The last Perk List was back in 2013, so we'll need to update it with some quality-of-life Perks for your Protagonists to use. Level Perks, Quest Perks, Discovery Perks, Magazine Perks, Faction Perks, Companion Affinity Perks; that sort of thing. Try and keep up with some general flow of ideas here people.

Basic Discovery/Level Up Perks

Trail By Fire -- The intensity of fleeing from the Dragons' maze has built up your adrenaline. Movement Speed on the ground while in combat increased by +5%, Small Guns Skill increased by +15.

Firefighter (Rank 1) -- Drinking the Fire Ant Nectar has slightly mutated your internal organs granting you partial immunity towards both Incendiary attacks and very spicy foods. You now take -20% damage from Incendiary Attacks, but at the cost of +20% more damage from Cryogenic Attacks when under the effects of Fire Ant Nectar.

Lethal Light Show -- Your tinkering with lasers have allowed you to transform one beam into multiple beams. You can now craft Prisms and Beam Splitters for your Magic Energy Weapons. The effectiveness of these beams stacks with the Lapidarist Perk increasing overall damage of each beam by +30.

Lapidarist -- You are a Gemcutter first, and an Officer second. You can create your own Gemstones from Crystals at Crafting Tables. Each Rank of the Lapidarist Perk unlocks more crafting plans and only appears after collecting 3 issues of Applied Gemstones. Magazines.

Lapidarist (Rank 1) -- You now know the difference between a Ruby and a Rhinestone. You can now both craft and repair rings, bracers, necklaces, trinkets, talismans, earrings, and headwear that offer stat increases and unique abilities.

Lapidarist (Rank 2) -- You are a horseshoe in for getting that Rocktorate Degree, we haven't had one of those in over One-Hundred years. You can now craft Gemstone Sockets for all of your pre-existing equipment to place enchanted gemstones inside of to enhance their properties. All Magical Energy Weapons now deal an additional +15% Damage. You can now view the contents of Memory Orbs you or your companions have collected.

Lapidarist (Rank 3) -- You've never been to the Crystal Empire before, but somehow you've managed to surpass the very best of them. Standing close to a Xenotech Star will now open the option to upgrade your Magical Energy Weapons into Xenotech Weapons, you can now view the contents of Xenotech Crystals you have collected.

Lapidarist (Rank 4) -- Basking in the radiance of the Greater Breath has unleashed your full potential. You feel as though Andrealphus is now smiling upon you! All Magic Energy Weapons and Xenotech Weapons deal +50% Damage, and any successful shots now ignore all Damage Resistance bonuses for the first 120 seconds after you enter combat. Requires crafting your first piece of Xenotech Armor at the conclusion of "The Dayfallen Rakshar" Questline.

Gemstone Thaumaturgist -- From Adamant to Mithril, your power increases. You can now enchant Gemstones without using a crafting table, Requires discovering all six types of Gemstone Enchantment Techniques in Applied Gemstones Magazines.

Comic Book Geek (Rank 2) -- Careful, your inner nerd is showing. You now gain double the amount of skill points by reading Skill Books and double experience by collecting associated memorabilia.

Comic Book Geek (Rank 3) -- You could open a Comic Book Store with that. You can unlock two Perks per acquired Skill Book.

Fireteam Mom (Rank 1) -- Teamwork makes the Dream work! Your PipBuck workload can now manage the Perk benefits from up to 5 Companions at a time. All active Companion Perks now have a +15% efficiency. Perk automatically unlocks after reaching Affinity Rank 2 with any Five (5) Companions you have unlocked.

Fireteam Mom (Rank 2) -- Your forces and influence grows further. Your PipBuck workload can now manage the Perk benefits from up to 10 Companions at a time. All Active Companion Perks now have a +30% efficiency.

Post-War Employee Of The Month -- From Enclave Maintenance Ensign to a fully-certified Cloudshipwright, you have come a long way Goldilocks. Dad would be proud of you. You can now craft a fully functional personal Cloudship for you and your Companions to use.

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Skill Book-Based Perks.

Applied Gemstones Issues -- Bonuses to Magical Energy Weapons skill.

Gorgeous Geodes and Where to Mine Them. -- It's not just a Boulder, it's a Rock! Increases the number of Crystals and Gemstones you can discover while mining. Along with what veins have higher-quality gemstones in them.

Secrets of The Canterlot Vaults Revealed. -- Did you think her crown was just for show? You learned what sort of Enchantments can be applied to certain metals and colored Gemstones. You can now craft Armor and Power Armor with Gemstones.

Diamond Tiara Tells All. -- Paid for by Barnyard Bargains. You learned what sort of Crystals can better yield Gemstones and what decorations made with them can provide boosts to Speech, Charisma, Luck, and Barter. Learn how to carve with Ore and Glass. Grants the ability to purchase Gemstones from traders. Stacks with similar Perks.

Ancient Zebra Secrets. -- A Delivery Address written on it says "For Zecora". You've learned what sort of Crystals can better yield Gemstones and what decorations made with them can provide boosts to Agility, Strength, Sneak, and Stamina. Learn how to carve with Bone and Ivory. You automatically learned Zebra-Level Gemstone enchantments. Stacks with similar Perks.

Ministry Mare Mogul. How Rarity Made it Big. -- I can make your ensemble fabulous. You learned how to sew Gemstones into Outfits and Uniforms. You automatically learned Unicorn-level Gemstone enchantments.

Legends and Myths of The Crystal Empire. -- The Snow contains many Secrets. Grants a permanent +2 Luck and the chance to find Xenotech fragments while mining. You automatically learned Earth Pony-Level Gemstone enchantments.

Touring Scenic Splendid Valley National Park. -- Brought to you by the Ministry of Arcane Science. You are now able to pacify and open Dialogue options with Hellhounds. Learn how to carve with Stone and Wood. You automatically learned Diamond Dog-Level Gemstone enchantments.

The Abridged Escapades of Daring Do. by A.K. Yearling -- "Warning: Doesn't Contain Snakes." Learn how to perform rituals in order to enchant Crystals and Gemstones. You automatically learned Pegasus-Level Gemstone enchantments.

Diamonds are a Dragon's Best Friend. -- Only Fools' deal with Dragons in fake gems. You are able open more dialogue options and deal +15% damage using Magic Energy Weapons to Dragons. You automatically learned Dragon-Level Gemstone enchantments. You can now craft Incendiary components for your Magical Energy Weapons. Stacks with similar Perks.

Technology and You -- Bonus to Engineering and Repair Skills.

Apple Blooms' 900 Ways to Improve Your Kitchen. From Refrigerators to Toasters! -- Dishwashers Not Included. You can now craft both Incendiary and Cryogenic components for your Magic Energy Weapons and Armor, stacks with similar Perks.

The Soldiers of Tomorrow, Today! An Interview with Lt. Colonel "Firecracker" Berrytwist. -- "Time to show them all what you can do!" You already knew how to use Power Armor from your time in the Enclave, and now you know how to modify it in the field and on the fly. Learn how to create your own Power Armor pieces.

Computers. What Are They? -- Will they take your jobs? Hacking and Magic Energy Weapons Skills increased by +15. Learned how to build personal Terminals, you no longer run the risk of getting permanently locked out when failing to hack a terminal (as it should always be).

How to Improve Your Life Through Circuitry -- Tesla, the new craze! Learn how to both create and repair Spark Batteries, Microfusion Cells, Power Cells, and Tesla Storm Conduits. Hacking and Repair Skill increased by +10.

Supernaturals Issues -- Bonuses to Medicine and First Aid skills.

A Primer to Poisons -- Learn to craft antidotes, decreases all Damage-over-Time effects of poisons by 30 seconds.

Cultivating your Cultivars -- Learn how to safely gather dangerous plants for personal uses.

The Unofficial Guide to Outlawed Alchemy Techniques -- Learn how to perform Zebra Alchemy.

The Power Ponies -- Bonuses to Random Stats.

#59 Maligned Malevolence of the Masked Matter-Horn! -- Create Stasis and Cryogenic components for your Magic Energy Weapons, stacks with similar Perks.

#134 Pharaoh Phetlock and the Alfalfis Counterfeit Conspiracy. -- Increases the number of Bottle Caps and Apexis fragments you can discover in containers, stacks with similar Perks.

#128 Rise of The Tinkerer. -- Hacking and Repair Skill increased by +15. You are now capable of salvaging uncommon or rare components from Robots and Machines, stacks with similar perks.

#201 Zapp and Radiance Meets The Bird-Brainer -- Automatically Gain +30 to Shadow Resistance, you can now create Light-barrier Components for your Armor and Magical Energy Weapons, stacks with similar Perks.

#312 Humdrum and Fili-Second vs. The Rampaging Robotron -- +5% damage to Robots, 20% chance to cripple the legs of a Robot on a successful critical hit.

True Police Tales Issues -- Bonuses to Small Guns.

The Mean Streets of Manehattan, an interview with Captain Berrytwist -- You gain +15 to Small Guns, and are able to craft Scopes and Silencers for them.

Equestrian Army Today Issues -- Bonuses to Big Guns.

Lock n' Load, Kitting Out Your Bunker With Only The Best. -- Learn how to construct and hack Laser Turrets.

A Guard and his Best Friend, Real Life Stories From Service Dog Owners. -- Your Canine companions deal +15% damage with any weapon.

Cobblestone Homes Issues -- Home Improvement Issues for creating the ideal homes and how to decorate your Home, Sky Wagon, or personal Cloudship.

Farmland Formals -- The interesting sights of both Orchard and Wine country living. Learn how to build a functional farm. Stacks with similar Perks.

Touring the Cloudsdayle Weather Factory -- Cloudwalking Spell included in this edition for non-Pegasi. Learn how to create the Cloudwalking components for your equipment. Stacks with similar Perks.

Lakehouses and Lodges, the Rugged Comforts of Mountain Living. -- There are 50 known tricks for how to catch a Fish. Learn how to build Aquariums, Boats, and Airship Frames. Stacks with similar Perks.

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Companion Perks.

Blitz Schúss (Rank 1) -- Your laser beams crackle like lightning! You now deal +15% Tesla Damage when using Magic Laser Weapons when Warrant Officer Thunderclap is in your party. Zebras and Mercenaries will have a harder time detecting you.

Blitz Schúss (Rank 2) -- You're a lightweight if you can't do barrel rolls through a raging thunderstorm. You have the option of upgrading pre-existing Uniforms and Armor in your inventory with Tesla Storm Conduits and no longer take Tesla Damage when Warrant Officer Thunderclap is in your party.

Pass the Ammunition (Rank 1) -- And swing into position. You now take -15% Ballistic Damage and have +50% more carry weight when Staff Sergeant Sugar Maple is in your party. Mercenaries and Ghouls will have a harder time detecting you.

Pass the Ammunition (Rank 2) -- And we'll all stay free! Your movement speed has gradually increased, your limbs are now harder to cripple while Staff Sergeant Sugar Maple is in your party.

Outback Medic (Rank 1) -- Prevention isn't always the best medicine. Your Potions and other Healing Items are +15% more effective and you run less risk of addiction to drugs while Medic Corporal Summer Breeze is in your party. Ghouls and Wildlife will have a harder time detecting you.

Outback Medic (Rank 2) -- Your darkest moments have passed now, back to the front Ensign! You can use Medic Corporal Summer Breeze to create medicinal compounds and healing items without a workbench or table. You regain +15% Healing regen when out of combat while Medic Corporal Summer Breeze is in your party.

Mess Hall Macaroni (Rank 1) -- The Five-Second Rule is a myth. Your Food and Drink Items contain less Radiation and you run less risk of addiction to alcohol while Corporal Huckleberry is in your party. Wildlife and Dragons will have a harder time detecting you.

Mess Hall Macaroni (Rank 2) -- He's the best damn cook you have! You can use Corporal Huckleberry to create Rations and MREs using edibles plants and other matter. Your beneficial item stats can last +30% longer when used.

Skipper (Rank 1) -- He's the best little friend you have in all of Tall Tale. Your PipBuck is able to detect enemies hidden by Stealth or Camouflages while Little Captain is in your party. Wildlife and Raiders will have a harder time detecting you.

Skipper (Rank 2) -- Whose a good boy? With Little Captain in your party, you are able to find more goodies inside of containers or on the bodies of enemies.

Doppler Maker (Rank 1) -- Creating Radiation is easy, so curing it should also be easy. All your weapons deal +15% to Radiation Damage, diminishing enemy health regeneration items or effects. You take less Radiation and Poison Damage, and no longer take Radiation while swimming in water while Rainmayker is in your party. Raiders and Ghouls will have a harder time detecting you.

Doppler Maker (Rank 2) -- Curing Radiation one block at a time. The experiences you've shared together have strengthened Rainmaykers' resolve. You can now remove Radiation and Poison Damage by standing in both the rain or moving bodies of water.

My Bloody Valentine (Rank 1) -- Understanding the path of The Valentine Family is only half the work. You regain +30 more HP by drinking Blood Packs when Baron Valentine is in your party. Raiders and Mercenaries will have a harder time detecting you.

My Bloody Valentine (Rank 2) -- Spending time with Valentine has rubbed off on you. All attacks deal +200 damage to Raiders when Baron Valentine is in your party and restores +25% of your missing health on a successful kill. You are now capable of locating disguised Raiders when using S.A.T.S. during Nighttime hours.

Rainbow Philosphy (Rank 1) -- The Light is to be shared with the world around us. Beams from Magical Energy Weapons have a wider spread to them, each shot dealing an additional 6.1 base damage on top of the original weapon damage when Anhar Novice Aurora is in your party. Your Energy Cells also last twice as long. Enclave and Raiders will have a harder time detecting you.

Rainbow Philosophy (Rank 2) -- Please do not doubt the kindness of the Sunlight because she is hidden, for her power is infinite and just. Your travels with Anhar Novice Aurora have allowed you to steadily heal yourself and recharge any depleted Energy Cells that are in your inventory to full charge while moving around during the Day.

Kaleidoscope Eyes (Rank 1) -- You want results, you have come to the right pony. You are able to safely modify and repair without a toolkit or workbench while Adamant Artisan is in your party. Mercenaries and Alicorns will have a harder time detecting you.

Kaleidoscope Eyes (Rank 2) -- The vibrations in the Earth can be used. Your PipBucks sensors have been enhanced by Adamant Artisan and can now pick up the locations of Mining Veins and Nodes so long as she remains by your side. S.A.T.S. can now highlight individuals and creatures who possess Xenotech fragments on them.

Blackrock n' Roll (Rank 1) -- What sort o' tool fer the job do ya' require? You have +5 to Strength and Stamina, +10 to Lockpicking, and take less Cryo Damage when Smith Ashhand is in your Party. Dragons and Mercenaries will have a harder time detecting you.

Blackrock n' Roll (Rank 2) -- Brains n' Brawn ave' ne'er been togeth'r like me before. All of your Weapons deal +15% Incendiary Damage while Smith Ashhand is in your party. You can use Smith Ashhand to craft Melee Weapons, Medium Armor and Heavy Armor when he is in your party.

Playin' With Fireballs (Rank 1) -- Do you require my sword? You have +5 to Agility and Intellect, +10 to Explosives, and take less damage from Explosive and Incendiary Effects when Cryomagus Prominence is in your party. Dragons and Raiders will have a harder time detecting you.

Playin' With Fireballs (Rank 2) -- A fire so cold, it burns as ice. All of your Weapons deal +15% Cryo Damage while Cryomagus Prominence is in your party. You can use Cryomagus Prominence to craft Food and Enchantment Scrolls.

Currently building my own PnP and you have no idea how helpful this is. Thank you.

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You have any Perks you are willing to share with the circle?

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I'm willing to share all of the perks I have so far (even traits, if you want) but please keep in mind that I've built this system almost from the ground up, so some things may not make a lot of sense without context or may even clash with the rest of what you have here (in reference to the whole "Try and keep up with some general flow of ideas.")

Hell, I might as well just post the entire book so far but I'd do so in my own thread as to not steal the spotlight.

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This thread is solely dedicated towards sharing creative Perk Ideas, I was just providing a handful of what I had cooked up for my own upcoming story. Even without the context of what it is about, one could easily tell what the main character involved in my created Perk List is before arriving in the Wasteland with the few tidbits and hints alluded to in the Perk dialogue.

The general anatomy for a Perk should include the following:

"Perk Name" (Rank # if it can be upgraded) -- Serious/Humorous Quotation from or hinting the Perk. Statistics of what the Perk entails. Possible Unlock Requirements for the Perk.

The story I'm at work on even offers some mild explanation to why certain Magazines would offer up unique certain Perks to it.

One of the specific Magazines the Protagonist finds is a Power Ponies Comic Book (#312 Humdrum and Fili-Second vs. The Rampaging Robotron!) that has two pages dedicated to a cut-away diagram of an in-universe Sentinel Robot (The FO:E-equivalent of a Fallout-Series Sentry Bot) that the comic book villain is talking about, and shows exactly how the superhero goes about defeating it in the issue. The Protagonist reading the magazine theorized the possibility that the Comic Book Industry was being used as an underground information rail by Zebras and Sympathizers to safely leak information to them on how to beat Equestria. The protagonist takes the comic for herself and uses it to her advantage: gaining a Perk that would allow her to easily damage Robots easier by shooting them in the legs to cripple them; exploiting the same weakness discovered by Fili-Second in the comic book.

Trail By Fire

Don't you mean "[Trial] By Fire"?

I don't use perk lists. In the one story where I did this stuff, the perks were just an added joke at the end of the chapter.

Note that the main character in my story is a ghoul, so some (okay, a lot) of the perks specifically refer to that.

• New perk: Boring Guy: Somehow, you just don't seem to meet any of those dangers the Wastelands are so famous for. You have a -15% chance on random encounters. Less stuff out to kill you obviously also means less corpses to loot, though.
• New Perk: Foal at Heart: Wait, you don't scare the crap out of little children? How the hell did that happen?
• New Perk: Wasteland Detective (level 2): Long-forgotten mysteries don't stay forgotten much longer when you are around. Of course, simply remembering things might be considered cheating.
• New Perk: Tempered By Fire: You are now more resistant to fire damage. And thank Celestia for that; radiation or no radiation, ghoul skin isn't exactly known for its regenerative ability.
• New Perk: Respect my Authoritah: Your old-world rank and reputation seem universally accepted despite being two centuries old.

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No, I literally mean "Trail by Fire": the main character is trapped in a crash site with a psychopathic commanding officer and a group of Dragons all trying to kill her. The whole area filled with debris and hazards its like a maze she has to go through in order to escape and survive.

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Huh, okay. I'm just not sure if it woks as pun if that isn't clear. Perks written for specific story situations often don't make much sense outside that.

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it's not written just for a story situation, it's because of the story situation and has beneficial attributes to it that would be needed for it such as the aforementioned "Movement Speed on the ground while in combat increased by +5%". Because our Protagonist in this story is a Pegasus she would be naturally-adept at aerial combat, but down here beneath the clouds and facing off against several Dragons at the same time that all are out for Pegasus Blood, she is now forced to flee and hide from her attackers on the ground instead of heading into the air where she would be a highly-visible moving target, a plot point that would serve to reflect the nature of how complacent most of the Grand Pegasus Enclave has become in being dependent on their technology to solve everything that they would have problems with their Pro-Isolationism stance. Just what would happen if that technological advantage is removed from the equation, remove their Power Armor and their "Dragon-Killer" Raptor-Class Cloudships and what are the Pegasi left with on their own to fight against the Dragons with on their own? Nothing.

Because knowing it would invariably attract the attention of the Dragons that are hounding them. The Protagonist and her Pegasus allies would have to grapple with their Pegasus instincts to resist flying above the skyline and resort to fighting in an Urban Environment and in hiding from their enemies without heading into the skies so often in the first half of the story, a realistic and constant usage required of the Trail by Fire Perk I had created.

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I mean perks in the Fallout games are a fixed list. Your perk, like most of mine, only occur as a direct result of things that happened in the story

This also means they're not very useful to share in a public "perks list", since those situations are probably never going to happen to anyone else in their own stories.

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Nobody is going to wind up getting the same Perks in each gameplay. and that's not taking into account the events of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas having Perks that would have had very little leeway to have been added into the list of obtainable Perks originally envisioned by Vault-Tec. I mean, Did Vault-Tec actually plan for their Vault Dwellers somehow managing to: get abducted by Aliens, turning themselves Vampires, or having their brain removed and replaced with mechanical parts all in Vault Experiments that shouldn't even be physically possible?

This also means they're not useful to share in a "perks list" since those situations are probably never going to happen to anyone else in their own stories.

That might be, but then again that hasn't stopped the Fanfic writers from getting creative with what sort of Perks could be possible for their characters to get. Blackjack got a Radiation-Based Perk that causes her eyes to glow-in-the-dark, Puppy Smiles got a Perk that allowed her to start leveling up, a Cyborg had to spend several chapters to analyze a Perk they just got. If anything, the Perk System in the FO:E stories is indeed based around the actions, interactions, and experiences of the Protagonists. I just wanted to share some examples for aspiring writers on what style the Perk System operates under with others offering up their own in-turn.

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That might be, but then again that hasn't stopped the Fanfic writers from getting creative with what sort of Perks could be possible for their characters to get.

Oh? I thought the whole purpose of this topic was to offer a shortcut for all that and just dump a bunch of perks for authors to use...

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Nah, just examples and writing tips and tricks to getting out what sorts of Perks you can throw in for your aspiring Fallout piece. And a way for others to share what they've learnt in making Perks.