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7/13/2004 Muggins: What's in a name?
Dear Jake (and don't take this too seriously), I was working last night on the handout for my latest and greatest campaign (the one that's been percolating through my brain,…
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Participants: Muggins, Valamir, Caz, Dain, Tash, MikeJW, Stephen, Jake Norwood.

7/13/2004 hkdharmon: Yet another alternate magic system, Longish
The big thing with this one is that I did not change anything but the vagaries, really. Alternate TROS vagaries All other rules are handled like the normal TROS magic…
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Participants: hkdharmon.

7/12/2004 Degamer: Master Screen
Anyone know where I might pick up on of thoose Master Screens mentioned on the main TROS site? The web site is down, and I would love to get ahold…
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Participants: Degamer, Tash, Jake Norwood, MikeJW, Richard_Strey, Jason L Blair, Dain, Claymore, Salamander, Tywin Lannister.

7/11/2004 hkdharmon: SAs and overlap
If someone has more than one SA that applies to a situation ("Conscience: Protect women" and "Passion: Love for Susan" in a fight to save Susan) does he add both…
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Participants: hkdharmon, Bankuei.

7/10/2004 stardog: Movement
How does tactical movement in TRoS compare with d20? I'm interested in purchasing the system, but in every other 'independent' game I've looked at, combat movement is inadequate or non-existent.…
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Participants: stardog, Tash, hkdharmon, Jake Norwood.

7/9/2004 hkdharmon: mAGIC AND SPRITUAL ATTRIBUTES
So do SA add to your spell pool in a manner similar to adding ART or DISC?
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Participants: hkdharmon, Stephen.

7/9/2004 Charles Smith: TROS: The Americas
Guys~ I've had an idea brewing in my head for a little while now and have decided that TROS is the system for my game. I have wanted to do…
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Participants: Charles Smith, Ben Lehman, Muggins, Vagabond Elf, Stump, Valamir.

7/8/2004 Claymore: TRoS Review in August 2004 Realm of Fantasy Magazine
I didn't see mention of this on the board so I thought I'd let you guys know that the The Riddle of Steel recieved a pretty positive review in the…
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Participants: Claymore, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, ZenDog.

7/7/2004 Drew Stevens: Stealing from Sorcerer for RoS Magic
As many others, I'm not terribly thrilled with Riddle's magic system. It feels too clunky, the science speak is jarring, etcetc. I'd like to replace it with something more pulpish.…
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Participants: Drew Stevens, Stump, Ben, greyorm, Tash, Jay Turner, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Ron Edwards.

7/7/2004 Bracken: Questions about TFoB
Hello all, I've been away for a while, but when I heard that TFoB was being released at Gen Con and jumped over to the forge and to theriddleofsteel.net to…
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Participants: Bracken, Jake Norwood, Tash, Jaeger, Ashren Va'Hale, Merritt Baggett, shoplifter, Bloodstryke.

7/7/2004 Valthalion: Tactica
Sword fighting Sources Can anyone give me a list of Medieval/Rennaisance tactical manuals or point me to one Regards Valthalion
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Participants: Valthalion, Salamander, Jake Norwood.

7/6/2004 Bankuei: Mythological Swords
Hi folks, On the other end of the scale from sword myths, actual mythical swords, complete with magical powers and history! Here's a couple of my favorites! The Husband/Wife Sword…
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Participants: Bankuei, Drechuin.

7/6/2004 Andrew Mure: Priorities: Race and nationality
Here's something I've been thinking about lately, I'd be interested in any comments either way. It seems to me that some of the nationality packages are considerably better than others.…
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Participants: Andrew Mure, ZenDog, Deliverator, bottleneck.

7/5/2004 Turin: "Aiming" ability of weapons
Bear in mind these are some thoughts, not something I have researched so it might be completely off, but it makes sense to me. It seems as though some thrusting…
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Participants: Turin, Salamander.

7/5/2004 Emiricol: Critique this fight please
Ok, in this I played the Gol Grunt (pole arm) rather recklessly, and Telouse (long sword) likewise behaved recklessly. In the first exchange, Telouse tried to Beat and Steal Initiative.…
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Participants: Emiricol, bottleneck, Andrew Mure.

7/5/2004 Deliverator: mock combat; shields
So, I've been running some mock combats against myself. Not ideal, I know, since so much depends on that initial throw (I've just been assuming various permutations). Does anyone want…
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Participants: Deliverator, Stump, Vagabond Elf, Turin, Caz, Jake Norwood, Drifter Bob, Tash, Muggins, bergh.

7/3/2004 Stump: New here...and Hi
Just a quick post to say hey I’m new here and hello. This is the part of the post where I’d say something clever if I had anything clever to…
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Participants: Stump, Emiricol, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves.

7/2/2004 Eamon: Sword myth fun
After the fun of the sword myth thread, I figured we should include some of the weapons from the thread. These would be the melee versions of these mythical weapons:…
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Participants: Eamon, Ashren Va'Hale, Tash, Jake Norwood.

7/2/2004 Rattlehead: Anyone have the revised Magic chapter PDF?
Hi guys! I have the original printing of the game and if you recall, when the revised edition came out, those with the original version were given a link to…
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Participants: Rattlehead, Jake Norwood, Sir Mathodius Black, Emiricol, Prince of Thieves.

7/2/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Changes from TFoB
Jake, how greatly will the new (or changed) rules in TFoB change previous characters? Will it be easy to incorporate these changes or will it render some characters unplayable? And,…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Tash, Malechi.

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7/14/2004 bergh: TRoS: Japan (samurais and ninjas), this would really make...
TRoS: Japan (samurais and ninjas), this would really make TRoS a popular game i think, until now i think that the systems used for these warriors don't function very well,…
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Participants: bergh, Fleinhoy, Sneaky Git, MonkeyWrench, MikeJW, Turin, Caz, casinormal, Eamon, Malechi.

7/14/2004 bergh: Stealing initiative, i think the rules are to slow.
Stealing initiative, i think the rules are to slow and the machanics the hard to remember. All that about rolling against/with reflex and such, always craps up by me and…
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Participants: bergh, baumi, Poleaxe, Sneaky Git, Salamander, Brian Leybourne.

7/15/2004 chade0: Question about skill selection
After choosing skill packets, you can use your MA to pick new skills or lower the ones in the packets. My question is: Can you lower the same skill with…
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Participants: chade0, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood.

7/16/2004 MikeJW: Help with Roman weapon.
I'm thinking of running an Imperial Roman campaign and I need help rules-wise for the pilum. A pilum is an iron headed javeline that was used as an anti-shield weapon.…
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Participants: MikeJW, Sneaky Git, Deliverator, MonkeyWrench, hkdharmon, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Drifter Bob, Turin, Degamer, Matthew Amt.

7/16/2004 Vagabond Elf: Modern Firearms
So, being the unrepentant geek that I am, I hacked out some rules for modern firearms using the basic RoS mechanics. Take a look & tell me what you think.…
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Participants: Vagabond Elf, Rattlehead, toli, Salamander, Overdrive, Turin.

7/18/2004 Darcy Burgess: A little help for the search-impaired!
I'm digging back through the forums, looking for a few threads. And I'm coming up with nothing. Specifically, I'm looking for the Riddle of the Force thread, and that cool…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Sneaky Git.

7/18/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Gaining Insight
There are two situations where I'm not sure whether a character would gain insight from SA spending. The first is when they spend 2 pts. outside of play to get…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, hkdharmon, Dain, Deliverator.

7/20/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Large purchases
Hey all, Sorry if this was covered already but I couldnt find it anywhere. I was wondering about costs of large scale purchases, such as land, manors/castles, construction projects, paying…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, hkdharmon, toli.

7/20/2004 Stephen: Science in Sorcery: good or bad?
I broke this out to a new thread from the "Stealing from Sorcerer for RoS magic" thread below, because I was interested in the discussion but didn't want to derail…
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Participants: Stephen, Mike Holmes, Dain, Irmo, Ian.Plumb.

7/21/2004 Bracken: TFoB Blurb
I just found this on the back of my main RoS rulebook: >> Rules for mass combat, naval battles, castles and sieges, and advanced stances and maneuvers. << Does this…
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Participants: Bracken, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Dain.

7/21/2004 Paka: Gamer's Log: Mario's Vendetta
A friend of mine is in town for the summer and he's running a TRoS mini-campaign set in Renaissance Italy. He's calling it Vendetta and we learned the combat system…
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Participants: Paka, Emiricol, Sir Mathodius Black.

7/21/2004 Jake Norwood: A Drastic Change in Plans
As many of you are aware, I have spent the last year and a half trying to gain entrance to the United States Army Officer Corps as an Intelligence Officer.…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Bracken, Jürgen Mayer, deltadave, toli, Salamander, Jason Kottler, ZenDog, Nick Pagnucco, MrGeneHa, Paka, Turin, Ben, Claymore, shoplifter, Stephen, Stump, bcook1971, hkdharmon, Irmo, Rattlehead, Dain, Drifter Bob, montag, kenjib, Vagabond Elf, Spartan, silentounce.

7/21/2004 olivera: Shock and pain questions
I have several questions about how shock and pain works, as the books is very ambiguous in these areas: 1) According to the book if an "area" is hit multiple…
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Participants: olivera, Dain, ultraviolet, Bob McNamee, Brian Leybourne.

7/23/2004 deltadave: The Future
Given that Jake is out of things for the next year and a half, are there any plans in place for order fulfillment and new material? Is it worth discussing…
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Participants: deltadave, Brian Leybourne, Tywin Lannister, Claymore, Edge, Ashren Va'Hale.

7/12/2004 Rick: Magic as Science (Split from "stealing from sorcerer...
[i]"As many others, I'm not terribly thrilled with Riddle's magic system. It feels too clunky, the science speak is jarring, etc etc. "[/i] What can I say? I was 23-24…
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Participants: Rick, greyorm, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Tom, Ian.Plumb, Irmo, Dain.

7/25/2004 jone: About maneuvers
Hi, a couple of questions about combat maneuvers. 1. Why can't you use Beat with Sword and Shield? 2. Am I right if I say that activating Feint and Thrust…
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Participants: jone, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale.

7/26/2004 Jake Norwood: Press Release: Driftwood Publishing Purchased!
For Immediate Release:     July 26, 2004 Driftwood Publishing Purchased   Empire Games announced today the purchase of Driftwood Publishing and the acquisition of The Riddle of Steel Role…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, abzu, Claymore, shoplifter, greyorm, timfire, deltadave, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel, Wolfen.

7/26/2004 Claymore: The Flower of Battle Update
[b]The Flower of Battle Update[/b] I just wanted to give everyone a head's up and let you know that we have received the manuscript for TFoB and are preparing it…
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Participants: Claymore, Brian Leybourne, Tywin Lannister, Irmo, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Vagabond Elf, Valamir, Dain, Ian.Plumb, Peregrine Dace.

7/26/2004 Claymore: Alternate TFoB Logo?
One thing we are thinking about doing for TFoB (well, it was Brian's idea actually ;-) was to continue the tradition of altering The Riddle of Steel logo slightly in…
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Participants: Claymore, Valamir, Stump, Brian Leybourne, kanseg, Jake Norwood, Poleaxe, Paka, Durgil, Vagabond Elf, Richard_Strey.

7/27/2004 Caz: Fire Arms Rules (another set of)
I've been using these quite successfully for quite a while now, so figured I'd share these too, and take any suggestions. The only things I've changed from here are the…
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Participants: Caz, jone.

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