Re: [HoE] Survivor Settlement Ideas anyone?

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

One I tossed together last night used Keokuk, IA as the setting, but could 
be placed almost anywhere.

Basically a kind of Disney-esque "Main Street" kind of town, crossed with 
Downunder from "A Boy And His Dog".  Somewhat isolated, and the more violent 
types are given guns and left to guard the outskirts (along with lots of 
booby traps).  Since the folks collect a pretty heavy toll for all the 
traffic going across the Des Moines River (right before it intersects with 
the Mississippi, and at a spot where there is a gate to get through the 
Mason-Dixon Wall - it does follow the Iowa/Missouri border, doesn't it?), 
they can afford to keep the main street of their town in a pristine, 1890's 
kind of shape.

Needless to say, this seriously bugged out the player characters passing 
through.  Streetcleaners sweeping up after their tire tracks, friendly hotel 
staff (with a tendency to burst into song - 'Be Our Guest' is popular'), a 
fake cemetary with "humorous" tombstone epitaphs, and a dinner with fresh 
food (venison, which the bad boys bring in from hunting parties).  Most of 
the town's population lives behind the false-front facade of Main Street.

Haven't decided for sure yet, but am probably not gooing to put in any deep 
dark secret - the townsfolk are just a bit wacko.  The only two problems the 
party had was that A) the party's Vet of the Weird West Huckster tried a 
Hunch on the meat to see if they were cannibals, Busted, and drew an 
insanity that he now has random flashbacks to the deer right before it was 
killed, and B)...

*POSSIBLE SPOILER*


















The townfolk buy their potatoes from the Convoy, and thus have the "Spuds 
O'Doom" outlined in the Road Warriors book.  The mashed potatoes that come 
with venison dinner required them to make Vigor checks at the listed 
difficulty.  fortunately, they made it.



Don't know if such a setting is totally "viable" in the HoE setting, but it 
sure was fun...

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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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