[twillight]

Let's see what the GOG-version can do. So I started today a gifted/small frame 3/8/5/9/8/9/6 character I intend to level to 99, and do EVERYTHNG possible. Tags: speech, energy weapons, lockpick. I should have had steal instead of energy weapons probably, but I won't redo the whole temple thing for that.

Naturaly killed everything in the Temple of Trials, as well as deactivated all traps. This easily gave me my first levelup.
Stealing the temple key is the best option, as it nets you the same exp as speech, and also the item.
I barely have any weight capacity, but grabbed as much as possible, especialy the shovel. Also tricked Minoc to give a third spear. Somethow asking for the flint has some random factor, but whatever. Reload beats all.
Fixed the well, asked a buff for my unarmed skill (55% now), cleaned the garden - got healed after it -, rescued Nagor's dog, killed all gecko in the area and grabbed the available plants. Oh, also got the stuff from Elder.

I thought it'd be funny to do a throw-only character, with 1 INT to max all other stats, but nah. Still, sounds like a challenge. But could pick up 3 plant spike, and as they weight nothing, they are a keeper.

Got the direction to Klamath, so went there. I always arrive there at the start of the night...

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Klamath
- went with Thor, but helped the Duntons, just to rescue Thor. Helping the Duntons is otherwise not possible! Don't forget tosteal a spiked knuckled form the Duntons.
- gave meat jerkey to dog
- properly refueled the still for 65$ (had random factor. The other pass gives 100 more exp, put you loose 30 karma in comparsion,andI bet negatively effects town reputation too). The random factor might be effected by town reputation/karma (that's why give meat to the dog first). As this is easier to do alone (sneaking through the geckos for quick exp), didn't get Sulik before finishing this.
- stole outdoorsman book from child (trapper town district)
- got key to rat area (drop key from dog to get a second key) and cleaned it (raat gking, fuel regulator)
- not getting the unarmed+melee because unarmed can be learnt aplenty first in San Francisco, and given karma is cheap to gain (or loose to an extent), I'll withold for challenge sake

Toxic Caves:
- rescued Smiley
- started to grow extra toe

Time to go to the Den:
- delt with the loan to Fred. I always give him 150/charge him only 50 to ensure the best result.
- unfortunately Derek only speaks with me during daytime (6-18 hours), and I arrived 10 minute too late, and the book doesn't appear until that. But Icheck, he'll speak.
- none can stand my speech skill, so I got into the church.
- delivered meal to Smiley from Mom.
- asked permission from Metzger, and freed Vic. With my zero STR, all hands are a help.
- read both small guns magazines I found, this made me pass midnight, so went and burried BOTH Anna's.
- found out Becky's still. Suggested she become the new supplier.
- helped Tyler against Lara. This provides better exp, and a special conversation option in Modoc. If you help Lara you get no exp, only 300$ more, and your karma will be too high.
- rolled to daytime and got the book from Derek
- scrapped (another) 1000$ and had free sex. Don't ask.
- as I had a dose of Jet, went back to Arroyo for the melee training. At the monent I'm thinking how I could get to SF ASAP, get the unarmed training from The Dragon, then lower my karma to -250 and get training from Lo Pan (I can only lower it at the moment to +86 by digging all graves - Den, Gologtha, Redding - and making Jo in Modoc to cut his finger off).

Next stop is Modoc, no doubt about that.

NOTE: By a second look, I could have taken 2 from charisma, and put it into endurance, as the only thing that demands 10 CHA is an otherwise nonfunctioning perk (Cult of Personality), which you can even get, AND then get the improved implants. No need to worry about companions, as youcanadd +1 to the pool by the Magnetic Personality perk.
Also in theory you COULD just go, dig graves right leaving Arroyo, get -250 karma, get to San Fran for the evil unarmed traing - but this sounds stupid, you could with the same effort grab the Enhanced Power Armor if you're at that, eh? Btw, this is the same reason I don't like Modoc. That thing is in the way, you're supposed to just stumble into it - but where's the fun in that? You could just do the Navarro trip with the same effort, basicaly. Oh, man.