Ok, im completely stuck in Fallout 1. I am making a concerted effort to actually complete the game for once, and as such am fighting Deathclaws to level up to take on the super mutant base. However, when fighting the Deathclaws i seem to have about a 1 in 2 to 1 in 4 chance of killing them, since if they crit me i then spend the next 3-4 rounds using stimpacks and avoiding getting killed. As such, im using up stimpacks like they are going out of fashion. As such, i need to buy quite a lot of them, yet al the traders in the hub et all have run out of them and never seem to get any in stock. So im open to any suggestions on where to get them from, although please don't post advice on getting companions or anything like that to make my life easier as i wish to discover them on my own (and in the case of one i already have), also, in the words of Nixon, 'I am not a crook', so any suggestions pertaining to theft will also fall on deaf ears, at least for this current character. Thanks.

All i can say without using stealing :P
Have you tried bartering with random citizens, those have stimpacks for trade aswell sometimes.
I dont have any other fair idea on how to get them personally I didnt fought those deathclaws once (for same reason as you use up all your stims) and so i never run out. Also be on the lookout for super stimpacks if you havent looked for them at all.
Hope it helps a tiny bit.

not sure on the stimpaks, but i took out the deathclaws with heavy use of high powered long distance rifles and running. I also just started firing from a far distance, and when the deathclaw picked one guy to chase, I would would run that one guy away and have everyone else keep firing, it's like a fun deadly game of tag

I've just got up a few levels and got sick of them so I killed the mother too.
Hard, but not too hard.
I'm already an initiate at the brotherhood, had my plasma rifle altered by Smitty, my power armor hardened by Miles and I also had a rocket launcher and a chaingun.
As long as you have sufficient ammo, it's not too hard to take out deathclaws.
However I try to take them out 1 at a time.
If they're too close to eachother they attack you together.
I start with a rocket and than finish them off with the chaingun.
As for the deathclaw mother, I take her out with the turbo plasma rifle in 1 hand and a stimpack in the other.
Remember their weak spot?
It works perfectly well on the mother.

Hi fellow Fallout players! Anyway, I have a question for you!!! Have you recruited Ian in the Shady Sands guard quarters, Tycho in Junktown in the Skum Pitt, and Dogmeat in the same town on the 3rd area with an iguana on a stick?! This could help you A LOT!!! Oh, back on subject... If you didn't save Tandi, save her after you kill every raider in the camp and give what you cant to a buddy via stealing because it wont be considered stealing from a party member!! Weird huh? Then barter for more stimpacks and better weaponry. Best bet is the .233 pistol. Kicks BUTT!!