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8/13/2002 Jason L Blair: TROS in InQuest
From InQuest 89, page 27: THE RIDDLE OF STEEL RPG WHAT IT IS: A new RPG set on the world of Weyreth, with origins in Celtic and Norse mythology. Driftwood.…
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Nick Pagnucco.

8/13/2002 Brian Leybourne: Rule variants
Let me preface this by saying that I don't think the tRoS rule system is in any way lacking etc. I'm just one of those roleplayers who likes to try…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Ace, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax.

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.

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 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 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 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.

8/12/2002 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.

8/11/2002 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.

8/11/2002 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.

8/10/2002 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.

8/9/2002 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.

8/9/2002 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.

8/8/2002 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.

8/8/2002 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.

8/7/2002 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.

8/7/2002 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.

8/6/2002 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.

8/6/2002 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.

8/5/2002 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.

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8/15/2002 Skywalker: Hit Locations
Just as a matter of interest, I know people have already raised the problem of TROS letting people choose where to strike and encouraging people to always strike the most…
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Participants: Skywalker, Spartan, Jaif, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE.

8/15/2002 ShaneNINE: The simple TROS rules
I read somewhere that you can opt for basic, simple rules in TROS instead of the full fledged combat system. Can't remember where, exactly, and I don't have my book…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Spartan.

8/16/2002 Jaif: Is Narsil a Longsword?
Ok, for those of you who've seen the LoTR movie (like there's any doubt<g>), what kind of sword is Narsil? I'm talking about game terms here - I know that…
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Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Ben Morgan, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Hoser, Mike Holmes, Sneaky Git.

8/17/2002 Jake Norwood: Going out of Town and the Ultimate Question
I'll be out of town for about 2 weeks. Ben Moore will be around here, though, so he might be on occasionally to answer questions and what not. I'll also…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Rick, Lyrax, Nick Pagnucco, Gordon C. Landis.

8/19/2002 Lyrax: OT: A little bit of humor
[url]http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20020807&mode=classic[/url] Have fun with this.
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Participants: Lyrax.

8/19/2002 Enoch: Questions
I hate to make a whole thread out of this, but I have a tRoS game tomorrow and I need some clarification. Questions: 1. How exactly do you move in…
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Participants: Enoch, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Sneaky Git, Lyrax.

8/19/2002 ShaneNINE: Math Help
I need some help figuring out how changing the number of dice in a die pool, or changing the TN, affects the % chance of success. In other words, I…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Jaif, Durgil, Wolfen, Thirsty Viking.

8/19/2002 ShaneNINE: Sorcery: Something from Nothing
The rules say you can't create something from nothing or turn something to nothing, but isn't that what the example shrink/enlarge spells do? Seems a catch 22 to me. You…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bogie_71, Unsane, Wolfen, Bob Richter.

8/20/2002 Shadeling: Pain, Does it Affect Skills?
I had to ask, Does the Pain from wounds, also affect Skills. So if I had a Pain of 5, would I subtract 5 dice from my skills (in effect…
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Participants: Shadeling, Bogie_71, Mokkurkalfe, Spartan, Wolfen.

8/20/2002 Janne Halmetoja: Strenght minimums?
As GURPS player I'm interested in to know is there strenght minimums for weapons or can child use poleaxe with same effectiness than Conan (excluding damage)? In my opinion this…
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Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Lyrax, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Unsane.

8/21/2002 Janne Halmetoja: Questions about tRoS combat
I ran fight with Combat Simulator (both had arming sword, small shield, full helm and plate everywhere else, strenght 7, combat pool was 13 excluding minuses from armor and shield).…
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Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Jaif, Wolfen.

8/23/2002 Shadeling: Post-Apocalyptic Game
I think the TROs Combat system could lend itself to a dark, gritty, Post-Apoc genre game very nicely. Whatcha think?
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Participants: Shadeling, Janne Halmetoja.

8/23/2002 Shadeling: Halflings
Halflings have modifiers in their descriptions. Now would they also gain the mods of their human nation? I was just curious on this.
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Participants: Shadeling, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

8/24/2002 Jaif: Duel Knives?
I have a new player who may want to use two knives. I have know clue whether this is European or not, it's just something cool he wants to do.…
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Participants: Jaif, Wolfen, Spartan.

8/24/2002 Shadeling: Doubling Up on Skill Packages...
What is the advantage of this? What have any of you done?
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Participants: Shadeling, Spartan, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Lyrax, Sneaky Git.

8/26/2002 Flash: Ambidexterity
Got a quick question about Ambidexterity. I don't understand what the last sentence of the Ambidexterity Gift is trying to say. "Other uses for this Gift are outlined in the…
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Participants: Flash, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Wolfen.

8/26/2002 Jasper: Backed into a corner... request for help
Hi, everyone. I ran my group's first full adventure with TRoS last night (they chose it, of their own accord, over Orkworld and Ars Magicka, which pleased me no end).…
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Participants: Jasper, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Thirsty Viking.

8/27/2002 Shadeling: Conscience Spiritual Attribute
Ok, here is my question- Is Conscience always defined as do the right thing, or can it be modified based on characters?
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Participants: Shadeling, Unsane, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Mokkurkalfe, Nick Pagnucco, Jaif.

8/27/2002 Spartan: Clarification about mass weapons
OK, I know these are kind of dumb questions, but I thought I'd ask just to make sure... Mass weapons and shock: It says in the weapon description that mass…
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Participants: Spartan, Shadeling, Jasper, Wolfen, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

8/27/2002 Ben: Book 5, what's that?
Hi all, Sorry I haven't actually been around like Jake promissed. I've been busy with the move and all. For those of you who have no clue as to who…
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Participants: Ben, Jasper, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git.

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