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5/28/2002 Jaif: Skill System Comments
I ran the game a few times last week, and it was a blast. I have a few negative observations that I wish to address, but please don't take that…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Atomic Requiem, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Lyrax, Henry Fitch, 655321.

5/27/2002 Jake Norwood: Revisions for August
I thought that I'd post a few of the meaningful revisions for the August edition. Remember, again, that the changes for August reflect: (1) copy editing and (2) some modifications…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe, Bankuei.

5/27/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS First Printing SOLD OUT!
Just thought I'd give a big, warm, public thanks to all you guys on account of this nifty occasion. A call from a distributor in London took up the last…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, ReverendCuster187, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, ScarletJester, Lyrax, contracycle.

5/27/2002 Jaif: Armor encumberance & shields
A couple of things seem a bit "off" to me about armor and shields. Note that I have limited experience here; I have worn a chain shirt, and I have…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood.

5/26/2002 malum: congratulations
a little off topic, but i just want to congratulate everyone for making this such a intelligent and productive forum, with no real flames or arguments.
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Participants: malum, Lyrax, Rattlehead, Jake Norwood.

5/25/2002 Casey Goddard: Armor Info
Hi all. I did a little research on armor and though I would post my findings here. I also added some info on how I feel the armor should apply…
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Participants: Casey Goddard, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, trevayne.

5/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Uglub, Gelure, and Sorcery
There have been some very interesting ideas about Uglub and Gelure on this forum. I just wanted to heat things up a bit, asking what you all think of Uglub's…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ace, The_Fey, Jaif, Lyrax, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Bob Richter.

5/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Questions, and more questions
Jake, 1) Grappling. What's going on there? Seriously. My real question: I want to tackle some random guy. What's my ATN? 2) Arming gloves. Cool as hell, but - what's…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Lyrax.

5/24/2002 Bankuei: Grappling
Ok, two fold question here.... 1) What is the ATN to use for grappling? 2) How do you do a tackle? The rules are currently set for a set up…
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Participants: Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Atomic Requiem.

5/22/2002 Furious D: Flexible Priorities in char gen?
I've been considering allowing players to downgrade some priorities in order to upgrade others, in order to make more midline characters (like with c, c, c, d, d, d sets).…
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Participants: Furious D, Bankuei, Bob Richter, Wolfen, ScarletJester.

5/22/2002 ScarletJester: Meaning of some of the Numbers
Really quick easy question. Riddle of Steel turned up this morning, and my group is writing up characters right now, so an answer in the next 5 minutes would really…
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Participants: ScarletJester, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Bankuei.

5/22/2002 Shadeling: Guess the RPGnet thread is Dead?
Well got myself signed up here. Guess the discussion over at RPGnet has died then...so sad... :)
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Participants: Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

5/22/2002 Jake Norwood: Qualities of Real Weapons
Someone mentioned this as a good idea, so I figured I'd get the ball rolling. What are the real qualities of the weapons we all love and adore? I know…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, Ron Edwards, Ace, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Wolfen, Valamir, Lyrax, Atomic Requiem, Jaif, Ben, Bob Richter, Furious D, Shadow.

5/21/2002 peterogers: FAQ ?
Hi all, I was wondering if there was an FAQ anywhere. I have a couple of questions from my reading through the book that I'm sure someone else will have…
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Participants: peterogers, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Steve Danielson, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2002 Jake Norwood: Help with Spells
Hey all. I'm looking for a hand in updating (and perhaps editing several out of) the example spells in Book VI. The thing is...time...I need to do this now, and…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Casey Goddard.

5/20/2002 Ron Edwards: More prep help requested
Hello, After some delays, my ROS play begins this week. Here are some more questions that have arisen as I've prepared for it. ONE Anyone with knowledge of Hungarian or…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Christopher Kubasik, Rattlehead, Clinton R. Nixon, Jasper.

5/20/2002 Ace: Things for the Flower of Battle
I know I am jumping the gun a little on this (game isn't really out yeet, 2 supps in the pipe line before it) but I still would like to…
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Participants: Ace, Jake Norwood, Atomic Requiem, Wolfen, Julian Kelsey, contracycle, Valamir, The_Fey, Bankuei, Shadow, malum, Rattlehead, Mokkurkalfe, Salamander, arxhon, tauman, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Aaron, Bob Richter, Todd M. Sullivan, Vanguard, MrGeneHa, Ashren Va'Hale, Eamon Voss, Ben Lehman, kanseg, Ryuuko, svenlein.

5/20/2002 malum: permanent spells
can someone point me to the pages in the rulebook where it talks about how to make a spell permanent? i have heard it can be done, but dont see…
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Participants: malum, Casey Goddard, Jake Norwood, Atomic Requiem, Wolfen, The_Fey, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Bankuei, Silanthous.

5/19/2002 Atomic Requiem: Technical Questions Regarding Simultaneity
So I advanced to Step 2 in experiencing TROS (Step 1: Read about it on the Forum; Step 2: Read Rule Book and Duel Characters; Step 3: Play actual game…
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Participants: Atomic Requiem, Wolfen.

5/18/2002 Jhilahd: When is the site coming back up and...
is there any other sites on the web that sell RoS? Or how about fan sites. After reading all of the goodies on this forum and then all the thread…
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Participants: Jhilahd, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, ReverendCuster187, Ian Cooper, Rattlehead.

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5/28/2002 Ace: A new spell
here is a nasty Spell of Three I just cooked up Thundering Throw Spell of 3 CTN 6 if formalized (60 seconds) T)1 R)1 V)1 D)0 Vagaries: Movement3 Summon 3,…
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Participants: Ace.

5/29/2002 Henry Fitch: Questions Stemming From Reviews
Just a couple. Keep in mind that I still don't have the book (can't stand to buy something when I know a new edition is coming out) so they're probably…
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Participants: Henry Fitch, Brian Leybourne, Jaif.

5/29/2002 Bob Richter: All right, I'm a believer.
At first I didn't think I was going to like tRoS. The biggest issue was that it uses d10s. Now, normally, I hate d10s and the feeling is mutual, but…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Bankuei, Atomic Requiem, Valamir, Jaif, Lyrax, Rattlehead, contracycle, Shadow, Mokkurkalfe.

5/29/2002 Brian Leybourne: Quick favor
Hi all. I don't have a rulebook at the moment (stolen, as some of you know), can someone give me a quick heads up on a couple of things I…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe, Shadow.

5/30/2002 Jake Norwood: Download Update
There's a new Download on at www.theriddleofsteel.com. It's a "Sorcerer's Reference Sheet" with room for spells, vagaries, etc. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, ReverendCuster187.

5/30/2002 Bob Richter: Fireballs
One of the things that's bothered me about tRoS sorcery is it says THERE ARE NO FIREBALLS, and yet there's an easy (at least as easy as Armor of Air)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Wolfen, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Lyrax, WhistlinFiend, Jaif, Julian Kelsey, Rattlehead, Bladesinger, Ace, Thirsty Viking, Apprentice of Steel.

5/30/2002 turgon: proficiencies, defaults, and the starting character
I have a question involving the above. I created my first character last night and it went a little haywire. Specifically, I put priority A into proficiencies (probably a mistake).…
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Participants: turgon, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Wolfen, The_Fey, Bob Richter, Jaif, Furious D.

5/31/2002 turgon: Insight Points and Bonus Priorities
From the rules, it says that "Higher Insight grants bonus Priorities" (pg. 68). If taken litterally, this would indicate that you gain additional Priorities. So if you had 76 Insight…
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Participants: turgon, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Jaif, Lyrax, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne.

5/31/2002 Julian Kelsey: Reading Recommendations
I'm enthused by the noise being made about The Riddle Of Steel, and looking forward to getting a copy when I can. In the mean time I'm thinking about the…
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Participants: Julian Kelsey, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jake Norwood.

5/31/2002 contracycle: Wielding the Axe
OK, so I downloaded the charsheet and took a look. My first response is "too many attributes". This means I'm probably going to have a go at a TROS Lite…
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Participants: contracycle, Bob Richter, Jaif, Jake Norwood.

6/1/2002 Bob Richter: Swashbuckling...
...so I decided to make a Swashbuckler. If you're going to duel, you might as well do it in style, and thus our friend is outfitted with a Rapier and…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Shadow, Lyrax, Jared A. Sorensen, ScarletJester.

6/1/2002 Bob Richter: The masculine flaw (and a tangent about magic)
The other night, Ulrich took a thrust to the groin (thanks, Wolfen.) Getting hit isn't normally a problem for the Stahlnish tough guy, but take one hit to the groin...…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Bailey, Lyrax, Bankuei, Shadow, Reprisal, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Psychopompous, Ace, Jaif, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/4/2002 Bob Richter: Height, Weight, Wrestling.
You've already met Mallory, my Naked Pictish Archer (tm), and you know she's short. You also probably know just how unreasonably light she is. (an 80lb woman, no matter how…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Furious D, Jaif, Psychopompous, Bankuei.

6/4/2002 Jaif: A magical tangent
I wanted to share some thoughts on the evil sorcerer NPC I ran in my last adventure. Sorry this is so long. 1) My friends and I are all in…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Psychopompous, Claymore, Atomic Requiem, Bob Richter, Lyrax, Ben, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2002 Bob Richter: Draw.
I must be missing something terribly important. Where is the Draw attribute used? it says "The rate at which...replenish his vagaries." Vagaries are depleted? I'm confused.
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Participants: Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

6/4/2002 Claymore: Newbie Question reguarding bonus Dice in the Sorcery Pool
Hello there! I just got my copy of Riddle of Steel the other day and I am quite impressed with the game mechanics. I had one question (although I'm sure…
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Participants: Claymore, Brian Leybourne, Jaif.

6/5/2002 Brian Leybourne: Some suggestions...?
Hi all. I'm starting up a tRoS campaign shortly (as soon as the book arrives), and I'm working on the backstory at the moment. I'm looking for some suggestions for…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne.

6/6/2002 Wolfen: Riddle of Steel is crap!
Don't let the subject line fool you.. I still love this game as much as it is possible to, without having actually played it. Unfortunately, not everyone shares my enthusiasm.…
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Participants: Wolfen, Bob Richter, Christopher Kubasik, Jake Norwood, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Bankuei, Rattlehead, Brian Leybourne.

6/7/2002 Christopher Kubasik: The Combat Simulator
Hi Brian, As MacBoy, is there a special way I'm supposed to do something to make the Simulator work for me? Download the simultoar some special way to make it…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Brian Leybourne, sgtnasty, Bob Richter, montag.

6/7/2002 Jake Norwood: New Math, er, Magic
Many of you have the revised edition of TROS sorcery. I'd love to hear what you all think, on a few levels: Clarity Improvements Stuff you're glad to see Stuff…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Furious D, Jaif, Ace, Valamir, Wolfen, Ben.

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