
....whoops.... lawl..... sorry about the "I just got M&B" advice
Yeah....um...i never played the original darklands either but this isn't really canonical to dark lands so you and I should be fine
money shouldn't be much of an issue
1. use crappy gear to kill the infinite amount of bandits in town if you can avoid getting hit which with a crossbow shouldn't be a problem if you always go for head shots.
2.for faster although harder money wander on the map until an alchemist attacks you he has some really nice loot.
3.after a while of the first two you can buy and sell trade goods like in m&b native and other mods
as for companions you can't recruit from inns so....only heros and even then only two companions are implemented including your sis and the second one *SPOILERS?*
the alchemist Franz is not yet entirely finished being coded but you can get him by walking into a alchemy shop and then head to the inn for me after dark but I'm not sure when you need to be there...anyways you have to fight off the city guards to save Franz and then he is yours and the since game is not completely coded so thats it for now