Forum:Massive explosion boost?

So I'm doing the quest in vault 19 "Why Can't We Be Friends", and I don't wanna help no powder gangers, but my explosion is only like, 12, and I need it to be 50.

Besides from the mags, does anybody know of anythings that boosts your explosion up temporarily? Armour, hats anything.

Cheers ;D

There are books called Duck and Cover that give you a permanent +3 or +4 if you have Comprehension perk. The perk also makes your magazines +20 instead of +10. Duck and Cover books are located at: Sloan, Nellis AFB, Mojave Outpost. There's supposed to be one at Ranger Station Foxtrot, but it has never been found by me. I suggest you go up a level, take up you explosives, get the perk, and then collect the books, and have a magazine handy. At the end of the mission, you can convince them to join the Great Khan's, and if your siding with anyone but the Legion, you can convince the Khan's to side with the NCR.Pappy002 23:04, April 22, 2011 (UTC) P.s. There are two different books at Sloan, and Nellis, I think they are called Dean's Electronics or something like that. I don't want you to find just those, and think Duck and Cover isn't there. Nellis, look in Loyal's house, and the leaders house (can't think if her name right off hand, shes the old woman) and Sloan both are in the workers barracks, one next to the door on the left, and straight ahead of the door in an open locker or cabinet or something.Pappy002 23:16, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

If you don't want to complete the quest helping the Powder Gangers you'll need to postpone it, since even if you have the Comprehension perk you won't be able to raise the skill to 50 with the help of a mag, mentats, hats and a bottle of absinthe (those raise your PE and your explosives skill). If you have the Comprehension perk you need at least 22 points, so go collect the various Duck & Cover around the Wasteland. If you don't have Comprehension you will need at least 32 points for being able to raise the skill to 50 with a mag, mentats, a hat and a bottle of absinthe. Also, if you don't mind the XP kill Samuel Cook and leave the Vault, the quest will fail but the end game slide will reflect your choice. Brfritos 23:35, April 22, 2011 (UTC)

You also can occasionally buy a helmet from the QM at Hoover Dame for +5 explosives, or sometimes if real lucky find one on a fiend I hear (never found one on a fiend myself). Also if one point short pushing luck up can get you it.75.67.224.12 07:50, April 23, 2011 (UTC)