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6/15/2004 ignatius: Mechanics weirdnesses
Hey, I'm pretty new to TROS. I really like a lot of the ideas behind it, but there are a few issues I've found with the mechanics, and I was…
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Participants: ignatius, nsruf, Stephen, Caz, Malechi, Prince of Thieves.

6/11/2004 greyorm: Intended Usage of SAs Clear?
Over in New (very negative) review of THE RIDDLE OF STEEL, Chris made the following observation: When I find these reviews, I usually put up a short post about how…
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Participants: greyorm, Bankuei, bcook1971, Ian.Plumb, Ben Lehman, nsruf, Jake Norwood, Stephen.

6/10/2004 ReverendCuster187: Spear & Shield Proficiency
Simple request really: Does anyone have a spear and shield proficiency they would be able to post for me? Thanks!
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Participants: ReverendCuster187, Sir Mathodius Black, nsruf, ZenDog, Fleinhoy, Ashren Va'Hale, Starshadow, aaronharmon.

6/8/2004 Prince of Thieves: Building Farrenshire
I am in the midst of trying to flesh out Farrenshire for a campaign I've recently started and I'm intrested in advice and opinions. Here are some critical points, but…
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Participants: Prince of Thieves, Caz, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Valamir, Emiricol, Tom, Ian.Plumb, Sir Mathodius Black.

6/8/2004 Starshadow: Question about different types of bow
We have stats for longbow and the shortbow in the Book, but what about other types, like recurve bows, horseman bows and composite bows? Are they any different from the…
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Participants: Starshadow, Sir Mathodius Black, James Buchanan, Turin, Valamir, deltadave, Hereward The Wake, ulfhiden, Brian Leybourne.

6/8/2004 MonkeyWrench: Tweaking with the dice mechanics
I've got a question for all the systems tweakers and number crunchers out there - What effect would changing the dice mechanics of TROS have on the game? In my…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Sir Mathodius Black, Starshadow, nsruf, spunky, Durgil, Jaeger.

6/7/2004 greyorm: The Riddle of the Fading Suns
I just recieved my TROS books (thanks Jake!) and besides indulgence in a sudden and growing addiction to Dungeon Siege that I blame on my gaming friends, I've been pawing…
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Participants: greyorm, Matt Wilson, montag, Caz, jeffd.

6/7/2004 Poleaxe: questions, armor penalties, and mass weapons
questions, armor penalties, and mass weapons First, on the footman's pick: Where is the rule for picks getting stuck? I see the reference in the damage chart, but can't find…
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Participants: Poleaxe, Malechi, Ashren Va'Hale, James Buchanan, Andrew Mure.

6/6/2004 Tom: New Maneuver Cards
I made a bunch of maneuver cards for my group, and well, here they are, please tell me what you think and especially if you find any mistakes: Offensive Maneuvers…
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Participants: Tom, Mike Holmes, Poleaxe, bottleneck.

6/5/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Most memorable characters
Hey All, This is just a thread for anyone to post a character(s) that they have played that are very memorable to them in one way or another. Ill get…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Spartan, Ashren Va'Hale.

6/2/2004 bensei: Mounted lance charge
I am new to TROS and would like to hear some experience and hints on the following setup: Setup: A mounted (destrier) full plate knight with a lance wants to…
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Participants: bensei, Caz, toli, Valamir, Prince of Thieves, nsruf, Mokkurkalfe, Turin, Starshadow, Brian Leybourne.

6/2/2004 Dr_Pete: Various rules bits
Hi, I've got a couple of sticky questions about rules bits. I don't have the book in front of me at the moment, so please forgive any mistakes. 1) Movement…
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Participants: Dr_Pete, Caz, Prince of Thieves.

6/2/2004 Valthalion: Help wargamer from long back
Hi guys Here is my problem. The way I see TROS running is more abstract than a minatures based game. Terrain rolls are used to decide who fights who. When…
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Participants: Valthalion, James Buchanan, Ian.Plumb.

6/1/2004 Malechi: Twilight Samurai...
Hey guys, Just wanted to make sure everyone's heard of and intends to go see "Twilight Samurai". If you haven't seen it yet go and find a copy soon. SAs…
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Participants: Malechi, Loki, Tash.

6/1/2004 Caz: Me, myself + I
I've seen this done in just about every other game forum, why not here and now? Has anyone here ever tried to put yourself on a ROS character sheet? Post…
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Participants: Caz.

5/31/2004 Tywin Lannister: "The Riddle of Steel" Resource Thread
I think it's time for a resource thread. A thread where we can pool links which can be helpful when it comes to our beloved RPG. Please add a link…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Irmo, StahlMeister, haunted, Prince of Thieves, Salamander.

5/30/2004 bergh: Modern firearms - Medieval Plate/chain armour....
Modern firearms - Medieval Plate/chain armour.... How does this work? I know it does not has much with TRoS to do, but i posted it here becouse i know that…
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Participants: bergh, btrc, Tash, Caz, Frank, Irmo.

5/28/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Social Class: Royalty
In an upcoming game my character will be a warrior prince, and after reviewing the description of landed nobility, it does not seem fit for "Royalty" as much as for…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, James Buchanan, RexGator, Ian.Plumb, Tash.

5/26/2004 RexGator: Recap on recent Missile Combat discussions
To All Here is my recap of various missile topics that have been kicked around the boards recently. I am offering it in the hope that I have correctly interpreted…
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Participants: RexGator, Overdrive.

5/26/2004 Dain: Spell Duration vs Summoning Vagary Level
Hey guys, Reading the book I'm getting a little confused, and I can't find a thread talking about the thing I'm confused about. The book says under the Summoning vagary…
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Participants: Dain, Rick.

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6/16/2004 Tom: Re-layouted damage tables (and more)
In addition to the maneuver cards, I've also worked on the damage tables. For the impatient, the download link is http://web.lemuria.org/tros/. Different from the quick-reference things, these are the actual…
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Participants: Tom, Poleaxe, Dain, Tash, Jake Norwood, Stephen.

6/16/2004 aaronharmon: Questions about beat maneuver
Is the beat maneuver, as written, way more effective than just about any other maneuver in the system? You lose 2CP per margin point AND can't use the weapon to…
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Participants: aaronharmon, Tash, Jake Norwood.

6/16/2004 Tash: Don't bring a fist to a sword fight....?
I was thinking the other day about the use of hand to hand strikes in fencing. We've all seen swachbuckler movies where fencing opponents perform a quick backfist or kick…
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Participants: Tash, Turin, Jake Norwood, Richard_Strey, coryblack_666.

6/17/2004 aaronharmon: OK, new maneuver help
I want to create a new stance, called a Drawing Stance. How it works in the real world: You present an opening in your defense. Maybe you hold your shield…
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Participants: aaronharmon, toli, Mike Holmes, nsruf, Tash, Valamir.

6/17/2004 Stephen: Blunt Swung vs. Blunt Thrust Damage Tables
I've recently been looking at the compacted Damage Tables produced by Alan (they were linked to in my thread "A leaner damage system"), and I noticed something: The damage-by-location results…
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Participants: Stephen.

6/17/2004 toli: longsword prof and 1h use
These a questions primarily for Jake or anyone else who knows about the longsword prof. How much 1 handed use is taught in this prof? Do all maneuvers (eg counters)…
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Participants: toli, Tash, Ashren Va'Hale, Richard_Strey, Salamander.

6/19/2004 ZenDog: My thoughts on how SA's should work.
There has been a lot of debate at RPGnet about how SA's do or don't work. I just posted this at RPGnet and decided to post it here too (mainly…
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Participants: ZenDog, Sir Mathodius Black, Vanguard, Paka, Jake Norwood.

6/19/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Parrying with your hand
Hey all, Im just a little unclear about the rule under the puch attack that says only thrusting attacks may be defended, otherwise take damage to deflecting limb. Does this…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Tash, toli.

6/20/2004 Rico: Life or Death?
During my campains some of the players keep on pressuring me to be a more strict seneschal and kill more characters. One even got mad at me when during the…
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Participants: Rico, Sir Mathodius Black, Tash, ZenDog, bottleneck, toli, Ashren Va'Hale, ZazielsRephaim, James Buchanan, Ian.Plumb, Krammer, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

6/20/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Sudden SA change
Even though it usually costs points to change an SA, arent there some situations that would warrant changing an SA but not paying for it? Heres an example: A character…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Trevis Martin, Lxndr, Jake Norwood.

6/20/2004 Rattlehead: It's me again....
Thought you were rid of me, didn't you?!?!? Muahahahaha! Just popping in to say hi to everyone. Been a while but I've finally managed to get a Riddle game going…
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Participants: Rattlehead, Jake Norwood, Draigh.

6/22/2004 aaronharmon: Feinting with a rapier
I read the post that i could find, and I just want to ask a clarifying question... It is more expensive to feint with a rapier than with other weapons?…
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Participants: aaronharmon, Jake Norwood.

6/22/2004 aaronharmon: Grapple to Disarm
OK, using a weapon, there is probably a better way to disarm someone, such as attacking the arm, but I know of many unarmed offensive and defensive techniques to use…
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Participants: aaronharmon, Ashren Va'Hale, Tash, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves, bottleneck, [MKF]Kapten.

6/23/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Maps
Does anyone know any good sites with good maps that I could use for fantasy worlds? Ive tried Googling but i always come up with something along the lines of…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Prince of Thieves, Paka, Malechi, Emiricol.

6/23/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: Sword myths, help me out
I went to an RPG site and they had a little FAQ about swords that was so horrid that I have decided to compile an essay about swords and teh…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Tobias, WyldKarde, Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Valamir, timfire, toli, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Tash, Tom, Brand_Robins, tauman, Ben Lehman, Turin, CPXB, Paganini, Bankuei, Kaelin, Muggins, Eamon, Emiricol, Vagabond Elf, Mike Holmes, Dain, Richard_Strey, Irmo, Drifter Bob, coryblack_666, Andrew Mure.

6/23/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: an essay on realism and fantasy in story telling roleplaying
I wrote this essay for a different RPG site and I thought I should post it here too. It was aimed more at writing fiction but it applies very well…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Irmo.

6/23/2004 ultraviolet: Cutting damage tables & the other mass weapons???
As a brand new TROS player, I wonder a bit about the Damage Tables. The Regions for swung weapons are only listed as for Cutting weapons, but what about all…
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Participants: ultraviolet, Jake Norwood.

6/24/2004 hkdharmon: Psychology of Combat, a little off topic
This is a pseudo-reply to a very old article, who's author suggested that no games take into account he psychology of combat. Not true I say, there is : The…
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Participants: hkdharmon, Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Tom, Richard_Strey, toli, Ian.Plumb, Stephen, Muggins, Vagabond Elf, Emiricol, Drifter Bob, Gideon13, Tash, Andrew Mure, Stump, bottleneck, Jaif, Valthalion, Turin, Irmo.

6/24/2004 hkdharmon: GenCon
So, The chances that I will actually get to go to GenCon are about as good as a snowball's in Iraq. Will TFOB be available also at that time over…
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Participants: hkdharmon, toli, deltadave, Jake Norwood, Sir Mathodius Black, watermine999, MonkeyWrench, Valamir, Bloodstryke, Durgil, Vagabond Elf, shoplifter.

6/24/2004 bottleneck: 'Piercing swings' - ?
In the game yesterday, a knight was struck hard on the head with a warhammer spike. So: it's a bashing weapon that inflicts piercing damage. Which table to use? The…
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Participants: bottleneck, toli, Jake Norwood, ultraviolet.

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