You might be thinking of Benicio del Toro, but he is kind of slender.

Vinnie is definitely in a tight spot. He has to rise to the occasion and become a Raider Capo, or be the next victim...

Yeah, Benicio could be the guy.

That sounds really intense... so in fact he becomes the leader, but how is he supposed to effectively lead if he can't always get a grasp on what's going on outside?

Like the part where it says they laugh at his clothes. They probably won't be laughing for long...

Unless you mean Javier Bardem?

It's neither of the two, the guy I have in mind, is much older, he should be in 70s now, maybe he's even 80 years old. He wasn't famous like del Toro or Bardem, he used to play in some US movies, but most of the time he played in Mexican movies.

@SubRosa - so far exploring Nuka-World has been fun. Vinnie & Gage haven't yet visited any of the big parks, instead they ventured south of the amusement park, discovering lone homesteads, abandoned houses, the Grandchester Mansion etc.

@Renee - you're in fact not trapped in Nuka-World but I roleplay that he can't leave to make things more...immersive. Neither do other raiders laugh at his clothes but I like to imagine that they do.

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After meeting with the bosses of Nuka-World raiders, Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra and his second-in-command Porter Gage left the amusement park behind and went out to explore the region. Though Porter has been in Nuka-World for years, he hasn't explored much of the park's surroundings and though he thought that they should head immediately to one of smaller parks and take it over, Slugger insisted that he wanted to get a feel of the region first. And Slugger was the boss, so Gage kept his mouth respectfully silent. One thing puzzled him, however, and it wasn't just his boss' funny choice of clothes. It was obvious that Slugger was skilled with weapons yet Gage got a feeling that he's seeing some creatures for the first time. He'd often say "What the f*** is that?" as they encountered mirelurks, super-mutants and radscorpions. Quite unusual, thought Gage, considering that his boss was in late 50s and he should have seen all of these creatures by now. His boss also had an affinity for some cigars which he called Cuban cigars, but what the hell means "Cuban"? When asked, Slugger'd put a cynic smile on his face, and said that Cuban means being from Cuba, and that all of these fine cigars were made in Havana, the capital of Cuba. Gage had no idea what he was rambling about and he didn't question his boss any further, but sometimes he got a feeling that Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra was from another world. Or maybe he just got too many blows to his head.

Ha! They have no idea their boss was frozen for 200+ years, and it sounds like he's not about to explain this!

Here are some Seinfeld Cuban clips. Because like I was saying. Cuban cigars are a big deal here, and I think they may have even been illegal in the States for a long time!

That's not the guy who played Tuco in The Good Bad and The Ugly, and the bandit leader in the Magnificent Seven. Eli Wallach? Though he is Jewish, not Hispanic.

Porter Gage might be right on both counts. Vinnie is from another world, and he probably did take too many blows to the head.

*smacks head*

I knew there was a bell ringing in there!

Yeah, that's the one, but I mixed some things up, I was 100% sure that he of a Mexican descent. He's not similar to Vinnie in all of his roles, but I remember some of his faces and poses that remind me of Vinnie. Like this one.

If asked, Porter Gage would kill all those suckers trying to survive on their own outside Nuka-World. But his boss Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra obviously didn't share his point of view. It seemed to Gage that if anyone talked rudely to Vinnie, they sentenced themselves to immediate death. Maybe that was why Vinnie didn't kill Evan, the lone hermit living on the outskirts of Nuka-World, because the guy was kind and didn't offend Vinnie. And maybe that was why Vinnie mercilessly killed one of ex-Gunners, as soon as she told him that she's very distrustful of strangers and that he should back off. All in all, Gage liked Vinnie much more than Colter, the only real thing which bothered him, was Vinnie's obvious addiction to alcohol and cigarettes. Gage himself never drank any alcohol, neither did he smoke, but his boss couldn't resist either of these sins. He'd occasionally comment on Vinnie's excessive drinking, but his boss would always have even more to say in return. That was how their dialogue looked like. One said something, the other one either disagreed or repeated the same sentence with different words. If Gage said "this battle was difficult", Vinnie'd say "no, this battle was f****** difficult". If Vinnie said "let's have a break", Gage'd say "to drink and smoke, I guess?". And though neither of them would admit it to each other, both Gage and Vinnie actually enjoyed each other's company.

Hey, so Gage is a raider, but also a teetotaler! See, that's how he got to the top. What about all the other raiders below them?

Gage and Vinnie sound like The Odd Couple (show from the 1970s). Gage = Oscar and Vinnie = Felix. Or maybe the other way around. Basically, one of them was a slob, the other super-clean. One of them smoked (I think) the other detested the smell of ash. One of them upheld common social standards, the other could care less. Et cetera.

Except the way they dress is opposite. The slob dressed sloppily on the show, whereas Vinnie (the slob, sort of) dresses more upscale. I think so, any way.

@Renee - other raiders can be seen smoking or drinking, not all of them, however. I guess animations played on them are random. Gage doesn't smoke or drink, though. Each them Vinnie drinks, a message "Gage disliked that" appears in a top left corner, followed by his commentary. As a result, Vinnie has been drinking less as of late.

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“Got you covered, boss,” shouted Gage as Vinnie and the deathclaw were running against each other, both of them hoping to be the one that strikes first. Gage met lots of courageous raiders, but Vinnie beat them all. But he wasn’t just courageous, he was crazy and sly at the same time, thought Gage. While he would attack enemies from a distance with his automatic rifle, Vinnie “Slugger” Sinistra would attack them directly with the super sledge. Speaking of, Gage wanted to suggest Vinnie to be renamed to Sledge instead of Slugger, but in the end decided not to say anything. His boss would very rarely resort to his .44 revolver, mostly just for getting attention of faraway enemies. As they came closer, he’d smash them with the super sledge. His boss also had a habit of naming his weapons, noticed Gage. Ever since he installed a heating coil on the super sledge, he called it El Gasolin. His modified .44 revolver he called Hugo II.

If there was another thing, because of which Gage liked traveling with Vinnie, it was his cooking skills. Whether it was deathclaw or radscorpion steaks, yao-guai ribs or even roasted bloodworms, Vinnie knew how to prepare it all. It was so delicious that even Gage gained a few pounds. As Vinnie told Gage, he also knew how to prepare dog steaks, because when he was a kid, they didn’t have anything to eat on streets of Havana, so they needed to eat dogs. Gage still didn’t know where this Havana was, but probably it was just another settlement in the wasteland. Still, Gage wasn't too keen on eating dogs.

I can't handle dog steaks in Fallout 4 either. Even though it is just a game. So I am with Gage. And Baked Bloafly!

Roasted bloodworms, yicch!!!!

I like how Gage thinks Havana is just some place in the Wasteland. He probably wonders what the heck Vinnie is rambling about.

another cool thing is the way they tag-team enemies. Gage handles the far away shots while Vinnie gets up close & personal. Hopefully Gage don't shoot the Slugger in his back!

@SubRosa - Vinnie prefers other steaks over dog steaks but if there's nothing else to eat, he'll satisfy his belly with dog steaks as well.

@Renee - your follower can hurt you in FO4 but Vinnie has taken some perk when leveling up, which makes Gage more damage resistant and he can no longer hurt Vinnie.

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Now it all made perfect sense to Porter Gage! His boss was over two hundred years old! No wonder that radscorpions, super mutants and other creatures were new to him, if he spent the last 200 years frozen in some vault. After killing Oswald, the magician from Kiddie Kingdom, Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra told Gage that he had just killed the man, that was probably as old as himself. Confused at first, Gage didn't need to ask more, because Vinnie told him the story of his life, so now Gage finally learned more not just about Vinnie, but also about Havana, Cuba, Cuban cigars and the odd langauge Vinnie used for cursing. He also learned of a so called witness-protection program, about which Gage'd occasionally read in books that survived the war.

"How about your family, boss? Had any kids?"

"My wife and daughter were included in the same program as me. They were supposed to arrive two weeks later to Sanctuary Hills. But bombs fell first. Even if they survived, they're death by now. Or even worse...maybe they've become ghouls. I'd rather die than become a ghoul. I'd rather kill my own family than see them turned into ghouls!"

"Me too, boss. Just so you know...your secret is safe with me."

"I didn't even doubt it."

Without further words, Gage and Vinnie left Kiddie Kingdom behind.

So, when do we get to meet Vinnie's ghoul family?

This made me laugh! Killing and Kiddie Kingdom should not be in the same sentence.

Yes I bet Gage had all sorts of questions about the mysterious middle-aged guy from Havana. I hope his family are not ghouls. Yuck

@SubRosa - maybe we already met ghoulified Sinistras but Vinnie killed them.

@Renee - now that you brought it up, using the word killing followed by kiddie kingdom, is unusual indeed.

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"You're lucky Nisha's in charge. If it were up to me, you'd be dead by now."

"You better rethink your choices unless you're a fan of watching your back."

"You know, in a lot of instances, poor life choices will get you killed."

Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra was barely holding back not to smash heads of the Disciples tossing such rude remarks at him, but by now he knew that openly attacking raiders inside Nuka-Town was prohibited and if he'd done this, he'd disobey the unwritten code of Nuka raiders. The same goes for the Disciples - if they attacked him openly, they'd sentence themselves to death and the opposing raider groups could attack them. But it was no wonder that the Disciples outright despised him - Vinnie liberated already three of five Nuka-World parks but didn't assign a single one of them to the Disciples. The Galactic Zone was given to the Operators, while the Kiddie Kingdom and the Safari Adventure were given to the Pack. And according to some rumors, the remaining two parks will be assigned to the Operators, which means that the Disciples won't be getting a single park. Plenty of high-ranking Disciples were ready to stab Vinnie in the back in his sleep, but Nisha, their leader, was calming them down, though with more and more efforts. She was hoping that the rumors aren't true and that the Disciples will get a park to control in the end. If not, Nisha was prepared to disobey the rules and kill Vinnie, whether openly or from shadows, caring little for the code of Nuka-World.

Little did she know that it was in fact Vinnie's plan not to give a single park to the Disciples. As soon as he met them, Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra hated the Disciples and their mindless brutality, joined with their love for blood. Vinnie was a criminal, a mobster, a pre-war crime lord, but gangs that reveled in blood and mutilations, made him sick. Vinnie couldn't wait for Nisha to lose her patience so he'll finish her off and her gang once and for all.

Looks like Vinnie is going to do some house-cleaning!

@SubRosa - Vinnie will bring some discipline to the Disciples.

Vinnie “Slugger” Sinistra and Porter Gage had rootin’-tootin’ good time killing bloodworms in Dry Rock Gulch and the next morning another flag made its way on a top of the flagpole – the park was given to the Operators. Slow but steady, it seemed to enslaved traders that the entire Nuka-World amusement park will be entirely controlled by raiders. But compared to Colter, new Overboss Sinistra was much more "popular" among traders. As long as one kept his mouth shut around him, the new Overboss actually wasn’t as “bad” and didn’t torture or humiliate them for the sake of his own pleasure. And if rumors, that were shuffling between traders, were true, he intended to eradicate Nisha and her gang of Disciples. Neither of them dared to say it aloud, but all of them were hoping that this was true, because the Disciples were the cruelest gang of them all.

How neat. So flags get added as more captures get made. And no flags are going to those Disciples. Yeah because they go a little too far in Vinnie's opinion.

Basically, Vinnie is not as bad as Card Killer. Or Rattler. :evil: Maybe even less evil than Deeno. Deeno is the guy who blew up Megaton in Lopovworld, after all, and Vinnie doesn't seem like he'd do this. Megaton has plenty of good food, after all.

@Renee - I'd say that from the DnD alignment system, Rattler was Chaotic Evil, Deeno was Neutral Evil and Vinnie is Lawful Evil. I guess that makes him the less evil of the three indeed.

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It felt to Vinnie like someone threw a stone in his head and his perspective of things around him completely changed. This doesn't mean that Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra had a change of heart, not at all. But it dawned on him that he was a puppet in Porter Gage's hands, who was conveniently telling him what to do to fulfill his own goals. Sure, Vinnie might have some benefit from Gage's plans in the long run, but he wondered what'd happen if he didn't listen to his advices. Would Gage betray him like he betrayed the previous overboss? Maybe si, maybe no. In the end it didn't really matter, because after conquering the last park, Vinnie realized that his own ideas won't be listened to at all - Porter Gage envisioned the future of Nuka-World and all gang leaders were ready to back him up. They needed someone as capable as Vinnie that'd take over the parks for them, and while Vinnie would have the title of the Overboss, it would be Porter Gage, running strings from behind the curtain, following his and his ideas only.

Well no more. Porter Gage laid dead at Vinnie's feet, a 44 bullet decorating the back of his head. As soon as the shot was fired, Vinnie saw some members of the Pack not far from the helipad, where Gage met his death, hurry back to Nuka-World, to spread important news to their leaders. Vinnie didn't have the slightest doubt, that raiders of Nuka-World would now shoot him on sight. They all listened to Porter Gage months before he betrayed the previous Overboss, and they surely won't be delighted as they'll hear of his murder. But Vinnie "Slugger" Sinistra was ready to face them all, even if that'll be the last thing he'll achieve in his life.

Uh oh.

I would argue that Lawful Evil is no less evil than Chaotic. It just means the character has a sense of ethics which they adhere to. Those ethics do not have to be nice. I see one place says: He cares about tradition, loyalty, and order but not about freedom, dignity, or life. He plays by the rules but without mercy or compassion.

So think SS Death Camp guards.

Time for Vinnie to do what all my characters start out with: killing all the raiders. At least he (and you), go to experience the dlc the way I believe they intended you to play it, from the raider side. I never have done it that way. Loviatar is probably my only character who would ever consider it. Though she still might eat all the raiders in the end.

Sure, I see your point. Chaotic is closer to being mindless, Lawful closer to being premeditated, when it comes to dastardly deeds. That, to me, is one of the main differences between Lawful and Chaotic.

I'd still feel safer (overall) around Igodah (LE) than Mycharonna (CE). Igodah would only kill me if she's been contracted to do so, unless I purposely make her mad enough. With Mycharonna, there doesn't have to be a reason! Even though I am the one who used to game with Mych, a lot of times I don't even know why she does some of the things she does.

The Hobo avoided most contacts with other beings like himself, but when he heard sobbing coming from behind a large tree, he checked who was behind these sad sounds.

A young girl was lying on the floor. Whoever hurt her, hurt her badly. What the Hobo was hearing, were probably her last sobs on this world.

"Please..." muttered the girl as she saw the bearded man lean above her. "Please...get those..." She coughed, spat some blood out, made a pause, then took a shallow breath. "There were four of them...they travel with a dog. Get them...they can't be far." The Hobo took a stimpak from his backpack and wanted to inject it into the girl's thigh, but she shook his hand off. "No...don't. It won't help. Just...just get them. Will you?" She coughed and spat more blood.

The Hobo said nothing.

Then he nodded.

"Th...thank you."

Following the wild bunch wasn't difficult. Fresh footsteps in mud, cigarette butts, another victim - some wastelander. Looks like they let their dog "play" with him.

He caught up with them in the afternoon. The dog fell first, then one raider, then another. The last two were killed with a grenade.

The girl and the wastelander were avenged. Probably many more.

Looking on his PipBoy, the Hobo realized that he's now in some area called the Commonwealth. He'll stay here for a while.

Question is: how did he get all the way up there?

He is the most dangerous beggar the world has ever seen, that's for sure.

He had ten in-game years to get from the Capital Wasteland to the Commonwealth, that should suffice, I guess.



Careful with the word "beggar" around the Hobo, he might get angry if called in such a way.

January has time and space warped from Cyrodiil to 23rd century Boston. I have been working on some sort of ranged weapon for her, for those times when you just have to reach out and touch someone. I tried the Lightning Gun, but it is frankly crap. It just does not hurt anything, even after giving it double the damage of other guns. After spending a zillion hours working on it, I think I figured it out. There is an issue with the projectile it uses. It has a really short range. So I edited the projectile record and made it match that of a standard laser gun. Now it *seems* to be doing the damage it should.

However, Jan picked up a 4 crank laser musket today, and she really likes it for ultra long range work. I have never been thrilled with the musket, since you have to hand crank it after every shot. Which I always forget to do in a big fight. But we will see.

I like muskets, although as you say, one can easily forget to crank it up. But they look great and they're rare, so seeing January with a musket would add to her uniqueness.

Sadly, the red color just does not work with January's style. I tried modding the muskets to create a receiver that fired a blue laser. But it still has red effects in the bolt, and in the gun itself. I could probably try to mod those to blue as well. But I don't really want to spend that much time. OTOH, the shock gun is finally working as it should, so Jan is going to stick with that.

In other news, she has to decide where to live. Sanctuary does not feel right with the others there now. She might try Red Rocket. Or the Cloverfield Bunker mod I once used for Hecate.

I am also thinking of maybe either Eli's trailer mod for Diamond City, or a modded apartment in Goodneighbor. She shies away from Diamond City because of the bigotry. But then again, that would be just like living anywhere else. Goodneighbor has that outcast Detroit feel to it, so that might be the ticket.

But I hate being in downtown Boston. The load times are excruciating. So I don't know.

I found a couple more Eli house mods for FO4. One is a bunker in Diamond City which I really liked. It even comes with a cat that wanders around inside. But it seems kind of redundant with her other Diamond City trailer mod. In fact, its entrance is right next to her trailer.

But it occurs to me that I could simply put the entrance to the bunker anywhere. The outside is just a storm cellar door. That is easy to move. So then the question is where? I like to have something near a merchant, for simplicity's sake. I could go with something near the Drumlin Diner. But a central location is nicer. Maybe something near Bunker Hill. Though that is close to the excruciating load times of Downtown. I could try putting it on the north side of BH. I did that with Victoria's boat, and it worked out ok.

Although Logan lives in Diamond City, I don't see any future character of mine to live there as well. It probably wouldn't fit Jan, but I like the place, where the local DJ lives, a small trailer, cramped but cozy.

Goodneighbor is a more interesting place to live overall, but if going for a more central location, isn't there a merchant north of the Bunker Hill, just over the river, close to the super mutant infested power plant?

EDIT: County Crossing is what I meant.

Late last night I was looking through the house mods I have created and came across Victoria's tug boat home. That turned out to be perfect. January moved in, and spent last night redecorating.

Pics!

Or it didn't happen?

The outside is the same as when it was Victoria's boat. But I changed a lot of the interior, since Jan is a bit more privacy-minded.

I have not done much with the upper conning tower, putting in a desk and magazine spinners in back (Victoria had her bed and dresser back here)

The main floor still has the same crafting stations as before. I did change the kitchen bar to a diner type

Looking toward the front we can see the kitchen area on the right, with bar stools. Also a dining/living room table on the left.

January put up some walls in the front end to create a semi-private area

The bedroom area is on the left

The bathroom on the right

Finally, cat tax

Very nice and very bright.

Did she snatch all those teddy bears from mirocu?

There's gotta be a cat.

How lovely! I can just see this place listed on House Hunters. Does January need a roommate? Kidding.

Very nice! Hell, I want to live there myself!

After seven months and one day, I again fired up Vinnie's game today. As I described in the screenshot thread, the old mobster is now all alone against the raiders of the Nuka-World after killing Porter Gage, his right-hand man. Equipped with his deadly slugger Vinniecito, the pre-war crime lord eradicated his most hated gang the Disciples, led by Nisha.

After getting a short nap, Vinnie is now ready to continue his march through the Nuka-World, his next target are the Operators. He decided to use the same technique as they do - attacking with a sniper rifle. He found one and lots of matching 7.62 ammo on corpses of various Disciples. He used the sniper rifle for the last time, while he was still a young criminal, tasked by eliminating his targets from the roofs of Havana, but dire circumstances call for dire measures.

It sounds like Vinnie is taking a page from Deano's book with the sniper rifle.

Welcome back, Vinnie!

I wanted to share a little moment of time, because Lopov is surprised for all the Vinnie love, compared to Rattler.



YES that's what I was trying to say yesterday... he looks like some guy out of Mad Max, or some other post-apocalyptic movie full of dirty people and scrappy clothes.

Well I can only share my viewpoint of the difference between Vinnie and Rattler. First of all, him being evil has nothing to do with my fascination for him. Vinnie has an interesting personality, first of all. Secondly, he is different from any character any of us have ever rolled. His backstory is deep. There's something charming about that sort of character. Mafia guys, as evil as they can be, often have charismatic side to them, which makes them interesting to listen to (at least in my opinion). His manner of dressing was also dapper and uppity. No matter what happens, he MUST have his shirt and trousers pressed before he goes outside into whatever constitutes a public area in postwar Boston. Like, he would die if we caught him in some holey shirt and stained pants. You went into some detail about how he found himself needing to lose weight, and going through all the typical pains and concerns which an older fellow must deal with. He is evil, but he is also getting fragile because of his age.

There's something about a stodgy, middle-aged man finding himself needing to change his former ways, and then he totally transforms into some ultra-futuristic character who'd fit next to Mel Gibson on the bad guys side. My only concern is if Vinnie ever met Grace Jones, he'd let her live. Grace appeared in Max Mad Beyond Thunderdome.

And here it is. With Vinnie we never had to worry about him eating some other beloved NPC, like Rattler did. We will never witness Vinnie shacking up with some prostitute, just so he can slice her up with his knife. There you go. That is the difference between those two.

I think Renee put it very well in her final paragraph there. Vinne is an old-school mobster, not a cannibal serial-killer. Watching Vinnie in action is like watching an mob movie - The Godfather of the Wasteland, or Feral Goodfellas.

Wonderfully written, Renee, thanks!



If there's one thing that Vinnie is good at, it's adapting to his surroundings. When he realized that his nice outfit won't help him much in the Commonwealth, he needed to start dressing like others. But the hat on his head is still meant to represent the pre-war style.

And if he cared about losing weight at first, now he doesn't anymore, because he sure gained a lot of pounds since being unfrozen.

Anyone still playing Fallout 4?

I never bought FO4, or any of the last-generation games. Maybe someday I will get 4, but not until I play New Vegas more extensively. Why, are you planning on getting Fallout 4, Kråke?

Fallout 4 is still part of my regular rotation of games. I might be going back to it in the next few months, as I have an idea for a new character for it.

After the disk crash Vol II that took place 2 years ago I haven't yet reinstalled FO4.

Casey heard a loud metal thud on the other side of the building that once used to be a high pre-war apartment complex.

What the hell...?

He unsheathed his pipe pistol and hurried around.

Power helmet.

Right in front of him, on the pavement, was the power helmet. He looked up to the top of the apartment complex. There was only one person in Lexington who was going around wearing a full set of power armor.

My boss Butch.

Butch would rarely leave the top of the apartment complex and he'd never remove his helmet, except when going to sleep. So how come that his helmet was now down here?

What the f*** happened up there?

Not thinking too much, because thinking wasn't one of his capabilities, Casey ran up the fire staircase all the way to the top of the apartment complex, where Butch used to live. He found his boss, but he was dead. Casey sort of expected this, as soon as he saw his boss' helmet down on the pavement. What he didn't expect was...

...the hole in Butch's cheek.

Not from the bullet, though. It looked like someone viciously bit his cheek, made a big bite actually. Like creatures do.

Yeah, it must have been some creature.

But creatures don't remove helmets. And creatures don't throw helmets around. A wasteland creature couldn't kill Butch that easily.

His fingers firm on the pistol's trigger, Casey thoroughly searched, what once used to be a luxurious apartment with a terrace with a beautiful vista. But whoever or whatever killed Butch, was already gone.

Uh oh, looks like Casey might be up to bat next...

It sounds like Faye is taking a bite out of crime...

Yikes Lopov.... see I don't know which character this is. I Assume it's Faye, but why isn't there a bloodbath of grossness all over the place?



Ha ha ha ha!

Anyway, seems like y'all know Casey and Butch. I never played FO4 so I don't know the circumstances.