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4/10/2003 Stephen: Questions on Terrain Rolls
I've seen this noted several times as a save-ass measure when tactically outnumbered or overwhelmed. Can people provide some specific examples of how these would work in play? I don't…
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Participants: Stephen, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Dave Turner, Jake Norwood, Noon.

4/9/2003 Slave_Labourer: Recognising an Embedded Spell Cast
Hi there, A bit of background, I am playing a PC from Krym-Kahar who happens to be both a slave owned by one of the PCs and a sorcerer. Now…
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Participants: Slave_Labourer, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Ben, PAD the MAD.

4/9/2003 deltadave: Adventure trailers
A couple of quick ideas for TRoS style adventures: One of the characters receives a message from home that they are being assailed and need help. The characters rush back…
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Participants: deltadave.

4/9/2003 arxhon: Multiple Opponents, again
I'm confused by the "multiple opponents rule". When it sys "split combat pool by opponents", and all parties drop red, does this mean: a. The PC mayattack both opponents by…
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Participants: arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Mayhem1979, Anthony I, Sneaky Git, Noon, Jason Kottler, PAD the MAD, Malchiah, Calder, Overdrive.

4/9/2003 Spartan: Clairvoyance, Range Variable and CTN
So here I am just doing up a simple clairvoyance spell, and in calculating the CTN I'm unsure how to apply the range. Say the spell allows the caster to…
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Participants: Spartan, Shadeling, Brian Leybourne.

4/8/2003 Sneaky Git: Kukri
Hmm. Here's a question. How would a Khukuri (commonly known as the Kukri), the Nepalese fighting knife made famous by Gurkhas, translate into TRoS? It's a knife (a pretty big…
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Participants: Sneaky Git, Eamon Voss, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

4/8/2003 Dave Turner: Dark Sun racial packages
I'm an old school Dark Sun fan and the recent thread of a TROS/Dark Sun blend got me really excited. I've created some potential racial packages and I'd appreciate any…
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Participants: Dave Turner, Shadeling, Brian Leybourne, Paka, Ashren Va'Hale, Eamon Voss, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, sirjaguar.

4/7/2003 Tywin Lannister: Giving SA points to characters
Yesterday we finally had our first full-blooded session, and it was a blast. We learned the combat system through play (a nobleman's son and a house knight training in the…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Valamir, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, hanschristianandersen.

4/6/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: tales of weyrth
I would be interested in hearing some of your interesting adventures and stories played within the weyrth setting. I was reading through some of the header and introductory stories and…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Ron Edwards.

4/6/2003 Bob Richter: The Glowing Staff Problem, faery magic, etc.
The original thread for this was five pages long and a little down the list, so I thought I'd start a new post. Got a problem with it? Oh well.…
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Participants: Bob Richter, arxhon, Anthony I, Rick, Valamir, Sneaky Git, Ashren Va'Hale, Noon, Brian Leybourne, redcrow, Mayhem1979.

4/5/2003 Jake Norwood: La famiglia
Please visit the indie game design forum to help me out with this project. jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Mayhem1979, Ashren Va'Hale, Nick Pagnucco, Brian Leybourne.

4/4/2003 arxhon: How do counters work?
How do counters work? I did a search, and couoldn't fnd anything in the 3+ pages of returns, so i apologize if this question has come up before. I tried…
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Participants: arxhon, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Ashren Va'Hale.

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.

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.

4/3/2003 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.

4/2/2003 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.

4/2/2003 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.

4/1/2003 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.

4/1/2003 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.

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.

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4/13/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: who is the inquisition?
In your versions of weyrth, how do you imagine the inquisition? Who are they? What do they want? what do people think of them?
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Farseer415, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood, Thor Olavsrud.

4/13/2003 PAD the MAD: Conflicting spells & Multiple Familiars
Hi all, Been running RoS for several sessions now and have some good players and a nice mix of characters who are developing nicely. A couple of things cropped up…
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Participants: PAD the MAD, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale.

4/13/2003 PAD the MAD: toughness too useful
Hi all, I've been discussing combat with one of my players and we realised that even unarmoured, a character with Toughness of 8 is unbelievably resilient to damage. It just…
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Participants: PAD the MAD, Tywin Lannister, arxhon, Ashren Va'Hale, feanor, Bob Richter, Ron Edwards, Spartan, Shadeling, toli, Mike Holmes, spunky, Mayhem1979, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, ruusu, Irmo, Nick Pagnucco, Sneaky Git, Vanguard, Tancred, Jason Kottler, Draigh, Salamander, Warboss Grock, Valamir, murazor.

4/13/2003 kanseg: The Whip in Combat?
I've recently started some basic training in flexible weapons and had a question on how the whip might fit into TROS. I know some of the Filipino systems developed the…
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Participants: kanseg, Darth Tang, Mike Holmes, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, Sneaky Git, Valamir, Salamander.

4/14/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: volume target of sculpture
Ok, one of my players wanted to use sculpture to sink a boat so he targeted a plank and made a spell to sculpt a circular slice into the plank…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, prophet118, Valamir, Bob Richter, Mayhem1979, Brian Leybourne.

4/14/2003 [FHE]dave: First Gaming Session
On Friday, our group had our first gaming session; after chargen, which took us more than 2 hours because the Seneschal had to explain everything, we started.... and it was…
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Participants: [FHE]dave, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

4/14/2003 Ryuuko: New Collectors Edition of TROS
Ok ever since I got into TROS (last October or so) I've been wanting a collectors edition of TROS. This game is just too good to not have one. Now…
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Participants: Ryuuko, kanseg, spunky, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, Jason Kottler, arxhon, Wolfen.

4/15/2003 spunky: Anglo's MARTIAL ARTS of RENAISSANCE EUROPE
I managed to end up w/ 2 copies of Sydney Anglo's text on the martial arts of renaissance Europe, aptly named THE MARTIAL ARTS OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE. Since I got…
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Participants: spunky, Brian Leybourne.

4/16/2003 Eamon Voss: Cutlass stats?
Should this be the same as a sabre/scimitar? Or should it be a bit more usefull on the thrust, something the weapon is often hinted at? Ideas? Thoughts?
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Brian Leybourne, Mayhem1979, arxhon, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/16/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: Price of a good wagon and horses... and other stuff
Ok, My current character managed to end up extremely rich after the last campaign and now hes spending his 250 gold. Imperial standard. He's trying to stay low in his…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Farseer415, Valamir, Salamander.

4/17/2003 johnsoga: Gen Con Indy
I haven't been able to find any TROS games being run at Gen Con Indy. I was hoping that the creaters could run a game, Hint Hint. Is there anyone…
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Participants: johnsoga, Durgil, Eamon Voss, Valamir, Bob Richter, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/17/2003 Nick Pagnucco: aaawww....
While procrastinating, I found someone's personal RPG awards. The relevant bit: TROS was listed as a runner up for best game. Of course, I have absolutely no idea aboyt this…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

4/18/2003 Eamon Voss: Beheading!
Last night we had our first beheading. One player was prone while a bad guy was taking swipes with an axe. Another player charged in with the longsword and took…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Mokkurkalfe.

4/18/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: East Coast Cons
with all the talk of Gen Con I began to wonder if there are any gaming convention on the east coast? Preferably middle and North East (North carolina to New…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, prophet118, Eamon Voss, wpbarr, Wolfen, Mayhem1979.

4/20/2003 arxhon: Healing TN
Ok, the book says "Roll HT against the raw Pain rating of each Wound (where pain functions as the TN; WP modifiers do not apply here). Each success lowers the…
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Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood.

4/20/2003 Eamon Voss: Portrait Character Sheets anyone?
I hate landscape character sheets. I hate them with the sort of passion that a FUDGE player will generally reserve for the Rolemaster's charts. I've tried to make a landscape…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, PAD the MAD, Mokkurkalfe, Sneaky Git, arxhon, prophet118, Enoch, Ashren Va'Hale.

4/20/2003 Tywin Lannister: Questions about FEINTING here.
I have only one question, but if you have others you could ask them in this thread. Or not. Anyway, here is mine: Player A announces a thrust attack with…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Durgil, Valamir, Salamander, Jason Kottler, Irmo.

4/20/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: weapons for peasants
What kind of proficincies would a peasant likely have?
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Ryuuko, arxhon, kanseg, Mokkurkalfe, Mayhem1979, Eamon Voss.

4/22/2003 Brian Leybourne: Phew, finally (Character Generator software)
What happened to the Driftwood Progress sticky anyway? This should really have gone in there. Anyway, the Character Generator software is done. I just need a day or two to…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Dave Turner, Jason Kottler, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Salamander, Eamon Voss, Durgil, kanseg, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Tywin Lannister, prophet118, Michael Tree, toli.

4/22/2003 Mike Holmes: Possible TO "Solution"
I've moved this to a new thread from the thread on toughness lest I be accused of Topic hijacking: That, on the other hand, would make toughness dependent at least…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Durgil, Mayhem1979, Mokkurkalfe, arxhon, redcrow, Wolfen.

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