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5/7/2004 Mayhem1979: Weird Character ideas...
Hi, in an effort to "break" a supplement / expansion I'm working on, I need to you to give me ideas for a whole lotta different characters/races. So ideas people...…
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Participants: Mayhem1979, kenjib, Fizban, Krammer, Jake Norwood, sirogit.

5/6/2004 Valthalion: Very large creatures
Hi guys I am developing a character who is Seelie (Magical). He is about 6 inches tall. However he is outrageously over confident and aggressive with a bad temper and…
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Participants: Valthalion, bergh, Uber_Munchkin, Dain, [MKF]Kapten.

5/5/2004 Malechi: TROS Review
I've posted a review of TROS over at a couple of Australian websites and while I don't want to take the credit the FLGS has had to restock twice since…
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Participants: Malechi, Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

5/4/2004 Loki: suggestions for a 1-shot
I'd like to run RoS for my group as a 1- or 2-shot adventure with pre-generated characters for 3-5 players. I've been reading over the sections in the book that…
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Participants: Loki, Ashren Va'Hale, kenjib, Muggins, Paka, Wolfen, Tash, Jürgen Mayer.

5/4/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: a new TROS Yahoo Group/ E-List
I just started a new yahoo group for TROS players. I figured it could be an effective way for peopel here to RP or just shootthe breeze in a format…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

5/4/2004 Tash: Good place to get dice?
I was wondering if anyone here knows of a good online source for dice. My group has a quite limited quantity of D10s, basically one set for the players and…
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Participants: Tash, Trevis Martin, Durgil, Dain, ethan_greer, Edge.

5/3/2004 bergh: New Trollspawn for Weyrth. Thickskins
I made the first draft for a new troll spawn for Weyrth. www.fflr.dk/tabletop/TROS/Thickskins.pdf I think i need to develop them a bit more, maybe by doing a "Story"-first style like…
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Participants: bergh, Krammer, Tash, Brian Leybourne.

5/2/2004 Emiricol: PC sheet - criticism welcome
I've made my first real PC, and I'd welcome a critical review by you fine folks. The sheet is here but comes in at just under 2 megs (sorry). Next…
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Participants: Emiricol, Mike Holmes, Tash, Wolfen.

5/2/2004 Tywin Lannister: The Riddle of Steel PDF Mini-supplement.
I am currently writing a "TRoS" PDF mini-supplement. It was almost finished, but my harddrive finished first; so I am rewriting material. The mini-supplement in question is a detailed setting…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Tash, Muggins, ZenDog, Mike Holmes, Thagorod Alynsson, greyorm, Rattlehead.

5/1/2004 Starshadow: Sickness
When you lose attribute points due to sickness, are these points lost permanently, or do you regain points in time without using SA points?
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Participants: Starshadow, Tywin Lannister, [MKF]Kapten.

4/30/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: combat monsters
I was wondering if people wouldnt mind posting their most wicked combat monster PC's. Include the CP, str, To, what weapon and armor they use, reflex, knockout and knockdown, relevant…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Salamander, Tash, Krammer, Mayhem1979.

4/30/2004 bergh: Samurai!
Hello people i wanna do some work for the a samurai setting, using riddle of steel, and then i just want to know if some other people did know a…
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Participants: bergh, Tash, Irmo, Malechi, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Muggins, Richard_Strey, Bastoche, clehrich, timfire.

4/30/2004 Morfedel: Of Beasts and Men Order
FINALLY got around to ordering this. I just wanted to say, Yah! Anyone know how long it takes Driftwood to get the book out? I did it on paypal today....
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Participants: Morfedel, Tash, nsruf, Jake Norwood, Overdrive.

4/30/2004 Emiricol: Pointless battle? Knight vs Rapier.
Alright. Having just received my TRoS book (Yaay!), I ran through some combat simulations. What stumped me is this; how can a fully armored knight and an unarmored Rapier-wielder avoid…
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Participants: Emiricol, Bob McNamee, Tash, Dain, nsruf, bergh, Ben Lehman, GaGrin, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Salamander, Turin, contracycle, Uber_Munchkin, Wolfen, tauman, BPetroff93, Deliverator, Rattlehead, Draigh.

4/28/2004 Starshadow: Armor penalties and stacking
Have a few more questions for today, concerning armor. 1. With a chainmail coif and a pot helm, you get a CP modifier of -1, same as with either of…
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Participants: Starshadow, Tash, Jake Norwood.

4/28/2004 Starshadow: Questions about maneuvers
Hi there. Have a few questions about maneuvers here. 1. Can maneuvers that give give bonuses on the following exchange be started in the second exchange of a combat round?…
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Participants: Starshadow, Uber_Munchkin, Alan, nsruf, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

4/28/2004 Uber_Munchkin: Otamarluk & Djinn
Ok so I'm starting my first TROS game tonight and I have a vague idea of what I want to be doing with it. The game is going to occur…
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Participants: Uber_Munchkin, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Ian.Plumb.

4/27/2004 Emiricol: Demographics maps?
Has anyone done up the map of Weyrth to show, for example, general technology level or better yet, religions? A map with an overlay, for example, showing which realms followed…
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Participants: Emiricol, Tash, Jake Norwood.

4/25/2004 bergh: my own Mounted combat rules so far!
MOUNTED COMBAT. 1. Rider, roll AG/Ride skill to see if the combat round only last one exchange. 2. Use the horses CP and use the Ride skill for attacks by…
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Participants: bergh.

4/25/2004 bergh: Horse attacks! can you do stampede or trample?
I have a question, when a group of mounted knight (my players in this case), wants to charge a close group of enemys, we play that they attack with there…
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Participants: bergh, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Turin, Tash, Farseer415, Wolfen, Valthalion.

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5/9/2004 Kcasar: oBaM...?
was looking over the site, and oBaM looks intersting. I have a small amount of extra cash this month, and it might go to this book. i'm really enjoying running…
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Participants: Kcasar, bergh, Wolfen.

5/9/2004 nsruf: Buying Initiative and Perception
The cost of buying initiative depends on the opponent's Per. But as Seneschal, I don't usually tell my players the attribute values of npcs. So how do you handle it?…
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Participants: nsruf, bergh, Tash, Wolfen, bottleneck.

5/9/2004 Nero's Boot: TRoS game mechanics; game worlds other than Weyrth
I've recently been cruising the forums at RPG.net, and I've seen some threads about using TRoS with other, established game settings (i.e., Greyhawk, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, etc). What worlds from…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, nsruf, Malechi, Tash, bergh, Edge, Turin, Paka, Wolfen, Stephen, Mike Holmes, Sigurth, Valthalion, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Valamir, Fleinhoy, Emiricol.

5/10/2004 Pan Bohun: Finding Others to Play
Man, that's seriously my main problem! I can get like my little brother and his friends but they're constantly screwing with the game and making their characters do really stupid…
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Participants: Pan Bohun, bcook1971, Tash, Wolfen, Salamander, Edge, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Malechi, Spartan, Valthalion, James Buchanan.

5/11/2004 bergh: Toughness discussing again!
MY SOLUTION TO THE TOUGHNESS VS STRENGTH ISSUE. problem: TO10 human is imposible to kill. Solution: Toughness is also about size/race! In our gaming group we have decided that TO6…
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Participants: bergh, Tash, Prince of Thieves, Overdrive, Edge.

5/11/2004 coryblack_666: full/semi- auto weapons
i looked around, but it doesnt seem to be that anyone has come up with some good solid rules for this. So has anyone came up with any? I thought…
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Participants: coryblack_666, Tash, Malechi, Mayhem1979, bergh, Salamander, Wolfen, Caz, nsruf, Valthalion, Edge, Turin, Kaelin, Dr_Pete.

5/11/2004 Tywin Lannister: TROS: Quickest character death RPG ever?
I was creating a character, kind of an elderly hedge knight, and he died during character creation (while applying the aging penalties). What other RPG can boast of such quick…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Tash, Malechi, nsruf, Mike Holmes, Valthalion, Edge, Muggins, Krammer.

5/12/2004 bergh: Is it not the easy to hit with a missile weapon?
Is it not the easy to hit with a missile weapon? a crossbow has ATN5, and then if you got skill 6 and wits 5, you got a MP of…
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Participants: bergh, Caz, Brian Leybourne, [MKF]Kapten, Tash, Andrew Mure, Wolfen.

5/12/2004 Prince of Thieves: Seneschals Lets share some stories. (Long Post)
Lets share some story ideas and outlines. Some people have suggested that it is fruitless to share story ideas for RoS because of the Spiritual Attributes. But I disagree, I…
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Participants: Prince of Thieves, James Buchanan.

5/13/2004 Malechi: Settings and Unused/Pointless Priorities
I'm currently working on Katanapunk! and I've been thinking about the priorities and what to place in the character section of the book. As this game is set in 18th…
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Participants: Malechi, Tash, nsruf, kenjib, Tom.

5/14/2004 Tash: Akira Kurowsawa
After the recent mention of Hidden Fortress in a thread on these boards I decided I needed to see some more of this director's work (I've only seen Seven Samurai).…
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Participants: Tash, Valamir, Malechi, Uber_Munchkin, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, ZenDog, tetsujin28, Valthalion, Brian Leybourne, Fleinhoy.

5/14/2004 Malechi: Katanapunk Art
Artist Daniel Danborg has joined the Katanapunk! project. For a sample of his work check out the Shigira story here http://members.westnet.com.au/manji/shigira.html let me know what you guys think? Jason K.…
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Participants: Malechi, tetsujin28, Edge.

5/15/2004 Rick: Now we see the violence inherent in the system...
I'm just curious. Has anyone destroyed the world, slaughtered their gaming group, fallen prey to the spiral of death, or had any other catastrophe predicted to occur upon engaging in…
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Participants: Rick, Tash, Jake Norwood.

5/17/2004 Valthalion: Backhand Forehand
This is a question for you real sword fighters out there. If you are right handed is it more difficult to slash to the offhand side. (where the shield isn't).…
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Participants: Valthalion, Tash, Overdrive, Ashren Va'Hale, Caz, Jake Norwood, Andrew Mure, aaronharmon.

5/17/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: TROS is Greece
After seeing the movie Troy (which, by the way, I thought was excellent), it got me thinking about the possibility of a ROS campaign set in a world similar to…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, bergh, Valthalion, Tash, Caz, Edge, Valamir, Irmo, Jake Norwood, ZenDog, Andrew Mure, contracycle, tetsujin28, Turin, toli.

5/17/2004 [MKF]Kapten: Just out of curiousity
What SAs would you think that these characters from movies or litterature would have? Assign the usual 7 points and 5 cathegories. *Conan the barbarian *Elric of Melniboné *Mouser (by…
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Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Brian Leybourne.

5/17/2004 ReverendCuster187: Example Combats
I'm hoping to run my first game of TRoS quite soon, but i'm still finding it difficult to wrap my head around how combat actually plays out - any example…
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Participants: ReverendCuster187, Tash.

5/18/2004 RexGator: Campaign prep help request
To All Been thinking about starting up a TROS campaign to while away the summer doldrums. Anyway I am leaning towards a "historical setting" of the 1400s (just started reading…
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Participants: RexGator, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Andrew Mure, Tash, Ian.Plumb, [MKF]Kapten.

5/18/2004 Malechi: Katanapunk: Zanshin and the Armour question
Hey guys, We've been having some discussions regarding Katanapunk and in particular the issue regarding armour. As Katanapunk is set in an era where armour was quite rare we've tried…
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Participants: Malechi, Ashren Va'Hale, Tash, Ashton.

5/18/2004 xiombarg: The Castle: A TRoS Mini-Setting
I came up with a little mini-setting for TROS that might interest some of y'all: http://www.livejournal.com/users/xiombarg/530091.html Obviously, chargen would have to be modified somehow to match this, perhaps by eliminating…
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Participants: xiombarg.

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