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4/23/2003 Mokkurkalfe: Electronic money-changer
Personally, I like to fiddle with coins n' stuff in RPG's. Otherwise, you can't give the players the feeling that they're adventuring to get the next meal on the table.…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Salamander, prophet118, Jake Norwood, Jason.

4/22/2003 Eamon Voss: Convention game concerns
As I wind up for my summer convention circuit, I started to write adventures for my current favorite RPG, TROS. And I started to feel some concern. You see, when…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Mike Holmes, spunky.

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.

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.

4/20/2003 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.

4/20/2003 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 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 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.

4/18/2003 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.

4/18/2003 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.

4/17/2003 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.

4/17/2003 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.

4/16/2003 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.

4/16/2003 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.

4/15/2003 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.

4/14/2003 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.

4/14/2003 [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 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.

4/13/2003 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.

4/13/2003 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.

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4/24/2003 svenlein: mass combat
Occasionally people bring up wanting to do mass combat. I?m not sure if this is true for most people, but if you are like I was you probably have only…
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Participants: svenlein, Durgil, arxhon, toli, Wolfen, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne, Chris, Salamander, Eamon Voss, Darth Tang, Jason Kottler, r_callen221, Jake Norwood.

4/25/2003 Tancred: Reverse Spiritual Attributes
I'm not sure if this has already been suggested by anyone, but could you introduce the reverse of spiritual attributes in Riddle of Steel games? For example, a fear or…
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Participants: Tancred, Shreyas Sampat, Jake Norwood, Gary_Bingham, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Eamon Voss, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman.

4/25/2003 Matt Snyder: RoS "historical"
My group is going to start up a "historical" campaign for Riddle of Steel, and were' looking for any advice on how to run it. Have there been previous threads…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Gary_Bingham, Salamander, toli, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Spartan, Neil, Jason Kottler.

4/25/2003 arxhon: SA: Luck..."Fate Points"?
You may be familiar with the concept of Fate Points from WFRP. If not, they're pretty simlpe. A Fate point allows you to ignore a critical damage roll. Can Luck…
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Participants: arxhon, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei.

4/26/2003 Darth Tang: News or updates on OBAM?
When is the pdf download avalible? Hardcopy? COME ON-it's almost May. Lets firm up a date here, chop-chop!
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Participants: Darth Tang, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Eamon Voss, arxhon, toli.

4/27/2003 Waiwode: Sell me on...
I'm currently looking for a new fantasy game, and TROS has caught my attention. I've already combed the web-site and am about to start pouring over the Quick-start pdf. Can…
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Participants: Waiwode, Tywin Lannister, Bankuei, Salamander, arxhon, Valamir, Wolfen, Morfedel.

4/29/2003 Calder: First post, thoughts on Eastern martial arts
First off, I have to give major props to Brian and Jake! I recently converted my d20 campaign to TROS, and it's been nowhere but up. (ben_lehman is one of…
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Participants: Calder, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, r_callen221, Bankuei, Janne Halmetoja, tunaman9000, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2003 arxhon: The Riddle of Steel playtest review on RPGnet
There is a Riddle of Steel playtest up on RPG.net, by yours truly. :-) Check it out. Anyone know of any other sites where a review could be posted?
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Participants: arxhon, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

4/29/2003 deltadave: TRoS at Gamex 2003
Is anyone planning on doing a TRoS demo at Gamex 2003 in Los Angeles? I'd love to see how the system works in use. Gamex is Memorial Day weekend if…
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Participants: deltadave, JESTER, jburneko.

4/30/2003 tunaman9000: The MOST BROKEN VAGARY???
I have been running a "high-magic" campaign in Riddle for about the last 3-4 months (can't tell exactly, time flies when you are having fun!). It's actually pretty fun, when…
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Participants: tunaman9000, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Caldis, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe, Draigh, Bob Richter, Unsane, Gary_Bingham, Angaros.

4/30/2003 Morfedel: I've pretty much decided to pick up and try TRoS, but....
I have a few last questions. I've heard that magic is almost TOO powerful. In reading the playtest review on openRPG, and then the comments from the forum below, one…
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Participants: Morfedel, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Spartan, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Stephen, Vanguard, Ben Lehman, Caldis, kenjib.

4/30/2003 Morfedel: ARGH!
I cant post topics or reply half the time! I keep on getting "invalid_session" messages!!! ARGH!!!!
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Participants: Morfedel, toli, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne.

4/30/2003 Morfedel: How fast is advancement?
Reading the reviews, I can't quite tell, but how fast does advancement occur? I mean, if you are spending and refilling your SA, how quickly do characters advance? I realize…
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Participants: Morfedel, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Mike Holmes.

4/30/2003 Jake Norwood: Brian's CHarGen is up!
www.theriddleofsteel.net/support or www.theriddleofsteel.net/support/troschargen.zip Enjoy!
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jason, kanseg, Bob Richter, Ben Lehman, JESTER, Eamon Voss, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, SheWolf.

5/2/2003 Michael Tree: Using the Combat Simulator in play
I love the combat simulator, and have been playing with it for days (at the expense of of studying, even.) In fact, I'm considering using it for running TROS, since…
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Participants: Michael Tree, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel, Wolfen, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

5/2/2003 murazor: First Contact (And combat question)
And so I've finally made my first tentative steps into the world of TRoS, when I yesterday gathered two friends to create characters. I'm setting the game in France 1567,…
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Participants: murazor, Mayhem1979, Draigh, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, Vanguard, Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

5/2/2003 Mayhem1979: Insanity and ways to handle it in a PC...
I just recently put together a character who I gave the major flaw Insane... Scizophrenic(sp?) to be exact. He literally hears voices. He has dealt with this by convincing himself…
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Participants: Mayhem1979, Draigh, Ashren Va'Hale, Sneaky Git, Bankuei, Nick Pagnucco, tetsugroo, Jake Norwood, Michael Tree, Rattlehead, Unsane.

5/2/2003 Waiwode: Frustrating Combat
Two "Roman" characters from the Riddle Combat Generator. Both wearing the 4pt Chain armour the template comes with, one with a short spear, the other with a short sword. I've…
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Participants: Waiwode, toli, Eamon Voss.

5/4/2003 Brian Leybourne: Always good to see...
There's a new thread on RPG.net called "Future RPG Purchases" and a number of the respondants have indicated that they want to pick up The Riddle of Steel. Very good…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

5/5/2003 Eamon Voss: HarnMaster Combat review on rpg.net
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9298.phtml A friend pointed this out to me. The reviewer compares HarnMaster to TROS even though he has admitted never looked at the TROS system. He goes on to misrepresent…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Stephen, Coplen, spunky, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Tuomo Aimonen, Daredevil, Morfedel, toli, Mike Holmes.

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