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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 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 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.

6/22/2004 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.

6/22/2004 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.

6/20/2004 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.

6/20/2004 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 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.

6/19/2004 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.

6/19/2004 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.

6/17/2004 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.

6/17/2004 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 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.

6/16/2004 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.

6/16/2004 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 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 coryblack_666: offhand penalties
a quick search didnt help me much and i couldnt find it in the books. What are the penalties for fighting with your off hand? Also, what might be a…
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Participants: coryblack_666, Mike Holmes, Tash, Dain, Turin, Jake Norwood, Starshadow, Vagabond Elf, bottleneck, Richard_Strey, Valamir, aaronharmon.

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.

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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.

6/24/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: New Skill
Does anyone know of a skill within the rulebook that would be used for appraising things, more specifically weapons and armors? The craft skill seemed viable, but i was thinking…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood.

6/24/2004 Adrynian: Spell: Fountain of Youth
I realize that on page 106, under Growth:Maturing it says, "As time may not be reversed, making things younger is impossible," but I think I've still figured out a reasonable…
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Participants: Adrynian, Jem, Fleinhoy, SheWolf, Bob McNamee, Rick, Tash, kenjib.

6/25/2004 Stephen: A New Sorcery System (Long, Multiple)
[b]REVISED SORCERY[/b] This is a revised version of the sorcery system originally written by Rick McCann, designed to do the following things: 1) Create a more traditional system of terminology…
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Participants: Stephen, Poleaxe, Deliverator, baumi, Muggins.

6/26/2004 Deliverator: throwing red vs. white dice
Hello all. Long-time reader here, but I only just joined indie-rpgs. I have the core TROS book and have many wonderful things I plan to do with this system. I've…
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Participants: Deliverator, Durgil, Rattlehead, Ben Lehman.

6/27/2004 hkdharmon: Dropping Weapons
When you take damage tot he arm, it sometimes says "May drop weapon". What do you roll for that? I guessed last night that you would roll KO or KD,…
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Participants: hkdharmon, Prince of Thieves.

6/27/2004 Deliverator: a new way of dealing with Race & Sorcery
One thing I'm not that happy about in the core book is the way Race works. It seems like playing a non-gifted Seelie, Unseelie, or Halfling is extremely underpowered. What…
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Participants: Deliverator, Jake Norwood, Ben Lehman.

6/27/2004 Tash: Expanded unarmed combat rules for TRoS
I'm working on some expanded rules for unarmed combat using the TRoS system. They are based largely on my own training in several different eastern martial arts, mainly Kung Fu…
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Participants: Tash, Caz, Jake Norwood, Turin, Mokkurkalfe, Vagabond Elf.

6/28/2004 Aimthes: TROS questions and Horror
Hello... First, OT a little: Ordered the game a couple of weeks ago, psychotically read the forums and stewed in a lather of anticipation until it got here... even downloaded…
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Participants: Aimthes, Caz, Tash, Jake Norwood, Mike, son of Bob, Mike Holmes.

6/28/2004 baumi: another Maneuvering Question
HiHo! What confuses me about the Maneuvering Checks in Combat is how you announce the Roll. Can only the person who try to avoid the attackers roll, are the others…
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Participants: baumi, Jake Norwood, Deliverator, Tash.

6/28/2004 Tom: Magic System
This is partly a comment to the anti-aging spell that was posted recently. Some of the comments down in that thread made me wonder, so I'm throwing a few ideas…
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Participants: Tom, Tash, Deliverator.

6/28/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: I need help creating random magic items and crap
Ok, first of all, if you are a player in my campaign, dont look here. Stop reading. If you keep reading I will break out the GM stick of smiting,…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Stephen, Salamander, Tash, bottleneck, Jaeger, Silanthous, hkdharmon.

6/28/2004 coryblack_666: player verse player and such. Running around
im not quite sure how to figure this stuff out. I tried to do some mock combat with like 6 or so people. 3v3 and i stuck them in an…
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Participants: coryblack_666, Ashren Va'Hale.

6/29/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: chain coif
what area does it protect that helms do not, as it said it can be worm under other helms? im assuming the neck but im not sure... SMB
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Irmo, bottleneck, Overdrive, Turin, Jake Norwood.

6/29/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Terrain rolls
As i cant take the time to read all the extensive topics on terrain rolls, and the book is not exactly clear (to me at least), could someone please explain…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Tash.

6/30/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Abilities Priority
Simple question: Does anyone ever put Abilities at anything less than Priority B? B is the lowest ive ever put it, considering any lower and you would have an average…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Dain, toli, Lxndr, Ashren Va'Hale, bottleneck, Ben Lehman, Bankuei, Fizban, ZenDog.

6/30/2004 Emiricol: Building Farranshire into a PDF?
Inspired by the thread at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11527 on Building Farrenshire, my question is this: Prince of Thieves, have you any plans to draft this out into a PDF? Maybe include some…
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Participants: Emiricol, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves, toli, Dan Sellars, Tom, Ian.Plumb.

7/1/2004 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Publishing Schedule '04
I figured you all would like to know what we're up to out here at Driftwood Publishing. Here's where we're at: The Flower of Battle This is our most important…
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Participants: Jake Norwood.

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