[HOE] Dinero, Wasted West Style

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I was talking to a friend of mine about dinero and HoE.  How does it work?  
There are no trust funds, Rich Dad's dead, and all those software billions 
went up when Seattle did.  

    So here's some ways that we came up with, and how adventures and 
character development can happen.

1) Paranoid, but rich: therefore eccentric.
    Gaining his riches via corrupt means, Paul Giglione hid it from 
competitors AND the tax man by turning it into hard goods (watches, rings, TV 
equipment) and having lockboxes of the stuff buried all over the US, only he 
knows that under the third lamppost on Main street is a lockbox with stuff in 
it.  And now, after the bombs, he can walk into any town, and dig up the loot 
for quick goods.

    a) Where is the box in this town? In front of the sherrif's house?  Or is 
it in the Zombie den down the ways?  Will it require force, guile, or just 
moxie to get it?  Is Silas Rasmussen's throne on Main street?

    b) What's in the box this time?  Watches?  Cans of play dough?  500$ 
worth, but of what?  500$ worth of silly putty is a LOT of silly putty, and a 
MAJOR item when you need moldable plastic.  the items themselves could be 
interesting and fun.

2) He's just lucky.
    For some reason, your waster just happens to be in the right place to 
give the sherrif some much needed shoestrings to hang someone.  Or he just 
happens to look like Cousin bert to old Lady perkins.  Or maybe, there just 
always seems to be some old acquintance who will buy the guy a drink, put him 
up for the night, and give him a gift or two in thanks for some past good 
deed.  
    
    a) who are these people?  Adventure hooks 'o plenty AND you can build NPC 
relationships easy as pie!

    b) Does this luck backfire?  Can the party gain enemies via association?    

3) Scroungin, but with style

    your character knows where the stuff is to be found.  He's the best 
scavanger of the best.  You didn't know that those glass bits in the soil are 
from TV screens and that means electronics are nearby!  You may not, but he 
did.  He knows what goes with what and how to find the wealth in any 
situation.Maybe he's just collecting aluminum cans......


            ....Knowing Junkers, in the right moods, will pay 20$ a pop for 
'em!  



    So, anyone else think Dinero needs some idea-melding to learn how it 
exactly works in HoE?

                    Damon