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3/23/2003 Tywin Lannister: George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"
Have you read it? Do you like it? For me personally, it is the best story I have ever read, even overtaking my twenty-year long Star Wars geekdom, and making…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Amy1419, Bomilkar.

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.

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.

3/20/2003 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.

3/20/2003 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 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.

3/19/2003 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.

3/18/2003 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.

3/17/2003 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.

3/16/2003 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.

3/16/2003 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.

3/15/2003 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.

3/15/2003 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.

3/14/2003 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.

3/14/2003 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 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.

3/13/2003 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.

3/13/2003 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.

3/12/2003 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.

3/12/2003 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.

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3/25/2003 Dave Turner: Fey and sorcerous aging
I've perused the "Magical Aging" thread from the sticky post and it didn't quite answer my question, so I'll try to be brief. I'm quite confused about how the immortality…
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Participants: Dave Turner, Stephen, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, dunlaing, Amy1419, Valamir, Bob Richter, arxhon, Wolfen.

3/25/2003 kpike69: TROS Wyreth
Im wondering if there will be any further information on the world for riddle of steel?. if so when and if not why?
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Participants: kpike69, Jake Norwood, Tywin Lannister, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco.

3/26/2003 Darth Tang: I've fallen & I need to get up!
Some issues have arisen from my use of the melee system: I'm having to design a maneuver for those who have falen but are still combat-worthy; obviously, they're in an…
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Participants: Darth Tang, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling.

3/27/2003 Mokkurkalfe: Adapting sorcery to fit my world
The translation of my game and gameworld from my former system into TROS have gone pretty well. But now it's time for sorcery. The TROS system is cool, but if…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, Ben Lehman.

3/27/2003 feanor: Is there irc/chat for TROS?
Sorry if this has been asked before. I was wondering if there is a irc or some sort of chat for tros? If not ...there should be!
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Participants: feanor, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, arxhon, Enoch, Wolfen.

3/28/2003 svenlein: Idea for selling next book
Would this be possible for an option to buy the next book? I give you some money. You give me the pdf of the book. Then when the book comes…
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Participants: svenlein, Jake Norwood, Shadeling, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, prophet118, Darth Tang.

3/28/2003 Fentible: Adapting Seventh Sea Magic to TROS
Hi all, I've been considering running a swashbuckling game (probably set in France in the sixteen hundreds) for quite a while and The Riddle of Steel seems to be the…
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Participants: Fentible, Stephen, Wolfen.

3/30/2003 Sneaky Git: Explaining Sorcery in Game Terms
I know that there has been a ton of talk about how magic works, how to make speels, and whatnot... And I know that the rules suggest that "as a…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

3/30/2003 Sneaky Git: The Fate of the Fey
I can't remember which thread it was, but it got me thinking... I went back to the rulebook, flipped through, and then re-read the section detailing the Fey and the…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Amy1419, Ashren Va'Hale, Shadeling, PAD the MAD.

3/31/2003 [FHE]dave: Fey Statistic
hello, I'm new to TROS and next week we have our first gaming session with chargeneration. So I'd like to know a thing: I want to play a Fey; what…
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Participants: [FHE]dave, Wolfen, Valamir, Shadeling.

3/31/2003 prophet118: Combat..
i like the system... really i do... im just thiking about what i can do to stream line things a bit more... (note, that doesnt mean making anything d20 based..lol)...…
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Participants: prophet118, Valamir, Alan, Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, Amy1419, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss, Noon, spunky.

3/31/2003 Eamon Voss: TROS black powder guns?
Matchlocks and wheellocks. Any stats for those handy? What about the damage tables? Will this be in the Flower of Battle?
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Shadeling, Thor Olavsrud, murazor, Valamir, Nick Pagnucco, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, arxhon.

3/31/2003 Ron Edwards: Local forum policy questions
Hi Jake, Seems as if some concerns have arisen regarding TROS forum policies. Since, as Shadeling rightly points out, all moderation here is yours, and since this forum is the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

4/1/2003 Eamon Voss: A few questions about TROS
I picked up the full version of the game on sunday. So far I think it great! I am planning to run a test game set in 'Generica', a French…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Ryuuko, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Noon.

4/1/2003 deltadave: TRoS combat
What is the rationale for using the weapon to determine the attack TN as opposed to using an AC type system? As an example, in my (heavily modified) D20 game…
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Participants: deltadave, Eamon Voss, Sneaky Git, Mokkurkalfe, prophet118, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Thor Olavsrud.

4/2/2003 Jake Norwood: Forum Rules (Draft)
Okay, guys, here's the draft of the TROS board rules. Any commentary comes *now,* 'cause when they're offical, that's it. Jake __________________ Welcome to the Riddle of Steel Forge Forum…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Durgil, Eamon Voss, ethan_greer, Stephen, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, prophet118, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Shadeling, Nick Pagnucco, Sneaky Git.

4/2/2003 Eamon Voss: More questions from a newbie
Last night we made up characters for tomorrow night's playtest in the fictional European fief of 'Generica'. And we noticed that to have full plate armor, including the helm, causes…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Thor Olavsrud, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Dave Turner, Wolfen.

4/3/2003 Shadeling: Simple, Quick Question
Ok, I am having a brain-fart today. If I am using a Longsword 2 Handed, it is the Greatsword/Longsword Proficiency. If I am using it 1 Handed, do I use…
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Participants: Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

4/3/2003 Shadeling: Second Quick Question
In running my games this has come up. When using Proficiency, when you have no Proficiency, do you allow the character to use their Reflexes, or Reflexes minus a certain…
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Participants: Shadeling, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood.

4/4/2003 Eamon Voss: Quickie review by yours truly
Last night we tried out TROS. Eric left his character sheet at work and so we had to do his character again. I like how fast character creation is, and…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale.

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