GG
Old man Trout rises from his wagon-sitting position after muttering to himself he strides in front of the group, adjusting his hat. Deftly wagging his finger, "Now listen here you whippersnappers! I didn't bust my ancient ass coming out of my hole in the ground just to be robbed by some backwards natives! You younguns go on scamper back home before I go all midevil on your hides! I'm given ya the count of three! One. . . Two. . ."
Barnabe's "Friendliness": 6 + 1
Overshoot
You amicably dissuaded the Fiends from exacting a toll on the road they didn't even build. If anyone was to extort you, it would be the radioactive dust that used to be the civil engineers two centuries ago. For some reasons, the three Fiends (who are likely incredibly stoned) decided you are the Messiah come again.
"It's you! Vermin Supreme! We have awaited for your return!"The three ran over to join you.
"Wh-where are you going?! Come back here you- gah!"The Fiend Leader let loose a plasma pellet. It sailed towards a Fiend and his head exploded into a fine charred mess. The other two looked around confusedly and began shooting everywhere. Including at you.
"Okay scratch that!"
Take cover behind a wagon and take an AK47 off the top.
3: You try for the time-tested method of taking cover behind things and shooting the everliving heaven out of things, but the wagon is made out of mostly cloth-covering. Hardly a useful cover. Especially not with bandits shooting ionized gas everywhere.
VATS groin shot with sniper rifle.
1: You aim for the Fiend Leader's groin. You were so focused on trying to shoot her that you didn't notice the commotion. You are interrupted by a plasma shot whizzing past you. Fortunately, it missed you. Unfortunately, you caught on fire from the heat.
Uh... uh... uh... grenade launcher! Yeah! Shoot 'em! With VATS and stuff!
1: You aren't sure who to shoot at first, and the Fiend Leader seemed like a good idea. Those pesky plasma disagreed, though, and you had to jump back to avoid one, making your shot go wide. To your horror, the grenade is launched straight into the air and seems to be on a trajectory towards you.