So I was doing the quest bleed me dry, where you have to get eggs from certain creatures, and I had to obtain deathclaw eggs. I determined that the quarry junction would be the best place to go. Seeing as the place was full of deathclaws, I decided to keep my distance and utilize the anti-material rifle. after taking out the first few near the entrance, I moved in and looked around. Suddenly, this large, dark gray deathclaw comes into view, and I line up the shot and take him out, having learned that it was an alpha male from the messages. I moved in farther, and then I saw it; a mother deathclaw leading a line of baby deathclaws, following her like ducklings. and then I realized that the alpha male I had just killed was probably their father. And then I felt horrible.

I felt this way because, in Fallout 3, I had a mod for a deathclaw companion, who was a 11-foot tall, neon green deathclaw named Mr. Cuddles. This led me to mod the animal friend perk to include deathclaws as well. Thus, I began to think of deathclaws as friends and allies.

Long story short, I ended up loading an old save, losing about 3 hours of gameplay, and then using up my stock pile of stealthboys just to complete that section of the quest without having to kill a deathclaw in the quarry.

Its not like I have a problem with killing a deathclaw, for me its just the fact that its a family of deathclaws.

Together forever in Deathclaw hell.

I saw the duckling 'Claws following their mother, I felt remorse too, because Mercy blew everybody into little giblets.

Family or not, they re dead meat on my sight :flamethrower: :flamethrower: :flamethrower:

I felt kinda bad too at first. But then I decided that those little baby death claws would rip me apart faster then the bullet shot into the skull of the courier if i didnt kill them, their parents, their cousins, their uncles, and every other deathclaw they ever knew...

Remember kids, despite what you think, Deathclaws are NOT your friends. If they have a family, you should kill the mother, father and then put those kids out of their not misery. Why not misery you say? Because even the cute and cuddly looking kids will kill you, eat you, regurgitate you because that's what young uns do, and then eat you again. It's not pleasant, and you should keep your distance when blowing their brains out.

I don't give a damn if they have children or not, if they've eaten of humans then I will slaughter them all.
After seeing the Goodsprings Cave I smirk with glee as I stomp on coyote pups' heads.
So I don't see why it should be a problem to kill a family of deathclaws.
Hell, it's just good, it means that you've screwed over their breeding ground and that this clan is now gone.

I recall the family of Deathclaws. Ahh, good times...seeing that message about the Deathclaw mother going berserk every time I blew one of the "Deathclawlets" into tiny chunks. Then took out the parents, and now one more part of the Mojave is cleared of the filthy Abominations and safe for humanity again. :thumbsup:

The minigun with the nice red paint job and a backpack full of AP ammo took out that line of deathlings quite nicely. Any species can take me out in 3 hits needs to be culled for the betterment of the wastes.