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About this mod
A Legion quest mod that exploits the structure of Three-Card Bounty to facilitate a mission to eliminate First Recon. Multiple options are available to the Courier with regards to how they want to eliminate First Recon.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
NOTE: I've ceased all further development on this quest mod. Please see my Legion Quest compilation instead, where this quest and 2 others have been merged!
Five-Card Ante
[center]I've always thought the Samson Rock Crushing Plant was under-utilised in Vanilla New Vegas, and would be a great spot for a Bait-And-Switch type of trap to kill First Recon when you enlist their help to kill Driver Nephi.
This mod doesn't preclude the ability of the player to complete Three-Card Bounty; the deaths of First Recon are completely immaterial to actually completing that quest. So you can do both; complete Three-Card Bounty, and complete Five-Card Ante (this mod).
[center]I've always thought the Samson Rock Crushing Plant was under-utilised in Vanilla New Vegas, and would be a great spot for a Bait-And-Switch type of trap to kill First Recon when you enlist their help to kill Driver Nephi.
This mod doesn't preclude the ability of the player to complete Three-Card Bounty; the deaths of First Recon are completely immaterial to actually completing that quest. So you can do both; complete Three-Card Bounty, and complete Five-Card Ante (this mod).
Note: This mod is completely unvoiced, so use xVASynth yourself to generate audio and their corresponding `.lip` files if you want them to have voices. I'm considering implementing AI voice generation in the future via ElevenLabs.
How To Start The Quest
Outside Camp McCarran, there will be an NPC named "Disguised Frumentarius" walking around in front of the El Rey Motel. Either be accepted with the Legion, or talk to Major Dhatri at least once, and he'll offer you the quest.
Outside Camp McCarran, there will be an NPC named "Disguised Frumentarius" walking around in front of the El Rey Motel. Either be accepted with the Legion, or talk to Major Dhatri at least once, and he'll offer you the quest.
NOTE: Killing Driver Nephi before starting this quest, or becoming Hated with the Legion, will fail the quest, as after Driver Nephi is killed First Recon gets moved to
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Camp Forlorn Hope
Requirements:
- Honest Hearts DLC (needed for a speech check using the Sneering Imperialist perk)
- xNVSE (hard requirement)
- JIP LN (hard requirement)
- JohnnyGuitar NVSE (hard requirement)
Load Five-Card Ante after YUP's .esm
Compendium of Avenues to Kill/Mess With First Recon:
- Sneak: Pass a check of 50 to rig gas traps at Samson to incapacitate First Recon; subsequently
sold into slavery for the Legioncrucified at The Fort - Explosives: Passing a check of 50 will allow you to rig high-damage C4 explosives at the plant.
- Speech: Convince Motor-Runner at Vault 3 to get help in ambushing First Recon
- Alternatively, the Courier can pass this check with the Sneering Imperialist perk
- Straight-Forward Combat once First Recon reaches Samson
- Medicine AND Sneak: A check of Medicine of 60 AND Sneak of 50 will apply a nerve toxin, reducing FR's Health
- Repair/Strength: A check of Strength of 8 or Repair of 75 will damage FR's equipment, reducing damage output (achieved by reducing their Guns skill)
Potential Improvements I Want To, or Am Considering, to Make:
- Re-write sloppy/low-quality dialogue.
Credits:
- Obsidian, for making one of the best games ever made
- The entire xNVSE team in general, the impact of their hard work on the F:NV modding community cannot be overstated
- JazzIsParis and LuthienAnarion for JIP LN; certain functions from that mod are incredibly useful, and this mod wouldn't exist without it
- carxt/karut and c6 for JohnnyGuitar NVSE
- AgentFuse for making A Golden Opportunity; I studied this mod and GeckWiki extensively to teach myself how to make a mod in the G.E.C.K.
- LStewieAL, RoyBatty, and the rest of the xNVSE team for GECK Extender; such a huge QOL improvement for modding in the G.E.C.K.
- Kormákur for Hot Reload; if you do a lot of scripting in the G.E.C.K., this is a must-have
- Deltoran, for making Raider Faction Armor (Disguise); the Speech route for Five-Card Ante wouldn't be possible without this mod
- Major thanks for letting me port the Disguise script into Five-Card Ante directly!
- LegionaryH, for making Legion Quests Expanded; this mod heavily inspired Five-Card Ante, and should be compatible with it out-of-the-box
My Other Quest (or adjacent) Mods:
- Yes I Would, Actually, a Legion quest mod centering around the Bitter Springs trifecta of quests
- You Go To My Head, a Legion quest mod dealing with Ranger Milo and his goons outside of Nelson
- Disable Ranger Civilian and Veteran Respawns, an experimental ScriptRunner mod preventing NCR Rangers from respawning
- ^--------------> Goes well with clearing out Ranger stations in Legion Quests Expanded