About Dean Domino...any way to save him ?

[Akasaki]

I thinks I play nice to my companion in this dlc and i can help DOG+GOD and Christine but for Dean, He always end up to be shot in the chest....I know he's a d-ck but I want to try to save him.

Any idea, wastelander ?

[Curious Incubus]

Dean has a very sensitive ego. Saying anything negative towards him, or passing barter checks with him will cause him to turn against you once you reach the theatre.

[Akasaki]

Thanks. I need to play the whole dlc again because I cannot remember about Barter speech so maybe i was wrong selected...what a pain

[Dustin81]

The barter check is right where you meet him for the first time.

[red255]

Yeah if you are playing nice you shouldn't be a ♥♥♥♥ and threaten him

.... which if you do he'll try to kill you eventually.

I'm sorry you don't remember it. HE certainly does.

[Ad Victoriam]

Originally posted by red255:

Yeah if you are playing nice you shouldn't be a ♥♥♥♥ and threaten him

.... which if you do he'll try to kill you eventually.

I'm sorry you don't remember it. HE certainly does.

Are you talking about dean or ulysses?

[Vassago Rain]

You must not:

1) attempt any barter checks with him. If you do, pass or fail, he'll betray you later. During the first meeting, you can attempt one, and this is where most people seal their fate.
2) talk down to him. Easy to avoid, because most of your conversation options are fairly neutral comments, or simply questions about the olden days.
3) boss him around too much.

The best approach is to pretend he's your partner in crime. Don't tell the crazy ghoul who's had a vendetta for the past 200 years things that will bruise his ego.

Ironically, he ends up being the most sympathetic and belieavable character in dead money. This is really strange, because he's more of a monster than the DLC's actual badguy. You're supposed to hate him, and it should be difficult to resist killing him, but that's not typically what most people end up thinking about him.

Most of it can be attributed to the voice actor. Barry Dennen is pretty great, but he's not very good at this whole badguy thing. Dean comes off as sounding and behaving far nicer than he should, and even though he's telling you that he masterminded this whole thing, and was the guy who put 'that bald woman' into the auto-doc to make her voice sound like Vera's, it all sounds more like he's telling another grand story of the olden day than giving a confession about what a terrible man he is, was, and always has been.

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

I agree that Dean is the most interesting character in Dead Money. He's a guy with an ego so large and so fragile that he concocted an elaborate scheme to rob Sinclair blind and shame him simply because of Domino's perception that Sinclair thought he was above the entertainer. And he was so bitter about it that he hung around for 200 years just to make sure he got the job done.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by The Adversary, Satan incarnate:

or passing barter checks with him

It's less the Barter checks and more the antagonizing remarks that usually come from them. I remember testing it one time and as long as the check doesn't sound like you thinking you're better than he is, it's fine. :P

[Akasaki]

Thank you for the help Wastelanders !

I just check and realized that I barter with him in the first time because it doesn't sound bad to me...well, just skip it this time. And did not use [Black Widow] to tell him to stay at electric cord....dont know it effect or not but just use [Repair speech] instead.

I just encountered him again and he pretty excite to see me (with friendly mood) But I just saved the game before I pick up the key in front of the stage. He's safe now right ?

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

If he seems friendly when you first talk to him there, he'll stay alive, thankfully. There's always a consistent tone during that part for all three companions.

[Akasaki]

Originally posted by Dosbilliam, AKA Cranky Kong:

If he seems friendly when you first talk to him there, he'll stay alive, thankfully. There's always a consistent tone during that part for all three companions.

Okay. Now I gonna explore his conversation one by one.

Thanks again Highroller !

[Akasaki]

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

You must not:

1) attempt any barter checks with him. If you do, pass or fail, he'll betray you later. During the first meeting, you can attempt one, and this is where most people seal their fate.
2) talk down to him. Easy to avoid, because most of your conversation options are fairly neutral comments, or simply questions about the olden days.
3) boss him around too much.

The best approach is to pretend he's your partner in crime. Don't tell the crazy ghoul who's had a vendetta for the past 200 years things that will bruise his ego.

Ironically, he ends up being the most sympathetic and belieavable character in dead money. This is really strange, because he's more of a monster than the DLC's actual badguy. You're supposed to hate him, and it should be difficult to resist killing him, but that's not typically what most people end up thinking about him.

Most of it can be attributed to the voice actor. Barry Dennen is pretty great, but he's not very good at this whole badguy thing. Dean comes off as sounding and behaving far nicer than he should, and even though he's telling you that he masterminded this whole thing, and was the guy who put 'that bald woman' into the auto-doc to make her voice sound like Vera's, it all sounds more like he's telling another grand story of the olden day than giving a confession about what a terrible man he is, was, and always has been.

Absolutely agree.

He should be the bad guy but I thinks creator did very well to give him a small chances to save him from his Karma Result (Get killed). At least, to Letting Go and Begin Again for real.

Also I found DOG/GOD is interesting in term of Pure Philosophy, relationship between God (Reasonable mind) and DOG (Enslaved Greedy mind). These 2 personality are very deep for me. His dialogue reminds me many things about the human nature.

[The Trippy Pyro (MPH! MPH! MPH!)]

at the start you HAVE to accept his offer outright, do not bring up any mention of him being tethered to you (yes the collars), do NOT insult him in any way, do not BARTER with him, do not THREATEN him, and make sure when it is his part for the gala event, you turn ON the holograms for him.
do all this, and when you are told to kill him in the casino he will be a LOT friendlier.

[red255]

yeah I normally take the [skill] choices I'll succeed at without thinking about it.

but the [barter] one when you meet him means he'll hate you in the end. don't use it.

the rest is obvious.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

He has always betrayed me. It's part of the game.