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3/5/2004 Starshadow: About TFoB...
I know, I know, there's been lots and lots of questions about this, and it's scheduled to be released at GenCon mid-late august. But the annoying thing is that some…
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Participants: Starshadow, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Salamander, Wolfen, bergh, Ingenious, Malechi, toli, Krammer.

3/5/2004 daagon: Missile Combat!? Grr!!
So let me get this straight... Even though the book mentions prep time for missiles as rounds, they actually mean seconds, yes? I'm wondering this because people on the forum…
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Participants: daagon, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Caz, Ingenious, Tash, nsruf.

3/5/2004 Poleaxe: Better CP penalties for armor and helmets
I was thinking (and I know this has been discussed before, even by me…) of revising the CP penalties for armor to be less restrictive, and possibly more realistic. And…
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Participants: Poleaxe, toli, Wolfen, Caz, Valamir, Jake Norwood, bergh.

3/5/2004 nsruf: Frequency/amount of sorcerous aging
I'm still learning TROS at the moment, and now have some "magical" questions for the long-time players and seneschals: How often and by how much do sorcerers in your games…
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Participants: nsruf, Spartan, Dain, Tash, Brian Leybourne, Jaeger, Wolfen.

3/5/2004 Edge: Gifts and Flaws
K i thought i would start a new thread so it had the right Subject :) Here are some gifts and flaws i have been playing around with. Tell me…
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Participants: Edge, Ingenious, Wolfen.

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.

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 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.

3/3/2004 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.

3/3/2004 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 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 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 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 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.

3/2/2004 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.

3/2/2004 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 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 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 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.

3/1/2004 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.

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3/7/2004 Ingenious: Question(s) about fine equipment.. again.
Greetings, pull up a chair for this one, possibly a sandwich and a drink.. cause you're going to be reading for awhile... Okay, so I've noticed through playtest duels on…
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Participants: Ingenious, Muggins, Valamir, [MKF]Kapten, Thanaeon, Overdrive, clehrich.

3/7/2004 Darcy Burgess: A Question Regarding Feints
On p.61 MRB ("Feint-and-Cut"), it states: This is relatively slow, with a high activation cost. Later on, under "Feint-and-Thrust", the MRB states: This is a more practical feint, as easily…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Spartan, Brian Leybourne.

3/8/2004 lokdu: never ending fight
I have some problems with fight in TROS . With equal skilled opponents and pretty good armor : some chain , leather and shield it's look like the fight is…
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Participants: lokdu, Muggins, Overdrive, Valamir, [MKF]Kapten, Ian.Plumb, Alan, Edge, Jaeger, Brian Leybourne, clehrich.

3/8/2004 Starshadow: Dagger stats
Hullo. Just wondering about stats for different types off dagger. The way I read the stats in App. 2 in the Book, the stats there are mainly for poniard and…
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Participants: Starshadow, [MKF]Kapten, Edge, Salamander, Caz, Tash, Dain, Drifter Bob, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

3/9/2004 Kaelin: Hello all
Hey there. Just wanted to say "hi" to everyone here, as I am a new member on the forums. My real name is Christopher Wheeler, so Chris, Christopher, or Kaelin…
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Participants: Kaelin, bcook1971, Uber_Munchkin.

3/9/2004 Ingenious: Acrobatics/Bodylanguage
Is it reasonable to assume that body language can be used in conjunction with acrobatics? So long as the defensive move falls under an evasion and the character is wearing…
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Participants: Ingenious.

3/9/2004 nsruf: Sorcery and Conan
I just picked up Mongoose's Conan RPG, but intend to use it only as background material for a TROS game. The feel and mechanics of TROS, especially the combat system,…
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Participants: nsruf, Edge, buddha, Alan, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 lokdu: come on for a knight contest !!
I'am very interested by other people fight and will be very happy to see combat screen shot with 2 knights with same skill , 1h sword or axe , full…
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Participants: lokdu, Overdrive, Blankshield, Mike Holmes, Jaeger, Valamir, Gideon13, [MKF]Kapten, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 Ilvarin: TRoS Programs for Linux
Is there a chance of seeing the character generator or combat sim in a Linux-native version? I'm not crazy about using WINE. I hate to sound selfish because I know…
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Participants: Ilvarin, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 O. Rodriguez: Spiritual Attributes - What are they?
Hello everyone, My group just started a tRoS game and after our first session we had a number of questions. After a search of the forums I found the answers…
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Participants: O. Rodriguez, Valamir, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Malechi, Bob McNamee, kenjib, Stephen, Ian.Plumb, bottleneck, Ante, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 Dain: Main Gauche
I posted this in the Dagger Stats topic, but due to the extended discussion there I'm afraid it's going to get lost in the wash...so I thought I'd start a…
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Participants: Dain, Caz, toli, Salamander.

3/9/2004 thomcat: The Riddle of Bronze
(yes, I know there will be *something* in TFOB, but I want rules for today...) Are these assumptions completely off base? 1) Bronze armor -- "softer" than Steel, so roughly…
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Participants: thomcat, toli, Caz, Alan, Gideon13, Brian Leybourne, Durgil, Mike Holmes, ZenDog.

3/9/2004 Bob Goat: Recommendations for First Timer
I convinced my normal group of gamers to start playing once a week on a weeknight outside of our two never ending (my kingdom for a conclusion) campaigns. This has…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Salamander, Edge, Malechi.

3/9/2004 Shadeling: My TROS games
As some of you may remember, I was running TROS games for sometime. They went well, but I decided to shelve them despite the stories being unfinished. To be honest,…
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Participants: Shadeling, Edge, Malechi, Dain, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Tash, MrGeneHa, Farseer415, Ian.Plumb, casinormal, nsruf, Alan, Valamir, Amy1419, bcook1971, Thanaeon, kanseg, kenjib, Muggins, Jaeger, Ben Lehman, silburnl, Starshadow, Ingenious, Emiricol.

3/10/2004 Tash: Terrain roll for an evade?
Can a terrain roll (which I think is used to represent any footwork a character has to do while moving) be used to evade an attack, particularly during a charge…
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Participants: Tash, [MKF]Kapten, Wolfen, Malechi, nsruf.

3/10/2004 bcook1971: Picky, Assumption-Teasing Questions
[list=1][*]Do you fumble a strike (pp. 78-9) by failing the roll and having two or more 1's (a la pp. 7-8) or does [i]any[/i] failure to hit draw the 1/2…
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Participants: bcook1971, Valamir, Malechi, Ingenious, Wolfen, Ian.Plumb.

3/10/2004 thomcat: Serrated edges
Just read about a jagged-edge weapon that would cause extra damage. A disadvantage mentioned was that this weapon catches in the wound, causing difficulty freeing it for the next swing.…
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Participants: thomcat, Malechi, Ingenious, Wolfen, Richard_Strey.

3/10/2004 Tash: Abusing SAs?
I was discussing character ideas with one of the guys in my group and he mentioned the idea of having "Drive: Hates to Loose" as an SA. Now on the…
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Participants: Tash, kenjib, Bankuei, Valamir, Alan, Lxndr, Wolfen, Ingenious, Ian.Plumb, timfire.

3/10/2004 [MKF]Kapten: People who knows military tactics, plz look here!
I need someone who knows more about military tactics than me, preferebly ancient tactics. When I created my campaign setting I wanted it to be different from the classic medieval…
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Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Valamir, Bob Goat, MrGeneHa, Mike Holmes, Drifter Bob, Tash, Bankuei, Half-Baked, Dan Sellars, Turin.

3/10/2004 Harlequin: Possible solution to Brian's SimB/S issue
This comes from a slightly stale thread, so I'll reopen rather than continuing... Brian raised a point about the simultaneous block/strike, and indeed IMO about all use of attacks in…
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Participants: Harlequin, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Edge, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Richard_Strey, Valamir, Overdrive, Tash, [MKF]Kapten, Gideon13, kenjib, nsruf, Ingenious.

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