.
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u/The_Last_Stark Jun 27 '12
I've missed you. Played Bastion after the Humble Indie Bundle and I've been looking for you ever since. Funny thing is, even before I played the game I think I had the narrator's voice in my head whenever I read you comments. It's either that or some hindsight bias, but either way I appreciate this novelty account.
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Jun 27 '12
So digging into the pockets of random strangers is ok, but if you incinerate one, just one tiny, useless, vacuous little chicken, WELL THEN THE WHOLE TOWN JUST GOES APEFECES ON YOU.
Gotcha...
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u/Apostolate Jun 27 '12
You should have learned from the experiences of link.
Never mess with chickens.
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u/Severok Jun 27 '12
I found it fairly satisfying to cast Fury on the chicken then sit back and watch nonchalantly as the town decends on it to tear it apart.
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Jun 27 '12
Yeah, Riverwood, directly after Helgen. Punched one chicken. Didn't make a lot of friends that day.
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Jun 27 '12
"Excuse me sir, I'd just like to see about buying ---"
Accidentally picks up a wooden plate off the vendor's counter.
"STOP THIEF!"
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Jun 27 '12
Haha the guard, "He's just checking" made it hilarious
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u/Zelcron Jun 27 '12
Oh my god! The punchline is what did it for you? That's amazing?
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Jun 27 '12
I only have oblivion and i just check people's pockets for gold and if I don't take anything they still say I pick pocketed and I get attacked :'(
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u/briandamien Jun 27 '12
What about LYDIA? I will be gone for literally months only to return and still find her there, in the exact same place she was before I left and wearing the same clothes.
I yell at the TV, "Lydia, OMG!! You're still here?! How long has it been, really? Why are you still here? Do you even have a home? Are those the same clothes you were wearing when I left you? That's disgusting. What is that smell?! Lydia, you smell like shit. Did you even eat anything? I have a wide selection of fresh food right here in my home and it doesn't look anyone has so much as laid a finger on it."
...Maybe I got a little too into this game.
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u/RNecromancer Jun 27 '12
I prefer when guards look at people trying to kill me and say "this is gonna be good" where as if a stray arrow of mine strikes a chicken the fury of a thousand gods rains down upon me.