Im going to have to disagree with the above poster on a few points. Please for the love of god, don't get too silly on the weapons. OWB is a perfect example on how to make weapons like that work, they're kind of crazy but they still fit in the fallout universe. I also disagree about the part on characters, you don't have to make these kinds of characters and I hope you don't. Never make a character that just cracks jokes the entire time, it ruin's the atmosphere sometimes. And you don't always have to have a character with a tragic backstory, its been done way to many times really. My suggestion for character's is that you shouldn't follow any kind of character stereotype, sure you can have a character who tells jokes but he can't just be there for comic relief. But then again you can't just have a super serious character, either way im sure you guys will find a good balance between the two.