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    Had some ideas the other night when I was reading Lucifer's Hammer again - the scene where the hero dives thru a flooded drugstore for those who have read the book.

    You always see people bartering for things like ammo or weapons or spare parts or scrounging for them. But what about having them find other things instead

    Like for instance a crate of toilet paper ("I am not going to be using leaves" from Red Dawn comes to mind) Or a big cache of Necco Wafers or other similiar candies Or a working CD player or VHS player and movies People pay a lot for comfort - imagine going into Krakow not with Reset but instead with twenty rolls of real toilet paper or two packs of Marlboro tobacco cigarettes or two bottles of Chanel or a bottle of pre-war Scotch you found in a wrecked house.

    Its also a great way to add to what people could be carrying when you search them after a firefight - instead of the usual useable ammo or food or weapons you find a half pack of Marlboros or a paperback book or toiletry items (there arent going to be a lot of new toothbrushes, razors or brushes being made in 2000)

    and those kinds of things can make interesting scenarios as well - i.e. you get into a huge firefight, finally win and find out the reason they opened up on you wasnt that they were marauders or Soviets - instead they were sitting on a hoard of a thousand cartons of cigarettes or fifty bottles of Jack Daniels and thought you were trying to steal it

    We had that happen in Gateway to the Spanish Main - we got into a big firefight against what we thought were Cubans -and instead it was against five guys who had found a plane in a swamp carrying a huge amount of cocaine and thought we were there to take it from them -and also in Armies of the Night where we took shelter in a building only to almost get taken down by four hoarders sitting on 500 cans of SPAM

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    In one of the games I played, we liberated a small town from a bunch of desperado's. The village elders were very helpfull with directions and what have you.

    Then we went through the bad guy's lair. Some ammo, yes. A few weapons, granted. Some food, ok.

    100 gallons of clorox bleach they had liberated from a wrecked grocery store.

    We gave the weapons and ammo to the village. We also gave them 80 gallons of bleach. With instructions from our first aid guy on how to use the clorox to purify water. We kept the food.

    There were only five of us in our little band. We only had so many jerry cans for water. The rest of the cans were for methanol.

    Nice "reward" from the GM.

    My $0.02

    Mike

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    • #3
      A pound of real coffee. Sugar. From Jericho... bags of salt...

      A toothbrush or razor blade

      An empty notebook or a pencil.

      A canister of unexposed film.

      Light bulbs.

      Insulin for a diabetic
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      Each day I encounter stupid people I keep wondering... is today when I get my first assault charge??

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Cdnwolf View Post
        A pound of real coffee. Sugar. From Jericho... bags of salt...

        A toothbrush or razor blade

        An empty notebook or a pencil.

        A canister of unexposed film.

        Light bulbs.

        Insulin for a diabetic
        A 10 day round of Tetracycline

        A stray, cute kitten

        100 lbs of flour

        A sealed box of condoms

        2 cords of cut, stacked, seasoned firewood

        My $0.02

        Mike

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        • #5
          An outboard motor for a boat.

          A set of wrenches.

          Batteries, unopened.

          A box of unopened packs of ball-point pens.

          One of my players is asking for a bow and arrows.
          My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.

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          • #6
            Several cans of black powder that can be used in muskets and rifles.

            Bottles of multivitamins and supplements.

            A crate holding boxes of good boots and shoes.

            Spices like pepper, ginger, nutmeg, etc.. from places that might as well be on the moon for those left in Europe.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Adm.Lee View Post
              One of my players is asking for a bow and arrows.
              Long Bow and Arrows is covered as basic equipment in the V1.0 ruleset. The "Longbow" skill can be used to make either...

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              • #8
                A big box of men's underwear, size 30-32. Cause your momma says make sure you have clean underwear.

                A 5 gallon jug full of pre 1982 copper pennies. All ready to be melted down and turned into bullets or something.

                Several boxes of aluminum wrap. Good for cooking!

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                • #9
                  Cans of insect repellent. Or ant powder. Or de-lousing shampoo.
                  sigpic "It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Greylond View Post
                    Long Bow and Arrows is covered as basic equipment in the V1.0 ruleset. The "Longbow" skill can be used to make either...
                    Yes, but that means I'm not going to make it easy for him....
                    My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Adm.Lee View Post
                      Yes, but that means I'm not going to make it easy for him....
                      Never said that...


                      On Topic: baby food and powdered formula. Any adult is going to want those in trade for their kids.
                      Last edited by Greylond; 07-29-2012, 01:05 PM.

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                      • #12
                        12 pack of canned cokes.

                        copper wire or tubing

                        books or magazines

                        Sports equipment

                        Art supplies

                        Working typewriter

                        *Any* working computer (from an Imsai 8080 with VT-52 terminal all the way to a PC)

                        Bicycle tires or innertubes

                        Glues/solvents
                        THIS IS MY SIG, HERE IT IS.

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                        • #13
                          All 12 issues of Playboy for 1996.

                          The Encyclopedia Britannica, circa 1975

                          A .22 rifle with 100 rounds of .22LR (Realy nice for hunting little critters!!)

                          A bottle of 100 year old Napolean Brandy.

                          A sealed crate. (Once opened, nothing there....EVIL GM!!!)

                          Religious Relics

                          Historical Pictures of the town from 1870's on

                          A piece of jewlery. (Unless you are a jewler, is it real, is it Memorex)

                          Scattered clothing, Mens/Ladies/Kids scattered sizes

                          My $0.02

                          Mike

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                          • #14
                            A bell & Howell 16mm projector (think of what we all grew up watching films on in grade school) and a selection of movies.

                            Oh my god, you'd probably save an entire {$AREA}'s sanity if you had that.

                            Parts for same.
                            THIS IS MY SIG, HERE IT IS.

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                            • #15
                              Someone already mentioned clothing. How about sheets & blankets.

                              Also...sporting goods. People might not have a lot of time for recreational activities, but on those rare occasions, some of them might want to throw the ball around.
                              "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis...."

                              Major General John Sedgwick, Union Army (1813 - 1864)

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