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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.

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.

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 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: 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 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.

4/29/2003 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.

4/29/2003 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 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.

4/27/2003 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.

4/26/2003 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.

4/25/2003 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.

4/25/2003 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 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.

4/24/2003 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.

4/24/2003 r_callen221: TROS and Birthright- Some conversion questions (long)
Hey guys~ Well, I've started a campaign with the Birthright setting from TSR and, so far, everything's running well. However, I've had some inquiries made from some of my players…
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Participants: r_callen221, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, hanschristianandersen, Wolfen, Spartan, Bob Richter.

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.

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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.

5/5/2003 Jake Norwood: Portrait style charsheet added to web
www.theriddleofsteel.net/support/charsheetportrait.zip In MS word format, includes a font for use in the sheet. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Brian Leybourne, Angaros, Michael Tree, Wolfen, gnarf, Enoch.

5/6/2003 Mayhem1979: Looking for players in provo/orem area....
Pretty much what it says... if not players, anybody looking for one or two experienced players for their games in the area? Either Way I'm going through withdrawal here. :-P…
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Participants: Mayhem1979, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale.

5/7/2003 Angaros: Skill success probabilities
Hi folks! I'm wondering if anyone has made any statistical calculations regarding skill successes? I've been doing some calculating on my own, but I'm not entirely sure if the outcome…
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Participants: Angaros, Wolfen, ruusu, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel.

5/8/2003 Harlequin: A couple of questions - Re: foppishness and No Elves
Okay, strange subject line, I admit. First comment, nigh-obligatory... I finally picked up TROS and was very happy to find it basically everything I'd hoped it would be. I was…
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Participants: Harlequin, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, toli.

5/9/2003 Flash: Warhammer - tRoS style?
Anyone done a conversions from the Warhammer Fantasy RPG to Riddle of Steel? Seems like they would be a perfect match.
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Participants: Flash, Jake Norwood, arxhon, JESTER, Jaif.

5/9/2003 Angaros: Detailed armor stats and materials
Hi folks! :) I've just run a short mock combat with versus a templar squire and a guardsman. The combat lasted only a half-dozen rounds and ended in a mess…
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Participants: Angaros, toli, Mike Holmes, Jason Kottler, Gary_Bingham, arxhon, Wolfen, Eamon Voss, Durgil, Valamir.

5/10/2003 Morfedel: Woo hoo!
I just picked up my copy of TRoS!!! dive, dive, dive... :)
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Participants: Morfedel, Coplen, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Thorbrin, Brian Leybourne.

5/10/2003 Mortaneus: Death by Fire
Hello all, I've been reading through TROS and noticed something...as far as I can tell, according to the damage tables, it's impossible to kill someone through fire damage. The damage…
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Participants: Mortaneus, Mayhem1979, Jake Norwood, Drastic, Bankuei, arxhon.

5/10/2003 kenjib: Occult traditions for Sorcerers
I'm making my way through the book and have finished the sorcery chapter. I had a couple of rough ideas on making the system more compatible with my homebrew and…
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Participants: kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Stuart DJ Purdie.

5/11/2003 Jaeger: Skills by dice...
Several weeks ago it was firmly established that the standard ROS skill system is perfectly fine and there was no need to convert it to a stat+skill die pool system.…
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Participants: Jaeger, Wolfen, Mayhem1979, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Aaron, Ashren Va'Hale.

5/11/2003 Thorbrin: Trouble with Hit locations!
I am regretfully having problems understanding the process involved with determining hit locations. I understand that the attacker declares the area that he is attacking and how..ie I am attacking…
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Participants: Thorbrin, Bankuei, Angaros, Brian Leybourne.

5/12/2003 arxhon: TRoS Group Hug: Part 2
[quote="Thorbrin"]I must say that this seems to be a very freindly forum. It is a really nice change from the usual stuck up jerks that I tend to see at…
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Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood, JESTER, Salamander, Stephen, Wolfen, Tywin Lannister, Eamon Voss, Spartan, kanseg, Thorbrin, Brian Leybourne, Bomilkar, Ashren Va'Hale, Ilvarin, Vanguard.

5/12/2003 Eamon Voss: Simplifying initiative issues!
One of the few things I don't like about the TROS combat system is all that complexity involved in dealing with buying off initiative during simultaneous hits. I am cooking…
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Participants: Eamon Voss, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Aaron, Bomilkar, Mike Holmes, arxhon.

5/12/2003 Andrew Ciotti: Mixed Sci fi setting
I was wondering if anyone had done a Setting using TROS that Included Sci fi weapons, Blasters, Guns, Vibro Swords etc. I am thinking of a setting where these things…
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Participants: Andrew Ciotti, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, OriginalFlash, Furious D, Wolfen, Sneaky Git, Mayhem1979, Michael Tree.

5/12/2003 Jake Norwood: TROS at Warehouse 23
TROS is the featured game today at SJG's "Warehouse 23." Pretty cool, though--like all retailers--they're "currently out of stock." I find that sooooo dammmmmnnnn frustrating! Jake http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?DFW1001
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Eduardoh, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Mayhem1979, Durgil.

5/13/2003 Durgil: Social Combat Continued
There is an interesting topic that just started up here on the HârnForum. I'm not familiar with Dying Earth's quick start rules, but it sounded like it might be useful…
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Participants: Durgil, Brian Leybourne, arxhon.

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