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9/17/2002 Scotty: Weires
This is my proposal for weires, and it has gained the Asaraludu seal of approval. Aside from a few minor tweekings that may occur, this is how weires will be…
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Participants: Scotty, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Thirsty Viking, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

9/17/2002 svenlein: half-poling
Swords have 2 grips (in TROS): regular and half-swording, Should Pole weapons (spears, staves, pole arms) also have more than one grip? Or are pole weapons only optimally effective at…
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Participants: svenlein, Shadeling, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, contracycle, Thirsty Viking, Jaif, Durgil, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir.

9/17/2002 Shadeling: Anyone playing sologames
Anyone running just one player in Riddle of Steel?
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Participants: Shadeling, Holt, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Delta1.

9/15/2002 Thirsty Viking: House Rule: Fumble Roll
I was working on the fumble rules today, And the objections some had with the current system. This was my possible solution, Please post your thoughts about it.
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Durgil, Wolfen, Mike Holmes.

9/15/2002 Mokkurkalfe: The Riddle of Steel, SMG's and lasers
I'm planning to run an X-COMish (a computer game) game with tRoS rules. The lethal feel of tRoS should fit well here. For guns I'll just use the missile weapon…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, Sneaky Git, Thirsty Viking, Wolfen, Bladesinger, Mike Holmes, svenlein, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

9/13/2002 Thirsty Viking: Thoughts on Weires and Familiars
From a discussion outside the forge. Originally posted by Scotty Welcome Viking! Everyones input is welcome. I think somewhere along the line we got confused. No you can only bond…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Vanguard.

9/13/2002 svenlein: House Rules Web Page
http://www.geocities.com/sgalthof/houserules.html Comments? Scott
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Participants: svenlein, Mike Holmes, Wolfen.

9/13/2002 Thirsty Viking: house rules ... that page error is madening
Mike i saw a theoretical post where you had raised the fumble percentages for low dice with TN 10 ... did you have a method you were proposing that generated…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Mike Holmes, Durgil.

9/12/2002 Thirsty Viking: Home Page
Ok it's official, I'm spending too much time here. I come in and out so often during the day i finally made this forum my home page so i didn't…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

9/12/2002 Mike Holmes: Weapons Designs
About time for a weapons post. Give us your favorite. This thread had a lot of interesting notes about designing weapons. Here's one to start it off: Atlatl - spear…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Valamir, Thirsty Viking, Jasper.

9/12/2002 Janne Halmetoja: Thoughts about The Riddle of Steel
Finally I got the book and I have read about 30 pages and skimmed thorough whole book. I must say, I'm impressed. I'd like congratulate you Jake, excellent work. Spiritual…
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Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Vanguard, Silanthous, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Bladesinger, Ashren Va'Hale, Lyrax, Ace.

9/12/2002 Mayhem1979: Improvised weapons....
Simple enough topic, and for the most part it's pretty simple to figure out I guess... but what, for example, would be the damage rating for a thrown chicken? (live)
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Participants: Mayhem1979, Thirsty Viking, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Bladesinger, Vanguard, Draigh, Valamir, Lyrax.

9/11/2002 viktor_haag: Activation Costs questions
I have a few questions about activation costs, most specifically for feints. Costs for feints ================ The costs for feint&cut and feint&thrust are listed as variable, except for Rapier which…
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Participants: viktor_haag, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

9/11/2002 svenlein: movement while fighting
Here is something I've been thinking about, it is intensely simulationist: Movement while fighting: randomly determine distance, direction, and new orientation. forward and backward would be more likely than side…
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Participants: svenlein, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

9/11/2002 Shadeling: Half swording quandries
Just curious about halfswording. The description lists ATN/DTN that differ from say the Dopplehander's description and +3 Dmg against armor. Also, if you half-sword with a Dopplehander, can you bring…
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Participants: Shadeling, Nick Pagnucco, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Jasper.

9/11/2002 Shadeling: Can you counter with a Dopplehander?
I know the maneuver is not listed under the Dopplehander proficiency, but when half-swording, could you use the Counter from another proficiency you know?
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Participants: Shadeling, Nick Pagnucco, Wolfen, Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

9/11/2002 Scotty: World of Myria V2.0
Myria 2.0 is off of the ground now. Myria was a world origionally started for AD&D by myself and a good friend way back when we were in high school/early…
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Participants: Scotty, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Thirsty Viking, Mike Holmes, Asaraludu, The GM.

9/10/2002 Thirsty Viking: Gladiators 2nd thread
Things were slow so i started working my way back through the old post pages.... Gladiatorial Team League..... Whats up with this... It's an awesome way for me to solve…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Mike Holmes, Wolfen.

9/9/2002 Nick Pagnucco: Possible TROS game starting
Yay... i may actually be gaming in the near future. (50/50 odds) The good/interesting news its 4 people; 2 newbies and 2 others who gamed when they were in their…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco.

9/7/2002 Thirsty Viking: Convention Demo's Driftwood Policy?
Is there a policy on convention Demo's? Or perhaps more to the point, Those who do Convention Demos? I'm new to this system, but have DECADES of RPG experience... some…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood.

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9/20/2002 svenlein: shield walls idea
Here is an idea i had last night: Each person next to you that is in a defensive stance and has a heater sheild gives you a +1 die to…
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Participants: svenlein, Jake Norwood, Herr Nils, Thirsty Viking, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Lyrax, Spartan, Mokkurkalfe.

9/20/2002 svenlein: Axeing a sheild
Another idea last night: If you are fighting someone with a wooden sheild (even one with a metal rim), and are using an axe (ok pick maybe too), you can…
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Participants: svenlein, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Thirsty Viking, Mike Holmes, Apprentice of Steel, Wolfen.

9/20/2002 Nick Pagnucco: new world?
I forget if this was asked already, but if it was, it was a while ago. Is there a new world in your view of Wyerth? If there is, does…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Jeffrey Miller, Mokkurkalfe, Chade, Thirsty Viking.

9/20/2002 Thirsty Viking: See you Monday
Well guys, this is my weekend with my son, and his first time to play RoS. Have Fun. Run Wonderful sessions, Tell everyone you know about the game. And I'll…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking.

9/22/2002 Ville: For TFOB
Hello everyone. Since I'm new on this board a little introduction. Im from Finland, have been a gamer for about 20 yrs (from "Red box" to ADD to Rolemaster to…
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Participants: Ville, Thirsty Viking.

9/23/2002 Nick Pagnucco: how are people's campaigns?
Time for me to live vicariously... Who is doing what with TROS? How is it going? Any good stories? Any annoying problems? Any new insights that arose from play? I…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Mokkurkalfe, Spartan, Valamir, Vanguard, Ace, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, svenlein, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Delta1.

9/23/2002 Trav: A combat question...
I was running a game this weekend and am curious as to what should happen in this scenario. There was combat between two people. In the first part of the…
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Participants: Trav, svenlein, Thirsty Viking, Wolfen.

9/24/2002 Thirsty Viking: Gladiator Update
Work on Gladiators is ongoing, Currently we are debating what things might modify the Purse structure for a match. What follows is a Cut and paste from an ongoing thread.…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking.

9/24/2002 svenlein: Archery supplement
I'm working on an archery supplement because it seem to me (but i may be wrong) that the archery rules for tRoS don't have the same level of depth as…
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Participants: svenlein, Holt, Durgil, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Thirsty Viking, Jake Norwood, contracycle, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

9/24/2002 Lyrax: I'm Baack!
Yes, BYU has finally (after a little prodding from me) decided that this is NOT a porn site! YAY!
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Participants: Lyrax.

9/26/2002 Mokkurkalfe: *realistic* armor penalties
Jake! (or anybody else qualified to answer) You've said a few times yourself that the armor penalties in tRoS are a bit to hefty. If I wanted more realistic penalties,…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, svenlein, Thirsty Viking, Vanguard.

9/27/2002 svenlein: weapon lenght after bash
Lets say i'm fighting someone with a greatsword, I bash it successfully, does his weapon lenght become 0? Scott
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Participants: svenlein, Lyrax, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Vanguard, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne.

9/27/2002 svenlein: freakout flaw
This is a flaw common in people who haven't seen combat: Major Flaw : Freakout When arrows start flying, or other combat breaks out, you stand dumbfounded for 8 -…
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Participants: svenlein, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

9/27/2002 Bob Richter: The Return of Bob...
...The Shock! The Horror! The HUMANITY! Bob Returns! *insert screaming* heyy'all. I'm back. What's been going on? Tested an early Alpha of Riddle of the Force. It seems to be…
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Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking.

9/28/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: books and or movies with that TROS feel
Hey, just wondering here, but what books and / or movies strike you guys as having that TROS feel to it? for example, GRR Martins books (Game of thrones etc)…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Shadeling, Vanguard, Apprentice of Steel, Jake Norwood, Chris Passeno, Blake Hutchins, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, qirien, Bankuei, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe, Ville, Thalaxis, Irmo, luke, spunky, hix, Adrian Werner, Jon the Bastard, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Amy1419, Jason Kottler, Eamon Voss, tauman, Paka, deltadave, Sneaky Git, arxhon.

9/28/2002 Claymore: Some Problems with TRoS Combat=Comments Appreciated
Hello All, I've been running a RoS campaign for about a month now. It's a converted older Gurps campaign that I’ve run over the last two years. The campaign takes…
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Participants: Claymore, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

9/29/2002 Thirsty Viking: Magic ITEM: The Black Arrow of Bard
[quote="Claymore"] [quote="jake"]Finally, what do you mean by "one-shot dragon kill," so that I don't answer off-base? [/quote] A one-shot Dragon kill refers to Bard in the Hobbit, who slays Smaug…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne.

9/29/2002 Sykora: Riddle of Birthright
Just picked up TRoS this week and I'm very impressed. While reading through it, I kept getting this Birthright vibe, which leads to the inevitable conversion. Social class is built…
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Participants: Sykora, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax.

9/30/2002 qirien: Anybody in Albuquerque?
Hello everybody! I'm new to the boards (and pretty new to tRoS, too), but my husband and I really like the game and would like to find some people to…
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Participants: qirien, Brian Leybourne.

10/1/2002 allahlav: Questions on maneuvers and more
Picked up the game at the insistence of a friend last week - awesome! Now I need to stop reading it and start studying, but before i do, some questions...…
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Participants: allahlav, Spartan, Jake Norwood, svenlein.

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