Forum:Fallout: New Vegas Hardcore Realism Challenge

Overview

The idea is to make the game as realistic as possible. It is based on and inspired by the Nuzlocke Challenge for Pokemon. Imagine that all you have is what can be strapped to your hip, back, shoe, leg, chest, and fit into your pockets, belts, and backpacks. An optional rule is that whatever your armor shows is what you can carry items in, logically, subtracting the backpack, because to my awareness, there is no armor that displays such. All rules are optional, for you should be able to play the game how you want to play it.

Basic/Mandatory Rules

•Hardcore Mode must be on.

•You! Mode - Play the game as if you’re the character.

•Armor Rules - The only armor you’re allowed to have in your inventory is the armor that you’re wearing, excluding glasses or goggles.

•Ranged Specialists - You may only carry one pistol, one rifle (or sized equivalent), one sidearm (sub-machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, etc), 2 grenades/mines/other throwing weapons (NOT two of each. Two total), One small melee weapon such as a knife optional.

•Melee Specialists - Three small weapons (knives, etc), one medium weapon (tire iron, baton, lead pipe, etc.), one semi-large weapon (golf clubs, canes, bats, nail board, pool cue, etc) •Unarmed Specialists - Two non-mechanical weapons (knuckles, boxing tape, dog tag fists, etc), one mechanical/bigger weapon (power fist, gloves [displacer/boxing/zap]

•On Large Weapons - If you have a large weapon (usually weapons that weigh over 12lbs such as incinerators, mini-guns, thermic lances, etc) it is the ONLY weapon you can carry/have in your inventory besides a pistol (for ranged specialists) or two knives (for melee specialists). Unarmed specialists cannot use large weapons at all.

•Healing Items/Chems - You may carry up to 20 healing items/chems TOTAL. This includes stimpacks, rad-away, rad-x, buffout, jet, etc.

•Food/Drinks - You may carry up to 5 bottles of water (clean or dirty) and 2 bottles of either sarsaparilla or nuka-cola. For food, you may carry up to 10 of any type.

•The Consumables Rule - Exceeding the limit for food or drinks is legal as long as you consume the item RIGHT AWAY; this rule counts for Healing Items/Chems as well.

•Ammo Belts - Imagine that you have two ammo belts slapped across you. You can carry a total of 1,000 bullets MAXIMUM. The Consumables Rule does not fall in to place here.

Optional Rules

•Difficulty - Though you may play any difficulty you like, it is encouraged that you play on normal or higher.

•Fast Traveling - Totally legal. Do as much of it as you want, though it is highly discouraged. To increase the realism, it is also encouraged to travel by foot EVERYWHERE.

•Holdout Weapons - It’s optional to carry one holdout weapon (silenced pistol, switchblade, etc.) in addition to your weapon limit, but to increase the realism, it’s recommended that you substitute one of your knives or pistols as the holdout weapon for increased realism.

•Sleep - Though the sleep deprivation level is higher, it is encouraged that your character sleep about every 12 or 18 hours, or if playing You! Mode, however often and how long you sleep.

•Immaweeny Mode - I’m A Weeny Mode is when you’re allowed to carry the Alien Blaster and/or Euclid's C-Finder in case of emergency. •Downgraded Ammo Belt - You only have one ammo belt, thus, you can only carry 500 bullets.

•Food and Water Rule - You may not carry more than 3 bottles of water and 2 meals. Everything else must be eaten when found.

•Currency Rules - This rule denies the carrying of bottle caps/any other form of currency in excess; the total amount of bottle caps that you may carry is 2,000. 1,000 if you’re feeling brave. You may only carry the same equivalent in NCR and Legion currency. You can have all three of these currency forms at the same time, but to increase realism, you can only carry your total cap value (2,000 or 1,000 depending on which you choose) in currency.

•Poker Chips - You may only carry poker chips in the casino that you’re in and never leave the casino with the chips.