Gambling is useless, and players want things to do that are wastelandish.
Wasteland Wanderers stereotypically spend a lot of time wandering, exploring, scrounging- also known as Rambling.
I would make Rambling a synergy skill related to Outdoorsman, Speech, and Barter.
Skill would be 10 + Charisma + Intelligence + Endurance + Luck.
Synergy would be 15% of Rambling skill added to Speech, Outdoorsman, and Barter.
Also, Rambling would add a minimal chance to getting Special Encounters (say +1% proportion (not flat) to existing chance per 10 points), and would increase chance of getting a resource square by Rambling/5+ Luck*2.
Also would add something like the old Scrounger Perk at a strength level equal to the Rambling skill.
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