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7/30/2002 ShaneNINE: Will this stuff be in Flower of Battle?
Will armor have different armor values vs. different weapon aspects (edged, piercing, bludgeoning)? More armor types? Peicemeal armor? (chain over leather, plate over leather, leather over quilt, leather plates over…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git, Rattlehead, Riddlemaster, Furious D, Lyrax, Bob Richter.

7/30/2002 Riddlemaster: Ummm.. kick to the Nuts
Sorry but its a teh question.. if im fighting and say I parry high.. what would be the target for a groin kick?
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Participants: Riddlemaster, Lyrax, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE.

7/29/2002 Jake Norwood: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!
Jeremy McHugh's excellent cover art work for Of Beasts and Men in its near-final form is now availble for your oggling at http://www.theriddleofsteel.com/news/ Click on the image for a bigger…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Jürgen Mayer, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Lyrax, Wolfen, Samus75.

7/29/2002 ShaneNINE: Proficiencies and armor
Some questions: 1. Are you only supposed to put points in more than one melee proficiency? I understand that if you put points in one proficiency you can then put…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

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.

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.

7/28/2002 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.

7/28/2002 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 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.

7/27/2002 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.

7/27/2002 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.

7/24/2002 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.

7/24/2002 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.

7/23/2002 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.

7/22/2002 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.

7/21/2002 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.

7/21/2002 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 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...…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

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.

7/20/2002 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.

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7/31/2002 Sneaky Git: Cultural Modifiers
Let me start by saying that I understand, and agree with, the rationale behind cultural modifiers i.e. - the Celts of Angharad tend towards the short and feisty.. resulting in…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Lyrax, Roy, Bob Richter, Jürgen Mayer, Wolfen.

7/31/2002 Riddlemaster: Posion
Is there any rules for Posion and if so what are they... can seem to find em.
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Participants: Riddlemaster, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne.

7/31/2002 Jake Norwood: I want your soul...er, Character Sheet
I want all the stats and jiggy-with-it stories that go with your favorite and most interesting PCs. Fact is, you don't even have to have played them, but we want…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Lyrax, Ace, Bob Richter, Rattlehead, Furious D, Wolfen, Silanthous, Brian Leybourne.

7/31/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Two-on-one
There's something that bugs me about the rules regarding fighting two opponents. It's only the one who's alone that roll dice. That means that if there are two PC's against…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

8/1/2002 Chade: Layout suggestion
Hi, I just picked up the Riddle of Steel, and I have to say I like it! One suggestion...already noted at RPGNet, is that you remove the swords from the…
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Participants: Chade, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe.

8/1/2002 Lycaon: Ink?
My friend and I played in a few of the demos (Himler and Georgio) and bought one of the first edition books when it was first released in The Dragon's…
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Participants: Lycaon, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Requests/suggestions for the Combat Simulator
Oy, Brian! I have now played a little with your excellent tRoS simulator, and have a few suggestions/requests/whatever. First, please include the optional rules of fatigue, hit location modifiers and…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Ace.

8/1/2002 Enoch: Tips for Running in not-so-historical Europe
I don't own tRoS yet, but reading the boards and everything has really gotten me excited about it. I will be buying it at Gen Con, and, if they are…
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Participants: Enoch, Valamir, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax.

8/2/2002 Riddlemaster: More Question
Just got a few questions I know will pop up in game play 1. Say im using Rapier and Poinard style.. during first exchange i parry with my Rapier can…
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Participants: Riddlemaster, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Sneaky Git, Ron Edwards, Lyrax, Jaif, Jake Norwood.

8/2/2002 ShaneNINE: Which proficiencies existed in Britain between 200AD & 8
My campaign setting is based on dark ages britain, roughly between 200AD and 800AD. It's NOT set in Britain, just modelled after the Celt/Saxon time period - anyone read Katherine…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Valamir, Lyrax, Jaif, Jake Norwood.

8/2/2002 Sneaky Git: Money!
I have several questions relating to money and the cost of living/items.. 1) Coinage within Angharad and Picti is mentioned as being "rare, gold and other precious metals do hold…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Valamir.

8/2/2002 Wolfen: TRoS get-together on OpenRPG
Hey all, Rattlehead and I have mentioned this a time or two, as has Bob Richter (I believe he coined the phrase OpenRPG folx), but here I go again. We…
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Participants: Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Sneaky Git, Bob Richter, Jaif, Rattlehead, Russell Hoyle.

8/2/2002 Brad: Will there be Maneuvers for Missile Weapon Proficiencies?
Just wondering if any are planned and what they might be?
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Participants: Brad, Jake Norwood, Enoch, Lyrax, Mokkurkalfe.

8/3/2002 Chade: differences in first and second printings?
I am just curious if there are any major changes between printings. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Participants: Chade, Wolfen.

8/3/2002 Riddlemaster: Last ones I promise
Sorry just got a few more.. Im doing a demp atthree diffrent game stores here in Jacksonville and i figure the way to get all the premade characters togther is…
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Participants: Riddlemaster, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Durgil, Anthony I.

8/4/2002 Riddlemaster: Armor ans Encumbrance
Does armor count toward total encumbrance or do you just ignore that and use the CP pentaties it garners by itself? Just wondering becuase seems a guy in PLate Armor…
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Participants: Riddlemaster, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

8/4/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: WOO HOO!!!! Demo Time!
All right, the local RPG store in Falls Church VA finally is carrying TROS! I bugged them and bugged them, now I finally can do a demo! Me and a…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Lyrax.

8/5/2002 Mokkurkalfe: The tRoS Compendium
I'm wondering if anyone's interested in a tRoS "compendium", similar to what Blizzard(www.blizzard.com) has on their webpage to all their games. TRoS combat system alone is deep enough to warrant…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git, Wolfen.

8/5/2002 Sneaky Git: Vikings and their toys..
Here's a question.. many Vikings (circa 1000 CE) used a broad axe as a personal weapon (rather than a sword). Supposedly, a warrior armed with this weapon was capable of…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Mokkurkalfe, kviksverd, Valamir, Jaif, Wolfen.

8/6/2002 Jaif: A few options
Just some options that I've been considering. I apologize if any of these have been covered on the boards before - I don't remember seeing them. 1) New advantage: Nimbleness(minor/major).…
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Participants: Jaif, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

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