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Charisma
Fallout 3

Charisma

Learn how Charisma impacts your Fallout 3 playthrough, affecting Barter and Speech skills and NPC interactions. Discover if it's a vital stat or a dump stat.

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Learn how Charisma impacts your Fallout 3 playthrough, affecting Barter and Speech skills and NPC interactions. Discover if it's a vital stat or a dump stat.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Having a high Charisma will improve people’s disposition of you, and give bonuses to both the Barter and Speech skills.
  2. 2
    You won’t need to invest a single point into Charisma to make it through the game, it’s the very definition of a dump stat.
  3. 3
    It’s related skills are useful, but it’s not worth boosting Charisma to score a few points for Barter and Speech.
Tips
  • Charisma directly impacts your Barter and Speech skills.
  • The higher your Charisma, the greater the bonus to these skills.
  • Charisma 1 grants +2 to related skills, while Charisma 10 grants +20.

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