Carlyle St. Clair III

Carlyle St. Clair III is a man living at his house north of New Vegas in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Carlyle St. Clair III is the heir to an influential merchant house with more problems than wits. St. Clair become a black sheep of sorts and was completely ostracized from his family for something he refuses to talk about. After leaving the family estate, St. Clair began to wander until he found himself a little nook north of New Vegas where no one knew about his reputation.

With his originally well-off lifestyle and near complete seclusion, he was a natural choice after weeks of scouting as the main course for Mortimer's banquet at the Ultra-Luxe. However, when Mortimer's men attempted to capture Carlyle, they failed and he escaped. Since the attempt, he hasn't slept or completely left his house, ever wary that another attempt to kidnap him might be made.

Quests

 * Beyond the Beef: The player needs to find him in order to use him as an acceptable replacement for Ted Gunderson, if you chose to take the path of saving Ted Gunderson.
 * With the Confirmed Bachelor/Black Widow perk, he can be lured into the dumpster by proposing that you have sex with him there.
 * With 7 Strength, you can apply a sleeper hold.
 * With a Medicine of 45, you can tell him to breathe deeply three times then blow on his thumb, which causes him to pass out.
 * With a Guns of 45, you can distract him and then pistol whip him.
 * With an Unarmed of 45, you can knock him out by striking a nerve in his neck.
 * With a Speech of 45, you can convince him to actually go to the Ultra-Luxe himself and attempt joining the White Gloves.

Bugs

 * Once you get to the shack, he usually is not there. One solution has worked on PC, but you still may not have access to Carlyle's dialogue tree. Enter the following into the console:, ,
 * Try knocking out Carlyle, drag his body to the dumpster, and see if the dumpster will let you put his body in. If this doesn't work, enter into the console just after the lines above and then go try knocking him out again after starting the quest over again. This means that you will have to go back to Mortimer and start the events over, and the characters that may have died previously will still be dead.
 * Choosing to pistol whip Carlyle St. Clair can sometimes kill him, causing you to immediately fail Beyond the Beef.

Appearances
Carlyle St. Clair III appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.