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2/29/2004 bearer: Passive block with shield
Yes the new kind in town has lot questions! ok here goes.... 1 on 1 fight, attaker swings with 5 dice to upper torso now defender has his shield covering…
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Participants: bearer, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Overdrive, Muggins.

2/29/2004 Mokkurkalfe: TROS combat on a computer
I have been thinking for some time about how to convert the TROS combat system into an isometric (the perspective The Sims uses) rpg. Of course, it would be completed…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe.

2/29/2004 bearer: Question about encumbrance and armor
Ok, does these add up to make huge blow to CP? Example: Character with full plate and helm, totalling 3(armor)+2(helm) -5 to CP. He is allso having sword and shield,…
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Participants: bearer, Brian Leybourne, Edge.

2/29/2004 Malechi: Origins of TROS
Hey there guys, I was posting a little encouragement about TROS last night on a new messageboard I've found for Australian gamers. One of the board admins there made mention…
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Participants: Malechi, bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Wolfen, casinormal, Stephen, Jake Norwood.

2/28/2004 6inTruder: Spiritual Attributes with Roll & Keep
I'm looking to run an L5R game. Eventually. And a change I want to make to the system is that I want to import tRoS's SAs pretty much whole cloth.…
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Participants: 6inTruder, Bankuei.

2/27/2004 Ian.Plumb: Miniatures, TFoB, and Line of Sight
Hi, A couple of years ago... ... I actually discourage using miniatures except for the most basic understanding of a scene, and using terrain rolls whenever movement is a…
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Participants: Ian.Plumb, Wolfen, Malechi, Dain, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Muggins, November Kilo, Dan Sellars, Tash.

2/27/2004 Caz: Stuff
Just to let anyone know who really wants it, I've got complete working and playtested rules and stats for firearms, past present and sci-fi, cyberware, sci-fi melee weapons, armor, working…
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Participants: Caz, Wolfen, Malechi.

2/27/2004 Aelios: Character Creation: Skills Question
Page 30: "Although it is possible to double-up on one single packet, most characters ..." So what happens when you double up? Do you reapply the modifiers? Do all the…
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Participants: Aelios, Lxndr, Caz, Wolfen, Ingenious, bcook1971, Thanaeon, kenjib.

2/27/2004 Dain: Possible TROS Errata item - Research Skill
Hey Guys, According to Mark Winkelman's Errata page, new Errata items not listed there should be dropped here. This one is probably trivial as everyone probably knows off the top…
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Participants: Dain, Wolfen.

2/26/2004 sirogit: Tros CCG?
I seem to remember reading about this in TROS. I could be wrong as I don't have the book with me at the moment due to losing the bag it…
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Participants: sirogit, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Edge, Hereward The Wake.

2/26/2004 Caz: some magic/mutant/cinematic martial arts powers
Just kinda made these up in myspare time, thought they were kinda fun. Haven't playtested them or anything. Enjoy Magic/Mutant/Cinematic Martial Arts Powers Can be treated as maneuvers w/activation costs…
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Participants: Caz, Brian Leybourne.

2/25/2004 Dain: HELP! First, Pulling a punch. Second an index to this forum.
Hey Guys, How does one pull a punch (decided pre-emptively...not a "whoops, can I take that back" upon noticing your successes are so great you're going to gut someone)? I…
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Participants: Dain, murazor, Deacon Blues, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Edge, kenjib, Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Vanguard, Valamir, Dan Sellars, Wolfen, BirdMan, big kev.

2/25/2004 [MKF]Kapten: Defending specific body parts
I have thought about this before, but now its kind of important. If a fighter in full plate has one exposed leg for some reason, would it be realistic to…
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Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Ingenious, Edge, Brian Leybourne.

2/25/2004 Dan Sellars: Overcrowding in Weryth
Hello Chaps, Sorry this rambles a bit... I was just looking through the rule book last night refreshing myself about Weryth etc as I've never really read it through before.…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, Jake Norwood.

2/25/2004 ZazielsRephaim: MAJOR SPOILER (if my players read this I'll kill them)
Nick, Jason, Bill, Cory, Logan.... if you guys read this, I will kill you, then kill your characters later. I just wanted to run a game laden with undead and…
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Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Jaeger, Jake Norwood, kenjib, Brian Leybourne.

2/25/2004 Durgil: Possible Alternative Rules for Armour
Just to let you all know right up front, if you don't want an extra dice roll or two in combat when a hit is determined, then save yourself some…
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Participants: Durgil, Crusader, Wolfen, Caz, BirdMan, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe.

2/25/2004 Aelios: Sorcery: E=Mc^2 and other questions
Maybe this should be three posts; but I'm tired right now so please forgive me. Q1: I've seen…
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Participants: Aelios, sirogit, Rick, Wolfen, Morfedel, Jake Norwood.

2/24/2004 bergh: "naked Dwarf" syndrome and a posible fix
first i wanna say that having a toughness about 6 is not working very good, we tryed to play yesterday, (mock combat), and the T7 character was simply to good,…
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Participants: bergh, Caz, toli, sirogit, Ingenious, Overdrive, Andrew Mure, Wolfen, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, bearer, lokdu, Edge, Tash, Dain, Turin, ZenDog, Tom, aaronharmon, bottleneck, Aelios, Starshadow, James Buchanan, Fleinhoy, Sir Mathodius Black.

2/24/2004 daagon: Appendices mistake?
In the appendices download (and thus, i assume, in the core book which I'm waiting to be delivered) page 245 and 246 both have the same "Bludgeoning Damage Location Table:…
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Participants: daagon, Jake Norwood.

2/24/2004 nsruf: Newbie question on combat
Hi all! I finally picked up TROS last weekend, after lurking here for a while to see what the game is all about. And it seems to be a much…
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Participants: nsruf, Salamander, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, John Harper, Brian Leybourne, Edge.

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3/1/2004 Jaif: Issue with skills resolution
Hey all, Sorry if this has been discussed already. I don't get to these forums much and I miss lots. Anyways, I have real problems with the skills system. Basically,…
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Participants: Jaif, Ingenious, Dain, Wolfen, Richard_Strey.

3/1/2004 Dan Sellars: Throwing knives while juggling
Hello, At the weekend one of my players created an Enternatiner/Coutier character with the concept of a travelling entertainer. He had a fairly good missile pool and wondered if his…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, kenjib, Ingenious.

3/1/2004 Dan Sellars: No combat pool with initative
Hello All, I had a situation I didn't know how to resolve at the weekend. Character A attacked character B with all his dice pool, charcter B defenced with All…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, nsruf, Valamir, Richard_Strey, Dain, Brian Leybourne.

3/1/2004 tauman: Hidden Flaws
Just a quick thought... Has anyone ever thought about doing the flaws such that a player might not know what they all are? That is, the player selects the merits…
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Participants: tauman, Lxndr, bergh, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious.

3/1/2004 Morfedel: Ideas on other Race/Sorcery Priorities
I was thinking of possible alternate priority schemes for Race/Sorcery, and thought I'd ask for feedback. Idea 1: Replace the bottom three humans with the following: D: Superior Human -…
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Participants: Morfedel, Valamir, The Heretic, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Edge, [MKF]Kapten.

3/1/2004 bergh: Lord of the Rings Orcs and Uruk-hai's
I KNOW I KNOW TROS IS NOT LOTR!!! But please help me, my players (and me), wanna have LOTR orcs instead of Gols (not that we don't like them :D).…
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Participants: bergh, MonkeyWrench, Dain, Fentible, Gideon13, Edge, Brian Leybourne, Crusader, Ingenious, Malechi, Mike Holmes.

3/2/2004 sirogit: Suggestions for making the best possible SAs.
Next wednesday, chargen should be completed in my Riddle of Steel game(The game was unfortunately delayed when I lost my book.) Two characters are -very near- complete, with the thid…
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Participants: sirogit, bcook1971, Ingenious.

3/2/2004 ZazielsRephaim: I know Kung Fu!
I was wondering if anyone has, as of yet, developed more intricate rules for methods of unarmed combat. Or are we waiting for Riddle of Jade for that to come…
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Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Ben Lehman, Ingenious, Richard_Strey.

3/2/2004 MonkeyWrench: WFRP, Hedge Magic, and Skills
Like many others I've decided to use TRoS to run a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying game. ANd like many others I've found Riddle of Steel's magic system wanting when it comes…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Dan Sellars.

3/2/2004 daagon: The Blind Swordsman
I'd love to make a character based on the japanese "blind swordsman". I thought that I could give him the Major Flaw "Blind" (funniliy enough). For this I would say…
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Participants: daagon, Richard_Strey, Valamir, Lxndr, Dain, Ben Lehman, Jake Norwood, Ingenious, Tash, Drifter Bob.

3/2/2004 Dan Sellars: Terrain Rolls
I was just wondering about terrain rolls. I see what happens if your fighting on slippy ground and I see what happens if your fighting multiple opponents. What do you…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, Wolfen, Jaif, Edge, Brian Leybourne.

3/3/2004 Tash: ETA on order from the Market?
Greetings everyone. I've been lurking here for the past week reading up as much as I could on TROS. I ordered my compy of the core rules a few days…
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Participants: Tash, Brian Leybourne.

3/3/2004 Gee4orce: Interesting real world evidence for Toughness
After reading the (repeated) debates on the merits of the Toughness stat in TROS, I was intrigued to read the following: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/02/wglad02.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/02/ixworld.html It seems that Gladiators stuffed themselves silly to…
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Participants: Gee4orce, [MKF]Kapten, Caz, Tash, Andrew Mure.

3/3/2004 bergh: Double Attack manouver????question...hope for answer
Hi all I dont understand the Double Attack manouver, or to say it better, i dont under stand how to react to it. Your opponent may defend by: (a) Evading…
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Participants: bergh, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Tash, nsruf, [MKF]Kapten, Mike Holmes, Wolfen.

3/3/2004 johnmarron: Adding SA's to the combat simulator (Brian?)
I had an idea the other day about adding SA's to the combat simulator. It seems to me this would be a good way to showcase not only the dramatic…
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Participants: johnmarron, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Dan Sellars, Dain.

3/3/2004 ulfhiden: Just ordered the rule book.
I just ordered the rule book and i am greatly anticipating its arrival. This game seems to be everything i want for the most part from a game. However i…
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Participants: ulfhiden, kenjib, Wolfen.

3/3/2004 daagon: TFOB!!??!?!?
I'm sure MANY people have asked this question already, and I'm also pretty sure you're probably sick of the question by now, but as I don't know the answer, I'm…
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Participants: daagon, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Salamander, Starshadow, Durgil.

3/4/2004 big kev: ah ha- more ignorant queries!!
hi all, first post, very pleased to be here, not enough praise for the game, long walks along the beach etc, etc... So. last night bumped in to problems with…
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Participants: big kev, Edge, Ingenious, Jaeger, Dan Sellars, Starshadow, Tash, nsruf, Dain, Trevis Martin, Brian Leybourne, Thanaeon, Wolfen, daagon.

3/4/2004 ZiegenPeter: Mechanics of "the riddle of the steel"
Hi Guys! I'm a german RPGer and i've read about "the riddle of steel" a few weeks ago. Unfortunally it hasn't appeared in Germany yet. Actually I play a german…
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Participants: ZiegenPeter, nsruf, Andrew Mure.

3/4/2004 Drifter Bob: Dagger versus Sword (Revisited!)
We did that dagger vs. a sword test at Southern Knights this last weekend. The Combattants Jake is the top ranked fencer at ARMA and one of their senior instructors.…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, Tash, Jake Norwood, [MKF]Kapten, Muggins, Harlequin, Valamir.

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