Re: [HOE] RE: Dinero, Wasted West Style

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In a message dated 6/17/00 9:21:24 AM Central Daylight Time, 
darrin@neobright.net writes:

<< aybe the character runs a still during the down time, and
 sells his hooch. Or maybe he knows of a secret stash of Twinkies, but he
 can only get to it and cash in between sessions or long lulls in the
 action. Maybe he's got a well-placed relative in the Iron Oasis that gives
 him loans or an allowances whenever he has the time to stop by. And to a
 certain extent, you don't have to be really specific about how the
 money/bullets/resources show up. The other players notice that, between
 sessions, the character disappeared for a few days, and when he showed up
 again, he was loaded with extra ammunition... no explanation given, and
 none expected.
  >>


NOw Hole on a minute there pardner!  

    One rule I think is ironclad in gaming is 'things that happen 
offscreen.... don't'. Where is the fun if your dinero edge is 'offscrren I do 
some stuff, I roll some dice, and soforth'?  Then we're back to where we 
started, displaced edge which has no true bearing on things. 

    We don't want just displaced die rolls.  Or just 'well, ofscreen my 
character is ruler of the western world'.   Offscreen.... does not exist. If 
a GM needs something that is offscreen to exist, they must find a way to get 
it ON SCREEN!  

    Heisenberg's principle of gaming, it does not exist until it is observed.