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3/4/2004 Dregg: [Dice Pools] When colors of dice become too much
Ok, Working on my newest monstrosity "Path of 5 harmonies" I have ran into a mind numbing issue. The game is simple Dice pool based system with a sliding Difficulty…
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Participants: Dregg, Christopher Weeks, Matt Gwinn, Shreyas Sampat, Wolfen, Halzebier.

3/4/2004 timfire: [E.rpg LITE] My Fantasy Heartbreaker
I've decided to finish up my Fantasy Heartbreaker so I can move on to other projects with a clean conscience. Since coming to the Forge, I've decided to change a…
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Participants: timfire, montag, Halzebier, arwink, Jack Aidley, ethan_greer, John Burdick, Ravien, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

3/4/2004 Bluve Oak: Inexhaustible Magic
Greetings. I'm looking for an RPG that has inexhaustible magic. By this I mean a system where you can cast spells all day long without limitations or anything becoming depleted.…
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Participants: Bluve Oak, Demada, Ole, Shreyas Sampat, Halzebier, Christopher Weeks, Lxndr, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, John Burdick, pete_darby, Deadboy, clehrich, Ravien, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Valamir, frog, Ian Charvill, andy, komradebob, timfire, Jonathan Walton, Ben Lehman, herrmess.

3/3/2004 Demada: [Feats] A Game of Heroic Storytelling, first time
This is my first attempt at anything like this. I can't tell you where I came up with the idea, just kind of struck me. Anyway, it's a bit rough…
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Participants: Demada, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro.

3/2/2004 Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro: Lila: A Synopsis
Lila, a Vedic Role Playing Game: A Synopsis I wrote this synopsis for my own satisfaction, for clarity of mind. But I thought I should post it to fellow Forgee’s…
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Participants: Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro.

3/2/2004 Rexfelis: Abilities in "Dominion"
My question re. abilities in DOMINION is at the bottom. Before I can ask it meaningfully, a summary of the DOMINION game is in order. DOMINION summary 1. Premise How…
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Participants: Rexfelis, Shreyas Sampat, coxcomb, Dav, clehrich.

3/2/2004 micahcomer: Before I even get started
Hello. This is my first post here on the Forge, though I?ve been lurking for quite awhile. I?ve read a lot of the posts, most of the articles, and have…
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Participants: micahcomer, orbsmatt, Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Dev, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Ole.

3/1/2004 WyldKarde: Trying something new here...
I know, I know. There isn't much that hasn't been tried in RPG design. However, I'm experiemnting with a few ideas that, at the very least, aren't mainstream, and I…
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Participants: WyldKarde, Harlequin.

3/1/2004 ReverendBayn: Karmic - New diceless system needs critique.
I've been working on a pet project for some time now, a science-fantasy setting inspired by the myths and religions of south-east asia. It even has a great slogan: "Get…
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Participants: ReverendBayn, John Harper, coxcomb, orbsmatt, lumpley, Christopher Weeks, Matt Gwinn, RaconteurX, clehrich.

3/1/2004 Rich Stokes: [Urban Mythos] Yet another Tarot system & narration issu
[b]Previously in "Life of Rich":[/b] I'm working on Urban Mythos still. Slowly and painfully. Some other posts can be found [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4876]here[/url], [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8104]here[/url] and [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5615]here[/url]. I came up with a cool…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, Shreyas Sampat, clehrich.

3/1/2004 Dumirik: NightWorld playtesters needed
NightWorld, the RPG that I have been on and off working on for the past 10+ months has now been finalised and moderately playtested (just stuffing around with some friends).…
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Participants: Dumirik.

2/29/2004 Ben Lehman: A RPG of Heroic Passion
Hey everybody. So I had some free time today, and sat down to work on Tactics (minutia of movement rules... joy!) Instead, this came out, nearly whole cloth, in about…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, james_west, Jeph.

2/27/2004 tldenmark: The No Stats rpg
I've been pondering this for sometime, and have been playing around with an RPG system that has no base stats. (I mean like traditional abilities: strength, intelligence, blah, blah) Your…
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Participants: tldenmark, Nathan P., Eric J., bcook1971, Lxndr, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat, Nuadha, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

2/27/2004 smc: Dice Probability Question....
I am a self-confessed math idiot. Can someone help me out with some dice pool probabilities? I am looking for the chance of rolling either a 5 or 6 in…
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Participants: smc, james_west, clehrich, Jack Aidley, HMT.

2/26/2004 Shreyas Sampat: Refreshing Rain for Western Audiences
[url=http://www.geocities.com/torchbearer_rpg/rain.html]Refreshing Rain[/url] is my game of wuxia-style kungfu and emotional conflict; here I am making an effort to retool it for a less Color-specific application. [b]Character Creation[/b] All the characters…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Kryyst, Jonathan Walton, clehrich, Dev.

2/26/2004 Darcy Burgess: Fated RPG -- research block. Help!
The Game: Fated (working title) The Premise: PCs have cheated death, and are now invulnerable, except to the specific mode of death that they cheated. The Setting: Film Noir with…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Valamir, Peter Hollinghurst, clehrich, orbsmatt, Ron Edwards, Scourge108, Bifi, contracycle.

2/25/2004 Technocrat13: The Paperwork of Bullets
Greetings all, If I may steal some of your time and thoughts, I'd love a little inspiration here. What I'm looking for are suggestions for keeping track of ammunition in…
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Participants: Technocrat13, Jack Aidley, Valamir, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Andrew Norris, Bankuei, Dev, Matt Wilson, Overdrive, Tim C Koppang, Hereward The Wake, Mike Holmes, talysman.

2/25/2004 coxcomb: Brain hurts, help with math
Hi All, I have seen some math whiz types posting here before and I hope one of them can help me. The basic idea is that you roll a number…
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Participants: coxcomb, Jack Aidley.

2/24/2004 Doctor Xero: my first indie game submission: Mageling
I'm trying to fashion a game that successfully reflects a setting which is a cross between the Magical Adolescent subgenre and the Supernatural Family subgenre (see my inspirations section 1.3…
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Participants: Doctor Xero, timfire, Loki, Minx, Spooky Fanboy, Aman the Rejected.

2/23/2004 smc: Description-based Attribute system
I rambled on about the system I am working on in another thread, and I've been making some pretty big adjustments as I continue to play-test. The system currently uses…
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Participants: smc, Valamir, HMT, Mark Johnson.

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3/5/2004 Bob Goat: [Consipiracy of Shadows] Introduction Help
We are in the editing stage of our game and I was looking to get some outside opinions/comments on our Introduction. I think that it is a terribly important part…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/5/2004 andy: BONES the RPG
I like dice. I have written a lot of homebrew RPGs over the years, most of which fall in the "not-ready-for-prime time" category. However, I have been working on one…
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Participants: andy, montag, Ron Edwards, Bluve Oak, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, xiombarg, taalyn, Paul Czege, Umberhulk, Zathreyel, Nuno Viotti, Valamir, charles ferguson, TheLoom.

3/6/2004 Amadeus: dice questions
I'm working on a paranoid style rpg system/setting and I was wondering if anybody had any insight on the legality of using Fudge dice. ie can I use them without…
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Participants: Amadeus, Jeph, Shreyas Sampat, Harlequin.

3/8/2004 HOT: Hengist the Dane - Saxon Roleplaying in Arthurian Britan
Ok heres an Idea that's been rolling around in my head for a while. The concept is that you are first- or second-generation immigrants to Britan around 500 AD. "Fleeing…
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Participants: HOT, Kryyst, RaconteurX, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir.

3/9/2004 taalyn: Cruxness in revision
Some of you may remember Crux, an urban fantasy rpg using colored tokens instead of dice. Well, development went on hiatus for about 6 months, but I'm gearing up to…
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Participants: taalyn, cruciel, Shreyas Sampat, Darcy Burgess, Strams.

3/9/2004 Eric J.: [FF Legacy] An RPG, yet to be realised.
Disclaimer: FF does NOT mean or indicate, imply directly or indirectly, Final Fantasy. There is no subtle invited assumption that it does or does not. Nope. None. And since there…
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Participants: Eric J., Ben Lehman, Ravien, gabby2600, Mike Holmes.

3/9/2004 Jack Aidley: [Great Ork Gods] Final (?) Polishing
Yes, it's another thread about Great Ork Gods. Those of you who haven't been following the earlier threads may wish to look in here. I've put a second playtest release…
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Participants: Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Valamir, GreatWolf.

3/9/2004 Matt Wilson: Peregrine - mixing rpg and boardgame
There's been a few games I've seen recently that have made cool use of visual aids like a map, and they got me thinking about this vague concept I've had…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Mike Holmes, johnzo, xiombarg.

3/9/2004 Bob Goat: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Introduction Part Deux
After getting the good advice earlier I went back to the drawing board and deconstructed by own game to get to its core premise. It is a bit shorter, which…
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Participants: Bob Goat.

3/9/2004 johnzo: fistful: cramming the dice
I've been playing in Feng's TROS game at UGX. I'm having a lot of fun with it, and not just because Feng's an exceptional GM. The system is really a…
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Participants: johnzo, John Harper, Zak Arntson.

3/11/2004 Jasper: [PRINCIPIUM NOVA] Resources and Scalability
In Principium Nova (recently renamed to the singular), I have a resolution system that is designed to scale in terms of task size and specificity, so that it can handle…
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Participants: Jasper, Eero Tuovinen.

3/11/2004 age_of_dissent: [FS:Twilight] Computer to Tabletop?
Hi folks! I'm new here, but I hope I can avoid any obvious mistakes. (Edit: And I make a spelling mistake in the subject. I can't believe I did that.…
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Participants: age_of_dissent, Eric J., anonymouse.

3/11/2004 VoiceOfGd: [Softlands] Question about Core Mechanic
Ok, this is my first post here and I have forum stagefright so I'm going to go directly down Ron's list in "How to present a mechanic..." explicitly. Sorry for…
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Participants: VoiceOfGd, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

3/11/2004 madelf: A racist race? What's your take?
I hope this belongs here. I don't swim much in this end of the pool. I usually stick to "Publishing" and occassionally stick my toe into "RPG Theory". But I…
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Participants: madelf, Wolfen, daMoose_Neo, simon_hibbs, Doctor Xero, pete_darby, Valamir, komradebob, Matt, Lara, contracycle.

3/12/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Backstage] Looking for a little opinion...(comedy RP)
Hmmkay, most of my posts have been to the publishing side concerning my CG going out, but with it at the printers I have a little time before I have…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, age_of_dissent, Mike Holmes, Doctor Xero, orbsmatt.

3/12/2004 age_of_dissent: [FS: Twilight] Would this initiative mechanic work?
I'm hashing out the details of my combat system, and I've got a system which works a bit differently to any I've seen before. I would appreciate your opinions on…
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Participants: age_of_dissent, Mike Holmes.

3/12/2004 Autocrat: I.N.I. ; Action Point System
OK, I'm happy with Action Point systems for interracting, I'm OK with figuring who goes when....the problem I have is excessive AP scores and normal AP Scores. Details: All Characters,…
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Participants: Autocrat, s3kt0r, Shreyas Sampat, Jack Aidley, Umberhulk, contracycle, Ben Morgan, Runjikol.

3/12/2004 Nathan P.: [Kildarrin] Opinions on optional rules
Hey all. I'd like to get some opinions on offering optional rules in a main game text. First, a little background. Timestream, my time travel game, is on the back-burner…
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Participants: Nathan P., montag, Mike Holmes, taalyn.

3/12/2004 greyorm: Pre-raiding jitters put stop to orcish horde?
Alright, ORX is nearly complete. There's a few bits to write out here and there, but I know exactly what is going into those bits, plus examples need to be…
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Participants: greyorm, Alan, Mike Holmes, daMoose_Neo, Sylus Thane, Ole.

3/15/2004 The Immortal MOOSE!: D12 Revisited
Quite some time ago, and under a different Screen Name, I posted a concept for a core game mechanic based around the use of a D12 for all resolutions. Due…
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Participants: The Immortal MOOSE!, Jasper, anonymouse, Darcy Burgess.

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