I'm wondering if the merchant of a caravan could give you the "quest" of travelling with them to the closest city eighter for caps or to earn a few caps... This might have already been suggested but I just thought of it and felt like its worth mentioning (again

) I can't see a way to abuse this feature and it might add a little atmosphere and life to the game's caravans...
It can give players a chance to gain a few rep points with the caravan's town or just travel with them for a bit (unable to loot anything) or just get a quick ride into town or make a few caps + xp... It might even make groups of players "join them" instead of killing them...
Maybe if you encounter a friendly caravan they can even give you a small quest to clear a cave for them (if its in the encounter) so they can camp out for the night? Getcha' 50xp just for searching the cave...
They could even ask you for a random noob item (fiber, rope, fruit, knife, empty water bag, lighter, cats paw, healing powder, etc) getting you a few caps, xp and rep points in return... Getting rep points can help fix that really high -700 with a town... But I can see thieves and what not abusing this for rep points, however if you RP it you can simply consider it their good deed for the day...
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