Blackfoot Tribe design document / 4 This is part 4 of the Blackfoot Tribe design document for " Van Buren " , the canceled " Fallout 3 " by Black Isle Studios . Quests . The Quests section should be set up so you can cut and paste the damn thing into a PIPBoy quest log . This section is broken into several parts : The " Main Quests " in the area that are designed specifically by a designer , the " Merchant Quests " which are more generic " go to X with caravan Y and get Z reward , " and the " Floating Quests " , which are a series of randomly generated quests for the area . Note : Make sure to refer to the quest design section in the " F3 _ Style . doc " . Main Quests . Main Quests are quests designed specifically by the designer for the area . Information on these quests should include : / Become a Hangdog Warrior 2417 . The player has exactly one day to journey to the northern ravines to tame a wild dog using his Outdoorsman skill . If he succeeds , he will be given a Hangdog warrior name and be called that by all Hangdogs . Alternately , he can attempt the much more difficult task of retrieving a puppy from the feral pack ' s lair . The puppy will be turned over to Teacher , and an adult dog will be given to the PC in exchange . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – < / nowiki > We ' ll need to come up with a method for sound and having entities react to sounds based on who triggered them . We ' ll also need to come up with the whole " passive trap detection " thing . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – We ' ll need that function / gui for querying the player what name he wants for his Hangdog name and dog name . < / nowiki > " 04 _ Become _ Hangdog _ Warrior " " 04P _ Become _ Hangdog _ Warrior _ Trial " / Learn the Hangdog Fighting Style / 988 . If you befriend them and become a Hangdog warrior , you can spend some time training with the Hangdogs and learn their unarmed style , " The Way of the Dog , " which might involve a lot of tripping / knockdown . Teacher will also teach you the style if you let him borrow DevilDog to breed one of the pack bitches . " 04 _ Hangdog _ Fighting _ Style " 04P _ Hangdog _ Style _ Learn < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – Routine is listed in Teacher section . < / nowiki > / Take Over the Hangdogs 2410 . The PC must challenge Bares - His - Teeth for leadership of the group by pitting his dog against the Packleader ' s dog . It ' s not likely that the PC can succeed unless he has the Devil Dog on his side , but there may be alternate methods . 04P _ Become _ Hangdog _ Leader Help Chagas Take Over the Blackfoot Tribe / 1981 . Now that Chagas is back , he wants to run the tribe , just like his brother Ramon did before Chagas was collected by ULYSSES . He ' s not quite as skilled as Kurisu , but with luck he might be able to take her , and with the PC ' s help on top of that it ' s a pretty fair match . If the player is smart , he ' ll get Chagas to agree to come back to ULYSSES first in exchange for help in taking over the Blackfoots . " 04 _ Chagas _ Leader " 04 _ Chagas _ Wants _ Leader " 04 _ Chagas _ Leader _ Fighting " " 04 _ Chagas _ Leader _ Drugs " " 04 _ Chagas _ Leader _ Outdoorsman " " 04 _ Chagas _ Leader _ Sneak " " 04 _ Chagas _ Leader _ Traps " 04 _ Blackfoot _ Leader / Set Up Chagas as the Gunsmith in these Parts . Once the whole prisoner issue is addressed , you can set him up here as the tribe ' s gunsmith . He ' d rather be leader , but this is a position of power and respect that a DiploBoy can talk him into . " 04 _ Chagas _ Gunsmith " " 04 _ Chagas _ Learn _ Hard " 04 _ Chagas _ Learnscript / Become a Friend of the Blackfoots . You can ' t actually join the tribe in - game , but you can talk Chagas or Kurisu into naming you a friend of the Blackfoots , which gives you some advantages among them ( discounts on stuff , mostly ) but also gives you a bad reputation among other groups ( because of your association with the slaving Blackfoots ) . 04 _ Blackfoot _ Friend Free the Blackfoots from the Daughter of Hecate / 1978 . Most of the Blackfoots fear the power of Hecate and her Daughters , but unlike Caesar , they see being under the influence of Hecate as a necessary evil , since she ' s " proven " time and again that she controls the tribe ' s fertility . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] < / nowiki > – The concoction will need to be detailed out ( ingredients , skill reqs . , and how to apply them ) . The script for Merrin may also need to react to the steroids . She ' ll also need a routine to flee due to her new allergy . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] < / nowiki > – How will this work ? Do we " fade to black , map change to the Daughters and proceed to fight " ? Who does the PC talk to to initiate the attack ? We should also do a " PC must be strong enough " check for this . " 04 _ Free _ Blackfoots _ Daughter " Take Over the Blackfoots . To lead the tribe , the PC must defeat Kurisu in three different challenges : strength , agility , and combat ( unpowered weapons only ) . They occur right after each other , so any damage you ' ve suffered during the first two trials is still in effect for the last trial . Once you defeat her ( it ' s not to the death ) you ' re in charge , though it will take some time for the tribe to adjust ( you lose some status for challenging an existing strong and well - liked leader , but can make up for it with your actions ) . " 04 _ Lead _ Blackfoots " / Cure the Sick Dogs 3066 . A number of dogs have recently fallen ill , and neither Grins - Alot nor Teacher can seem to figure out what the cause is . The disease seems to be canine - specific and thus far hasn ' t affected humans . The truth is that the dogs have dug up a long - dead ghoul , and some of them ate it . You can follow the dogs to try to figure out the problem , or you can just use Medicine skill to cure them without knowing the specific cause . " 04 _ Cure _ Dogs " " 04 _ Cure _ Dogs " 04 _ Grins _ Knows _ Cured 04 _ Dogs _ Ghoul 04 _ Dogs _ Radiation 04 _ Kill _ Dogs / Tame the Devil Dog . If you have a high Outdoorsman skill and the appropriate bribes of food , you can tame the Devil Dog and make him a CNPC . " 04 _ Tame _ DevilDog " " 04 _ Feed _ DevilDog " " 04 _ Scent _ DevilDog " " 04 _ Fight _ DevilDog " 04 _ Name _ DevilDog / Cure the Devil Dog . The Devil Dog is sick with something like rabies . It makes him aggressive and intractable . If you cure his sickness before you tame him , it means he wanders away from Blackfoot territory , possibly to be found in a high - Outdoorsman encounter later in the game . If you tame him first , he gets sicker and sicker ( and more and more aggressive and stubborn ) , until he becomes seriously fatigued and then dies shortly after . A good dog gie owner will try to cure him before that happens . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – This " encounter him later in the game " area should be listed in the RANDOM ENCOUNTER section . < / nowiki > " 04 _ Cure _ DevilDog " 04 _ DevilDog _ Sickness _ Timestamp 04 _ DevilDog _ Sickness _ Tracker 04 _ DevilDog _ Cure _ Aware 04 _ Grins _ See _ DevilDog / Let the Hangdogs Use the Devil Dog For Breeding / 988 . Teacher wants his bloodline in their dogs . 04 _ Hangdog _ Bitches 04 _ DevilDog _ Breed 04 _ Teacher _ Payment < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – Routine for this is listed in the < / nowiki > Teacher section . Convince the Blackfoots to Sell Water . With the snowfall from the mountainside and access to a caravan or rail line , the Blackfoots could become water sellers ( possibly instead of slavers ) . You need to convince the leader of the Blackfoots and the leader of the Hangdogs to get people to agree to this . We need a generic " if I see a slave trying to escape , sound an alarm " check / routine for Blackfoot / Hangdog NPCs . " 04 _ Blackfoot _ Sell _ Water " " 04 _ Hangdog _ Leader _ Water " " 04 _ Blackfoot _ Leader _ Water " / Get Marie apprenticed to Teacher 987 . She wants to learn to care for the animals , but tradition has it that the Hangdog women tend to the household . Her father Grins - A - Lot technically doesn ' t mind , but in order to save face he can ' t simply give permission . " 04 _ Marie _ Apprentice " 04 _ Marie _ Dogfight 04 _ Marie _ Talk 04 _ Marie _ Challenge " 04 _ Marie _ Grins " 04 _ Marie _ Teacher Recruit Marie for the Daughters of Hecate . Marie has some potential for science , which means the Daughters would want her on their side instead of independent . If you ' re allied with the daughters , you can arrange to have Marie join them voluntarily ( which requires talking to Marie ( to make her understand that the Daughters will train her as well as Teacher could ) and possibly her father , or kidnap her and deliver her into their custody . Either way , it requires talking to Merrin , and afterwards Marie won ' t be in the Blackfoot town any more , which will ensadden the Hangdogs and especially her father . " 04 _ Marie _ Daughters " " 04 _ Marie _ Merrin " " 04 _ Daughters _ Grins " / Help Garun Get Caught Up 2879 . He ' s always busy trying to maintain the tribe ' s weapons , and if you could help him get ahead a bit he ' d really appreciate it . The results are based on the extent of your skill . " 04 _ Garun _ Repair " 04 _ Garun _ Repair _ Help 04P _ Help _ Garun _ Catchup 04 _ Garun _ Gun _ Shop 04P _ I _ Taught _ Garun / Get Garun some Damn Tools 2880 . If he wasn ' t working with such primitive tools , he ' d be able to do his work a lot faster . Make or find him some decent pliers , clamps , and such and give or trade them to him . Two multitools should do it . " 04 _ Garun _ Tools " / Get Garun some Booze 2881 . He likes his booze , won ' t you get an old man a drink ? " 04 _ Garun _ Booze " 04 _ Garun _ Booze _ Help / Train Garun in GunWork 2882 . He ' s old , but he can still learn , and if you teach him how to make bullets and simple guns , he can start making them ( slowly ) for the tribe . " 04 _ Garun _ Teach " 04 _ Garun _ Learnscript 04P _ Garun _ Learn 04P _ I _ Taught _ Garun Build a Still for the Town . If you built them a still , they can make their own booze . Doing so will decrease the number of raids in the area as many more people will get really drunk more often . This makes Kurisu mad at you unless you can get her to start drinking , too . " 04 _ Blackfoot _ Still " Find the Quarantine Robot . In talking to / about Chagas , you hear that he was being chased by a " metal bug " in the wastelands when the tribals found him ( he calls it a robot because he spent some time incarcerated and knows what it is , but the other primitives don ' t ) . The Blackfoots that saw the pursuit were able to take it out with some lucky shots from their precious zip gun s and pipe rifles . It ' s still sitting out there in the wasteland , and one of the raiders who saw it can lead you there for a price . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – Map should be listed in LOCATIONS section . < / nowiki > " 04 _ Find _ Robot " Xxx need placement on a random map , set a trigger so that once you enter that map it sets 04 _ Find _ Robot = = 3 Save Kurisu ' s Soul . She ' s a hardcore slaver and bitter that her brother never rescued her . With a lot of talk and TLC you can turn her away from this dark path , and doing so gets her to help you stop the tribe from slaving . " 04 _ Save _ Kurisu " Damn Kurisu ' s Soul . You can make Kurisu totally bitter and a total hardass . If you do so , life gets worse for the slaves in town , and the Blackfoots start doing even more slaving and selling the slaves out to Caesar or the ghoul s or anyone else who needs them ( she doesn ' t mind working with the ghouls at this point since she ' s so badass ) . Increase # of slaves , lower HP of townies , etc . " 04 _ Damn _ Kurisu " Update the Blackfoot Outdoorsman lab . Their Outdoorsman Lab is fine and dandy , but it would be nicer for your purposes if you had a Science Lab instead . So you decide to upgrade it . " 04 _ Update _ Lab " Help the Guards , They ' re Bored . The four guards on rotating shifts to watch the wall tend to get very bored with their duties . You can come up with tasks for them that don ' t require them to take their eyes off the horizon , or at least not for more than a few seconds . " 04 _ Guard _ Boredom " / Fix Fast - Hands ' Leg 2230 . Fast - Hands broke his leg in a climbing accident . The shaman Merrin has refused to help him , saying that he hasn ' t paid the proper respect to her ( a snub on a previous matter that she ' s being petty about ) . You can take care of his leg , but it ' ll make her like you less . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – We ' ll need the skill difficulties for the various heals as well as the strref for the " Medic - heal leg " string . < / nowiki > 04 _ Fast _ Hands _ Leg / Reconcile Fast - Hands and the Daughter of Hecate 2231 . Publically , Merrin is upset with Fast - Hands because he has failed to show proper respect to the goddess and the spirits . Secretly , they had an affair that ended badly , and her feelings are hurt . She ' d like him to apologize , and maybe even to continue their affair . He ' s not so sure about getting back together , but can be cajoled into apologizing ( you can even talk him into making an offering / apology to the spirits in front of Merrin , when she ' s the real target , which keeps their affair secret . That will fix the situation and she ' ll fix his leg if it hasn ' t already been fixed yet . ) " 04 _ Fast _ Hands _ Daughter _ Quest " 04 _ Fast _ Hands _ Affair 04 _ Fast _ Hands _ Threaten 04 _ Merrin _ Allergy Free the Slaves . Set the slave s free and make a run for it . " 04 _ Free _ Slaves _ Count " " 04 _ Free _ Slaves _ Path " " 04 _ Free _ Slaves _ Drugs " " 04 _ Free _ Slaves _ Distract " Free Slave X . This works just like " Free The Slaves , " except you ' re just trying to free a particular slave you ' ve been told about by someone in another area , such as a Mormon missionary , an NCR scientist , a kid from Hoover Dam , etc . some caravan guy , whatever . The PC will also have to deal with the other slaves that want to be rescued , which may take additional shenanigans ( even more sneakiness , arranging to have the chosen slave meet you in a far part of the Save - Mart , drugging the other slaves , etc . ) . " 04 _ Free _ Slave _ Name " Kill The Blackfoots . You ' ve decided to wipe these slaving bastards off the face of the earth . Yipee ! ! " 04 _ Kill _ Blackfoots _ Alliance _ Tribename " " 04 _ Kill _ Blackfoots " Acquire Guns for the Blackfoots . Beg , borrow , steal , or build guns for the Blackfoots . This makes them much more friendly to you . < nowiki > [ NICHOLAS ] – What happens if he steals a gun from here and gives it to them ? < / nowiki > We might be able to track that , I ' m not sure . " 04 _ Acquire _ Guns _ Blackfoots " 100 = have provided 20 guns and have been thanked for it 04 _ Chagas _ Mention _ Guns 04 _ Kurisu _ Mention _ Guns Fix The Ski Lift . Because it ' s cool to have a working ski lift . It will require some parts and know - how to fix . Once it ' s fixed , you can find a way to use it to do other things ( see later quest , below ) . ScienceBoy is the winner ! " 04 _ Fix _ Ski _ Lift " / Improve The Smelting Furnace / 2168 . It ' ll take some convincing and trust , but if they let you shut down the furnace for a couple of days so you can make some upgrades , you can make it burn hotter and with less fuel , giving them better yields on their smelting . " 04 _ Improve _ Smelter " 04P _ Smelter _ Fixable xxx / Build an Air Pump System for the Furnace Caves 2177 . FIX THE AIR PUMP , not make it . Have the object on - site , but broken . This place can get pretty smoky and it makes people sick if they work there too long . You can build and air circulation / fan system to blow that smoky air out and bring fresh air in . " 04 _ Air _ Pump " 04P _ Air _ Knowledge Collapse The Cave Entrances . Using enough explosives in the right locations , you could seal shut each of the cave entrances . Not only would that force anyone inside to die of suffocation , it would piss off the Blackfoots to no end , since you ' ve closed off much of their supplies and their ability to make new metal out of scrap . " 04 _ Collapse _ Caves " Kill the Mutant Giant Bats . The bat s aren ' t a threat to you unless you ' re a ghoul ( they ' d rather eat fruit and bugs ) , but you can decide to kill them off anyway . If you kill them off , then manti swarms become possible random encounters near the town , and the float text of the Blackfoots in town mention the increased number of mantis from time to time . " 04 _ Kill _ Bats _ Quest " " 04 _ Kill _ Bats _ Count " Clear the Rubble In Front of the military Door in Mine Cave 1 . Shovel s won ' t do it , but a well - placed charge of explosive can clear all of that rock . Another well - placed charge will let you into the military cache . . . and release the robot s set there to guard it , who now are tuned to your Prisoner status . " 04 _ Clear _ Military _ Rubble " / Get Rid of the Coyotes 2431 . Those pesky varmints are annoying the Hangdogs ! Kill ' em , or drive ' em away ! " 04 _ Kill _ Coyotes _ Quest " " 04 _ Kill _ Coyotes _ Count " Make the Hangdogs Appreciate the Coyotes . They ' re like dog s , but smaller and quicker , more specialized for certain tasks . And they have their uses , like keeping the local rat population low . " 04 _ Appreciate _ Coyotes " " 04 _ Coyote _ Race " " 04 _ Coyote _ Talk " / Kill the Rats For the Blackfoots and Hangdogs 2428 . With the coyote s gone , the rat s of all sizes are free to run amok in the streets of the village . The dog s aren ' t able to catch them all and eventually give up . You can earn kudos in the village by killing off all of the rats . You also succeed at this quest if you kill off the rats without driving off the coyotes first . " 04 _ Kill _ Rats _ Quest " " 04 _ Kill _ Rats _ Count " / Kill the Devil Dog 2430 . Rather than taming him , you can just kill him . " 04 _ Kill _ DevilDog " / Kill off the Radscorpions 2432 . The coyote s share their cave with some small radscorpion s , which aren ' t much of a threat to the village but might be a nuisance if the coyotes were no longer here , or if the scorps were left alone to breed to long . " 04 _ Kill _ Radscorpions _ Quest " " 04 _ Kill _ Radscorpions _ Count " / Destroy all of the Spore Plants 2429 . Some fool planted the seeds from a spore plant fruit , hoping to grow more fruit ( and not knowing it was a spore plant fruit ) . Now the damn things are all over one of the gardens and are threatening the nearby villagers . " 04 _ Kill _ Spore _ Plants _ Quest " " 04 _ Kill _ Spore _ Plants _ Count " Poison the Tribe ' s Water . To do this efficiently , you ' d have to not only poison all of their roof runoff water , but all of the water stored in the storage cave as well . You bastard . " 04 _ Kill _ Blackfoots _ Poison _ Cave " " 04 _ Kill _ Blackfoots _ Poison _ Runoff " Retrofit the Lift Engine for another purpose . " Run their gate ? Haul materials up the hillside ? Turn it into some weird weapon ? " " ScienceBoy is the man for the job " " " 04 _ Retrofit _ Lift " " Mine For Silver . If you ' re desperate , you can waste a lot of time mining and get a little bit of silver . Handy for the guy who feels like he has time to kill but no cash . " 04 _ Mine _ Silver " Open the Secondary Silver Mine . With some well - placed explosives , you can open up a section in the back of the Storage Cave , revealing another cave with some silver . Then you can mine it with the mining quests . " 04 _ Secondary _ Silver _ Mine " Mine For Guano . You can use the bat guano to make ( with carbon ) gunpowder . Mining it is boring , but it provides raw materials . No archetype here as a particular advantage , except . . . " 04 _ Mine _ Guano " Mine For Coal Powder . You can use the small bits of coal dust and coal gravel to make ( with the nitrate from bat guano ) gunpowder . You can also do this as part of a deal with the ghoul s of the Reservation , who need coal . Harvesting it is boring , but it provides raw materials . No archetype here as a particular advantage , except . . . " 04 _ Mine _ Coal " Merchant Quests . If you establish the Blackfoots as legit traders in water , gunpowder , bullets , etc . , they can start doing caravans to nearby areas . They won ' t pay well ( since the Blackfoots are pretty tough and can guard themselves ) but it ' s better than nothing . Needs more info here for giving out the quests , maps to use , encounters to have , locations to go to , etc . Floating Quests . Herd some Brahmin Get me a new dog pup Help me get a few bullets / a pipe rifle / a zip gun / a nice piece of clothing as a dowry for my daughter ( as tech increases in the town , the items become more rare / valuable in nature ) Train my son how to fight your way , stranger Get me some herbs