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8/4/2004 Lida737: Fiber or Toys
[b][quote] Although I laughed when I read it, I realized the deeper truth of the statement. There comes a point in life and maturity when you make choices not based…
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Participants: Lida737, Claymore.

8/2/2004 Orec: I'd like to order this game but I'm confused...
It says on the main site that direct ordering is temporarily unavailable and when you click on the book it just scrolls back up the page. If you click the…
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Participants: Orec, Brian Leybourne, Claymore.

8/2/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: My mini supp draft is finally done
I have finished my mini supp draft for gelure. Saddly it is handwritten at the moment so it needs to be ported to softcopy but once that is done it…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Claymore.

8/2/2004 Claymore: Please see our new forums: http://www.trosforums.com
Our new forums site: www.trosforums.com is now live! Please go over and take a look. We will still be using our Forge forum until the end of the month…
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Participants: Claymore, Sir Mathodius Black, Paka, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Emiricol, Ian.Plumb, silentounce, Dain, Sneaky Git, ultraviolet, Valamir, Richard_Strey.

8/1/2004 Paka: The Riddle of Blood
The Starless Crown worn on the brow of a powerful lich rallied the undead hordes to war with the living. The power of the crown forced even our own Grand…
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Participants: Paka, Deliverator, Tywin Lannister, Negilent, Valamir.

7/31/2004 Darcy Burgess: Lightsabre Damage Tables
Guess what...yet another person (me) is trying a Star Wars / RoS adaptation. I've got some good stuff going re: skill packets and the force. However, I'm running into some…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, hkdharmon, Ashren Va'Hale, Vagabond Elf, John Harper, Deliverator, Mike_Oracle, Durgil.

7/30/2004 silentounce: Looking for California Gamers
Hey all. I've been playing TROS every chance I get since I first discovered it a little over a year ago. Unfortunately that hasn't been that often. I'm currently in…
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Participants: silentounce, hkdharmon, Atomsk, Ben Lehman, deltadave, spunky, Degamer, TheLHF.

7/30/2004 Fleinhoy: Conversions
'ello blokes. Lately I have been playing with the thought of changing my Warcraft RPG from the much detested DnD system and over to TROS. Changing the rules for the…
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Participants: Fleinhoy, BirdMan, Edge.

7/29/2004 Jake Norwood: Signing off
Well, all, I'm headed off. I've got a few more days before shipping out, but I'm packing up my computer and spending the time with my wife before monday, when…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Claymore, Tywin Lannister, arxhon.

7/28/2004 Sir Mathodius Black: Income
Just a little quesiton regarding the income depending on social class. On page 18 it states, for example, that landed nobility recieve 3d10x10 gold per months (average of 150/month), yet…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Irmo, Salamander.

7/28/2004 Irmo: TFoB Cover posted
[color=red]This was split from the Flower of Battle Update. You can check out the new cover at www.theriddleofsteel.net -Claymore[/color] [quote="Claymore"][b]The Flower of Battle Update[/b] A cover image (without logos or…
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Participants: Irmo, Claymore, Salamander, Jake Norwood, tauman, Brian Leybourne, arxhon.

7/28/2004 ZazielsRephaim: Shock and Pain in reference to Missle Pools.
I assume it is in the book, but I can't recall it right now. Mostly because I have not needed to know till just the other night... When your archer…
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Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Brian Leybourne.

7/27/2004 jone: Historical army organisations (slightly off topic)
Hi! I have tried to find information about medieval armies from many sources.. and since I still don't have a clear picture, I decided to post here in the forum.…
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Participants: jone, Caz, Salamander, Irmo.

7/27/2004 jone: Missile pool refreshing speed
So, MP refreshes at speed of Wit MP in a round. The refresh speed is always about your Wit, not about your skill.. An example: We have a professional knife…
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Participants: jone, Poleaxe, ultraviolet, Ashren Va'Hale, Dain, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Turin, Claymore, Deliverator, Darcy Burgess, Vagabond Elf.

7/27/2004 Jaeger: Yet Another alternate magic tweak
I posted this in the yahoo tros elist a month or so back - I was hoping for feedback for good or ill... Guess I'll try here. I wanted to…
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Participants: Jaeger.

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.

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.

7/26/2004 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 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.

7/25/2004 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.

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8/6/2004 Jaif: Recluce?
Has anybody here thought to run a magic of recluce game using RoS? The magic system seems a perfect fit for chaos magics. -Jeff http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812505182/qid=1091794199/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/104-1208123-4302319?v=glance&s=books
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Participants: Jaif.

8/23/2004 Nick Pagnucco: Quarterstaff Question
Quick question for the people who know the history of weapons better than I: Who used quarterstaffs? Just travelers? Was it a dueling weapon? I'm assuming it wasn't seen in…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Trevis Martin.

1/4/2005 Silberflamme: Berserker clarification?
Hi there, I have some problems concerning the Berserker Gift. I don't quite understand how anybody would be able to know that he will be fighting in ten minutes.... Is…
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Participants: Silberflamme, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2005 vldster: Order question
I placed an order thru the website and was wondering when it would be shipped to me. I used the email address provided by Paypal. The first message went unanswered…
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Participants: vldster, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy.

1/26/2005 superlativedw: Newbie to TROS
Hi, firstly let me say that I am very impressed with TROS. This is the first time I've seen a system that uses skill numbers to determine the number of…
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Participants: superlativedw, Trevis Martin.

1/31/2005 apparition13: TROS and GNS: NS? NG!
A few months ago I started reading rpg forums and began running into references to TROS both here and elsewhere. There's alot of enthusiasm for the game, so I read…
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Participants: apparition13, Yokiboy, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2005 MarktheAnimator: TROS in gamestores
Ok, so I've been reading about Sorcerer, Burning Wheel, and TROS for quite awhile now.... I went into the local gamestore the other day and saw TROS sitting there on…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards.

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