Poll: Would you become a Ghoul (fallout)

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I think I would miss having a nose though, sneezing must be messy.

Missing a nose would probably cut down drastically on the need to sneeze

But yes, ghoulification all the way. I imagine it must be a huge strain emotionally as well though when you look in the mirror and see yourself degrading in such a way but its just one more horror in the wasteland!

Yeah plus there's the fact that everyone looks like crap in the wastelands anyway there's a distinct lack of hygiene products. xD

 

[Deadyawn]

That's not exactly how ghouls work. If you want the full stroy check nukapedia but in brief: Ghouls (according to Fallout 1 canon) are made by large exposure to radiation. There is an uknown genetic element that determines whether high doses of radiation will simply kill you or turn you into a ghoul. No one knows any way to figure out if you will become one or not.

There are two ghouls that I can think of that I KNOW work differently. Harlold, who it's implied was turned into whatever he is by FEV when he visited the maripova millitary base and Moira Brown who was 50 feet away from a nuke when it went off.

Fuck you Bethesda. I don't resent you for trying to keep Moira alive this way (better than plot armour) but she should have been so many specks of radioactive ash after that. Come on.

 

[Random Fella]

Become a Ghoul.
At least that way I can change my mind later on, if you know what I mean.

 

[Vault101]

Fuck you Bethesda. I don't resent you for trying to keep Moira alive this way (better than plot armour) but she should have been so many specks of radioactive ash after that. Come on.

eh...its fallout, I think scientific acurcy goes out the window more or less

anyway Its Moira she probably survived due to posative thinking

 

[PatrickXD]

Ghoulification is worth a shot. If it really is just the worst possible thing, i would still have plenty of time to off myself before I go feral.

 

[loc978]

As opposed to death? Yeah, ghoulification is a preferable option... but the decision isn't really yours to make at that point. Even in the Fallout universe, most people just die when that happens to 'em. Ghoulification requires a pretty good sized shot of FEV and a healthy dose of luck.

 

[Nuclear_Suspect]

Ghoul me up... hope i can have Herbert sticking out of my head, just kidding.. HIS NAME IS BOB!

Spoiler

 

[tthor]

I wonder, can ghouls even have sex? or might their skin peal off or somethi- OH GOD, THE MENTAL IMAGE! ITS STUCK IN MY HEAD! OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, ITS BURNED INTO MY MIND! OH DEAR LORD *grabs the pistol and shoots self*

 

[Jimbo Slice]

Yes. Imagine all the irradiated places full of goodies just waiting to get plucked.. I can hear the caps already! Then, there's my super mutant homies... talk about some sweet body guards!

(I'll do all the thinking...)
(...and talking...)
(...maybe we'll skip the guards.)

Anyways, digging bullets out of my flesh wouldn't be a high priority anymore. And if shit really hits the fan I can just roll around in some glowing puddle.

Oh my, then there's all the augmentations available... perhaps a ripper for my left hand. Or sentry bot legs. (the ones with wheels.) Or maybe the good ole terminator set up. (because red eye are win.)

 

[GoldenFish]

But...weren't the Ghouls mostly caused by the radiation and heat that came off of the bombs that were dropped in those areas. Radiation alone wouldn't turn you into a conventional ghoul now would it? You'd just be a guy with a shit ton of tumors.

Well, there are some people in the games that are implyied to have become Ghouls AFTER the bombs fell, but it is rare. The amount of radiation we are talking about to turn you into a walking corpse yet somehow keep you alive is INSANELY high, to the point few areas would exist in the wasteland, especially since it has been 200 years since the bombs fell and much of the radiation has disapated.. But even then, there is no way to tell weather you will become a ghoul or just drop dead from the radiation. There is actually a character you find dead in NV that had in her jornal that she was trying to become a ghoul.

I just said that you KNOW you are just for the point of the question.

I'm pretty sure in FO3 there was some weird "church" (not the one in nuketown) they would steal the water going to nuketown and radiate it. They had a special bathtub with a mechanism that would radiate you really fast. They had a bunch of feral ghouls they had created standing around in their church too.

 

[Fasckira]

Yeah plus there's the fact that everyone looks like crap in the wastelands anyway there's a distinct lack of hygiene products. xD

I know right? I mean would it kill some of these guys to have at least a wash once in a while?

 

[Micromyni]

Sure, why not? Wait...I can't help but pick scabs, so with basically every available surface scabby and flaking skin, I'm gonna end up constantly picking at myself. I'll get back to this question when I finally break myself of the habit.

 

[Erttheking]

Well, I supposed living forever will be nice, but my skin peeling off and my wee wee not working so well would be rather unpleasent. I supposed I could stick it out for a century and then if I'm tired of it just kill myself.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

There is nothing in the lore about all ghouls going feral. That was only the word of one man who can't back up his claims. They do however suffer from the normal old age brain issues such as alzheimer's.

 

[Agow95]

I don't want to die, and I don't care about being even uglier XD

 

[370999]

No of course not. And all you ghoul sympathisiers should be crucified. Hail Caesar.

Dunno, probably not but seeing how atronomically unlikely it is to become a ghoul as composed to just dieing, I think I might shoot myself to avoid a slow death due to radiation. I still don't understand how the whole ghoulification process works and I think I really wouldn't know in universe.

 

[Eldrig]

so suicide or goulification?

I guess I could stick it out as a living corpse for a while...and if that gets too much just go feral and go nuts! probably wont even feel the pain

All ghouls eventually turn feral. Makes life simpler

huh..really?

thats kind of sad....like (what is it?) alzeimers or Dimentia..where you slowly feel your mind degrading

They said it in Fallout 3, something about the radiation causing the ghoulification slowly eating away the brain.

And I think you're thinking of Alzheimer's, which is a form of dementia

huh I figured going feral came from just "going crazy" and being unable to deal with being a ghoul...I mean its no surprise being a corpse you mind might get affected

EDIT: well whatever it is Its sad, I watch a documetry where normal smart people (like this guy being an ex barrister) have to deal with their mind "going" they know its going and theres nothing they can do..its even ahrder on the loved ones

Good news on the Alzheimer's front, a drug that is used to treat cancer is showing fantastic promise as a cure for Alzheimers. So far they have only tested it in rats, but it is having a very high success rate. That is, it is reversing Alzheimers nearly completely.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120209144005.htm

Correct me if i'm wrong (this is just me being alarmist), but isn't this the precursor to Planet of the Apes? DESTROY THE CURE NOW!!

 

[A Satanic Panda]

I'd do it......

Then inject myself with deathclaw DNA and get enhanced genetic implants. BOOM. WINNING.

soon, grandma Palmer, very soon, i will get my back sweetroll.....and REVENGE

Healed by irradiated water, long ass life span, awesome deep voice, and little need to maintain my body with food, sanitation and other things? Where do I sign up?

 

[Bvenged]

Actually, I'd like to change my answer. I wouldn't mind being a ghoul. Besides, it's not like I couldn't choose to top myself any time in the next 1000 years I live.

 

[wintercoat]

so suicide or goulification?

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I mentioned spawn bevause the guy has a face like a goul, so first thing that came to mind

and I figured cybernectics because I think aparently gouls are auposed to be kind of "corpsey" as in not that that agile or srong..which some peopel forget (I mean you even have goul rangers in NV though)

Ahem, Raul Tejada. That is all.

I choose ghoul. Like some have already said, I can always choose death if need be. Can always go out the fun way by taking out a bunch of raiders with me.