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3/19/2004 Morfedel: A new magic system... again... :D
Hi there. I'm working on a new magic system for my campaign. Not because I am complaining about the old one. But because I have a game world with very…
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Participants: Morfedel, Stephen.

3/19/2004 bergh: TRoS in Middle Earth and Orcs. (+ stats for Mordor War Orcs)
Hi everybody, First i wanna say that i LOVE TRoS, but we play in a middel earth setting, and the players most often fight orcs where they are now. I…
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Participants: bergh, Stephen, Valamir, silburnl, Brian Leybourne, daagon, Sigurth, Melkor, Dain, bottleneck, Irmo, [MKF]Kapten, ulfhiden.

3/19/2004 Ingenious: Question on swords and sorcery.
Page 125 says: '..Combat runs regularly, with the sorceror's spell acting as his offense or defense. Any other actions taken use the dice allotted by the Reflex attribute, or any…
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Participants: Ingenious, nsruf, Brian Leybourne.

3/19/2004 ZenDog: First game done and dusted
Just finished my first game, there was a big chunk of background for the player to read (which works better online than it does face to face) and the action…
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Participants: ZenDog, Wolfen.

3/18/2004 ulfhiden: Book not here yet!
I ordered my book about 2 1/2 weeks ago and it hasnt arrived is this normal? should i be worried?
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Participants: ulfhiden, Tash, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

3/18/2004 ZenDog: Jakes game and Brian's software...
... are an excellent combination. I made a new convert yesterday. After one chargen, and a few goes on the comabt simulator my friend (The player in the one on…
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Participants: ZenDog, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, [MKF]Kapten.

3/18/2004 Mayhem1979: Creative Gifts and Flaws
Hi, I'm working on a supplement / expansion for TROS, which depending on how well it works and if it ends up meeting Jake's approval... may eventually be available as…
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Participants: Mayhem1979, Stephen, [MKF]Kapten, JamesSterrett, Edge, ZenDog, Tash, Lxndr, Andrew Mure, toli.

3/18/2004 daagon: Boring players!!
I'm running a game at the moment, set in Middle Earth, and my players always seem to go for strikes to the head... like always! This makes combat (for me…
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Participants: daagon, Mayhem1979, Half-Baked, nsruf, ZenDog, Caz, Edge, Dain, clehrich, kenjib, Blankshield, [MKF]Kapten, Brian Leybourne.

3/18/2004 Valamir: SA dice by roll or CP
An interesting question came up in the SA survey thread regarding whether groups added dice from SAs into each exchange or into the Combat Pool total. I was astonished by…
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Participants: Valamir, Malechi, Stephen, Ian Charvill, Edge, Ian.Plumb, Alan, Ingenious, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Thanaeon, nsruf, Irmo, thomcat.

3/18/2004 Earl Aubec: Overland Travel Rates
Table 5.1 lists travel times for various terrain types. Yet what if you're traveling through the mountains on a trail or path? Shouldn't trails, paths and roads each modifiy the…
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Participants: Earl Aubec, deltadave, Edge, Valamir, toli, Wolfen, [MKF]Kapten, silburnl.

3/17/2004 Alan: SA usage survey
I think it might be interesting to do a survey of SA standards. I'm going to post some questions. Please feel free to answer - but in the interests of…
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Participants: Alan, Malechi, Starshadow, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Lxndr, Wolfen, bcook1971.

3/17/2004 Ognamus: Ogy!... I'm new...
Heh, well, I was bored and sitting in the lobby in OpenRPG, since I dropped out of two lame DnD games. (for the love of god, if I see annother…
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Participants: Ognamus, Edge, Lxndr, ZenDog.

3/16/2004 Dain: Why SA's for stat/proficiency developement?
Kindof just a "why did you do it that way" question for Jake. For skills, you made it very logical with regards to real life (in my opinion) by making…
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Participants: Dain, kenjib, Ian.Plumb, Jaeger, Malechi, Ben Lehman, Valamir, bottleneck, Jake Norwood, Alan, Bob McNamee.

3/15/2004 O. Rodriguez: Fleeing Combat
Hello everyone. SA issues were dealt with before session two and now that session two is history, things are starting to move forward really nicely. I'll try to get something…
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Participants: O. Rodriguez, toli, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

3/15/2004 Edge: Example SA's
I've noticed a few topics about SA's lately and i thought we could start one with example SA's in it to help new and old players alike in getting new…
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Participants: Edge, Malechi, big kev, Valamir, Mayhem1979, Ingenious, Ben Lehman, nsruf, bottleneck, Krammer, silburnl, Caz, ZenDog, [MKF]Kapten, Jake Norwood.

3/14/2004 ZenDog: First game advice
Hello All, I haven’t had TRoS long I’ve read it through once, I’m alright with most of it (bit shaky on sorcery but not planning to have any supernatural elements…
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Participants: ZenDog, Malechi, Bankuei, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, bottleneck.

3/13/2004 daagon: Boromir!!!
I'm about to start a Lord of the Rings campaign using TROS rules, and I was just wondering what sword Boromir used in the movie? Is it a bastard sword?…
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Participants: daagon, Tash, Wolfen.

3/13/2004 Aelios: How to Imprison Spells?
It's not in the book; I've search the forum. I can't find any references. How do I create a one-use spell battery? It uses Imprisoning, it can be activated instantly,…
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Participants: Aelios, nsruf, Brian Leybourne.

3/13/2004 Earl Aubec: Attacking with sword and axe
Leaving aside the question of historical precedence and "realism", it is not uncommon to find wargaming miniatures with a sword in one hand and an axe in the other. Since…
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Participants: Earl Aubec, Wolfen, daagon.

3/13/2004 Earl Aubec: Newbie has combat questions
Hi there. Sorry if these are redundant questions, but I did a Search and did not find the answers I sought. Take it easy on me; I just ran my…
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Participants: Earl Aubec, nsruf, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Jake Norwood.

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3/19/2004 Starshadow: Doppelhander
Hi there, just a little quickie here. Are there any strenght requirements to use the doppelahander sword? Or maybe I should ask what strenght is required to use it properly?…
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Participants: Starshadow, bergh, Caz, Salamander, Tash, Mayhem1979, Bob Richter, BPetroff93, Turin, tauman, Richard_Strey, [MKF]Kapten.

3/19/2004 bergh: HELP all my players want or have full plate and helmet!
HELP all my players want ot have full plate and helmet! they got the money, and they think they got a big enough CP to handle it. Alright! my problem…
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Participants: bergh, toli, Valamir, Mayhem1979, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Tash, Brian Leybourne, Andrew Mure, Sigurth, thamias, ZenDog, Spartan.

3/20/2004 Wolfen: A character
Bored, I decided to make a character that I'd theorized around the time that I met Jake in Utah. Character is below. (btw.. found an easter egg entirely by accident..…
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Participants: Wolfen, bergh.

3/20/2004 bergh: Critical hit system....
HI I my gaming group including myself i think, we like that most idea that you can make a critical hit, ignoring armour or making maximum damage, becouse you by…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Salamander, Tash.

3/20/2004 ZenDog: Fine Weapons
I see in the Chargen Software there is the chance to buy fine weapons, and in the example of combat one of the characters has a ATN 5 sword whichs…
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Participants: ZenDog, Salamander.

3/20/2004 Ace: 4 magic swords for TROS
Here is a TROS write up for 4 swords from my Fantasy World of Midrea These weapons are "alive" after a fashion as are most magic items IMC. Item Spirit…
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Participants: Ace, ZenDog, [MKF]Kapten, Brian Leybourne, Tash.

3/20/2004 Tash: Finally!
My copy of the core rules arrived today! Interestingly, after all the time I've spent reading these forums, there is very little in them that is new for me besides…
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Participants: Tash, bergh, ZenDog, Brian Leybourne, ulfhiden, Jake Norwood, Overdrive.

3/21/2004 ZenDog: Berserkers
I'm guessing that this subject ie either, A) Covered in TFoB B) Discusssed at length in previous threads C) A&B If so apolpgies ect, any hombrew solutions or links to…
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Participants: ZenDog, Tash, Sigurth, Brian Leybourne, [MKF]Kapten, bergh, nsruf, Jake Norwood, Ingenious, silburnl, bottleneck, Wolfen.

3/21/2004 bergh: Bite attacks how?
Bite attack DR is ST-3c fine...a little weak i think a punch does give ST-2.. anyway the: "following a succesful bite the jaws begin to crush doing STb damage until…
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Participants: bergh, Brian Leybourne, nsruf, kenjib, Jake Norwood.

3/21/2004 Jadetiger: Proficiencies in Character Generation
Hi everybody! Just a few weeks ago I got my own Riddle of Steel Rulebook and I think this RPG is REALLY great. But I've got some newbie questions that…
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Participants: Jadetiger, [MKF]Kapten, Malechi, Tash, Jasper, nsruf, Wolfen, Blankshield, kenjib.

3/21/2004 ZenDog: NPC's as a supporting cast.
As my game is a one on one campaign, I'll have lots of Allied NPC's around the player. Some of them will generally stay in the settlement, but some of…
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Participants: ZenDog, bergh, toli.

3/21/2004 ZenDog: Major NPC's with firing SA's
When you create major NPC's for your games do you create SA's dfor them and use them the same way as the players? Or are SA's consdered and edge for…
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Participants: ZenDog, bergh.

3/22/2004 Ace: 6 more magic items for TROS
Here are a few more items for your TROS game Singer This exceptionally well made Shide bow looks to be carved out of a single piece of Ivory. It is…
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Participants: Ace, Jake Norwood, kenjib.

3/22/2004 Starshadow: Buying initiative
Hi there. A question about initiative that came up during this weekends session: One character had less reflex than his opponent in a red-red situation, and decided to buy initiative.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Starshadow, Tash, Jake Norwood, Overdrive, bergh, Edge.

3/22/2004 daagon: Maximum Proficiency
What is the maximum proficiency level attainable by a character? Since you can never have more than 25 SA points, I'm assuming it will max out at level 26. Is…
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Participants: daagon, Tash, toli, Ian.Plumb, Wolfen.

3/23/2004 Malechi: New review at RPG.net
[url]http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10177.phtml[/url] errrr ... yeah.... go check it out.. *ahem*
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Participants: Malechi, Salamander, bottleneck, Caz, MrGeneHa, tauman, Eamon, Wolfen, Stephen, bergh, Richard_Strey, montag, NotOnYourLife, kenjib, Turin, Edge, dysjunct, Valamir, Merritt Baggett, Ingenious, clehrich, Ian.Plumb, Alan, Jake Norwood, luke, Dain, [MKF]Kapten, pete_darby, ZenDog, Brian Leybourne, Mayhem1979.

3/23/2004 bergh: hits succes vs. defending succes.
This question is rather silly you may think. we have been playing: hits succes vs. defending succes. ie. if i hit with 5 success and my opponent evade with 3…
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Participants: bergh, [MKF]Kapten, bcook1971, Edge, Wolfen.

3/23/2004 bergh: Scenechal screen
Hi what do you think a scenechal screen should be? im talking both the side to the players and the scenechal?.
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Participants: bergh, Caz, Tywin Lannister, Wolfen, Ben.

3/23/2004 Blankshield: Black Company TROS
I've noticed a few mentions of Glen Cook's Black Company series in the forum here as a good potential setting for TROS, and figured people might be interested in seeing…
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Participants: Blankshield, Valamir, ulfhiden, Tash, Morfedel.

3/24/2004 ulfhiden: Confused about terain rolls.
im acctualy so confused i dont know what questions to ask!! i guess first is when and how to use them. Roll them everytime you move in combat so that…
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Participants: ulfhiden, Tash, Starshadow, Alan, Wolfen.

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