Forum:S.pe.c.i.a.l. increasing items

If you use items to increase you s.p.e.c.i.a.l. stats can you train perks that have higher s.p.e.c.i.a.l. requirements? I currently have 5 luck but I want to be able to get the mysterious stranger perk, can I equip items such as Three Dog's Head Wrap or the lucky shades to increase my luck to six and then train the perk mysterious stranger?

equipping items with +special does not affect your base stats so you will not be able to use them for getting perks, just put some points in intense training. BraddaJ 02:25, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

are you sure that getting the lucky 8 ball wouldn't make it so that I can get the mysterious stranger perk?Njiord 04:04, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Lucky 8 ball is the only exception it does raise your base stat so if you get the almost perfect perk while still carrying it you will have base luck of 8 if you were to drop it