TheWord v12

Name: TheWord Version: 1. 2 Date: 05/04/2013 Author: SteamNexus with thanks to various parties, see credits ------------------------------ Allows you to drop a Bible into your inventory, \"The Word.\" You get it from a certain individual known as the Backslider who may be found in the Children of Megaton or at times, in Moriarty\'s. If you choose the Rivet City version, the Backslider can be found in St Monica\'s Church or at times, the Muddy Rudder. A new version has been added for new characters in Vault 101, see version history for update information. Use it like a ranged weapon and CONVERT to peaceful behavior (regarding you); the ornery folk who wander the WasteLands. --Aim freestyle --or Vat \'em --Press the FIRE key --The WORD will eject a Scroll that may or may not raise the consciousness the bad things trying to massacre you. --IF you fail, try again. --Or run for your life. Sound effects of preaching occur when using it, the voice of 1915-1940\'s era charismatic evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, whose distinctive voice drew over 25,000 people weekly to her Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, CA; 40 million visitors within its first 7 years of opening. Those converted will stop attacking you and otherwise go about their business. This means they will continue to kill and rampage as usual their faction enemies except for yourself, the player. It will also allow them to be fully \"faith healed\" with The Word, if you choose. It may take a few tries for a full healing to occur. They may also whine and complain but they should not actually attack you. Upon conversion, as a freewill act of contrite trust, Converts will allow you to rummage their inventory. After it closes, you cannot access it again. Don\'t be a donkey\'s rear end and steal their clothes. The main idea of this feature was to allow access to their inventory without having to kill them. This of course will be complicated if a person or creature has an \"on death\" item, such as a blood sample, that will not be dropped unless they are dead. And you do not get fingers or ears either if you have that perk. In playtesting, though, a huge monstrous scorpion of a certain mod, I converted (after a lot of chasing around), was able to take a quest item without having to kill it. Converts will not fight for you, as they are still trying to digest the implications of their choice. In the context of the game world, their education in The Word is not your department. That will be handled off screen, at some future date, presumably by another missionary trained for the task after you turn in the holograph tape of their conversion experience to a certain party. Converts won\'t stop their fellows from trying to hurt you, though. A player can use a companion mod to recruit converts, if desired. All creatures that I know of can be converted--eventually. If you have a high SPEECH skill, chances of a first try conversion are quite good. If they Res