Mysterious Stranger/Fallout

Mysterious Stranger is a perk in Fallout.

Effect
The perk only applies to hostile random encounters. The perk activates a variable that allows the Mysterious Stranger, a leveled friendly leather jacket wearing man or woman (same gender as the player's character), will spawn to assist in combat. The chance is determined as follows:


 * $$\text{Chance of appearance }%=30+(3\times\text{Luck})$$

Once the fighting ends, the stranger will remain on the map, but they are a poor conversation partner. If killed, the Stranger will not appear again. The perk is functionally pointless, as the Stranger either doesn't make a difference in easy encounters or dies too easy in late game encounters, especially against super mutants.


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Behind the scenes

 * The Mysterious Stranger perk was originally designed by Scott Bennie.
 * The Mysterious Stranger in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas wears a fedora and overcoat, like the protagonists of 1950s film noir.