The trick is check the temple guard's health from time to time. Click on him and select the "binocular" option. If his status is almost dead, you should end your turn by not doing anything. After 1 or 2 rounds, he will stop and surrender.
I don't think sex appeal plays a big part in the game, unless you wish to become porn star (seriously!).
However, unarmed combat is only useful if your STR is high or your will be inflicting small amount of damage only. For starters, I would advice you to invest more points in small arms, then gradually work your way up in heavy weapons and energy weapons. As you should know, later in the game, most energy weapons outclassed small arms and heavy wepons, although the .223 pistol is still my all time favorite.
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Or you can search for "falche2"-- Fallout Charcter Editor 2. You can use it to make your character a little bit more powerful or add more points to certain skills. Although I vowed never to exploit this, I always found myself creating a uber character whenever I replay Fallout 2.
[ 04-21-2004, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ]