Outdoorsman

Outdoorsman is a skill in Fallout, Fallout 2, Van Buren and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. Fallout: New Vegas adds a skill called Survival which is very similar.
==Initial level==
===Fallout===
:\text{Initial level}\%=5+(.5\times\text{Endurance})+(.5\times\text{Intelligence})
Example: A starting Endurance of 5 and Intelligence of 5.
:5+(.5\times5)+(.5\times5)=10\%
===Fallout 2===
:\text{Initial level}\%=(2\times\text{Endurance})+(2\times\text{Intelligence})
Example: A starting Endurance of 5 and Intelligence of 5.
:(2\times5)+(2\times5)=20\%
==Description==
In Fallout, Outdoorsman is used in random encounters that involve dehydration and rockfalls, to see how many hours it takes (dehydration only) and how much damage is given, if any (dehydration and rockfalls).
In Fallout 2, the Outdoorsman skill can allow the player to bypass random encounters.
==Avoiding random encounters==
==Ways to increase==
* Read a Scout Handbook. They increase Outdoorsman skill depending on current skill level, ranging from 6-7 points at low skill levels (20-30%) to 1-2 points at high skill levels (70-90%). Double the amount if the skill is tagged. A maximum skill of 91% can be reached this way.
* (Fallout 2) Talk with Slim Picket. Depending on Barter skill, 5% worth of Outdoorsman can be bought for $100 or $50.
* (Fallout 2) Save Smiley the trapper. Once he is returned to Klamath, he can give a 1% to 6% increase in Outdoorsman skills.
* (Fallout) Talk to Tycho about his life.
==Behind the scenes==
* The icon is most probably a reference to the Looney Tunes, as the Vault Boy is dressed as Elmer Fudd and is hunting a mutated version of Bugs Bunny.
* The Fallout scripts contain two other uses for Outdoorsman, however, neither are used in the game. The first is a message displayed when discovering a mutated fruit. The other is for generating messages about where the radscorpions came from in random encounters.
==References==
Category:Fallout skills
Category:Fallout 2 skills
Category:Fallout Tactics skills
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