Alternate wealth for Pulp Hero

[RJB]

Here's a wealth system I devised for my own campaign:

 

MONEY & Gadgets

 

From pg15 of Pulp Hero: "...the gm must make sure the player doesn’t abuse his wealth to the detriment of the game" Baloney. Only a no-good vodka swilling bolshevik commie would tell a man he can’t spend his money any way he wants to. In this campaign, money can cost serious points, but you can do whatever you like with whatever you have!

 

The amount of money you start with is based on a 2 week paycheck. For the ordinary character, it

means you have $200 to spend on equipment for this adventure. Cash does not accumulate from adventure to adventure, and neither does equipment. If you don't spend any points on wealth,

you will only have $200 worth of cash/equipment to start with.

 

If you do spend points on wealth, you not only start with extra cash, but you get an equal number of free points to buy vehicles, bases, followers, or gadgets (SEE GADGETS) with. Note that you can buy these with cash as well as points, but the extra points give you some flexibility.

 

2pts= $400 12pts= $4000 22pts= $40,000 32pts=$400,000

4pts= $800 14pts= $8000 24pts= $80,000 34pts=$800,000

6pts= $1200 16pts= $12000 26pts= $120,000 36pts=$1,200,000

8pts= $1600 18pts= $16000 28pts= $160,000 38pts=$1,600,000

10pt= $2000 20pts= $20000 30pts= $200,000 40pts=$2,000,000

 

GADGETS

Gadgets is a perk added to wealth. With this the player may have a limited number of free gadgets

that may change during the game. The cost is:

 

20pts State Of The Art- The character may build anything that existed in the campaign timeline ie. if it's 1920, then the character may make anything that existed in 1920. Takes 5 hours to buld anything.

 

30pts Visionary- Like state of the art, but the character may build gadgets from up to 30 years in the future. Takes 24hrs and requires a lab.

 

40pts Genius- Like state of the art, but the character may build gadgets from up to 60 years in the

future. Takes a week and requires a lab.

 

50pts Mad Genius- Build anything! Takes a month and always requires something that an NPC has and won't part with.

 

FINANCIAL GENIUS

Financial Genius allows you to start with a year income instead of a two week paycheck, so multiply

any of the above amounts by 25. Furthermore, the number of points spent entitle you to an equal amount of points in vehicles, followers, bases and gadgets each.

 

WEALTH EXAMPLES

 

Kirk Mcguyver has 10pts of wealth and state of the art (20pts). He is trapped on an island with Hermann von Lizard. Using his gadget skill he invents a cannon out of a log, saltpeter, charcoal and rocks, and blasts Hermann to smithereens.

 

Prof. Nutz is a Mad Genius (50pts) with precious little money (4pts $800). He may buy up to 4pts of

vehicles, bases, followers or, sadly, gadgets.

 

Debbie Dillitente spent 10 points on wealth and bought Financial Genius. Total cost is 30 points.

Debbie gets $50,000 and 30pts of followers, 30pts of vehicles, and 30pts of bases.

 

Doc Branz bought the maximum wealth allowed in this game (60 pts), and Genius (40pts). He gets:

$50,000,000

4x 150pt followers (100 base and 50 disads) (cost 30pts)

20 pts of various followers

60 pts worth of various vehicles

A base the size of a skyscraper (13pts)

Another (smaller) base hidden in some arctic wilderness (13pts)

34pts worth of property in various parts of the world

A war surplus U-boat $450,000

A dirigible $2,500,000

60pts of gadgets

Because the U-boat and Dirigible were bought with cash, Doc starts each adventure with only

$47,050,000 for as long as he wants to keep them available.

 

Hope you find this useful, or at least entertaining.