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11/6/2002 Mask-of-Winters: Formalizing Spells
Hiya gang. New poster here, can't wait to play but my group has a problem. One of my players wants to be a spellcaster and has pointed out to me…
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Participants: Mask-of-Winters, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Lyrax.

11/5/2002 Roger Eberhart: NPC's with SA's?
Just curious, how many Seneschals give their NPC's SA's? How about monsters? Animals? Or is it better to leave SA's to the player characters?
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Participants: Roger Eberhart, Bogie_71, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Bankuei, Lyrax, spunky, Sneaky Git, Jaif, Warboss Grock.

11/5/2002 Overdrive: Fundamentals of combat
Hi there I've been following the forum for as long as I've had the book. I must say I love the game :) Smooth and elegant in many ways, and…
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Participants: Overdrive, Roger Eberhart, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Irmo, Wolfen, Spartan.

11/5/2002 Lucien Black: mmm...questions and concepts I suppose...
First, I finally got my very own, personal copy of the Riddle of Steel. *bliss* And I've already hinted that I'm willing to be the guinea pig for the sorcery…
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Participants: Lucien Black, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Lyrax.

11/5/2002 Shadeling: Solo Games, would you beef up the PC at all?
I was curious with anyone out there running just one TROS player, if you boost the priorities at all...
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Participants: Shadeling, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, toli.

11/5/2002 Brian Leybourne: RPG Tactics article
There's an article on "Elements of Tactics" in RPG's up at rpg.net. Although it's not about TROS, it does refer to it a couple of times. Interesting read. http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/elements01nov02.html Brian.
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Andrew Martin, Valamir, OriginalFlash, Roger Eberhart, spunky, svenlein, Jaif.

11/4/2002 Brian Leybourne: [Disney]It's a small world after all...[/Disney]
So, this guy at my work, who I barely know (have seen once or twice but never talked to before) comes up to me yesterday and we have this conversation:…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead.

11/3/2002 Jake Norwood: Nations of Weyrth Mini-Supplements
The discussion in the money thread about Odeon and their "teeth" system got me thinking...I would love to see more information on the various nations of Weyrth--history, peoples, stats, etc.…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Irmo, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Stephen.

11/3/2002 Jason: Just got the game, first impressions.
I just got the game a few days ago, and got my small group to roll up characters last night. (my group= one friend, son,and wife). I was confused myself…
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Participants: Jason, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter.

11/2/2002 C. Edwards: Applause
[b]Jake Norwood wrote[/b]: [quote]You have your own Uglub now. [/quote] Yes I do! Got my copy of TRoS yesterday and I am jazzed. I haven't been this exicited about an…
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Participants: C. Edwards, Jake Norwood.

11/1/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: Sa's and trying to kill my character (long)
One of my biggest problems in gaming is that I come up with too many cool character Ideas.... I am currently playing a mad martigan style blade slinger that I…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Mayhem1979, Jake Norwood, Roger Eberhart, Lyrax.

11/1/2002 Jake Norwood: Gearing up for Actual Play: Siehe and the Fey
After playing lots of other stuff for a few months, we're getting ready to play TROS once again (it was all the cool stuff in OBAM that inspired me). The…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Silanthous, Valamir, Irmo, Spartan.

10/31/2002 Brian Leybourne: TROS finds its way to backwards crap end of planet!!
An Auckland gaming store has TROS on it's shelves. How cool is that (and it only took many months of nagging). I know you don't care, but this forum has…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Skywalker, Thor Olavsrud, J. Backman, Spartan, MikeSands, Mokkurkalfe, Silanthous, Jürgen Mayer, gnarf, Vanguard, Wolfen, Mask-of-Winters, Irmo.

10/31/2002 Sam Witt: Demo Game Needed
Is there a demo game (with pregenerated characters and all that) available for TROS? I have the chance to run this game this weekend for a few groups of people,…
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Participants: Sam Witt.

10/30/2002 Thirsty Viking: Hi all, still Alive, Campaign Update
3rd Job and New Campaign have eaten up most of my former posting time, Heres the news from my first two campaign sessions. 6 mages and a Bishop of the…
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Participants: Thirsty Viking.

10/29/2002 JSinclair: Question about breaking weapons
Greetings All... I'm pretty new to TROS and this is my first post, so please excuse me if this topic has already been covered or if my understanding of the…
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Participants: JSinclair, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Niggle, svenlein, Lyrax, MrGeneHa, Valamir, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes.

10/29/2002 hyphz: Rules confusions (long!)
- The text says that Destiny SA dice "refresh every round", that Luck ones "may refresh every session". How often do the other types of SA Dice refresh? Many of…
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Participants: hyphz, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

10/28/2002 MikeSands: A question after first play with the combat rules...
One question that came up in our first play with the rules... if a blow lands, is a 0-level wound the minimum result, or can it have no effect at…
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Participants: MikeSands, Brian Leybourne, JSinclair, Jake Norwood.

10/27/2002 Mokkurkalfe: Just a question...
Let's say I make a rule that says that any level 1 wound on an armoured person will be a bludgeoning wound. This will of course be narrated so that…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

10/26/2002 Wolfen: As McArthur the Phillipines...
...I have returned. Life has gotten in the way, and I've felt an absolute apathy toward anything to do with discussing gaming in quite some time. Hell, I've not even…
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Participants: Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

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11/7/2002 Shadeling: Is Kudara-Shiragi supposed to be Krym-Kahnan?
In table 7.3 Currencies, you have Kudara-Shiragi, but no Krym-Kahnan...is this a mistake?
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Participants: Shadeling, Jake Norwood.

11/7/2002 Shadeling: Krym-Khanan Sabres...Cut/Thrust, or Sword/Shield?
I mean it lists it under each proficiency, I was just curious for them though? Side note, the long-curved Daggers that Krymeans use...would they just be a Rondel variation?
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Participants: Shadeling, Irmo, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Lyrax.

11/9/2002 Mask-of-Winters: Combat simulators?
Hiya gang. Just tried to download the combat simulator programs offered on theriddleofsteel.net and both the links are broken. Is there another site I can find these nifty-sounding utilities? Also...…
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Participants: Mask-of-Winters, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale.

11/10/2002 hyphz: Some other niggly little questions
Thanks for everyone's help here.. I just was wondering about a few other things: - On the Master Screen, which three sheets are supposed to face the players? - When…
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Participants: hyphz, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Wolfen, Jaif.

11/11/2002 Brian Leybourne: Need a quick favor...
Hey guys, I'm trying to get a file to Jake. The problem is that it's over a meg (1.6, actually) and I can't email it from any of my email…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jason.

11/11/2002 Shadeling: Should Undead Be Immune to BL, Shock, and Pain?
I was just wondering if Undead type creatures should ignore most BL, Shock and Pain rolls, especially wounds that aren't actually severing their limbs and breaking their bones.
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Participants: Shadeling, Jake Norwood.

11/11/2002 Valamir: Winged Hussars
For those interested in seeing what the really cool Winged Hussar armor from the 17th century looked like check the link below. If you have an extra 3 grand lieing…
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Participants: Valamir, Irmo, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Lyrax.

11/12/2002 toli: Barsoom, John Carter of Mars--alternate TROS worlds
Ever once and a while, some one seems notes that TROS rules would be good for a certain setting or that a particular movie has a TROS feel. I've always…
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Participants: toli, spunky, Durgil, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Blake Hutchins, Sneaky Git.

11/13/2002 Stephen: Yet ANOTHER sorcery variation....
One idea I had for a possible direction for the development of sorcerers in TROS runs as follows: The aging effect of magic comes, so it's been explained, from the…
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Participants: Stephen, Wolfen, Spartan.

11/13/2002 Wolfen: You're dead. But you get to choose HOW.
I was playing with the Combat simulator today on lunch because I could not get online, and I was doing my damnedest to defeat a Gol Captain one on one,…
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Participants: Wolfen, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Psychopompous, spunky.

11/15/2002 Jaif: Errata?
I have the first edition, I'm wondering if there's any errata available since the second edition printing. I have the new sorcery chapter, and the new beat and...forget, another manuever…
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Participants: Jaif, Spartan.

11/17/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS Quickstart
Okay, we have the finished but unedited TROS quickstart here on my desk. It looks really good, but I want someone who isn't me to look it over and fine-tooth…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

11/17/2002 Sneaky Git: Japanese Armor
Just a quick question about Japanese armor. From what I understand, on the protection vs. mobility scale, Japanese armor was designed more on the mobility side of the equation. This…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, toli, Valamir.

11/19/2002 Sneaky Git: Weapon Proficiencies
I will preface by stating that I don't have TRoS sitting in front of me.. this question ocurred to me on my way to work this morning. Weapon proficiencies. What…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Ace.

11/20/2002 Brian Leybourne: Signing off..
I'm off to the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia in a few hours (it had BETTER be sunny) for a long weekend, back next Wednesday sometime. I'll be investigating the…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ryuuko, Lyrax, Rattlehead.

11/21/2002 Lucien Black: bit of a rant....
Honesty: what in all the possible worlds happened to it???? I accidently left my copy of TROS in one of the study rooms in my university's library at closing time…
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Participants: Lucien Black, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Mokkurkalfe, Lyrax, Mask-of-Winters, Bogie_71.

11/21/2002 Jake Norwood: The Fey in Actual Play
Go to the Actual Play forum to see some details from our last 2 sessions of Siehe-only TROSing. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git.

11/22/2002 ShaneNINE: Great Taste, Less Deadly
Ok, no denying TROS is way super keen. Haven't had a chance to play it yet, but we've run a few mock combats and stuff. Very cool. Lots of fun…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, toli, Lucien Black, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Rattlehead.

11/22/2002 ShaneNINE: Dark Ages: Mage / Exalted
[puts on flame proof bunny suit] Do you think it's feasable to convert Dark Ages: Mages spells and/or Exalted charms and sorcery for use with TROS? Just wondering since they…
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Sneaky Git.

11/22/2002 Shadeling: Has anyone tried TROS in Modern Settings?
I ask because to me, it seems like it might work quite well for a game of spys/espionage. I mean, proficiencies could represent fighting styles and firearms proficiencies and so…
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Participants: Shadeling, MikeSands, Herr Nils, Rattlehead, toli, MrGeneHa, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Psychopompous, prophet118, JSinclair, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

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