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6/14/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: the virtue of a conman
I love my rad conman from farrenshire with a social of 8. this guy bought a riding horse and then sold it as a courser for about 20 gold. he…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

6/14/2003 Durgil: Alternate Idea for TO & ST in Combat
I've been at this forum long enough to know that this subject has been covered to death on several occasions, but I have been discussing various ideas for at least…
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Participants: Durgil, Wolfen, demiurgeastaroth, Ashren Va'Hale, Anthony I, prophet118, Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/13/2003 Salamander: Real Swordsmanship and how it pertains to TRoS.
Okay, here we can discuss the ideas of how real swordsmanship pertains to TRoS and discuss the trials & tribulations of learning to use those wonderful long bits of steel.
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Participants: Salamander, Poenz, Jake Norwood, Ashton, Bankuei, Anthony I, Valamir, GreatWolf, demiurgeastaroth, cruciel, Irmo.

6/13/2003 Morfedel: Bugs in the Combat Simulator
I just found at least one bug in the combat simulator. If an individual's combat pool gets down to 1 die, and he is required to attack, but due to…
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Participants: Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, ruusu, Jason Kottler.

6/13/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Two handed mass weapons
Which skill do you use for, say, two handed axes (that aren't poleaxes), mauls, hammers, and so forth? Also, do flails and war flails not deserve their own skill? I'm…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Morfedel.

6/13/2003 Gary_Bingham: Unbalancing ... for want of another word
[color=darkred]I am not a practitioner of HEMA and do not profess to know much about the martial art hence I am pitching my question here for some of you experts…
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Participants: Gary_Bingham, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Salamander.

6/13/2003 Morfedel: Gamism, Simulationism, and Narrativism: A brief pause....
I just took the time to read Ron Edward's article on game system DOES matter, and I noticed his breakdown of Gamism, Narrativism, and Simulationism. I don't think that hardcore…
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Participants: Morfedel, Valamir, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Poenz, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, Lxndr.

6/13/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: SEAT OF THE EMPIRE SUP
Ok, heres what I have gone and done, I went and made a supplement for the seat of the empire whe I was bored Lastweek. its mainly justth capital city,…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco.

6/13/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Languages and Names
Does anyone have a master list of the languages used on Weyrth (and where they are spoken)? Also, what sort of Earth-style names should be used for people of Gelure…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, arxhon.

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.

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.

6/12/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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.

6/11/2003 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.

6/11/2003 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.

6/10/2003 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.

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6/16/2003 Jake Norwood: Web Updates
There's a new article by ARMA Director John Clements on our site. www.theriddleofsteel.net/whatis/ Please post your comments here. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, arxhon, deltadave, Ashren Va'Hale.

6/16/2003 Bankuei: Clement's Essay
Hi Jake, Thanks for posting up an informative and solid essay. Funny enough, I find that all the folks who train in combatative arts always come back to the same…
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Participants: Bankuei, Valamir, cruciel, Eamon Voss, demiurgeastaroth, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Durgil, Ashton.

6/17/2003 demiurgeastaroth: A question about Initiative
I have initiative and attack. My opponent blocks and strikes. I miss him, and he hits me. Do I still have initiative? What if I hit him, and he hits…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Malechi, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Spartan.

6/17/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Gaining Reach
The rulebook says that you gain the Reach advantage if you score a "damaging" hit on your opponent. Does this mean you have to penetrate armour, or just score a…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Durgil, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco.

6/17/2003 adamsmith: Newbie battleaxe question
One of my players (we're just starting up a new game) wanted to have a battleaxe. Is this the same as a poleaxe, or is the battleaxe a 'made up'…
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Participants: adamsmith, Durgil, Mayhem1979, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, Salamander, Wolfen, Ashton, prophet118, Mike Holmes, Malechi.

6/17/2003 Tuomo Aimonen: Which proficiency?
Why is there no proficiency for fighting with spear and shield? Should one just use the Sword & Shileld without the Cut offensive maneuver? Tuomo
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Participants: Tuomo Aimonen, Mayhem1979, toli, Jake Norwood, Gary_Bingham, zeke023, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, prophet118, Anthony I, Bomilkar, Mokkurkalfe, Salamander.

6/17/2003 Durgil: Does Size Matter?
I've been working at putting together a Middle-earth campaign using my favorite rule system, TRoS, for some time now. A while back I picked up a copy of Decipher's LotR…
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Participants: Durgil, Nick Pagnucco, demiurgeastaroth, Draigh, Mike Holmes, ruusu, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

6/17/2003 Morfedel: Weapon Defaults, the character generator, etc
Ok... I've been fooling around with the Character generator, and now i'm confused on something. IF I, say, raise Sword and shield, eventually it will trigger the default on mass…
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Participants: Morfedel, demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne.

6/17/2003 Morfedel: I am Necron, master of the undead!
Except I don't know how to create them. :) In the book, it talks about how sorcerers summon demons, etc. How do they create undead though? Zombies, things like that?
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Participants: Morfedel, Mayhem1979, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne.

6/17/2003 adamsmith: Problem with TROS character generator
I apologise if this has been covered elsewhere, but: the character generator appears to have a glitch whereby it gives 2 free points in each attribute that aren't counted towards…
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Participants: adamsmith, demiurgeastaroth, Brian Leybourne.

6/20/2003 Morfedel: Plateaus: The Taveruun/Otamarluk/Savarastra Border
Ok, perhaps this is a stupid question, but.... It says that there is a plateau protecting Savarastra from Otamarluk (which doesn't matter, as they are paying Otamarluk tribute anyway); I'm…
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Participants: Morfedel, Poenz, Mike Holmes, Gary_Bingham.

6/20/2003 zeke023: Any Swordsman on this list? SCA? etc?
I started doing SCA heavy weapons combat about a year ago. One of the reasons I was so impressed with TROS was the real research that they did into actual…
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Participants: zeke023, Salamander, Wolfen, Bankuei, Eamon Voss, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ashton, Thorbrin, Krammer.

6/20/2003 Ben Morgan: Riddle of the Five Rings?
Okay, I did a search, but I couldn't find anything about the possibility of a Legend of the Five Rings to Riddle of Steel conversion. I thought it had been…
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Participants: Ben Morgan, Paka, Jake Norwood, Claymore, Waiwode, Marc Hameleers.

6/22/2003 Claymore: The riddle of steel with Burning Wheel
I've make a post over on the Burning Wheel forum about adapting the Riddle of Steel combat and spiritual attribute mechanics to the Burning Wheel RPG. Anyone who has both…
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Participants: Claymore, Durgil, Jake Norwood, abzu, Bracken.

6/24/2003 Ashton: New proficiency
So there's sword and shield, there's rapier (covering also rapier and cloak, rapier and dagger, rapier and arming glove, and probably rapier and bar wench and rapier and chicken as…
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Participants: Ashton, tauman, Salamander.

6/24/2003 Morfedel: Ars Magica, the TRoS way....
Just to let you know, I've finished a rough draft of a conversion of the Ars Magica magic system to The Riddle of Steel. The mechanics will be quite similar…
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Participants: Morfedel, Eamon Voss, Robert K Beckett, Durgil, Paka, prophet118, tauman, Mainboard, grot, Marc Hameleers, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Darcy Burgess, lemmiwinks, Charles Smith, Malechi, jeff_vandenberg, Rausch.

6/25/2003 lemmiwinks: Geralt v. Stefan
Forgot to mention, this is main book's combat example in the combat section. In the opening encounter Geralt performs a duck and weave succesfully, which the Seneschal sais takes away…
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Participants: lemmiwinks, Overdrive, Spartan.

6/26/2003 Salamander: Hey Jake! Good Luck!!!
Just a thread to wish Jake good luck. He is playing for a very important prize this weekend! So how's a bout we cheer him on?
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Participants: Salamander, Wolfen, Claymore, Spartan, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Nick Pagnucco, Morfedel, arxhon, kenjib, Eamon Voss.

6/27/2003 lemmiwinks: Shield bash?
As I passed over the combat section I failed to notice any manuevers regarding a shield bash or push. Are there any rules that I missed that regard this issue?
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Participants: lemmiwinks, Malechi, Salamander.

6/27/2003 Malechi: First TROS "Session" - Actual Play and Comments
Hey there guys, Just thought I'd reflect on my first session of TROS the other day. It was more of an introduction to the game for two of my prospective…
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Participants: Malechi, Overdrive, Morfedel, prophet118.

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