Re: [HoE] Observations on bartering

["B.D. Flory" <bflory@frontiernet.net>]

> But...what is the assessment agent writing down on the chit?!?  There's a

> lot of stuff at the Mall, and browsing is encouraged.  Yeah, if the
players 
> _tell_ the agent, "We're going to buy milrats - how many is this
motorcycle 
> worth?" he could write this down.  But if they then decide to buy ammo 
> instead, they got to go back, have him do _another_ conversion (or maybe
a 
> partial one), etc., etc.

My first inclination would be to install some standard currency for the
Mall area- "Mall Bucks" or some such.  The posse can trade with the
assessor for "Mall Bucks" which they then spend in the Mall.  Kind of like
Hub Bucks (or whatever) in Fallout.

Of course, nowhere outside the Mall honors "Mall Bucks", and there are *no*
refunds (though you are welcome to buy your goods back with "Mall Bucks"-
at seller's market prices, natch).

B.D. "Uncle Moneybags" Flory