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What do you think we do? We make caps. Run the casinos, keep the chems and booze flowin', and find ways for the lovely people of Atlantic City to, uh... Indulge in their vices. On top of all of that, we help the showboys keep the streets safe. Only thing we don't do is sing showtunes and keep the lights on. That's for the Munis and showboys to figure out.

Sal 'Sticky Fingers', full name Salvatore, is a petty, cowardly gangster[1] in the Lombardi Family of Atlantic City in Fallout 76, introduced in the Expeditions: Atlantic City update part one, Boardwalk Paradise.

Background[]

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A lesser son of greater mobsters, Sal's father was an influential, respected member of the Lombardi Family before the Great War, which all but guaranteed that Sal would also become a made man - a Wise Guy - of Acee.[2] Unfortunately, his son is a far cry from the mobster his father was, and as such doesn't get even a fraction of the respect his parent did.[3] He compensates for it with an inflated ego, confidence worthy of a better cause,[4] and an endless stream of get rich quick schemes. He overestimates his abilities consistently, usually using big words he doesn't actually understand, which means he's nothing like the multiplication table for caps he claims to be, and certainly cannot quadruple ten caps into fifty like that.[5]

The combination of incompetence and inability to realize it has kept him dangling at the bottom of the mafia hierarchy, while lack of skills beyond petty crime has made switching occupations difficult.[6] It frustrates Sal to no end and he feels underappreciated,[7] as such he suffers a perpetual bad mood.[8] Since few of his fellow mobsters respect him, he's taken to keeping his endeavors under wraps and playing them close to the chest. As a few of them actually work out in the end, he keeps some semblance of dignity and respect. Since few care about him, nobody usually corrects him when he tries to pass himself off as more important than he actually is,[9] or fools gullible tourists into getting involved in his schemes, promising millions.[10] His latest attempt at getting rich involves replacing slot machines at the Neapolitan with broken ones that simply swallow gamblers' caps instantly.[11]

When not trying to pull off such a scheme, he brainstorms them,[12] staying afloat with a combination of petty thievery (to the point of being called a kleptomaniac),[13] pickpocketing,[14][15] and trying to con people into buying him booze.[16] He doesn't consider it petty thievery, but rather a way of "collecting" his dues, like the Munis do.[17] Not that he respects the Munis: As a "career" mobster, Sal thinks the world of the mob, despite his scheming. He sincerely believes they are the true stars of Acee and even its heroes, as part of the peace deal that keeps the triad alive and the city marching forward. He treats the other two factions with casual contempt.[18] The Showmen are nothing but weirdoes combining clown acts with viciousness comparable to starved, rabid hyenas as far as he's concerned,[19] while the government are dullards unworthy of note, as nobody comes to Acee for the crops, but rather, for the casinos.[20] He's completely oblivious as to the fact all three factions need to cooperate for the city to work.[21]

Similarly, he's completely oblivious to the fact that he's his own greatest enemy. Most mobsters refuse to play poker with him, as Sal cheats liberally,[22] and the only person willing to work with him, Billy Beltbuckles, is only doing so because there's nobody else around. Sal was once Billy's best and closest friend,[23] until one night at Quentino's Night Club. Shortly after Billy was made accountant, Sal decided to play a prank on Billy and pull down his pants in front of the entire Lombardi Family. Unfortunately, his sticky fingers resulted in him tearing the pants clean off, leaving Billy in a panic and running around half-naked screaming. Billy's been traumatized by the event, but Sal refuses to even entertain the notion that he may have done something improper, if not downright cruel to the boy.[24] To him, Billy's just too sensitive.[25]

Nickname[]

While his penchant for larceny and pickpocketing might seem like the root of his mob nickname, Sal actually got burdened with it due to his sweaty palms. The sweat evaporates, leaving his hands sticky, thus the name. Sal claims that his doctor said he sweats normally,[26] as did Muni medics,[27] but in truth, Sal's hands sweat and he's been saddled with the nickname. He is desperate to wash it off, but no matter how much he washes his hands and tries to get rid of it, it sticks.[28]

Interactions with the player character[]

Interactions overview[]

Interactions
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This character is involved in quests.

Tax Evasion

Quests[]

  • Tax Evasion: Sal offers an optional objective to help him with a little side con he's running at the Neapolitan.

Other interactions[]

  • When talking to Sal at Quentino's Night Club, the players can point out that the glass he's drinking out of has a number of fingerprints clearly visible, teasing him about the sticky hands problem (Perception 3+),[29] and correct him on the subject of multiplication when he claims that quadrupling 10 caps yields 50 in total (Intelligence 3+).[30]

Inventory[]

Apparel Weapon Other items
Dirty striped suit
Sunglasses

Appearances[]

Sal 'Sticky Fingers' appears only in Fallout 76, introduced in the Expeditions: Atlantic City update part one, Boardwalk Paradise.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Vault 76 dweller: "You can't collect the caps yourself?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Eh, what's with all the unnecessary questions, kid? I thought we were golden. Beltbuckles has attracted a lot of attention from the Showboys and the Munis. Negative attention. I see it in my best interest to wait here in the safety of the club while our associates raid the casino."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  2. Sal Sticky Fingers: "I'm a made man, but there ain't nothing made about me, kid."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  3. Vault 76 dweller: "Are you a Wise Guy?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Sure I am. What else would I be, a fucking radroach? My pop was in with the Family, now I am too. 'Cept he got a lot more respect around here than I ever do."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  4. Vault 76 dweller: "Who's in charge around here?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Me. Ain't it obvious? Officially, it's Don Quentino. He's the Godfather, and has been since...well, since I was a tyke. Nice guy, so long as you don't piss him off. Don't tell him I said that though. You wouldn't want to go disrespecting his little sister, Concerta. That woman thinks she runs the place. Hah!"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  5. Vault 76 dweller: "What exactly do you do here?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "I run this fucking joint. Well, not technically. But metaphorically? Absolutely. I'm an expert in generating caps through... clever means. I'm like a multiplication table. You gimme ten caps, I quadruple that into fifty."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  6. Sal Sticky Fingers: "What else is there to do in this city but be a mobster? Suppose I could spin some hula hoops like the showboys."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  7. Sal Sticky Fingers: "The don keeps promoting these gavones. It's disrespectful, is what it is. No one works harder around here than me!"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  8. Vault 76 dweller: "Why the attitude?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "It's just my talents go unappreciated around here, and it leaves me a bit sour at times, y'know?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  9. Vault 76 dweller: "Do the others know you did this?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "I operate on a need-to-know basis, kid. I only tell the other Wise Guys what they need to know. And, between you and me? They don't need to know. Once I start pulling in more caps, they won't be complaining. Maybe then I'll finally get some damn respect 'round here."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  10. Vault 76 dweller: "I'll do it."
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Now that's the entrepreneurial spirit I like to see! Just lift the caps from the machines, and bring 'em back to me. Work with me, and you'll be a millionaire before you know it, kid."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  11. Vault 76 dweller: "Billy said you could use my help with something."
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "So the little tyke sent you over. Yeah, I could use your help with a little something. Make a few caps off some poor fools. People go to casinos to gamble. And people really like slot machines. I guess them fruits do something for 'em. Anyway, I may have, uh, replaced some of the slot machines in the casino with better ones. New and improved. These new and improved machines skip all the unnecessary show business. They take your money, and that's it! Problem is, I need someone to go and collect all the caps people put in the machines."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  12. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Come on, Sal, think. What's the next big hit going to be?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  13. Sal Sticky Fingers: "'Kleptomaniac.' Since when did wanting to be rich make you a maniac?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  14. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Steal? Oh, no, no. Those caps were cold, see, so I had to warm them up in my hands a bit. Flu's been going around lately, you know?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  15. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Those pockets of yours are pretty full, huh? You've been walking 'round here sounding like a human tambourine."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  16. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Hey, kid. Next round's on me. After you pay for the first one, of course."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  17. Sal Sticky Fingers: "So, the Munis can tax us up the wazoo, but when I 'collect' it's considered 'stealing'? Ridiculous."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  18. Vault 76 dweller: "What exactly do the Wise Guys do?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "What do you think we do? We make caps. Run the casinos, keep the chems and booze flowin', and find ways for the lovely people of Atlantic City to, uh... Indulge in their vices. On top of all of that, we help the showboys keep the streets safe. Only thing we don't do is sing showtunes and keep the lights on. That's for the Munis and showboys to figure out."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  19. Vault 76 dweller: "What can you tell me about the Showmen?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Don't like 'em showboys. They're weird as weird gets. Sure, they got the whole circus clown act going, putting on shows and shit. Deep down, they're vicious. Wilier than a pack of starved, rabies-infected hyenas. 'Course, they're nothing I couldn't handle. Not that I've ever tested that hypothesis."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  20. Vault 76 dweller: "Tell me about the civilian government."
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "The Munis? Buncha sticks in the mud. They think they're all saints because they keep the utilities and emergency services and whatnot running. Tell you what, though? Real reason people come to Atlantic City ain't for the fuckin' crops. It's for the casinos."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  21. Vault 76 dweller: "Does the mafia own this place?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Don Quentino bought it up before the bombs. Prime real estate, it was. He fixed it up into somethin' like a headquarters for us. A place for Wise Guys to lay low without the damn Munis up our asses wanting their 'dues.'"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  22. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Don't wanna play poker with Sticky Fingers, they said. He always cheats, they said. Pah!"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  23. The Neapolitan Casino terminal entries; Billy's personal terminal, Personal Logs, Entry 2
  24. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Kid's too damn sensitive, that's why! All right, well, we maybe had a little altercation some time ago. He's so wound up, I thought it'd be funny to do a little prank and uh, pants him. Problem is, I'd just ate some honey. These gavones 'round here keep saying my hands are always sticky. It ain't sweat, it was honey, all right?! So I goes to grab Billy's pants to pull 'em down, but my fingers got stuck to 'em. So when I yank down... I ripped the kid's pants clear off. He was runnin' around the club like a chicken with his head cut off screamin' about how he didn't want anyone seeing his underpants. *chuckles* I mean, it was pretty funny. Since then, I guess it messed him up good, 'cuz he wears like fifty belts on his pants every day. And that's why the boys all call him Billy Beltbuckles now."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  25. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Don't listen to Billy, all right? Kid's too sensitive. I didn't do nothin' to him."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  26. Vault 76 dweller: "Why do they call you Sticky Fingers?"
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Those loose-lipped gavones would have you believe I've got sweaty palms. I don't, y'hear?! My doctor said I don't sweat no more than any other fella. My fingers ain't sticky, but these rumors tend to stick even when they ain't true. You know that."
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  27. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Even one of those Muni medics told me palm sweat's normal. So what's the big deal, huh?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  28. Sal Sticky Fingers: "Sticky Fingers? That's just a nickname. I wash my hands, y'hear? I ain't an animal, capiche?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  29. Vault 76 dweller: "[Perception 3+] Seems like there's quite a few fingerprints on your glass."
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Did ya get out your binoculars to see that? Those were there when I got the glass, capiche?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
  30. Vault 76 dweller: "[Intelligence 3+] Ten times four is forty, not fifty."
    Sal Sticky Fingers: "Looks like we've got a know-it-all here. Listen kid, how about you remember who your betters are here, huh?"
    (Sal Sticky Fingers' dialogue)
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