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7/22/2003 hyphz: So how DO you interpret SAs?
Ok, I know I've been confused about this before, but seeing OBAM and thinking about TROS in general has brought it back to my mind again. The original thread -…
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Participants: hyphz, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, jburneko, contracycle, Jake Norwood.

7/22/2003 Overdrive: Reach question
My favourite topic, rules questions regarding combat :) Does weapon length affect in any way the reflex contest if both combatant throw red? Specifically this question comes up when a…
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Participants: Overdrive, Jake Norwood.

7/22/2003 Franklin11Hour: Question about Combat
Ok I am asking more questions (thanks for any help!)... Is what I am about to say the right way to do combat? Berac: ST of 6 TO of 4…
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Participants: Franklin11Hour, Overdrive, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Kaare Berg, Morfedel.

7/21/2003 Morfedel: A New Campaign....
Well, I've started a new campaign, and we just made characters. The made: Two brothers from Angharad, both having SAs that pretty much focus on battle and fighting. Things like…
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Participants: Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco, Gary_Bingham, Lebo77, buddha.

7/20/2003 Draigh: TFoB
Jake and or Brian: Are you guys taking submissions for The Flower of Battle? If you are, what are you looking for?
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Participants: Draigh, Jake Norwood.

7/19/2003 Lebo77: Check my math on a spell
I had posted thin in another thread but got no response, so here I repost it in it's own thread. Oh yeah, what would the CTN be for the following…
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Participants: Lebo77, Jake Norwood, prophet118, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Spartan, Valamir, kenjib, Anthony I, Morfedel.

7/19/2003 Chris Passeno: Jared Sarason is a Loup Garou?
I should have know. It explains a lot of things. -Chris
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Participants: Chris Passeno, Brian Leybourne.

7/18/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Question on Countries
Ok, so this is probably a stupid question with the answer right in front of my face but ill ask anyway. im confused with some of the modifiers for certain…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Lebo77, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale.

7/18/2003 Jake Norwood: TROS character submissions
I was playing around with Brian's TROS CharGen program, and I thought it would be neat if people could swap characters back and forth or download them via the TROS…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Bogie_71.

7/18/2003 taalyn: multiple combatants
I just can't figure this out - how does stance and initiative work if you have several people involved? For example, if Bob hits Carl, and Doug hits Bob, and…
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Participants: taalyn, Jake Norwood.

7/18/2003 Clint o' the Eastwood: Magical basics?
This may have been covered in this forum already but I havn't found it, and it didnt seem to be covered on their website. Could someone describe the basics of…
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Participants: Clint o' the Eastwood, Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Lebo77, kenjib.

7/18/2003 Jake Norwood: OBAM: First Impressions
Okay, so the book is out. Now's the part where Brian and I hold our breath and say "Whaddyathink?" So, what do you think? Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Lebo77, Sir Mathodius Black, Shadeling, Angaros, Brian Leybourne, Darth Tang, Ben Lehman, Valamir, deltadave, Sneaky Git, Brassel, Aaron, Janne Halmetoja, StahlMeister, Overdrive, Tywin Lannister.

7/18/2003 Spof: Hitlocation
At first, i will thank you a lot for creating so a great game-engine. i like the TROS-system very much. at second, please excuse my bad english but i come…
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Participants: Spof, Kaare Berg, Salamander, Jake Norwood, kenjib, Valamir.

7/18/2003 Draigh: Favorite TRoS art.
I think this might have been done before, but I couldn't find it in the search and there's some more new guys around that might enjoy it. What's your favorite…
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Participants: Draigh, Salamander, Sir Mathodius Black, kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Ben, prophet118.

7/17/2003 Jake Norwood: New guy on the Actual Play forum
There's a new guy on the actual play forum asking Riddle quesitons. Somebody go over there and help him out, please. Jake
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Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/17/2003 Chris Passeno: [Seneschal Tips] The paperwork and advice?
I will be starting my first attempt at running TROS this Sunday at my FLGS. It will be our first meeting of a newly assembled group. I believe that I've…
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Participants: Chris Passeno, Jake Norwood, Draigh.

7/17/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Poison
Hey, Are there any rules for Poisons out yet? I didnt see any in the Rulebook, so will there be supplements with pioson rules or have some rules already been…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Brian Leybourne.

7/17/2003 Jake Norwood: Of Beasts and Men available for purchase!
Many of you allready know this from another thread, but I thought it deserved it's own thread... Of Beasts and Men, the first official TROS supplement is available for purchase…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Sir Mathodius Black, Lebo77, Draigh, deltadave, Darth Tang, Lxndr, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Salamander, kanseg, Chris Passeno, Michael Tree, LordIvan, Krammer, MonkeyWrench, Jason Kottler, catenwolde, Malechi.

7/16/2003 Jake Norwood: And the lucky winners are...
The following people get 1 free copy of OBAM thanks to their having between 1 and three accepted submissions: Lance "Wolfen" Allen Jürgen "Mad Moses" Mayer David "Furious D" May…
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Participants: Jake Norwood.

7/16/2003 Jason L Blair: TROS-A Diana Jones Award Nominee
http://www.dianajonesaward.com/2003nominees.htm Congratulations, Jake!
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Gary_Bingham, Nick Pagnucco, Morfedel, prophet118, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, deltadave, pete_darby, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead.

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7/23/2003 mrgrimm: Just ordered TROS.
Long time lurker, first time poster (for any Bob & Tom fans out there) I just ordered TROS. Should be here in a week. Woo Hoo! I have a story…
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Participants: mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

7/23/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: doing things wrong to get it right
I just now learned that I was fubarring a basic rule for the last year and whatever that I have been playing, and the game was still damn fun and…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne.

7/23/2003 Caz: Changing your social class
Hey all, I was just wondering if there were rules for changing a characters social status in the game, or if you just do it with no worries. Example: A…
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Participants: Caz, Jaeger, Overdrive, contracycle, Lebo77, Salamander, Irmo.

7/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Going to Gen Con
Hey all. I'm off to Gen Con, so I won't be able to participate here until monday. Have fun, play nice. Brian's in charge. Wish me luck on the Diana…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Lxndr.

7/23/2003 toli: Chargen prints blanks or won't print
I've been having a problem with the char gen. It works fine up to trying to print a character. At this point it either indicates that there is some problem…
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Participants: toli, Brian Leybourne, SNJ_Namek.

7/23/2003 Morfedel: Destiny SAs in game play
I wanted to move this to another thread, as I thought it would be more appropriate. How would you deal with difficult SAs, in terms of when they trigger, involving…
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Participants: Morfedel, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, buddha, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

7/24/2003 SNJ_Namek: Am I doing this right? Missile weapons and Toughness
I just started learning tRoS, and had my friends make up some characters. We made up a general test on Missile combat. (A) sits on top of a Small House…
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Participants: SNJ_Namek, Caz, Morfedel, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne.

7/25/2003 mrgrimm: Here's a question....
Hi All. I just ordered the game earlier this week (and still haven't received it yet...darn darn darn darn darn darn!) and I was wondering how well suited would this…
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Participants: mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

7/25/2003 coryblack_666: Combat
I STILL don't have the book, and i don't got the money to get it right now either. I was wondering about some combat stuff. When i played with some…
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Participants: coryblack_666, Brian Leybourne, Russell Hoyle.

7/26/2003 Caz: Holidays of Weyrth
Just to add a bit more flavour to some games, does anybody have any ideas for holidays on weyrth? By religion, event, or whatever. It's something to put in the…
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Participants: Caz, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Irmo.

7/26/2003 Caz: Berserk
Hey, sorry if this is a little of topic, but I just watched a japanese cartoon series called berserk. It seems tailor made for the riddle of steel feel, and…
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Participants: Caz.

7/27/2003 Irmo: *slaps himself silly*
And here I am, rummaging through my moving boxes.... Lo and behold! What is this? Didn't I leave that in one of those boxes still on the other side of…
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Participants: Irmo, Brian Leybourne.

7/28/2003 Wolfen: Jake is one cool guy
So, I've been gone for the past two weeks to Camp Williams, UT for training in my Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). It turns out that Williams is situated just south…
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Participants: Wolfen, Lxndr.

7/28/2003 prophet118: Converting D&D Paladins?!
ok... i know we have had some discussions on divine magic.. but thats not really my concern.. im in the process of trying to convert my D&D amalgamation over to…
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Participants: prophet118, Brian Leybourne, Paka, Lxndr, Draigh, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Rattlehead, MonkeyWrench, Anthony I.

7/28/2003 ejh: Why I Didn't Buy TroS at GenCon
So it's Sunday, I'm at GenCon, and I've bought all the "first tier/gotta have" games I have on my list, and I'm ready to spend a few more bucks on…
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Participants: ejh, grot, Stephen, kenjib, 6inTruder, Draigh, Morfedel, mrgrimm, Ben Lehman, Lxndr, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Wolfen, Valamir, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen, toli.

7/28/2003 coryblack_666: The Combat Simulator
This thing is kinda fun, im wondering what it is missing from the actual game beside's terrain roles.
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Participants: coryblack_666, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, grot, Caz, prophet118, Ben Lehman.

7/28/2003 Jake Norwood: New and Current Driftwood projects
Gen Con and OBAM have really opened my eyes to some great possibilities. Before OBAM we were waiting for the Distribution chain to get their act together. OBAM, which ignored…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Matt Snyder, Lxndr, ethan_greer, Durgil, Shadeling, kenjib.

7/28/2003 mrgrimm: Gen Con.
Since I couldn't go, Derned Real Life interceded into my fantasy one, Bummer! How was Gen Con for the people who did go? This question is for anyone who went,…
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Participants: mrgrimm, Jake Norwood, grot, Bogie_71, abzu, tralese, Brian Leybourne, spunky, Charles Smith, Wolfen, Salamander.

7/28/2003 MonkeyWrench: Just a quick question
I'm new here to the boards (though I've been lurking for a week or so) and I'm fairly new to TROS. I'd just like to know how many other people…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, mrgrimm, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Ben Lehman, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git.

7/29/2003 SNJ_Namek: Who got the last OBAM?
I ordered one on the 24th, and was wondering who got the last OBAM and when it was sold. :) And the estimated time for those of us that Didn't…
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Participants: SNJ_Namek, Jake Norwood.

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