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6/7/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Half-sword questions
Under the half-sword manoeuvre, it says: damage is Thrust +3 v armour, ATN 5 and DTN 6. The Estoc is listed as having a length of half-sword: does the damage…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Alan.

6/6/2003 Wolfen: Destiny and other SAs in play
New topic derived from the discussion of SAs here It also depends on what you mean by "king". It could turn out he's destined to become king of a group…
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Participants: Wolfen, demiurgeastaroth, Spartan, Morfedel, Jake Norwood.

6/6/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Does anyone know the fonts on rossheet_form.pdf?
Does anyone know what the fonts are on the "rossheet_form.pdf" file from the website, and if freeware - where I can get them?
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Poenz.

6/6/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Defaults and SA expenditure
Say you have Sword and Shield proficiency at 7, and choose to increase Greatsword which defaults to S&S at -2. So for 5 SA points, you now have Greatsword 6.…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, toli, arxhon, kenjib.

6/6/2003 Malechi: Movement during Combat
Hey there, I just got my book yesterday and I have a quick question regarding movement during combat. I realise this was mentioned here --] http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=3415&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=movement but it didn't answer…
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Participants: Malechi, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Wolfen.

6/5/2003 arxhon: TRoS Chargen
[quote="Wolfen"]Also, someone (don't remember who, off the top of my head) has a write-up which does a really good job of simplifying character creation, or so most say; I've not…
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Participants: arxhon.

6/5/2003 Morfedel: Altnernate Vagary Schemes
While the basic magic system of TRoS is pretty awesome, its not QUITE how I see magic. For me, I'm one of two minds: on the one hand, I see…
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Participants: Morfedel, kenjib, arxhon, prophet118, spunky, demiurgeastaroth.

6/5/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Give me your SAs!
As a new GM, I don't feel I have a handle on SAs yet - what sort of scope or flavour they should have, that kind of thing. One thing…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Overdrive, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, kenjib, arxhon, Agnar, Bob McNamee, Ashren Va'Hale, Morfedel, Ashton, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Tywin Lannister, Spartan, Bomilkar.

6/5/2003 Darth Tang: Its June, and time to ask about OBAM again....
So, one week into June, how long until we see a pdf and hard-copy versions of OBAM? I'm eager to get my campaign started, but I'm hesitant to start without…
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Participants: Darth Tang, Furious D, Jake Norwood, Salamander, toli, deltadave, Poenz, Bogie_71, kenjib, Amy1419, Mainboard, Brian Leybourne.

6/5/2003 Brian Leybourne: So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehn, adieu...
I'm off to travel through Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia for six weeks. No talking while I'm gone. I want all conversation to halt until I'm ready to start reading again.…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Spartan, Brassel, Salamander, Poenz, arxhon, Morfedel, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Nick Pagnucco.

6/4/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: vagary swap
ok, I decided to do a little vagary swap, basically I FOUND IMPRISONMENT TO BE A LITTLE WEAK AD CONQUER UBER SO I DECIDED THAT FOR IMBEDDING SPELLS YOU NEED…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, kenjib, arxhon.

6/4/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Help: New Game Advice
It's my first TROS game next Sunday. Can anyone offer advice on the best way to introduce the system to the players? I'm planning to get them to design characters…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, ethan_greer, Salamander, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne.

6/4/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Fiddling About with Stats (long)
First - I don't know if the following is of any interest to anyone else. But I can hope :) I've read about the problems some people have with STR…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, gmouser, Morfedel, Wolfen, Noon.

6/3/2003 Morfedel: My RPG Review
Ok, my review is up on RPG.NET. It wasn't overly positive, and in one area I may have been a bit too harsh, but don't flame me, because overall I…
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Participants: Morfedel, Brian Leybourne, Claymore, Noon, prophet118, arxhon.

6/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: weapon grabbing
How would you mechanicallyaccount for grabbing a weapon? right now I treat it as grappling to trap but you are grappling the weapon but maybe there are som better ideas…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Ashton, Jake Norwood, MrGeneHa.

6/1/2003 kenjib: unlanded noble sorcerer
A sorcerer is race pick B. Unlanded gentry is also pick B. What do I do when a character's concept is unlanded gentry that dabbles in the arts -- the…
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Participants: kenjib, Shreyas Sampat, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Morfedel, Mayhem1979.

6/1/2003 Morfedel: A Halfling of Stahl
I was just thinking... if I made a halfling, that says I have one human parent. Would it be reasonable to say the halfling also gets the advantages of their…
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Participants: Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco.

6/1/2003 wpbarr: Burn Me As A Heretic, but ...
Wouldn't a TROS card game help bring more players into the game and even be helpful as a game tool with regards to running combat?
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Participants: wpbarr, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

5/31/2003 kenjib: Curses as anti-spiritual attributes
I was thinking about curses and a handy mechanic came to mind. Curses could be negative spiritual attributes that are forced upon a character. When you are cursed, you acquire…
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Participants: kenjib, Ashren Va'Hale, Rattlehead, Prince of Thieves, Morfedel, Bankuei.

5/31/2003 Ashton: Duels
I apologize in advance if this has been brought up before but: Duels- a formal agreement to do bodily harm between two parties. May be for judicial or social reasons.…
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Participants: Ashton.

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6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: First Session Experience
Well, we played our intro session today. I took the caravan idea and changed it to: The King of Gelure has just declared himself emperor and attacked Ouestenreich. The players…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Morfedel, prophet118.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Use Terrain
When facing more than one opponent and having to deal with slippery/troublesome terrain, do you treat these as separate tasks (allocate CP to both, separately), or do you make just…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Valamir.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: What Happened with my "First Session Experience" p
For some reason, my post entitled "First session Experience" seems to exist as two separate by identically named threads? Have I broken something?
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Perception
Let's say your travelling along the road minding your own business, and the bandits are about to launch an ambush. The GM is a generous sort and decides there's a…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Wolfen, chade0, Ashren Va'Hale.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Merchant Skill Packet
Has anyone designed a Skill Packet list for Merchants?
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Spartan, Salamander, Mayhem1979.

6/10/2003 Overdrive: The SA's are beginning to reveal themselves...
Last night we had our second session of TROS, and although it was at times pretty slow, I think we (at least I!) learnt a lot. As it is, the…
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Participants: Overdrive, Morfedel, demiurgeastaroth, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: 10 Assorted Rules Questions
After my first session, a few questions came up. Hopefully, people have answers to one or more of these questions. 1. Hard Armour Certain weapons get a damage bonus to…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Hook, Toss, Stop Short, etc. (Long and maybe rambling)
During my first session, one of the players used the Stop Short move, and its mechanics puzzled me a bit. It is a little strange, in that the dice committed…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Wolfen, Morfedel.

6/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Wed night in the SJG Pyramid chat room
At 7:00pm Central time this wednesday I'll be the guest host for a live online chat. Check it out at the SJG website. COme on out and support me. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Poenz, Nick Pagnucco, demiurgeastaroth, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Character Power and Advancement
In my perhaps futile quest to rack up a higher word count on the site than Mike Holmes' word count in the Taveruun thread, here's another question. Advancement in this…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Amy1419, Jake Norwood, Overdrive, Wolfen, Morfedel, Jasper the Mimbo.

6/11/2003 jhudsui: Strength doesn't seem to be used in places where it should..
Shouldn't high Strength characters be able to bear the weight, and therefore suffer less penalties, from wearing heavy armor? Also, shouldn't Strength affect the results of Beat and Bind manuvers?
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Participants: jhudsui, Salamander, Morfedel, Jake Norwood, Poenz, kenjib, Spartan.

6/11/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Hit Location CP penalties
I can understand the CP penalties for thrusts to certain locations, but the swing modifiers have me confused. If you swing attack the arms/hands, you gain +1 CP. Swing attacks…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Morfedel, Bankuei, Ashton, Jake Norwood, Piers Brown, Wolfen, Salamander.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Initiative Ties
You and your opponent have both declared attack. According to the rules, manoeuvres are declared in reverse order of Reflex. But, you make a reflex roll to see who goes…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Use Terrain and Hostages
Had an interesting event crop up tonight. One of the players chased a villain who was trying to grab his ward (a girl) and run off with her to use…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Overdrive, Wolfen, Bankuei, kenjib.

6/12/2003 talath1221: Newbie of Steel
Alright, I picked up The Riddle of Steel because I heard good things about it at EN World. Well, I'm glad I picked it up and would love to run…
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Participants: talath1221, demiurgeastaroth, Spartan, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Jasper the Mimbo, arxhon.

6/12/2003 Nick Pagnucco: Netbooks, supplements, and all types of lovely stuff
Hi. This is a split from the Taveruun thread, which is beginning to sprawl as much as the country it is about. Mike has suggested the idea of making a…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco, demiurgeastaroth, Mike Holmes, Poenz, Wolfen, kenjib, arxhon.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: What other settings would suit TROS
The recent discussion with Nick about games or settings being suited or unsuited to TROS made me wonder, what other settings would provide changes to the core rules or game…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, Draigh, adamsmith, Poenz, Malechi, Bankuei, Ilvarin, Morfedel, arxhon, Anthony I, Jake Norwood, buddha, Bomilkar.

6/12/2003 Jake Norwood: Lure of Gold: Who wants to finish it?
We've got a mostly finished mini-supplement for Rogues and the like called the Lure of Gold by Lance Meibos (Lyrax if you remember). Anybody want to finish it? He's not…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, demiurgeastaroth, Nick Pagnucco, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, ashampine, Morfedel, arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Claymore, buddha, r_callen221, Chris.

6/12/2003 kenjib: Combat clinic: Das Monk is kicking Das Booty!
I've been playing the combat sim and I can't beat Das Monk with any of the other humans. The closest I could come was using Max Steele, ignoring the staff…
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Participants: kenjib, ashampine, Brian Leybourne, Salamander.

6/13/2003 coryblack_666: armor question
I don't even have the book yet, but will first chance i get. But when me and some friends were doing some combat tests we came across a question that…
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Participants: coryblack_666, Ashren Va'Hale, demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Bankuei, Valamir, Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, tauman, Crusader, buddha.

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