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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.

8/3/2002 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.

8/2/2002 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.

8/2/2002 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 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 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 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.

8/1/2002 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.

8/1/2002 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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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 Roy: How fast does combat actually play?
If you've picked up a copy of TROS, please do me a favor and respond to this post. How fast does combat actually play and how much fun is it?…
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Participants: Roy, Rattlehead, Sneaky Git, Silanthous, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe.

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.

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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.

8/6/2002 Sneaky Git: A Question about Armor
I was looking at the character creation process as modeled in the revised printing of TROS.. and came across something that I'd like clarified: Vhord von Drieder, our intrepid Stahlnish…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE, Mokkurkalfe, Durgil, Wolfen, OllyG, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Sir Eldaen, Anthony I, Bob Richter, Jaif, Irmo, contracycle, Thirsty Viking.

8/7/2002 Jake Norwood: Going to GenCon
Okay, we're off to GenCon, so ol' Jake Norwood won't be around for a while. Be nice and kill each other cleanly. Keep the good threads up--when I came back…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lyrax, Mike Holmes, Bogie_71.

8/7/2002 Ace: TROS thread on ENWorld
There is a neat Riddle of Steel thread at ENWorld For the moment I am hyping (err explaining) the game to the crowd over there but anyone who cares to…
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Participants: Ace.

8/8/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Which one's best?
ST and TO(big brute) or AG and WIT(quick guy)? The main(combat) reason for AG is the Reflex, and thus WIT is equally important. But for an increase of one CP-die…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lyrax, Durgil, Bob Richter, Jaif, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes.

8/8/2002 Lyter: Looking for Info on 'Knockdown'
In the index, for Knockdown it says pages 11, 19, and 81.. but none of these entries describes what the results of knocking someone down is? (BTW, I tried to…
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Participants: Lyter, Mokkurkalfe.

8/9/2002 Wolfen: Gladiators!
Okay, so I'm a night late on posting this... But here it is. The idea was originally conceived by Darren of Imperial Outpost Games here in Phoenix. His idea was…
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Participants: Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Rattlehead, Nick Pagnucco, Jaif, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Unsane.

8/9/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Greed...But not really
This was on a thread some time ago, but there wasn't any satisfying answer. Personally, I imagine that many adventurers are similar to colonists; poor lads and lasses who go…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Nick Pagnucco, Ace, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Jaif, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Lyrax, Thirsty Viking.

8/10/2002 Chade: eBooks
I am curious if you are considering hosting web-books related to TROS on your website. In particular, I know that people sell ebooks for Sorceror over at Adept Press's site.…
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Participants: Chade, Jake Norwood.

8/11/2002 Lyrax: The Riddle or Lure of Gold
I want everybody's opinions on the supplement I'm writing, title-wise. Should it be entitled "The Riddle of Gold" or "The Lure of Gold"? Riddle can be used more facetiously, but…
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Participants: Lyrax, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Anthony I, Ace, ShaneNINE, Ben Morgan, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, contracycle.

8/11/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: demo
The demo today went rather well, only two people showed but one of them was the guy running the store. Anyhow one copy of TROS left the store additional to…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

8/12/2002 Durgil: Toughness
[quote][b]Spartan wrote ([url]http://www.shadowharn.net/viewtopic.php?t=741[/url]):[/b] My main beef with the system is the TOUGHNESS stat. It functions the same as armour reduction, and I find that to be a bit unrealistic. If…
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Participants: Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Lyrax, Bob Richter, Jaif, Bogie_71, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, MTG, Valamir, Enoch, Ace, svenlein, Jasper, Thirsty Viking, Northcott, Sneaky Git, Apprentice of Steel, Holt, Shadeling, Nick Pagnucco.

8/13/2002 Jaif: Flails and parry
I was looking through the weapon stats, and noticing that flails ignore 2 shield block successes. Sounds good, but what if I parry? It seems to me that parrying a…
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Participants: Jaif, Lyrax, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Durgil, Thorbrin.

8/13/2002 Bob Richter: On Priorities (and a friendlier priority table.)
Take the various priorities. Race, for example. An F is merely "Normal" -- nothing good or bad about it, you're just the common human. Indeed, E is the same thing,…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, Furious D.

8/13/2002 Spikor: Oriental Weapons
Any ideas out there on what the stats would be for oriental weapons specifically, the katana and the wakizashi?
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Participants: Spikor, Bob Richter, Mike Holmes, Riddlemaster, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Lyrax, contracycle, Jaif, Wolfen, svenlein, Brian Leybourne, Bankuei, Crusader.

8/13/2002 Bogie_71: Confusion with Battle system
Ran some test battles last night and most things ran pretty smoothly but I was left with a few questions. Does Shield Rating stack with Armor Rating in the Zones…
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Participants: Bogie_71, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Spikor, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Spartan.

8/13/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Spiritual Attributes by the hundreds!
Alright, what kind of cool SA's can you come up with? Give me your best shot, and include some adventure hooks and possibilites. Like so: Drive: Enforce Law and Order…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Spikor, Mike Holmes, Warboss Grock, Ron Edwards, Stephen, prophet118, Ashren Va'Hale, Vanguard, Lyrax.

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