Quote Originally Posted by Vojoc
We ran into a problem, since we had only five players. We played without Elan. The rules do not state that we should remove loot that Elan drools over. Should we remove it, or keep it in the game and make it worthless until points are counted in the end? Generally, I would prefer to remove loot that Elan drools over, but how far should we go? Should we remove loot that ONLY Elan drools over, or loot that Elan as well as other PCs drool over?
Loot that Elan drools over is still useful. Elan becomes an NPC (see the sidebar on page 13 of the rules).