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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.

6/4/2002 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 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: 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.

6/1/2002 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.

6/1/2002 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.

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.

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 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.

5/30/2002 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.

5/30/2002 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)…
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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 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.

5/29/2002 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.

5/29/2002 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 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.

5/28/2002 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.

5/28/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Questions on spiritual attributes
1) I have some problems coming up with different situations and examples where the SA can come into play(e.g. conscience bonus if knocking down instead of killing). Any suggestions? 2)…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Jaif, Casey Goddard, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Valamir, Lyrax.

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.

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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.

6/7/2002 Ace: Ideas for stuff for PDF's only
Just wondering what you all might like to see on Fan Created PDF's. I am not talking about about outtakes from books necessarily but just the assorted rules and varients…
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Participants: Ace, Lyrax, DaR.

6/7/2002 Furious D: Question: Talismans and Lightning
As Talismans do not add explicitly to sorcery pool, but instead provide bonus dice to casting a spell, is it safe to say that these dice are not necessarily spent…
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Participants: Furious D, Ace, Wolfen.

6/8/2002 Psychopompous: Jedi powers as Spells in tRoS
I started with a Spell I called "Combat Sense", which is largely just ported from Shadowrun but generally reflects the reacting faster because they can see things before they happen…
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Participants: Psychopompous, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Ben, Lyrax.

6/8/2002 Ariakas: Realism and combat
Greetings, everyone. I have come to address the matter of tRoS's combat system and the realism it seeks to create when in action. Every FRPG I've ever seen has the…
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Participants: Ariakas, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Ace, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Stuart, Valamir.

6/8/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Missile Pool stuff
There is this one little thing I can´t understand. The book says that you can avoid missiles(arrows and stuff) with the Partial Evasion maneuver. But what about those cases where…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

6/8/2002 Wolfen: Glamour & Ritual Sorcery
Two topics, both involving Sorcery, and both things I noticed after my read-through of the Revised Sorcery Chapter. Maybe it was just that it was laid out better, so I…
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Participants: Wolfen, Jaif.

6/9/2002 Chuckie: Sword work:
Now I`v had a bit of time to look over the riddle of steel. Firstly, I`m not being harsh here to be mean or anything, I`m being harsh because it…
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Participants: Chuckie, Stuart, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, William Carew.

6/9/2002 DaR: New Gifts & Flaws
Here are some ideas for additional gifts and flaws, plundered from a variety of sources. Additional Gifts and Flaws for The Riddle of Steel. Debt (minor or major flaw) This…
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Participants: DaR, Ben, Wolfen, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Psychopompous, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Lyrax, Bob Richter.

6/9/2002 Jaif: Grappling & Wrestling
I've got a few questions about grappling and wrestling. I'm probably just being dense, but: 1) What is grappling to trap? The mechanic is clear, but what are you talking…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Wolfen, Stuart, Brian Leybourne.

6/10/2002 Reality Aberrant: The Green color of Envy!!!!
Yup! I hate and Envy you all! You are all playing this cool game and somehow i got here too late to have been able to order it online... Ahhh...…
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Participants: Reality Aberrant.

6/10/2002 Jake Norwood: Playtesting/Reviewing the QuickStart
Many of you mentioned in the past a willingness to review and playtest the quickstart rules. Well, the first draft is finished and now is your time. For now only…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

6/10/2002 Furious D: Question about Mindful Gift
Does the CTN modifier of this gift affect the casting time, as well (lower CTN=lower casting time)? It's somewhat ambiguous, as described.
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Participants: Furious D, Jake Norwood.

6/11/2002 Reality Aberrant: The Other Side of TROS
I have read a lot about the mechanics for combat for TROS and i am very impressed about them, i am looking forward to being able to get the book…
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Participants: Reality Aberrant, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

6/12/2002 gnarf: Seneschal?
I must say, I'm really looking forward to the release of tROS. From what I've read in this forum and the reviews at rpg.net, both the game mechanics and the…
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Participants: gnarf, Furious D, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

6/12/2002 Ace: How do I make a body jump spell?
I was reading Anne Rice's Tale of the Body Thief and it got me thinking Since aging cannot be reversed (Sorcerers can speed up entropy not reverse it) after a…
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Participants: Ace, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, DaR, Wolfen, Jaif, Lyrax, Ben, J B Bell, Mokkurkalfe, Rick.

6/11/2002 Atomic Requiem: Magical Destruction, Nukes, Mad Men and TROS ala Tom Clancy
[quote="Reality Aberrant"] Does the system comes with a standard setting as well? How easy is to take the mechanics and use your own world? What is Magic Like? [/quote] Others…
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Participants: Atomic Requiem, Lyrax, Reality Aberrant, Wolfen, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Ace, Bob Richter, Bankuei, Ben.

6/12/2002 Jake Norwood: Extending things a bit...
The little world-destruction magic thread got me thinking of TROS as Tom Clancy (more on the John Clark side of things), more in feel and intensity than setting. Nonetheless I'm…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Bob Richter, The_Fey, Jaif, Furious D, Ace, Ben, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Wolfen, Schatten, Lyrax, Durgil, Spartan.

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