Forum:Intelligent deathclaws

I haven't heard much of anything in the previews about Deathclaws in New Vegas. I know in the past, like in Fallout 2, there were intelligent Deathclaws, even a Deathclaw companion and a whole community of them. It's kind of disappointing that the Capital Wasteland Deathclaws were so stupid. Do you think they'll reintroduce the smart ones in NV? I think it would be a nice change, along with some of the less-stupid Super Mutants. 22:45, June 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * The canon ending to Fallout 2 is the annihilation of the intelligent Deathclaw community by an Enclave kill-team led by Frank Horrigan himself, after the community gave a GECK unit to the Chosen One. The only two possible survivors are Xarn and Goris, and because they're both male, there is no longer a chance for the talking deathclaws to return. The gene for intelligence is Enclave-engineered and recessive, so if they breed with other deathclaws, the offspring will still be stupid (relatively speaking). Nitty Tok. 22:49, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

That sucks. I knew they were engineered that way but I didn't notice that's how the game ends (since I've only played FO1 and 3, woot). No wonder I had't heard it mentioned in NV. Poor little Deathclaws. 22:54, June 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yup. There's even an animated sequence that shows Horrigan punching a hole through Gruthar, the pack alpha. :P Nitty Tok. 22:56, June 6, 2010 (UTC)