Skill Books

Skill_Books There exist books for every skill in the game. Upon reading, that particular skill will increase as if 6 skill points were invested into it. By default the maximum amount of books a character may read for any given skill is 10. The Fallout 2 Hintbook will increase all skills by a flat 6%.

The skill books include:

• Small Guns : Guns and Bullets
• Big Guns : U.S. Army Heavy Weapons
• Energy Weapons : Nikola Tesla
• Close Combat : Pugilism Illustrated
• Evasion : ¡La Fantoma!
• Throwing : Throwing Combat Knives for Dummies
• Sneak : Chinese Spec Ops. Manual
• Lockpick : Tumblers Today
• Steal :
• Traps : Duck and Cover!
• First Aid : First Aid Handbook
• Doctor : DC Journal of Internal Medicine
• Science : Big Book of Science
• Repair : Dean's Electronics
• Speech : Lying, Congressional Style
• Barter : Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor
• Gambling :
• Outdoorsman : Scout Handbook