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The Friend Phone is a tool in Streets of Rogue. When used, it spawns 2 characters of the players' same class that will join your party. These NPCs will follow you, and can also be commanded to attack, stand guar, be given items, or be dismissed at will.
It cannot be used when at maximum followers or with the Antisocial trait.
Tips and Strategies[ | ]
- Having followers, including those who are called by the Friend Phone, can increase your threaten chance with NPCs. This can be further increased by having Team Building Expert, and by upgrading it to Army of Five by a Augmentation Booth.
- The Thief's buddies spawned from the friend phone can be ordered to break open windows or unlock doors, saving a Window Cutter, Lockpick, or the Crowbar's durability. NPC Hackers, including those spawned from the friend phone, don't set off a alarm when ordered to hack electronics, unlike a player controlled Hacker.
- If you're playing as a Shopkeeper, Bartender or as a Thief, buddies summoned from the friend phone will also sell you items. The player may find them very useful, especially for the Thief and the Shopkeeper.
- The Shapeshifter can possess NPCs and use the friend phone to spawn aligned characters of the same class that the shapeshifter is possessing. This also includes non-playable characters like Drug Dealers and Workers. They will still remain aligned with the shapeshifter even after depossessing.
- Strong characters like the Gorilla, Jock, and Wrestler can summon characters of their same class with the same durability and strength in fights.
- Despite the Mech Pilot being a strong character, the friend phone is not helpful for them, as it summons 2 Mech pilots without a Mech, who have low stats (aside from having 4 speed).
Notes[ | ]
- The Musician from Bodyguard counts as a follower, disallowing you from using this item as the Bouncer unless you have the Team Building Expert trait.
Sources[ | ]
- Gangsters starting item
- Mobster starting item
- Custom Character potential starting item
- Reward Item from Missions
- Safe and Chest loot