Psykers | Fallout Lore

In a world with Ghouls, Ghosts and Gary’s there seems to be no limit to the strange and seemingly paranormal encounters for us to find. But every now and then you see something that appears to be genuine magic when in reality is simply a clever trick, and then we have Psykers, real world sorcerers and magicians. But what is a Psyker, how are they made, and who out there has the abilities to be considered one?
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[@Synonymous101]

A little overdue, but hopefully worth the wait! Notes: Goris merely has an intuitive feeling, also known as "animal instinct" when his clan is destroyed, which to me doesn't make him a Psyker. Keeng Rat is a rat that communicates with other rats and thanks to the FEV is able to speak to humans, once again not a Psyker. Also, all protagonists can be considered Psykers with the animal friend perk, which is pretty cool! As for Oswald bringing dead feral ghouls back to life, this is something all glowing ghouls can do and is more of a physical side effect of becoming a glowing one, rather than a psychic ability, but feel free to try and change my mind, enjoy! :D

[@TsunauticusIV]

Always worth the wait for your vids. 🙏🏼

[@brodygray744]

I was so hoping for this after hearing you talk about psykers in other videos. Hype!

[@yovitasrimulyani2663]

hmmm.... i'm wondering what you prepared for us next, keep up the good work :3

[@korbyynbear5592]

Although "semi canonical", what's your opinion on the Beastmasters from Fallout: Tactics? Given its described origin in the game, I vote psykers.

[@Synonymous101]

@@korbyynbear5592 I have yet to play tactics but do enjoy the thought of beastlords 😊👍

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

“What is a psyker”. Why, someone with an abnormally strong connection to the warp, of course! Why do you ask?

[@bdj_tvk]

Take this Blank. For the Emperor.

[@emperor002002]

They asked because heresy. 🧐

[@herrdoctor2895]

@@bdj_tvk met a Blank once, feels like my flesh was rotting out of my eyes, the problem is I dont have flesh, the flesh is weak, the Machine Spirit protects me

[@bdj_tvk]

@@herrdoctor2895 Understandable. A member of the Culexus Temple will soon arrive to take your survey. Emperor protects.

[@ethpling165]

Plot twist: Fallout and Warhammer 40k exist in the same universe, but are so far apart by time period that they don’t really affect each other.

[@emarycarpenter9577]

i always believed Mama murphy's stories for one reason: shes still alive. you dont see many elderly in the wasteland for a reason. clearly, she knew what she was doing.

[@emarycarpenter9577]

Also wanted to add, i have killed many a deathclaw with a single well placed BB to the eye

[@beowylfen]

Well she does also give you the reset code for the courser as well

[@lildemon666.2]

@@beowylfen wait what

[@umbra7335]

@@lildemon666.2 The courser that you have to kill to enter the institute. You can go to Mama Murphy before you go to kill them, and she'll give you the Courser's shutdown code that you can use against the Courser to skip the fight.

[@dakotajensen181]

Hitting that jet like a bawss lmao

[@johndovel6360]

The mysterious Stranger could be a Psyker as well, considering he always knows where you are and is able to show up out of nowhere and assist you.

[@tinaherr8969]

Based on some information in the Fallout 3 guide book, the Mysterious Stranger leans more towards being an eldritch god.

[@SomeDude0062]

@@tinaherr8969 Both are terrifying in their own ways.

[@FRAAANKYSUUUPER]

I think you're both just opposite entities. You the luckiest person in the world: Shit the Muties have got me cornered, I need help! The Mysterious Stranger the unluckiest person in the world: awww shit, not this guy again... *Sighs and and starts shooting* You: "I'm so glad you showed up!" Them: "How do we keep meeting like this?!"

[@christiannersinger7529]

I think he could just be a time traveler, he's in the 3, NV, and 4, not that big of a time difference, but his appearance changes greatly between games, I think his job is basically like Captain America's job in endgame, where he's making sure all the ducks fall in a row for his end goal

[@michaelwaugh6641]

Suffer not the mutant to live

[@YeetYeet-mi7if]

"Harold's infection wasn't as drastic" **Harold looks at the screen with suicidal intent**

[@Synonymous101]

😂

[@freedantheeternal]

I'll admit, I never took any of the psychic NPCs in the games seriously when I played the games, and just thought they were insane.

[@YeTheGOATNoCap]

Well most of them are suffering from a state psychosis and schizophrenia.

[@daveg7516]

Or drugs lots of drugs 😳😳😳

[@MACE_HINDU]

Well Murphy was no joke almost all she said happend even getting a recall code for a sinth hunter and that kid in New Vegas he had a nullification crown

[@meattestoserone9390]

I just tried to waste them . sorta like every NPC i wasn't allied with in the game. I just wish I had morrowind's music playing while wasting skooma addicted raiders.

[@flamesofchaos13]

Umm they ARE insane or at least not as stable as us normies but their powers are quite real. But heck people in the Wastelands themselves think Mama Murphy is full of it and Harold is a God not a mere mutant-tree hybrid. While the Tribals think it's spiritual influence...Which may or may not be related.

[@kaidorade1317]

“How are Psykers made?” Well…when a mother and father Psyker love each other very much….

[@GlaDi02]

Daddy, but how synths are made? Or supermutants?

[@kaidorade1317]

@@GlaDi02 ask your mother when she gets back from cigarette shopping. Though seven months is a long time…

[@cjtheevilghost5711]

🤣

[@hugefart440]

@@GlaDi02 the vault dweller talking to the master circa 2162

[@Cydia942]

Are you a boy or a girl? Boys and girls have different parts… right? And went a boy and a girl love each-other…

[@BigChapDidNothingWrong]

Psykers you say? This confirms it, the Fallout series takes place in Pre-Unification Wars Terra.

[@joshuagraham1476]

Looks like we're in for a wild ride.

[@friedrichrosencrantz9939]

Imagine fighing against the forces of Mr. House in the name of the Emperor.

[@renevil2105]

Be cool to fight The Thunder Warriors.

[@cmelton6796]

The Brotherhood of Steel = Men of Iron?

[@DrownedInExile]

Wanamingo aliens = early Tyranid strain

[@kobold7466]

the nightkin your supposed to kill in novac that keeps killing brahmin can be heard talking about your companions if you hang around him during the day when hes invisible tho he just says vague things about them but stuff he shouldnt really know

[@azzy8121]

Link?

[@weebishusername9288]

Link?

[@Romeo-le2ez]

@@weebishusername9288 mmmmm animr girl

[@kobold7466]

@Something Mildly Homophobic what? are you ok man

[@kobold7466]

@engineer gaming go do it then

[@isaacschmitt4803]

". . . Teleportation . . . " How very mysterious. . . Strange, even. I suppose that anyone that does it might be called a mysterious stranger. . .

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

the player can also teleport, using melee in vats

[@isaacschmitt4803]

@@guerra_dos_bichos Pshaw, git up on outta here with your facts and logic, we're theorizin'!

[@maylabrown4584]

@@guerra_dos_bichos Or, they could just be moving really, really fast which makes sense given that time doesn't actually slow down in-canon when using VATs.

[@TheSavybanna]

Turns out, you have to complete 'Crazy, Crazy, Crazy' by repairing Rhonda in order for the nightkin to be non-hostile in Black Rock Cave. Looks like I'm gonna have to start ANOTHER playthrough to confirm this. Darn...

[@Synonymous101]

I had, I even had Boone with me but the Nightkin were hostile and didn't say anything that suggested Psychic abilities. Maybe you'll have more luck than I did! 😀👍

[@MillieBlackRose]

I fixed Rhonda on several play through and never heard them speak. I couldn't find a vid of it either.

[@TheSavybanna]

@@MillieBlackRose I guess I just needed a good excuse to play it again lol

[@GroundGame.]

Best of wishes upon your journey.

[@MillieBlackRose]

@@TheSavybanna ya never know. You may be the first one to see it. 😉 you should probably try several times though..just to be sure.

[@andreas8488]

I have heard the Nightkin in the caves talking about my companions before.

[@Zellio2011]

@Ethan Good Maybe the evil thing refers to the Lovecraftian horrors that keep getting hinted at since fallout 3?

[@animq4ionboi.153]

@Ethan Good maybe or considering most nightkins have schizophrenia coz of prolonged stealth boy use

[@cantmatchthethatch1472]

@@animq4ionboi.153 Night Kin are such a fascinating subject. I always wondered if the use of stealth boys let the consciousness of their past life resurface, which would result in rational thought (Antler in REPCONN trusting a human, for example). I honestly think that Night Kin have Split Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia from the usage, but the voices are rational thoughts that come from their old self.

[@RahamaLaham]

They are hostile unit you complete "Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" by repairing Rhonda. They can say: "Head voices say silver chair flies east." And "Chip is slippery, more slippery than the chair thinks." In reference to Benny. "Chip goes when broken man calls!" Probably in reference to House. "Shiny screens brighter. Why so bright?" "Shiny screens brighter. Don't let them flicker at me!" Upgraded securitrons. "Head voices say Mars angry." "Head voices say new meat will rot in the sun." "When Mars calls, we run?" And more to that effect. They comment on companions as well: Lily: "Head voices say someone close. Someone like us." Arcade: "Head voices say smart man also metal man. Don't like metal men." Boone: "Head voices say quiet man knows more than he says about the horns." Cass: "Head voices say they knew flower girl's father." Veronica: "Book girl has hard decision to make." Raul: "Head voices say they know smelly ghoul. He old and good with guns." Rex: "Head voices speak of doggy with squishy brain." Ed-e: "Funny robot make blinky sounds."

[@rawr9154]

@Ethan Good The dark side of the Force is a pathway to what many would consider... unnatural.

[@-ElysianEcho-]

You made a small mistake with mama murphy, her powers didn’t come from the chems, she always had them, if you talk to her you can learn that she had them but when they freaked out a lover she would suppress them until eventually she needed the chems to release them again, Great video though! :)

[@mikeemmons1079]

It may also have damaged her power. Before drugs, she could maybe predict exactly when and where to shoot a death claw?

[@Strato_Casterrr9898]

@@mikeemmons1079 so she has magical VATS?

[@juliaturk7054]

Sorry for the late reply, but do we know how exactly Mama Murphy "suppressed" her abilities?

[@KalashVodka175]

@@juliaturk7054 Could simply be simple mental trauma or psychology

[@juliaturk7054]

@@KalashVodka175 Doubtful. There's other Psykers who I guarantee had a much more traumatic life, but they couldn't suppress their abilities. There's only one Psyker that I'm aware of that was successful at doing this. I forgot his name (I think Lowry?), but there was a kid in New Vegas that had a "Crown" as he called it, that helped him suppress them.

[@Yannis1a]

I completed the quest "Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" by repairing Rhonda, and the Nightkin were friendly (this was on PS3 so I don't know if it's only on console) They said: "Head voices say silver chair flies east." "Chip is slippery, more slippery than the chair thinks." "Chip goes when broken man calls!" "Shiny screens brighter. Why so bright?" "Shiny screens brighter. Don't let them flicker at me!" "Head voices say Mars angry." "Head voices say new meat will rot in the sun." "When Mars calls, we run?" And depending of your companions: "Head voices say someone close. Someone like us." with Lily "Head voices say smart man also metal man. Don't like metal men." with Arcade "Head voices say quiet man knows more than he says about the horns." with Boone "Head voices say they knew flower girl's father." with Cass "Book girl has hard decision to make." with Veronica "Head voices say they know smelly ghoul. He old and good with guns." with Raul "Head voices speak of doggy with squishy brain." with Rex "Funny robot make blinky sounds." with Ed-e

[@Bjorn308]

"Fear not the Psyker" - some bookworm from a grimdark future - In Spaaaaace!

[@msf2000]

"Witness your DOOOMMMM"

[@BigDictator5335]

You requested a psyker, my lord

[@urthofthenewsun8465]

The original 4 psykers in Fallout 1 were possibly a reference to the children in Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira

[@MaynardCrow]

There is also a resemblance to an even older Philip K Dick story.

[@vahlok1426]

Anyone remember when Mama Murphy was shown in concept art to have once had a flying wheelchair made from a Mr. Handy? That's so much cooler than just a dumb green chair.

[@MigorRortis]

Bethesda had THE SIGHT! They saw $$$

[@CarlM]

Honestly I'm glad they didn't do that lol, it would have looked goofy as hell. That's just my opinion though

[@eclipseslayer98]

@@CarlM But Fallout IS goofy.

[@robin6469]

There was also the wheelchair with robobrain tracks that I think would have looked cooler. In my opinion, Bethesda likely had trouble modelling either of those in game, and decided to devote the time spent working out those issues to flesh out other parts of the game instead. I'm almost certain her robot wheelchairs were cut for logistics/game-engine reasons, because there's still the big fuss about building her a chair, only for it to be a silly armchair.

[@spectrumaevum7476]

@@eclipseslayer98 Not originally.

[@-KD572]

One can argue that the player characters from Fallout 1, 3, NV, and 4 are Psykers as those games contain the "Animal Friend" perk that turns creatures non-hostile. And in some cases, are able to command said creatures into aiding the player.

[@stm7810]

Also in the 3D games you have short range telekinesis with the grab key. /half joking.

[@elic1356]

It's a shame that the Psykers are less present in Fallout games, they are definitely some of the more interestting individuals within the Fallout series.

[@SlightlyInactive]

The older the games get in the timeline the less we see cool shit. They need to have a west coast early game like if 76 was on the west we probably could have seen more fev shit and enclave and bos but this time it wouldve been lore friendly

[@elic1356]

@@SlightlyInactive Yeah. In fact, I really like the idea of a Fallout 76 style game taking place on the west coast, shortly after the Great War. That'd be a very interesting concept. Perhaps (if they wanted a new area) they could make it in post-war Washington (state) or something.

[@Buttsmcgee069]

Ironically, you could justify the inclusion of more Psykers than you could Supermutants. Yet one is forgotten by most, and the other is everywhere.

[@Thy_Boss]

But it's probably also an idea, like the weird-tales supernatural parts or space-alien elements, that's better hinted at than fully explored. These suggestions of other paranormal aspects beyond the core Atomic-Age-mad-science of the series tend to be used more effectively at the fringes, or else you end up with something as disappointing as _Mothership Zeta._ Fans at large seem to have forgotten the principle of "less is more" and where it applies, but that's a bigger topic.

[@Insanepie]

@@SlightlyInactive I don’t think the time period is the issue… I think west coast fallout is just more interesting than east cost

[@atompunk5575]

They should bring back the hardcore psychers from the original Fallout series, because how they are "born" is interesting

[@SomeGuy-gc8zs]

I always found psychic powers in Fallout fascinating. The games make it pretty clear that the US government and the Great War have diddled with the fabric of reality. Like all power, psychic abilities always come at a cost- in this case, usually sanity. It's always been a bleak setting, and I think the way becoming a psyker can destroy your mind and your life is just part of that.

[@dontmindme1681]

The paranormal stuff that pops up in Fallout has always been some of my favorites

[@liquidlethe]

I want more quests involving psychics and lovecraftian lore in fallout

[@zerimore]

Mama Murphy: I can see the future The Sole Survivor: Say psyke right now

[@PoemsEverybody]

"The Roach King sits atop his throne." Sounds like some kinda Haken song but I can't think of the name...

[@Adam-tu1qx]

I thought the same thing when I got to that in the video, scroll down and see you beat me to the comment

[@brok56]

40k fans have been joking that fallout is just terra (earth) during the age of strife, but this is making that joke even funnier.

[@milliondollarmistake]

I think a video going over aliens would be fun. Stuff like what they want, their involvement pre the great war, any aliens other than the Zetans, the big squid man from 76 that I don't remember the name of, etc

[@FuckTard-dd1ee]

He's limited to what information the game or extended lore gives out. Its not like he has access to lore no one else knows. So it's probably info in the zetans you already know about

[@milliondollarmistake]

@@FuckTard-dd1ee You can say that about literally every lore video lol

[@cyriell]

@@milliondollarmistake alltho I like the idea my advise would be to wait for longer to do this since f76 will have a free addon coming regarding aliens i believe :)

[@mrplayfulshade1038]

Thay big squid man is called the "interloper"

[@hypeman1825]

@@cyriell No one plays F76 lol.

[@unoriginalperson72]

I once got stuck in a dialogue loop with the forecaster and the option to leave dialogue only appeared when I gave him all of my money.

[@thebolas000]

A kid shook you down for all of your cash. Truly his powers are great and terrible.

[@thearchmagus4946]

In Steel Reign, you can read about how the experimenters inside Vault 96 made some psyker animals that had the same abilities as the Master's psykers in Fallout 1

[@ernestoacosta7918]

Probably how the enclave made psychic deathclaws

[@DalTak]

Couldn’t someone look through the games voice files to conform these lines existing in the first place?

[@sirloinofbeef2449]

A ray of light during my not-so-great-day. Thanks man, we all appreciate you.

[@snonk_solid]

Me being a 40K fan: **hmmmm**

[@michaelwaugh6641]

Can't believe gw are okay with this tbh

[@daveg7516]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD 🩸

[@d.n5287]

Every single fallout protagonist is actually the Man emperor of mankind

[@dutchvanderlinde7239]

Me liking both universes *MmMmMMmmMmMmMmMMMmmMm*

[@michaelwaugh6641]

@@daveg7516 hahaha don't worry the wolves are coming

[@MR.LMR1996]

Courier Six could be a Psyker too. This idea coming from my headcanon of when you pick Wild Wasteland. Where due to the damage caused by the gunshot wounds Courier Six took from Benny's assassination attempt, their weak/dormant Psyker powers to begin going out of control - thus causing all the brain damage-induced hallucinations they experience through their travels in the Mojave to become real.

[@smoothiemcguffin2721]

that’s actually an insanely cool theory

[@Ulfbhert9000]

I'd argue the curriers power is stronger than is given credit for due to Terrifying Presence

[@qwellen7521]

Psykers would a be cool addition to a future fallout game - think about it, the design principle of the dragon shouts from skyrim but working like the plasmids from bio shock. One thing tho, wouldn't They have to change the name give how synonymous the term is with the 40K brand?

[@Synonymous101]

I'm not sure, but if that was an issue I imagine the name would be altered to psychics/psionics or something along those lines

[@Kainpound]

There would be a fight, GW are absolute assholes about copyright. I don't think they'd win tho. The word Psyker is close enough to Psionic in meaning that their basically the same. Plus beyond the powers being psionic in nature, the two types of "Psykers" are so different that I'm not sure it would hold water. Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.

[@512TheWolf512]

@@Kainpound wether gw would win a frivolous lawsuit like that is of little concern, because Bethesda wouldn't want to waste money fighting those assholes in court in the first place

[@filippodsiado8240]

Not really since term psyker is consider to public domain not created by GW. Or they would like to fight with the others that use it even Disney

[@renevil2105]

Microsoft owns Bethesda now, gw try to start shit Microsoft will rape them hard, it be like a deathclaw taking out a tiny annoying molerat. But it be cool to be a pysker and have things like telekinesis, it could make for a good story of how the Brotherhood of Steel are hunting you an your tribe down. Since they will consider you a mutant and must die.

[@cjtheevilghost5711]

A vid about Zion Valley and the tribes there, or maybe a vid about The Burned Man.

[@weebishusername9288]

Or *Tunnelers*

[@AndyJP]

Do they ever use the term "Psyker" after Fallout 2? I guess it is rare enough that the term hasn't spread as far.

[@McSenkel]

In Fallout Tactics there was also a tribe of raiders which had a few members capable of controlling some local fauna.

[@deadseven3474]

I kinda hope Psykers get more of a spotlight in the next fallout game. I don't want a Skyrim "You're the dragonborn" situation going on where theres a series of psychic powers you can unlock by going to specific spots, but I would love like, maybe one companion with those types of powers.

[@stm7810]

Or make it you can choose a psycher trait which based on the perk path you follow for developing your powers has side effects, like becoming an empath causing emotional instability that makes combat harder since you feel the pain and hear the dying regrets of your enemies, or gaining pre-cognition causing migranes and drug dependency due to the excess information entering your brain from the future, or telepathy giving schizophrenia symptoms. make it clear that your brain didn't evolve to handle this.

[@k9builder]

Very interesting. However, it brings up an interesting concept. VATS. What if VATS is a research project that Vault-Tec instituted on almost all its vaults as part of a research project into psychic phenomena. I know the idea may seem a little flaky, but perhaps there is something there. We really are still scratching the surface of how much research Vault-Tec was doing.

[@DoctorProph3t]

“Scratching the surface” implies there’s canon and lore written we have to find, truth is it doesn’t exist, it was left vague and ambiguous and thanks to Bethesda has slowly been adding to it.

[@kellerweskier7214]

no. pump the breaks. Bethesda's BS take on Vault tec is just that, BS. Vault Tec was originally only suppose to do commonality experiments that wasnt to really harm its subjects. The water chip thing was a shipping error though. Experiments on sound waves, plants, cryo, and diseases. sure. But, an experiment to kill its own members by vote, a cloning vault, a waring vault, and a vault full of drug addicts? uhhh. thats fucking stupid. and its because of this that people now think Vault Tec started the fucking nuclear war.

[@mrplayfulshade1038]

@@kellerweskier7214 actually it was confirmed valt tec launched the first nuke, and at this point Fallout is morr Bethesda's game then it is interplay's. So they can do what they want with Fallout despite what the first 2 might have set in place. Plus 76 takes place before EVERYTHING so who's to say none of the stuff they add didn't happen? Can't really get mad at 76 for doing its own thing when we really don't have in game confirmation of things going down the way they did. So imo 76 can do whatever they want as long as it's explained logically, which most of it has.

[@thebolas000]

@@mrplayfulshade1038 Confirmed where? The closest I could find was that the nuke in Megaton has a symbol that sorta kinda looks like the Vault-Tec logo if you squint.

[@mrplayfulshade1038]

@@thebolas000 76 has some terminals and such that highly suggest it but it was comfirmed in a script of Fallout that neither america or china launched the first nuke. Not confirmed in dialouge but in the script itself

[@HellBeast66]

It would be awesome to be a psyker in a future fallout game. Have some cool perks to go along with it.

[@mcbadrobotvoice8155]

I wish we could use phyker powers in fallout. Imagine being able to make peoples heads explode like with the mezmatron

[@Goose_BW]

Lame. Not everyone needs to be a lesbian super saiyan with a huge d*ck.

[@aymuhspunj]

Wasn't this a perk in New Vegas: Old World Blues? Where a dialogue option would often appear that can make someone's head explode but only if you have higher INT than them, if you don't then your head gets crippled instead.

[@maylabrown4584]

@@Goose_BW What?

[@jacklennox2358]

There’s a mod for this in Fallout 4, which including the head exploding attack.

[@KryselITG]

Check out the review for Underrail. SsethTzeentach reviews it and its gameplay is similar to fallout.

[@MrWizeazz]

I’d love to see a lore video on the Think Tank from Old World Blues.

[@amazingandy007yt3]

Can you do a video on Tunnelers from the divide pls? They are the biggest threat to the mojave

[@lynxfirenze4994]

Honestly I love magic in Fallout, it's just kinda there. Not really common at all and usually the result of FEV (Honestly I love FEV too, it's just the 'a wizard did it' of Fallout) but it's undeniably there. Allows for freaky moments in an otherwise "mundane" world.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

In a world where aliens and eldritch beings are true, magic isn't far iff.

[@Pinefr0st]

I'd love Psyker options for the PC in Fallout 5, which should center around the cosmic/eldritch lore from the Cabot quests just like 4 was centered around the institute lore from the Harkness quest in Fallout 3. 3 was centered around the Vault-Tec experiments hinted in Fallout 2, which was centered around U.S. Government shenanigans hinted at in Fallout 1.

[@chaosinsurgency3534]

YESSIR! Man I was so worried you didn’t post for a while. But I’m glad you did! Hope your doing well!💯🔥💪

[@lancejensen9750]

I always thought Mama Murphy's earrings looked strangling similar to Lorenzo's headpiece.

[@W0lf7133]

I love this video. I thought I knew everything about psykers in Fallout, but this had new takes on the topic that I hadn't considered. 10/10!

[@skivit]

would love for Bethesda to allow a spin off game that focused on the more supernatural aspect of Fallout, that and the Lovecraftian stuff is really worth exploring

[@Lvl22Cowboy]

I am absolutely loving your fallout content. I hope you keep it up

[@Dan-zc3ou]

i always loved the concept of psykers in fallout, i've written/read a few fallout xovers fanfics, usually with warhammers, centered around the psykers.

[@ethanleveque]

Fuk yeah love some fallout lore second I wake up .

[@Andriej69]

Damn, I've never paid this much attention to this topic aside from Master and his experiments in FO1. Keep up the good work!

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

The beastlords in Fallout Tactics are interesting too, they can control insects, including radscorpions.

[@serlistogiette4168]

I love the Master's description of his psychic attack and how it makes the player's sins bring them to their knees and weeping.

[@shovel239]

i just found this channel recently and there’s a new upload as soon as i find it? so cool

[@kyreiter7587]

In regard to Nightkin having dialogue about companions, maybe the Nightkin at Jacobstown have this ability. I’m not sure; I haven’t tried myself. Great video by the way! I’ve been loving your Lore videos

[@johnclement189]

40k fans : *I've seen this one before*

[@Jack-bv1re]

Great video synonymous! Loving these lore videos!

[@straightman2]

Man this channel is about as addictive as Med-X, I've been binging your vids for several hours now

[@ThatsThing1]

Please keep the lore videos coming. Absolute fire 🔥

[@SirLazriel]

Fallout 1 and 2, and even tactics a little bit had such amazing and in depth worlds. All the small details and interesting characters. NV and 3 really solidified the factions and their dynamic whereas 4 and 76 polished the system and combat. If only we could bring together all the developers from all the games and just have them make one perfect fallout with a modern engine and modding capabilities; it would be amazing.

[@Xyoni_htklv]

11:14 I love that voice acting.

[@hewlett-packardlovecraft2297]

Gotta say, you have a pretty good thing going on here. I didn't come around to crap on other peoples' channels- but I'd just about thrown in the towel as far as Fallout lore on yt was concerned, for whatever reason. Been diving in to your backlog since you've been recommended to me, and I really like what you've accomplished. I prefer the longer-form content myself, but that's not a knock on your shorter videos; I have an understanding of the amount of work that must go into the research, not to mention the recording/editing/uploading, etc. That, and not every talking point deserves thirty-plus minutes, either. Keep up the good work, and I can't wait to see what you have for us next. In the meantime, I've got some more of your videos to keep me entertained. Thanks for your time.

[@unrulymarine6769]

Another great video!! Keep up the good work man!

[@headshot531]

this channel is so underrate bro u make great lore content

[@Synonymous101]

Thank you 😁👍

[@elroddel4682]

Another great video, i always learn from these, love it!!

[@_OopsieDaisies]

thanks buddy still haven't played fo1 or 2 where this topic is more explored but i'm thankful for the info

[@69block11]

Finally been waiting for new ones

[@rickyboughen]

i just found your channel and man i love your lore vids thank you and keep up the awsome work please

[@Synonymous101]

Welcome aboard! 😁👍

[@EvelynnWinters2000]

Correction, the plant in Harold's head is named Herbert, he calls him Bob to annoy him

[@Syd.The.Squidd]

I love listening to your videos when I’m driving to college! Thank you

[@Synonymous101]

You're welcome 😁 good luck with your studies!

[@mrsocke3246]

Another amazing video, love your content!

[@Synonymous101]

Thanks! 😁👍

[@sparklekittydoodles]

Heck yes your videos always make my day!

[@akramgimmini8165]

A very interesting Topic in the Fallout Franchise Great Video as Always 👌

[@yaboiii6562]

Great videos mate!

[@myoptik3x103]

Fantastic stuff, as always!

[@jrxxiv2851]

bro thank you, been waiting on a video

[@LordProteus]

The Antagonizer used pheramones.

[@jonathanhathaway54]

Hey, great video! I've always loved the parkers in the series and wanted to do a bunch of builds for them and have one more addition! Jared, the raider leader at Corvega is also a psycker through Chen's and used his powers to find the last of the minutemen and mama Murphy, it's how they were able to track them and why the did it so far You can see this in his computer notes

[@Synonymous101]

Nice! Had no idea he was one 😅

[@jonathanhathaway54]

@@Synonymous101 Yeah, it was a surprise when I first learned it. Honestly I wish that Bethesda implemented small touches like this more into the fights since so many of the raiders have great stories. Plus I just want to fight a psyker and old women and children aren't really challenges XP.

[@d.n5287]

I'm surprised Bethesda didn't try to have the main villain of any of their games try and forcefully psychically ascend humanity. We've covered biological ascension with the super mutants, we have a technological ascension with the synths.

[@rabbidrick7533]

Awesome video!! I wish we could get some mole miners lore some day from Bethesda so you could cover it!!

[@TsunauticusIV]

Thank you for another video! 🙏🏼

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Wait, I thought (insane) Psykers with reality-bending psionic powers are an iconic part of _Warhammer 40K_ universe? What the heck are they doing in the _Fallout_ universe?? Admittedly, Fallout's retro-scifi Americana-themed universe also has alien Greys and Brains in Jars, and Fallout ghouls seem to be a radioactive version of Lovecraft's Ghouls from the Cthulhu Mythos (at least the non-feral ones). Fallout 4 added Cthulhu Mythos-esque ancient gods (the buried "stone statue head" down in the quarry) and Lorenzo Cabot, the quasi-immortal guy in the mansion with his weird alien-tech crown. (Let's be honest, the Lost Alien City he found under the sands of the Rub' al-Khali desert on the Arabian peninsula is a reference to Lovecraft's Lost City of Irem, the City of Pillars.) But big-eyed bald aliens, "zombies" created by radioactivity and weird ancient alien artifacts are all sufficiently generic parts of scifi/fantasy pop culture by now. _Psyker_ however is a specific term and concept from _Warhammer 40K._ Weird.

[@aldooze]

There was a building in new vegas that was super over the top with Lovecraft references. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the building though.

[@somegal3836]

Teleportation? Sole Survivor Specced into Blitz has ya covered. Along with psychic blasts whenever the game can't be arsed to path you to the enemy.

[@exterminator1776]

it would be interesting if we could become a psyker of some kind

[@bocktordaytona5656]

I always imagined psykers in fallout games "connect" in some kind of way with radio waves and static and for that reason they spoke cryptic like in doctor,s handwrite language.... i remember the fallout 3 morse radio towers and old soviet spy broadcastings from the cold war... and thats how i explained myself why them talk so weirdly.

[@flabelflabel7913]

Id love to hear you talk about the enclave, I'm fairly new to fallout and aren't sure their history law or connections to other factions. love the vid

[@donkeyboi9863]

I had already predicted that your vid would be great, but the subject matter... I didn't see that coming!

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

A comprehensive compilation! Getting all that footage from different games must've taken ages?

[@Odinfang]

Imagine if the master put more focus into psykers. If super mutants can’t breed, they certainly could and with his knowledge collected he could have easily grown and schooled them in their power to aid in his efforts.

[@StephonDodd]

Synonymous I love your videos man 💜

[@missk1697]

Would be quite neat if the next Fallout game had some way to unlock either of these abilities. Always more toys to mess with in end-game.

[@JRYYD]

Great video on Psykers. I have a suggestion of a future video the factions of Fallout NV DLCs, I have seen many videos on the main game factions but not the DLCs

[@JRYYD]

Thanks

[@JRYYD]

What do you think?

[@rolandyamel6376]

I think the interesting thing is that with Mama Murphy she says you need to find your son this would completely blow out of the water any theories that the hero of fallout 4 is a synth because she doesn't tell you that you were created in a lab.

[@tyrstark8673]

Fallout Psykers: *Need a virus to properly use their powers* Random 4m tall Turkish Psyker: "Amateurs..."

[@Archivist001]

Ave imperator?

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

I always love shooting up with Mama Murphy; she always ODs on me like a lightweight

[@thatguylego7667]

I want to see Bethesda bring back this group into the next fallout but knowing what they did with supermutants it might be the best for them to just stay in the old games.

[@robertwilliams373]

I love this channel!!

[@arintheseatsesh6242]

Love these lore videos