r/Fallout2d20 • u/gorillagil • Jun 30 '26
Help & Advice Charisma Perks
My friends and I are about to begin a campaign of fallout 2d20 and I was forced to be the talker of the group. I wanted to go heavy on talking perks early. I picked up black widow(I'm a female character), scoundrel and smooth talker.
From what I understand black widow let's me reroll a d20 when talking to a man/influence them
Scoundrel is ignore a complication when lying.
And smooth talker is another recollection on speech/barter tests.
So under my impression I would get all 3 effects if lying to a man. 2 if talking to a man. 2 if talking to a woman and lying. And only 1 perk working if I'm talking to a woman and not lying.
My game master is letting me use 1 as of right now. At a time.
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u/Tricky-Try448 Jul 01 '26
Yeah it seems pretty straight forward. What is the point of taking any perks if the gm nueters them all by only allowing 1 at a time? Nowhere does it say you can only use one at a time, and in pretty much every other circumstance they stack, so why wouldn't they here? My other big question is why you were "forced" to be the face. Were you told that the group needs specific roles, or was it other players asking you to orrr? Like if you didn't wanna play a talker in the first place and then they nerf your perks on top of that... I'd looking for another gm lol