[HoE] Re: A question on going from Weird to Wasted West

[Gwydion758@aol.com]

<< My problem
 is this: should I hint that they should spend as much of this money as they
 can before I run this week's adventure (which will leave them in the Wasted
 West), or should I keep silent and just let them wander the Wasted West
 with bags o' worthless cash? >>

Save your hints for situations like "are you SURE you want to pull the pin on 
that grenade superglued to your hand?"  Besides it won't all be worthless -- 
gold and silver will still have some intrinsic value.  Maybe not as money, 
but a junker might need some gold for his electronics and silver bullets 
always seem to come in handy.  

Any paper money or bank drafts will be also be useful -- the wasted west 
still has outhouses ;)

Don't be afraid to change the rules on your players or to knock their 
characters around a bit.  Overcoming adversity is one of the cornerstones of 
a good story, and having a bunch of greedy "anything for a buck" hombres 
suddenly find that all their hard won loot is worthless sounds like a good 
story to me.

Jeff