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4/2/2004 spunky: ALTERNATE APPROACH TO THE KILLING DRAGONS and misc epic foes
The damage and combat system of TROS, while unparalled when dealing with humans, get real nasty when dealing with ogres, dragons, giants, and B.L.'s beloved ubertrollen. The combat system is…
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Participants: spunky, Caz, Wolfen, Tash, Negilent.

4/1/2004 big kev: luck.
hey all, its big kev of 24attack dice fame (?) just thought id throw this one in the mix cause it left me blown away. I had the most heroicly…
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Participants: big kev, Mayhem1979, Ingenious, Valamir, luke.

3/31/2004 Stephen: A "leaner" damage system
Provided in response to a suggestion in the "TROS Death Spiral" thread below, I thought I'd try this. This damage system is suggested as a sort of "lite" version of…
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Participants: Stephen, Valamir, Irmo, Tash, nsruf, Alan, bergh, Ingenious, Eamon, Mike Holmes, kenjib, Jaeger, Durgil.

3/31/2004 Drifter Bob: TROS - Death Spiral?
I was on usenet with the very a naive intention of promoting my new D20 book, and needless to say, like a tourist straying off the path in a visit…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, Ingenious, kenjib, Irmo, bergh, bottleneck, Malechi, [MKF]Kapten, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Eamon, Tash, Brian Leybourne, zilvar, Jaeger, Valamir, Durgil, Overdrive, greyorm, Emiricol, bcook1971.

3/30/2004 Malechi: [Sorcery] Resisting spells
Sorry if this has been brought up before.. i tried a search but came up empty handed. My question is, the rulebook presents a set of guidelines for resisting spells…
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Participants: Malechi, nsruf.

3/29/2004 bergh: Parrying a hit from a large troll...
Parrying a hit from a large troll... or in TRoS case a Giant or something like that....how do you run the rules, i say no one can parry a hit…
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Participants: bergh, Caz, Salamander, Turin, Valamir, Gary_Bingham, Wolfen.

3/29/2004 bcook1971: TROS in 10 Lines or Less.
Chargen Everyone gets the following attributes: Physical (5), Mental (5), CP (10). Write a story-trigger for 3 extra dice. Pick one of the following weapons: sword, spear or mace.…
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Participants: bcook1971.

3/28/2004 Valamir: What does a city in Wyerth look like?
Well, check out this site One of the coolest web resources I've ever seen. Over 3 dozen dutch city maps from 1652 in Gif and Jpeg. Actual period maps showing…
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Participants: Valamir, ZenDog, Ian.Plumb, Irmo, Bob McNamee, MrGeneHa.

3/27/2004 Bob Richter: Combat is too deadly?
My current character, who has no combat skill to speak of, has been in numerous battles and remains, for all intents and purposes, alive. Recently, he barely avoided being chomped…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Andrew Mure, Ian.Plumb, Ben Lehman, Mayhem1979, Fizban, Richard_Strey, ZenDog, casinormal, Wolfen, sirogit, Gideon13, Caz.

3/27/2004 Starshadow: Shield and dagger?
Something I've been thinking about: My character has the Mass weapon and shield, and Dagger proficiencies. Suppose, during combat, I somehow lose my morningstar, and pull a knife instead, how…
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Participants: Starshadow, ZenDog, Caz, Richard_Strey, Turin.

3/26/2004 Deacon Blues: How Do You Sheath A Doppelhander?
Pretty much sums it up right there.
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Participants: Deacon Blues, Irmo, Blankshield, Tash, Malechi, Salamander, Jake Norwood, murazor, Jürgen Mayer, Starshadow, Turin, Eamon, Muggins, Richard_Strey, Brian Leybourne.

3/23/2004 daagon: TROS Gladiators
TROS: Gladiators!? Ooooo... tell me more!!!!! (please?)
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Participants: daagon, Wolfen, ZenDog, Muggins.

3/26/2004 Turin: Running TROS
With the way the TROS combat system works, how do you handle running combat as a senshcenal? (I'm sure I butchered the spelling)? I would think the best person to…
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Participants: Turin, MonkeyWrench, ZenDog, Malechi, Overdrive.

3/25/2004 Caz: Another magic sword
Sperno This in a normal arming sword with a wide blade and sharp point, it stays in good condition. It has a scaly red leather grip. It has red inlaid…
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Participants: Caz, Mike Holmes, Tash, Turin.

3/25/2004 brigadoon: Max Steele vs Steffan - combat simulator
Can someone explain to me how they would fight these two in the simulator? My combats are lasting much too long. Thanks
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Participants: brigadoon, [MKF]Kapten, Overdrive.

3/25/2004 Crusader: Armor pics. OT, I know, but...
...I wanted to post some photos of my armour anyway. I know it needs polished, and there are a handful of minor inaccuracies, but just the same, I'd like some…
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Participants: Crusader, toli, bergh, Salamander, Caz.

3/25/2004 bergh: Great axe or 2h-axe. we use pole axe weapon and style.
Great axe or 2h-axe. we use pole axe weapon and style, but why can a pole axe thrust?, something you can't do with a large viking 2-handed axe. Should there…
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Participants: bergh, toli, Caz, ZenDog, Tash, Wolfen, Richard_Strey, kenjib, Turin, Starshadow.

3/25/2004 bergh: Dwarf racial modifier TRoS (non-wyerth)
Dwarf racial modifier TRoS (non-wyerth). Im thinking the Tolkien dwarf a warhammer dwarf. --- Dwarfs Lifespan: average 230, old 250. A few Dwarves reach 300. Height: Male average 4' 9"…
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Participants: bergh, Turin.

3/25/2004 Caz: Duelling Shield
Here's a challenge. Here are some stats for those traditional german duelling shields for commoners. Anyone else care to take a stab at em? Can be a fun throw in…
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Participants: Caz.

3/24/2004 bergh: General Fantasy setting question! but in riddle its ekstra
General Fantasy setting question! but in riddle its ekstra hard to handle. my question is: How do you handle all warrior groups and wounds, wihtout any healer type magicians, its…
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Participants: bergh, Tash, Jake Norwood, Dain, Caz, Turin, montag, Ingenious, bottleneck, [MKF]Kapten, Wolfen.

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4/2/2004 Durgil: The Mount's Strength
In the main rule book under the Offensive Maneuvers for the Lance, it states:The Riddle of Steel, pg. 59"]Simultaneous Block/Strike (0) used in a charge (mount's ST) V. Mounted Combat…
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Participants: Durgil, Jake Norwood.

4/2/2004 Overdrive: How to use luck?
I'd like to hear some of the practices of using luck. I think there are differences on how people use it, and if we gather those under the same topic,…
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Participants: Overdrive, toli, Tash, Jake Norwood.

4/3/2004 Turin: Helmets
I like to game in a dark/early middle ages world. The assortment of weapons in the later middle ages/renaissance is more interesting, but i like the "feel" better the dark/middle…
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Participants: Turin, Salamander, ZenDog, Caz, toli, bergh, MrGeneHa.

4/3/2004 bergh: TRoS Middel Earth: Elves as player characters
HI Im making races for my TRoS middle earth campaign, and i wish that elves a simply more Tolkien. so i have made this up: Silvan or Wood Elves -…
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Participants: bergh, Tash, kenjib, Irmo, Turin, ZenDog, Valamir, Andrew Mure, Mike Holmes, Edge, MonkeyWrench.

4/4/2004 Zhores: Movement in combat & pain & other stuff :)
I'm not sure the book answers these questions.. atleast there's some confusion in our group. How do you handle movement in combat? How long does it take? Do you use…
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Participants: Zhores, Alan, nsruf, bcook1971, kenjib, Richard_Strey.

4/5/2004 bergh: TROS Middle Earth: Hobbits
Hi I have made this PDF if you play hobbits in the middle earth universe with TRoS rules www.fflr.dk/tabletop/TROS/Hobbits.pdf
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Participants: bergh, Dain, Andrew Mure, Turin, ZenDog, Edge, casinormal.

4/5/2004 thomcat: SA spending - come again?
I am still amazed that I have read the use of SAs incorrectly. It just seems that "every roll" must have a caveat of "once a combat round" or "once…
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Participants: thomcat, kenjib, bergh, Valamir, Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Tash, Wolfen, Alan, Brian Leybourne.

4/7/2004 MonkeyWrench: Adapting TRoS for a more futuristic setting (long)
I've been a fan of Warhammer 40k for years now and it has always bothered me that there wasn't an RPG out there that captured the dirty, gothic feel of…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Caz, Tash, Trevis Martin.

4/7/2004 jeffd: armor penetrating capability of crossbows
I remember a while back (month or two) there was a thread here about the longbow's mythical ability to penetrate full harness armor - basically someone did research and that's…
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Participants: jeffd, Tash, Crusader, Salamander, Dain, Caz, bergh, Eamon.

4/8/2004 Creslin: Using a rapier with sword and shield style?
Hey all, I'm new to TROS, and I only have a mild understanding of the rules. So anyway, I read in the book that you can use something like a…
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Participants: Creslin, Tash, MonkeyWrench, Caz, Wolfen, tauman, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, bergh.

4/8/2004 The Heretic: Questions about Magic.
What is the difference between using Imprisonment to trap a demon inside a person and using Conquer? Personally, I think that imprisoning Spirits, Demons or Spells should always be done…
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Participants: The Heretic, Wolfen.

4/9/2004 Turin: TROS Combat question
I've run the simulator a few times and played the quick start rules, and have a general question about combat. It seems if you have a few more dice (2-3?)…
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Participants: Turin, BPetroff93, Tash, Irmo, Wolfen.

4/10/2004 CPXB: Riddle of Steel Character Generator Question
I was inputting my new TROS character into the generator -- I'm a first time player and loving the game -- and when I was selecting equipment I saw an…
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Participants: CPXB, Brian Leybourne, Emiricol, Jake Norwood.

4/10/2004 Turin: Danish Axe
Which weapon in the list best represents the 2 handed "danish axe" used by Saxons Danes & Norwegians? The Poleaxe seems a bit long for it and the Hand axe…
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Participants: Turin, Kaelin, ZenDog.

4/11/2004 Emiricol: TRoS online
I'm saving up to buy TRoS. It will be the first non-D&D, non-D20 game I've bought in... oh... 13 or 14 years. I used to play a lot of non-D&D…
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Participants: Emiricol, ZenDog, Mike Holmes, Ingenious.

4/11/2004 bergh: "may get stuck" weapons how?
"may get stuck" weapons how? Some weapons have the "may get stuck" in there profile? How does this work? And next i wanna ask, my players have found out that…
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Participants: bergh, MonkeyWrench, Kaelin, Salamander, Mokkurkalfe, ZenDog, Turin, Brian Leybourne, Edge.

4/11/2004 bergh: on horse and using shield
Anyway, i was thinking that it may have been hard to use a shield when fighting on horse, im thinking on using it activily. if someone strikes you against your…
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Participants: bergh, Caz, Tash, Farseer415, Andrew Mure, Valamir, Wolfen.

4/12/2004 bergh: Why are Footman's pick and the spike on a Warhammer=ATN6?
Why are Footman's pick and the spike on a Warhammer so low an ATN (6), i think this seems wrong, and they are also killers, +2dam and +1 vs armours…
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Participants: bergh, Mokkurkalfe, ZenDog, Andrew Mure, BPetroff93, Irmo, Mike Holmes, Caz, Edge, [MKF]Kapten, Jaeger.

4/12/2004 Sigurth: TROS in an Arthurian Mythos setting
One of my players really loves TROS. We are currently using it for our Hârn game (see sig). He proposed that we use TROS for our very, very sporadic Pendragon…
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Participants: Sigurth, Valamir, ZenDog, Jasper, Edge, Eamon, Mike Holmes.

4/12/2004 bergh: New Prioritization table for creating character
i have made a new one. www.fflr.dk/tabletop/TROS/TRoSPri.pdf Rate it and give me a comment.
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Participants: bergh, Ian.Plumb, Bob McNamee, Edge, Lxndr, Stephen, Krammer, Ingenious.

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