Re: [HOE] An idea and a few questions

["David L. Hoff" <dlhoff1@charter.net>]

Ash wrote:

> >::big, eveil Marshall grin::  is it a city??   It got bombed.  
> Seriously.  Unless the city had a >population less than five thouseand 
> or was protected like Denver and Junkyard, it got >bombed.
> >
> >James in Dayton
>  
> that's what i figured...i'm lookin for a good starting 
> town/city...don't wanna start in Junkyard really...but i might do 
> something on the outscirts...not sure...thanks James... :)


When I started my HOE campaign, I started it with the adventure that 
came with the Radiation Screen... I can't remember the name of the 
adventure, but the town in it is called Trinity Springs. The players 
have to rescue the town after the Black Hats have taken it over. They 
managed to do so, and were regarded as heroes by the townspeople. My 
players made that town their base of operations for the next 3 years(!) 
that I ran my campaign. They would travel all over, but would always 
head back "home" to Trinity Springs when they could. I eventually had to 
give names to almost every inhabitant of the town, due to how much time 
they spent there. Whenever Trinity Springs came under attack, the 
players really cared about the townspeople. They would get very upset if 
a member of the militia was wounded or killed, and put their characters 
lives on the line many times in order to protect them. I thought about 
trying to force the players to relocate by having the town attacked by 
some powerful enemy, something that the party would have to run from... 
but then I realized that the players *wouldn't* run, and their 
characters would all die trying to defend the town.

I realize that HOE is supposed to be tough and gritty, but I think my 
players really enjoyed seeing Trinity Springs prosper under their care. 
It gave them a sense of accomplishment, and gave their characters a 
sense of hope for the future of the HOE world. This may be a bit too 
sappy for your group though. But, regardless, the adventure is a good 
one if you want to start off with a small town instead of someplace big 
like junkyard.

--David