"Men were lost precisely because they wanted to save their labor? They had built a thousand and one kinds of machines. Each of them replaced one of their gestures, one of their efforts. They worked, walked, looked, listened for them. They no longer knew how to use their hands. They no longer knew how to exert themselves, to see, to hear.
Around their bones, their flesh had uselessly melted away. In their brains, all the knowledge of the world was reduced to the operation of these machines. When they stopped, all at once, by the will of Heaven, men found themselves like oysters torn from their shells. All that remained for them was to die..."
Ashes, Ashes - René Barjavel
The Shirabyōshi
Melee // Explosives Character Build for Fallout New Vegas
The Shirabyoshi is a build that aims to provide a cohesive and different experience to the female legionniare character for FNV. She is a proud and strong woman who believe that the old world died because it relied too much on technology and that it's a poisoned gift that slowly renders him useless and incapable of doing anything with his own hands. She seeks to create a feudal world of farmers and artisants, a pure world in her mind, under the rule of Caesar's legion.
In combat, The Shirabyoshi blows her ennemies with missiles of her missile launcher and then cleans whatever is left of them with swift and elegant cuts of her katana.
Backstory
My idea is to make her a former vault dweller of a vault which crumbled to dust after the technology they rellied on stopped working. She was the only survivor and she had to learn to survive for herself in a harsh world. She spent a harsh decade in the wasteland and she came to hate technology and learn the importance of being able to do things with her own hands (cocking food, fight with a sword, repairing guns, salvage robots...). She manage to survive where many other died.
One day, she fell in love with a raider gang chief who respected her for her beauty and her smarts. At his side, she learned leardership and she read a plethora of books including Ashes Ashes by René Barjavel which helped her build her personal philosphy on technology. That it's a poisoned gift that slowly render humans useless and unable to act for themselves, disconnecting them from reality.
Upon the death of her husband she found herself back on the roads again, wandering in the wasteland. She took job as a courrier. You know the rest.
Roleplay
- Prioritize the main quest first to get the gear as quickly as possible.
- After Caesar succomb to his tumor, she is devastated and will traval outside of the Mojave to places like Zion or the the Divide. Giving her ample time to reflect on the future of the legion (and giving you time to play with her gear)
- Help those on your travels who deserve it and aren't ennemies to the legion. Proving its efficient by doing what the NCR and other can't.
- Meet all the females followers in the game (except Veronica) and do all the quest they have to offer.
- Those who relies too much on their technology like the brotherhood of steel or the boomers are your ennemies.
Gear and weapons
Armor
Caesar's Armor (+5 to Survival and Speech)
1st Recob Beret (+1 Perception and +5 Critical Chance)
Weapons
Annabelle (Missile launcher)
Katana
S.P.E.C.I.A.L
Strength – 7 → Melee damage + perks like Unstoppable Force
Perception – 6 → For Better Criticals
Endurance – 6 → Toughness, Stonewall, decent DT
Charisma – 4 → Speech dialogue checks (no perks needed)
Intelligence – 6 → Skill gain
Agility – 7 → Melee speed, Slayer
Luck – 7 → Better Criticals, crit synergy with katana
Traits
Built to Destroy +3 Critical Chance
Claustrophobia + 1 to SPECIAL attributes while outside.
Skills:
Tagged: Explosives; Melee ; Repair
Minor: Speech ; Survival
| Perk | Effect | Requirements |
|---|
| Heave Ho! | +50% throwing/explosive range | STR 5 |
| Black Widow | +10% damage to male enemies, unique dialogue | — |
| Toughness (Rank 1) | +3 Damage Threshold | END 5 |
| Hit the Deck | +25% explosive damage resistance | Explosives 70 |
| Stonewall | +5 DT vs melee/unarmed, immune to knockdowns | STR 6, END 6 |
| Strong Back | +50 lbs carry weight | STR 5, END 5 |
| Demolition Expert (Rank 1) | +20% explosive damage | Explosives 50 |
| Toughness (Rank 2) | +3 additional DT (total +6) | END 5 |
| Demolition Expert (Rank 2) | +20% more explosive damage | Explosives 70 |
| Better Criticals | +50% critical hit damage | PER 6, LCK 6 |
| Splash Damage | Increased explosive radius | Explosives 70 |
| Piercing Strike | Melee ignores 15 DT | Unarmed 70 (temporary boost allowed) |
| Demolition Expert (Rank 3) | +20% more explosive damage | Explosives 70 |
| Jury Rigging | Repair with similar item types | Repair 90 |
| Unstoppable Force | +25% melee damage vs blocking enemies | STR 7, Melee 90 |
| Purifier | +50% melee damage vs abominations | — |
| Slayer | +30% melee/unarmed attack speed | AGI 7, Unarmed 90 (temporary boost allowed) |
| Hunter | +75% critical damage against animals | Survival 30 |
| Travel Light | +10% movement speed in light armor | Survival 45 |
| Terrifying Presence | Intimidate foes in dialogue (unique Legion fit) | Speech 70 |
| Rad Resistance | +25% radiation resistance | END 5 |
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