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7/12/2002 Jaif: Magic system suggestions
Given the recent speed-of-light, er, "discussion", I've been thinking along the following lines... Outside of the level of vagaries used, the game system increases difficulties and places limits in the…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood.

7/11/2002 jjkahrs: Where can I find TRoS?
I'm intrigued, but I was wondering where I could find a copy of The Riddle of Steel?
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Participants: jjkahrs, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Lyrax.

7/11/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS Webpage: What next?
I've got a hankerin' to add to the webpage, so I'm looking for ideas and directions, as well as stuff you all want to submit. I'll put just about anything…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ace, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead, Mike Holmes.

7/10/2002 Jake Norwood: I'm Back!
Hi ya'll. Origins was a sheer blast. I rand one of the coolest TROS games ever with a bunch of Forge-ites, as well as playing a few other games (such…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ace, Brian Leybourne.

7/3/2002 Durgil: The August Release
I was just wondering if (hoping that) the Rule Book will be availible for sale on the Net when it comes out in August.
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Participants: Durgil, Lyrax.

7/3/2002 Ace: Two sites to see TROS weapons in use
Here are a couple of sites with downloadable movies of Rapier, Dagger, Shortsword, Unarmed and Longsword stuff http://www.thehaca.com/Videos/Videos.htm and http://www.the-exiles.org/vid_020609/vid_index.htm both are very cool
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Participants: Ace.

7/1/2002 Furious D: New Dice roller program. Any interest?
What happens when you work in a software design department and you start getting your coworkers interested in the Riddle of Steel? One of them writes a much improved version…
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Participants: Furious D, Brand_Robins, Brian Leybourne.

7/1/2002 Ace: TROS Highlander Immortals
Anyone though how cool using TROS for a Highlander style game would be? Since the focus of Highlander is relationships (aka Spiritual attributes) and swordplay what system would fit better?…
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Participants: Ace, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead.

6/30/2002 Jake Norwood: Going to Origins
I'm going to be gone for about 10 days, during which I probably won't be active at all on this here forum, nor will I answer my emails. Just thought…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Christopher Kubasik, Damien, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

6/29/2002 Ace: The bare bones of a new magic system
Here are bare bones of a new magic system for TROS. This is a system designed as a more conventional "rpg"magic system apologies but this is a very bare bones…
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Participants: Ace, Psychopompous, Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Ben, Furious D, Rick, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Bob Richter, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon, Silanthous.

6/28/2002 Wolfen: Over-damage!
Okay, I made an on-the-spot call tonight when one of my players attempted to strike-to-wound with a greatsword. The target had a handaxe raised over his head to strike, and…
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Participants: Wolfen, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, Ben, contracycle, Trybec, Mike Holmes, Warboss Grock, Brian Leybourne, toli, Irmo, Valamir, Durgil.

6/28/2002 Brian Leybourne: Pre-emptive attack too good?
Quick opinion poll / thoughts inquiry for those of you who have played TROS yet (or at least mucked about with combat). Situation - two fighters of equal skill both…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Jaif, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Psychopompous, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Ace, Lyrax, Brand_Robins, Furious D.

6/26/2002 Mokkurkalfe: A tiny little SA problem...
I got a problem here. You see, one of my players doesn't seem to be very fond of the SAs. He really doesn't care about them and is more concerned…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter.

6/25/2002 Brian Leybourne: Another win for tRoS!
OK, I was impressed enough with this game, but this takes the cake. I have two roleplaying groups. One of them is amazing, all really good roleplayers and we have…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

6/25/2002 Ace: A question about proficiences
A quick rules question My combat monster character has Ag7 Wit5 This gives him a base combat pool of six. Does this mean I have effectivly no defualts? According to…
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Participants: Ace, Jaif, Bankuei, Jake Norwood.

6/25/2002 Jaif: Bows vs. Shields
We played again on saturday, and definately had a blast. I like the flexibility of the skill system, in regards to the part where you pick the appropriate attribute. I…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Furious D, Ben, Blake Hutchins, Valamir.

6/24/2002 Mokkurkalfe: About improving profencies....
It's those defaults that are messing up my head again. If I take sword-and-shield(SAS) 8, then I get mass-weapon-and-shield(MWAS) at 7. If I then improve MWAS by one I get…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen.

6/24/2002 Atomic Requiem: OT: Buying Weapons
Heya... This is a little off topic, but I figure it's not completely out of line to ask here... So I'm interested in buying a replica medieval weapon, and I've…
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Participants: Atomic Requiem, Valamir, Lyrax, Paul Czege, Bob Richter, Ben, Jake Norwood, Ace, Wolfen, Durgil, Bankuei, contracycle.

6/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Cover for Sorcery and the Fey now up
The first draft of the cover for Driftwood Publishing's February Release, Sorcery and the Fey, is now up at www.theriddleofsteel.com/news Check it out. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Rattlehead, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, contracycle, Brian Leybourne.

6/23/2002 Jake Norwood: Calling for submissions!
We need art and text for Of Beasts and Men. Email your entries in the format used in other threads here to norwood@theriddleofsteel.com. Please include your real name with any…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Riddlemaster.

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7/13/2002 Jaif: Official First Edition Errata?
I've got the sorcery section rewrite, and the updated beat & stop short manuevers. Now that the second edition's coming out, is there any other errata? -Jeff
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood.

7/17/2002 Jake Norwood: Virus by Email
My computer got the Klez virus (or something like that), an E-mail worm from about 4 sources this morning. It then went to every address in my list, which includes…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

7/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Bestiary: Print or PDF?
I've been planning to release Of Beasts and Men in print form since the beginning, but I've been wondering if an initial release on PDF wouldn't be wiser...a lot depends…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Skywalker, Jason L Blair, Wolfen, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Ace, Durgil, Lyrax, Janne Halmetoja, Delta1, Thirsty Viking, Scotty, Mokkurkalfe, svenlein, Silanthous, Unsane.

7/18/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: Looking ahead to september
in september me and my roomate will be needing to join a group playing in the provo utah area. Both of us would like a chance to play rather than…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood.

7/20/2002 Ace: Polearm use question (a little OT)
We are debating GURPS 4e changes over in Pyramid and need some feedback on how Polearms work in single combat. Lets say I am armed with a nifty halberd and…
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Participants: Ace, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

7/20/2002 Ace: TROS to GURPS
I am a big GURPS fan from way back, over 100 books plus Pyramid print issues and counting. One thing I don't like about the system is the "minis battle"…
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Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes.

7/21/2002 Jaif: New Spiritual Attribute: Help the GM.
I'm sure many of you have seen this: people who can come up with 4 SAs cleanly, but can't get a good 5th. This got me to thinking about options...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

7/21/2002 Lyrax: Spirits and Other Magicks
Hey, I'm just trying to start a little conversation here concerning spirits (lesser, regular and greater varieties). One of my players (more specifically, the one of my players who can…
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Participants: Lyrax, Jaif, Silanthous.

7/21/2002 Ace: Maces and 13th century settings- TROS Lionheart
OK I have on more question, marginally on topic. Someone on the Pyramid boards asked me about the uses of maces in the 13th century We don't have much in…
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Participants: Ace, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

7/22/2002 Durgil: The New Edition Release?
I'm hearing in a different forum (The Harn Forum), that the new edition of TRoS is already in some gaming stores. In fact, one of the guys says he already…
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Participants: Durgil.

7/23/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS is in Stores!
TROS got released about a week or two early, it seems, and is allready in stores. From what I hear, it's doing very well. For those of you that haven't…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Matt, ShaneNINE, A.Neill, Anthony I, Brian Leybourne, Fabrice G., Furious D, Durgil, Ron Edwards, hyphz, jamesdbr, Delta1, Aidan Dixon, Grex, Mokkurkalfe, Irmo, Dave Versace, Lyrax, Nick Pagnucco, Vanguard, Thirsty Viking.

7/24/2002 Silanthous: Greetings
Hello everyone, I thought i should be kind enough to announce my presance here to everyone. As you may have heard, Lyrax is running a game of TROS and he…
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Participants: Silanthous, Rattlehead, ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Ace, Sneaky Git, Valamir.

7/24/2002 Jake Norwood: Version 2 of Brian's Combat Sim is up
http://www.theriddleofsteel.com/support/ Check it out. Also, Brian, why don't you hop on and tell us what's new. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git, Durgil, Brian Leybourne.

7/27/2002 Hoser: Hoody-hoo!
[color=darkred][/color] Hello folks! I am new to the board and to the game. I am in the process of moving, and packed up all of my books and minis and…
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Participants: Hoser.

7/27/2002 Jake Norwood: Bladeslingers
Most of you have read (or should have read) Ron Edward's Review of TROS here at the forge (www.indie-rpgs.com/reviews/). In it he refers to the seemingly out-of-place role of the…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Blake Hutchins, Bob Richter, Rattlehead, Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Mokkurkalfe, Gordon C. Landis, Silanthous, Roy, Chade.

7/28/2002 Riddlemaster: Sorcery questions
OK need yoru help here got many questions about sorcery and hope you guiys can help 1. Mage gets jumped in alley.. assuming no suprise he and the mugger square…
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Participants: Riddlemaster, Lyrax, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Silanthous, [FHE]dave, Shadeling.

7/28/2002 ShaneNINE: Questions about armor
So I'm making my first character and I get to the equipment part and I'm rather surprised to see there's only leather, chain, and plate. What about boiled leather, scale,…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

7/28/2002 Brian Leybourne: Sigh.. another group bites the dust
Had an RPG group collapse last night. It's never nice when that happens. Bascially, I have 2 groups. One is comprised of brilliant roleplayers, we have been together for 6…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, PosterX, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Bob Richter, Valamir.

7/29/2002 Wolfen: TRoS at Hexacon
Well, I'm back from my very first ever Con; Hexacon. I was a very loyal fanboy, and did my best to expose people to TRoS. First off, Retailer Report: Imperial…
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Participants: Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

7/29/2002 Brian Leybourne: Desperately seeking Sus.. err.. Nevermet
Anyone know an email address or other way to contact Nevermet (he used to be a pretty regular contributor here but stopped posting recently). I need to get in touch…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

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