> From: "Tim Ellis" <tim_at_...>
>Subject: Re: Examples of Rules Play
>
>(use of the Wealth rating is my current irritant).
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>
>Oh, but I really like the Wealth rating (although I admit I've not
>actually used it in play...) Keeping track of fiddly bits of coinage
>in other RPG's always annoyed me. Either you're too poor to by the
>equipment you want, or you have been on an succesful adventure or two
>and the price of a bed and a beer are not worth worrying about. Far
>better, IMO to abstract this as a wealth rating...
I like it too, but it does depend on how much your players enjoy keeping
track of coins, trade goods etc. OTOH shifting to a coin or cow based
enconomy is also pretty easy and either drop wealth or use it as a credit
rating/status ability.
Thom