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3/10/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: really twisted mean idea
ok, so you do it like his, invite the players over for char generation. Have them create characters and let them know that they should create characters they would want…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Darth Tang, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Noon, Sneaky Git, GreatWolf, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Is it just me, or does TRoS just scream "Dune"?
I can't be the only one here... :) Seriously, though, as I was making up a character to understand the rules better, I just started having thoughts about Sardaukar, Fremen,…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Bomilkar, RN3G8 4E, Neil, Brian Leybourne.

3/7/2003 Shadeling: Yet another RPGnet TROS thread
In case any of you wanted to jump on the discussion. http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37906
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Participants: Shadeling, Noon, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Darth Tang, Vanguard, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Stephen, Bankuei, Matt Wilson, Valamir, spunky.

3/7/2003 GreatWolf: Expulsion
My apologies if this has already been addressed, but I am confused by the expulsion maneuver. If I'm reading it correctly, on a successful defense, the individual performing the expulsion…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jake Norwood, Enoch, toli.

3/6/2003 Balbinus: Riddle of Sengoku
Hi there, RoS seems to me well suited to historical Japanese gaming. Passions, loyalties, emphasis on skill and tactics in combat and so on. Has anyone tried anything like this?…
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Participants: Balbinus, contracycle, werewolf, Enoch, arxhon, Sneaky Git.

3/5/2003 Aaron: Tough life being a giant?
Giants have a pretty rough deal when it comes to domestic arguments in TROS! All one giant has to do is slap the other with a measly 1pt success margin…
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Participants: Aaron, svenlein, tauman, Mike Holmes, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Noon, Jake Norwood, Durgil, Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale.

3/5/2003 Aaron: When pets go bad
Now I know that the "official" rules for Pack animals will be coming out in OBAM but for anyone interested in using these kind of animals, dogs wolves, lions etc,…
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Participants: Aaron.

3/4/2003 svenlein: interesting musket article
People have talked before about getting Muskets for flower of battle. Here is a nice article about it. Check the sources let us know if you feel they are untrustworthy.…
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Participants: svenlein.

3/3/2003 tauman: Magic Items
Okay, now don't everyone get excited--I'm not talking about handing out so many that the characters all glow like Christmas trees... Many of the fantasy novels that have inspired me…
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Participants: tauman, Valamir, Drew Stevens, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Salamander, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, TAROT, Bob McNamee, Ashren Va'Hale, Paka, Bob Richter, contracycle, Jason Kottler, Daredevil.

3/1/2003 Sneaky Git: Spears
I've got a quick question concerning the translation of a real-world weapon into TRoS terms. The citizens of Helena (an interesting analog of Classical Greece) fight in close order (a…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, arxhon, Mokkurkalfe, MrGeneHa, svenlein, toli, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Anthony I, Valamir, Drew Stevens.

2/28/2003 A.Neill: Defence Dice
Brief rules question – can anyone help? I know this info is bound to be in the rulebook, starring me in the face – but I can’t find it. If,…
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Participants: A.Neill, Spartan, Sneaky Git.

2/28/2003 Ville: Problems with advancement system
I know this has come up before but I still have some problems of character advancement system in TROS. First, the burning of SA's to improve attributes or proficiencies. Some…
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Participants: Ville, Mordacc, Bankuei, Noon, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Durgil, Paka, Jake Norwood, toli.

2/27/2003 Jasper the Mimbo: A question on force weapons and gun blades
In a game I am in a charecter has a force blade that is supposed to be able to cut through most anything with relative ease. We reciently ported our…
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Participants: Jasper the Mimbo, Shadeling, Mike Holmes, arxhon, Ben Lehman, Ashren Va'Hale, Noon, Jake Norwood, svenlein, Wolfen, Ron Edwards.

2/27/2003 arxhon: Am I being a jerk?
I'm just about done the prep for my TROS game. I'm trying to recapture the air of mystery that we all had the first time we played a game of…
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Participants: arxhon, tauman, Mainboard, A.Neill, Ben, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Shadeling.

2/26/2003 Aaron: Home Rules
Hi guys. As I've been playing TROS I've been coming up with a few of things to fill the odd gap here or there. I thought I might share a…
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Participants: Aaron.

2/25/2003 Brian Leybourne: Got $35,000 spare for a sword...? :-)
Then check this baby out... http://www.unitedbladeworx.com.au/New_Folder4/maffi_new_page_1.htm Brian.
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Shadeling, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Darth Tang, tauman, Jasper, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Wolfen.

2/24/2003 Durgil: Authentic Thaumaturgy
I went out a few days ago and bought Authentic Thaumaturgy by Isaac Bonewits after it was briefly brought up on a different Forum, and was wondering if anyone else…
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Participants: Durgil, Stephen, tauman, svenlein, contracycle, Irmo.

2/24/2003 svenlein: shied walls
One idea i had (untill we get flower of battle): when you have 2 lines of people face off, NOTE; assuming hallways or some other reason to be cramped (like…
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Participants: svenlein.

2/24/2003 arxhon: There's no Research Skill description....
I'm looking through the skill section, and i noticed that while Research is listed in the Academic skill packet, and in the list of skills, there is no such skill…
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Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood.

2/23/2003 Mordacc: Sniper Scopes
WHat would the appropriate adjustment for a primitive sniper score on a crossbow be. This is assuming that it utilizes maybe two crystals that magnify the range. Would making the…
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Participants: Mordacc, Mokkurkalfe.

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3/11/2003 Bankuei: Choke up and reverse grip...
Just got back from some serious training, and two pretty common manuevers came to mind... Choke up(if someone's got a better name, please suggest...) Used for stuff like staves, spears,…
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Participants: Bankuei, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Enoch.

3/12/2003 Jake Norwood: Layouts
Okay...so I'm working on OBAM layouts right now, getting things finalized. Some people aren't happy with the core TROS layout, and so I want to know what you all think…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Chris Passeno, sirjaguar, Shadeling, Bankuei, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Noon.

3/12/2003 dunlaing: Dardanet vs. Otamarluk: huh?
I was reading the Weyrth chapter and settled on Dardanet. It sounded like an interesting place for a campaign, what with the religious tensions and the threat of Otamarluk. I…
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Participants: dunlaing, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Mike Holmes, MrGeneHa, Valamir, Wolfen.

3/13/2003 arxhon: Character Generation Quick Reference Package
Hey everybody, I have completed an 8 page character generation and quick reference package that includes everything a player would need to put together a character. Here is a detailed…
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Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Noon, Wolfen, Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, jllama.

3/13/2003 Noon: Still not sure about shields
I did a search for shields, couldn't find more info, so... I'm not sure what benefits larger shields give. Bucklers and medium round shields are different, but heaters and kite…
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Participants: Noon, Durgil, MrGeneHa, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Ashren Va'Hale, Jaeger, Brian Leybourne, contracycle.

3/14/2003 Jon the Bastard: New unified skill system
Let me just say that I love TRoS. That is right off the bat. But it's big weakness is that it was obviously made as a combat game first, and…
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Participants: Jon the Bastard, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Paka, MrGeneHa, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jaeger, Spartan, szilard, Durgil, Brian Leybourne.

3/14/2003 Jake Norwood: OBAM Press Release
[b]Of Beasts and Men,[/b] our first supplement, was officially announced today in a press release that can be found in a way-too-big download (5M MB, for resolution) [url=http://www.theriddleofsteel.net/riddlefiles/PR-OBAM.pdf]here[/url]. The release…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, arxhon, Mainboard, Jürgen Mayer, Sneaky Git, Rattlehead, Furious D, Bladesinger, Draigh, r_callen221, deltadave, Darth Tang, Durgil, Claymore, kanseg, kenjib, Valamir, Shadeling, Morfedel, turgon, Chris Passeno, Salamander.

3/14/2003 Pyske: Campaign Assistance: Tears of the Prophet [LONG]
I am presently working on a new campaign for TRoS (albeit with a variant magic system), and would love any input and suggestions you folks have to offer. Premise: The…
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Participants: Pyske, Bankuei.

3/15/2003 deltadave: Spirit points?
TRoS Pg 66 refers to Spirit points and promises to explain them below then never does. Are spirit points the same as Insight?
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Participants: deltadave, arxhon.

3/15/2003 Jaeger: 8 stats vs. 10
In the time honored tradition of second guessing the game designer. (A favorite pastime of players who have never, and will never, design a rpg themselves). I had the following…
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Participants: Jaeger, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, arxhon, MrGeneHa, Michael Tree, Brian Leybourne.

3/16/2003 RN3G8 4E: What do you do when you must fight but you don't want to?
The noise of the pleasantly loud tavern flowed all around him, but tonight Jareth couldn't be distracted. If Jadzy was here he could be another step closer towards finding the…
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Participants: RN3G8 4E, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Jaeger, Ashren Va'Hale.

3/16/2003 Jake Norwood: Away for the week...
Okay, I'm off to GTS for the week. Play nice. Brian, you're in charge. While at GTS I'm going to be really promoting OBAM and finding the best printer I…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

3/17/2003 Irmo: Quickstart game
Just yesterday, I ran a quickstart game on a German RPG con. Given that it was the first actual play shot at TROS for all involved I think it was…
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Participants: Irmo, Stephen.

3/18/2003 Tywin Lannister: I'm new and baffled!
Hi everyone, I'm new to the boards - and the game, which I bought last week. I have been reading through the book, and found it all a bit..baffling. The…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Valamir, arxhon, Noon, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Spartan, Alan, Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale.

3/19/2003 dunlaing: armor chart
Is there a chart somewhere of what specific locations armor does and does not cover, or are you just supposed to rule by *gasp* common sense? By specific locations, I…
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Participants: dunlaing, Brian Leybourne, Salamander.

3/20/2003 arxhon: The great Betrayer....
Well, i was rereading the section on the history of xanar Shardfinder, and the bit where he imprisoned the Great Betrayer under the Sea of Fallen Gods got me thinking....…
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Participants: arxhon, Nick Pagnucco, Ashren Va'Hale, tauman, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Noon.

3/20/2003 Darth Tang: Tag Team methods
Preliminary to adopting much of RoS into a fantasy campaign, I used a slimed-down version of the melee system i my Fading Suns campaign to test player reaction. It was…
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Participants: Darth Tang, GreatWolf, Valamir, arxhon, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, toli, Mike Holmes.

3/20/2003 Overdrive: Shield bashing
Hi, The shield thread got me thinking. The shield could be used at least in two ways when attacking. 1) Swinging/clubbing with the shiels. Works about as the pommel attack…
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Participants: Overdrive, arxhon, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen.

3/21/2003 Shadeling: A setting TROS thread on RPGnet
Lets show our support: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40708
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Participants: Shadeling, arxhon, Darth Tang.

3/22/2003 Darth Tang: A site for useful books
http://www.chivalrybookshelf.com/intro.htm Many of the books, such as Secrets of German Swordsmanship and the Arte of Defense, have step-by-step photos of weapon useage. The German book has great sword, sword and…
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Participants: Darth Tang, Jake Norwood.

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