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	Fallout: New Vegas character Praetorian guard
	Biography race Human gender Male affiliation Caesar's Legion role Bodyguards to Caesar 10 of Clubs location The Fort Gameplay appearances Fallout: New Vegas quests Render Unto Caesar Statistics karma Evil SPECIAL 6 ST, 5 PE, 6 EN, 4 CH, 4 IN, 5 AG, 5 LK derived stats Caesar's Praetorians: Hit Points: 195 → 270 DT: 12 Lanius' Praetorians: Hit Points: 170 → 220 DT: 12 tag skills Caesar's Praetorians: Melee Weapons: 88 → 100 Guns: 86 → 100 Unarmed: 88 → 100 Lanius' Praetorians: Melee Weapons: 68 → 100 Guns: → 100 Unarmed: 68 → 100 perks Toughness (DR: 10%) level Caesar's Praetorians: 15 → 30 (Courier Level x 1.10) Lanius' Praetorians: 10 → 20 (Courier Level x 1.20) Technical voice actor Yuri Lowenthal Shane Johnson base id 00139387 ref id various

 

Praetorian guards are the elite personal bodyguards of Caesar. A group of them also serve as the bodyguards of Caesar's Legate, Lanius. Praetorians focus exclusively on unarmed combat in battle, and can see through disguises. The leader of the Praetorian Guard is Lucius, the third most powerful man in Caesar's Legion.

BackgroundEdit

Their name refers to the ancient Roman Praetorians, bodyguards of a general's tent (praetorium) and, in later centuries, of the emperors.

Caesar explains that his Praetorians are hand-picked from amongst the ranks of those Legionaries who have served for long enough and have killed enough men to qualify as centurions. Those invited to join the Praetorians must pick a current member of the Praetorian guard whom they believe is the weakest, and challenge them to an unarmed duel to the death. If the invitee wins, he takes on the position.

Personifying Caesar's martial philosophy, the Praetorians fight using only unarmed combat. Lucius explains that weapons or firearms may break or jam, but a true warrior can always rely on his innate skills. Regardless, Praetorians still wear ballistic fists to give their punches devastating impact beyond what a normal human blow can inflict.

They can be found guarding Caesar's tent, and the Weather monitoring station at Fortification Hill. Several of them also fight alongside Legate Lanius in the final showdown. At least one Praetorian will fight along with an assassination team to kill the player if you are disliked by the Legion.

A single Praetorian represents the 10 of Clubs card in the Fallout: New Vegas Collector's Edition Caravan Deck.

Interactions with the player characterEdit

Interactions overviewEdit

General	Services	Quests
Essential: no Companion: no Plays Caravan: no	Merchant: no Repairman: no Doctor: no Rents bed/room: no	Starts quests: no Involved in quests: yes Render Unto Caesar

InventoryEdit

NotesEdit

• Praetorian guards have a version of the Toughness perk, which grants them 10% Damage Resistance in addition to the 12 Damage Threshold from their armor. It is very unusual for human non-player characters in the Gamebryo Engine Fallout games (Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas) to have perks.
• Praetorians are 30% faster than a normal non-player character.
• Despite what Lucius says, the Praetorians in a Legion Assasin party will likely use a firearm (usually an assault carbine) to kill the Courier, unlike the ballistic fists that Praetorians are supposed to use.
• The image on the card of the Fallout: New Vegas Collector's Edition Caravan deck looks exactly like a centurion rather than a Praetorian guard.

AppearancesEdit

Praetorian guards appear only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenesEdit

In Latin, praetor is the word for leader, or commanding officer.

GalleryEdit

Collector's Edition playing card

Praetorian guard

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