Fallout: New Vegas - Max Speech Final Boss (Lanius)

Defeating Legate Lanius with 100 Speech skill. Great voice acting.
Music from ending slideshow.

[rumpustime]

"My point is Legate, there are settlements in the East that need your help."

[FriendWithAnOffSwitch]

'The greatest victory is that which requires no battle' - Sun Tzu

[ilikepiers]

Very cool detail I haven’t seen anyone mention, Lanius calls himself “the East” but later in this conversation he calls you “Man of the West” showing that at this point he sees you as an equal and a parallel to him.

[onlyicedgarrett]

Just wanna note, at 3:30, if you pick the "you'll retreat?" option, the negotiation fails and Lanius attacks you. Lanius is too prideful to admit that withdrawing from the Dam is a retreat. I really like that, dialogue that is solved by picking the right things to say instead of having a big enough number.

[kolbo]

"You speak in circles- what of the East? I am the East, and I will prove it this day."

That is too badass for me to handle.

[Omnisprime]

Imagine being Lanius, getting that far, commanding all those forces, just to realize that it was all a stupid idea anyway, and everyone was better just staying at home.

[bigj]

This dude has:
A Strength of 9
A Perception of 8
A Endurance of 8
A Charisma of 7
A Intelligence of 6
A Agility of 7
A Luck of 7
920 Hit Points
100% Poison Resistance
100% Radiation Resistance
85% Fire Resistance
A Damage Threshold of 19
100 in Melee Weapons
And a 100 in Unarmed

This guy is literally a super solider, better than your average man in literally every aspect.


Edit: He is also 80% faster than the player character, allowing him to catch you even with both legs crippled.

He has one of the highest fatigue points in the game, making it almost impossible to stun/knock him out.

He is nearly impossible to disarm.

He has a 15% chance of knocking down the player with each hit.

And he is 6’11, making him the tallest human non-player character in New Vegas.

[noodlepoodleoddle]

Incredible. I imagine those who reached this point and saw the "Speech 65...Speech 75..." options genuinely felt a rush of excitement in discovering for themselves that there is an alternative to the final boss fight. What a great way to design the ending.

[TheVampireFishQueen]

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting - Sun Tzu

[exocakes]

"I AM the East."
-NOT yet.
"It's war of attrition, then."

[sigmaritearchlector]

Meanwhile in the frontier:
[Speech 80] Baby if I could rearrange the alphabet I would put U and I together

[TheEldritchGoth]

The fact that the final boss of New Vegas can literally be a thoughtful debate makes it the best D&D campaign ever

[kane]

Legate Lanius, legendary for his ability to sense any weakness of an army failed to sense the weakness of his army. In fact, his weakness is the complete same as the weakness of the NCR: being spread too thin.

[tukxu]

Deathclaw Matriarch:
Courier: [SPEECH 100] nah
Deathclaw Matriarch: k

[tychoazrephet]

2:50 I love Lanius’ reaction to that line. “Your weakness? You seek to thwart me by claiming the Legion is too strong for you?” like he sounds genuinely confused. The conversation up to that point was point and counterpoint, but the Courier throws that curveball and catches Lanius off guard, he never expected you to make such a claim. Little touches like that help make this a masterwork of dialogue exchange.

[jakedge]

Lanius is the luckiest character in all of fallout history because he got to survive an encounter with the courier with little more than a calm discussion about logistics and the wisdom of not overtaxing your military.

[JaigEyes]

Killing him is better because you get a unique melee weapon for a whole 5 seconds before the game ends...

[Bartooc]

Fallout 4 dialogue.
And who are you to come before me... you bear the insignia of Bear, yet you do not wear it as a soldier of the West wears it.
1. Yes I am -> leads to a fight
2. No I am not (lie) -> leads to a fight
3. *some sarcastic comment* -> leads to a fight

[brucechamberlin]

"Violence gave you that strength,  awakened you - I can see it upon your face, where two bullets left their mark." ~Legate Lanius~

Did Lanius just speech check 100 me?

[DapperDill]

Lanius views the Courier as a greater foe than the whole of the NCR. That is insane