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+ | {{Quote|With the Lead Belly perk, you take 50% less [[radiation]] every time you drink from an irradiated water source.|In-game description}} |
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− | '''Lead Belly''' is a ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' [[Perk]]. |
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− | + | '''Lead Belly''' is a [[perk]] in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''. |
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+ | With the Lead Belly perk, 50% less [[radiation]] is taken every time you drink from an irradiated water source. In ''Fallout: New Vegas'', this benefit extends to all irradiated food and drink. |
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− | The usefulness of this perk is debatable, since Rad-Away and Rad-X become fairly common items later on in both games. In addition, several types of apparel, including some types of [[Power Armor (Fallout 3)|power armor]], have radiation resistance. |
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+ | * Because both games rely on the same engine as Oblivion, which used floating point numbers even if the player only saw rounded whole numbers, it is highly likely that a source of water that goes (for example) from "1 Rad" pre-perk to "1 Rad" post-perk is still accurately treated internally i.e. 1 Rad versus .5 Rad. |
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+ | * At high levels this perk may become redundant; [[RadAway]], [[Rad-X]], and apparel with radiation resistance, such as [[power armor]], become more available and readily obtainable. |
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+ | ===In Fallout: New Vegas=== |
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− | The [[Rad Resistance]] perk is a better choice for it works on the water sources and other sources (like foods). For example: taking Lead Belly brings the 5 rads/sec of a fire hydrant to 2 rads/sec but doesn't affect things such as [[Nuka-Cola]]. The Rad Resistance perk added to the character's base 10% (assuming 5 Endurance) gives 35% resistance. With 35% resistance, the same fire hydrant is lowered to 3 rads/sec plus Nuka Cola's 2 rads/sec is lowered to 1 rad/sec and in addition, all environmental radiation sources have reduced effect. |
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+ | * With the addition of [[Implant Y-3]] in ''[[Old World Blues (add-on)|Old World Blues]]'', this perk potentially becomes redundant, though is still available much earlier and for free. |
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Revision as of 22:36, 17 April 2014
“With the Lead Belly perk, you take 50% less radiation every time you drink from an irradiated water source.”— In-game description
Lead Belly is a perk in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
Effects
With the Lead Belly perk, 50% less radiation is taken every time you drink from an irradiated water source. In Fallout: New Vegas, this benefit extends to all irradiated food and drink.
Notes
In both games
- Because both games rely on the same engine as Oblivion, which used floating point numbers even if the player only saw rounded whole numbers, it is highly likely that a source of water that goes (for example) from "1 Rad" pre-perk to "1 Rad" post-perk is still accurately treated internally i.e. 1 Rad versus .5 Rad.
- At high levels this perk may become redundant; RadAway, Rad-X, and apparel with radiation resistance, such as power armor, become more available and readily obtainable.
In Fallout: New Vegas
- There is an abundance of clean water, reducing the relative usefulness of the perk, although the benefit is extended to all irradiated food and water.
- With the addition of Implant Y-3 in Old World Blues, this perk potentially becomes redundant, though is still available much earlier and for free.
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