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8/6/2003 Jake Norwood: Jake's Gone Away for a While...
I am officially re-locating. This will be a very long process, as in the meantime I will be living in Europe (Albania, specifically) with my wife and her family. I…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Mike Holmes, Rattlehead.

8/6/2003 Jaeger: Opinions wanted...
Tell me what you think of my new combat maneuver for the Longsword proficiency. I've just started learning Italian Longsword out here (and even though I suck) I though I…
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Participants: Jaeger, Draigh, Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mayhem1979, Mike Holmes.

8/5/2003 Richard_Strey: International Games Fair "SPIEL 2003" in Essen/Ger
Hi, Jake and everyone! This is my first post here and I don't have any game-related questions (no campaign running, so far *sob*), but I was wondering if you -or…
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Participants: Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Marc Hameleers.

8/5/2003 Dan Sellars: Questions on combat
Hello, This is my first post to the forum, but I have been running a TROS session for a few months now. I have been using the GW Warhammer world…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench, Wolfen.

8/5/2003 Ashton: Woo hoo!
So Jake, when were you going to tell me you posted my story?
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Participants: Ashton, Jake Norwood.

8/5/2003 coryblack_666: It's Coming!
Finaly, i have TROS orderd. The second worst part about wanting it is waiting for it to come in. I can't wait to just jump into that book and write…
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Participants: coryblack_666, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Salamander, tralese.

8/4/2003 Brian Leybourne: I need a couple of sounding boards...
Hey guys. I'm looking for two or three volunteers to act as sounding boards for me as I work on the Mass Combat stuff (there's a lot to think about).…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne.

8/3/2003 murazor: Various Rule Questions
A Matter of Defaults: Rodrigo buys a D-level of proficiencies and decides to focus on his scimitar, but to give himself a decent dagger skill for close combat and backstabbing.…
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Participants: murazor, Wolfen, Spartan, Brian Leybourne.

8/3/2003 murazor: Session Report and chases
I ran my first TRoS session a few days ago, and it went fairly well. It's rather ironic though that most of the time was spent trying to kill the…
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Participants: murazor, Draigh, Wolfen, Spartan.

8/3/2003 Lxndr: Mini-Supplements
I remember reading this somewhere, but I can't find it now, so I'm just going to ask it straight up - Jake, are you offering the opportunity for others to…
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Participants: Lxndr, Jake Norwood.

8/2/2003 MonkeyWrench: Post your spells here!
I've searched the boards high and low for spells people use in their games. I'd like this to be the place were people can post the spells their PCs and…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Salamander, Spartan, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, spunky, kenjib, tralese, Stephen, Mike Holmes, AnyaTheBlue, contracycle, Irmo, Rick.

8/2/2003 MonkeyWrench: Cut and Thrust proficiency
Sorry if this has been covered before but........Does the cut and thrust proficiency cover any sword used with any dagger or just a cut and thrust sword with a parrying…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Wolfen, Southpaw, Ashren Va'Hale, Durgil, Jake Norwood, Draigh.

8/1/2003 Draigh: CP penalties for armors that aren't in the book.
The setting I'm running my game in is not quite as technologically advanced as weyrth, and I'm running into some stumbling blocks as far as armors and what not... Since…
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Participants: Draigh, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes.

8/1/2003 Southpaw: Two quick combat questions
My friends and I have started playing TROS and as I was looking through the book a few questions came up. My character has the Sword and Shield proficiency at…
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Participants: Southpaw, Durgil, Draigh, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

8/1/2003 grot: Fabulous Jake Norwood Signatures
So, here's a question: When you buy something at Gencon, do you always ask for a signature? I always have, but Jake seemed a little startled when I asked (as…
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Participants: grot, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood.

8/1/2003 mrgrimm: Now that just stinks!!!
I got my money in the bank and was going to buy OBAM and they seem to be out of stock of it. Only PDF's. This is a major bummer!…
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Participants: mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

7/31/2003 tralese: Question on Spells
I noticed in Chapter six of your book, there are a few examples of spells. One of them is Mesmerize, which has the following casting attibutes: Target:3 Range:2 Volume:0 Duration:0…
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Participants: tralese, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

7/31/2003 DanW: armor rule question
Hi, I'm new to TROS and a little confused about the armor rules. It seems to me that armor provides no protection unless you're covered head to foot. Because the…
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Participants: DanW, tralese, toli, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Shadeling, coryblack_666, Durgil, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Salamander, contracycle, Caz, Farmer.

7/30/2003 Jake Norwood: Gods of War or whatever
I'm working on a quirkly little game based on the Gods of War mechanics I came up with last year. It's almost done being written (I've been working on it…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Farmer, Mike Holmes, Morfedel, Shadeling.

7/30/2003 MonkeyWrench: Looking for a group
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but ......does anyone here play in Austin, TX, or at least within reasonable driving distance. I have a…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, tralese.

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8/6/2003 AnyaTheBlue: Questions! Always with the questions...
I finally had an opportunity to try out Riddle of Steel last night. My brother and I each generated a character and we duked it out. Fantastic. We're both hooked.…
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Participants: AnyaTheBlue, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, tralese, Anthony I, Morfedel, Draigh, Shadeling, Salamander, prophet118.

8/7/2003 Richard_Strey: Weapon Images
Hi. I've scanned the forum and so far, there does not seem to be a focused thread that could be used as a ressource for showing your players what those…
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Participants: Richard_Strey, Irmo, Swordmagnet.

8/7/2003 Mokkurkalfe: Help me inspire my players!
Currently I'm running a campaign which has a pretty relaxed style. Many ingame jokes, and it would probably pass as an action comedy. However, the final session is approaching. Afterwards,…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Draigh, tralese, Wolfen, Jaeger, Spartan, Ashren Va'Hale, toli, Salamander.

8/7/2003 Morfedel: Palladium Fantasy Conversions?
I am getting back together with a few friends whom we used to RP together uintil 3 years ago; I used to GM a game and would alternate with another…
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Participants: Morfedel, toli.

8/7/2003 Durgil: Blood Loss
I am considering the possibility of creating a house rule to cover the natural clotting of blood loss on less severe wounds. I was thinking that anytime a character makes…
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Participants: Durgil, Spartan, Mike Holmes.

8/7/2003 Paka: Mythic Gates - Campaign Concept and Alternate SA Uses
[b]The Mythic Gates [/b] [i]The Riddle of Steel [/i] Your mother is a Dragon. She gained her Draconic status from her years as a hero. The way she fought, hoarded,…
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Participants: Paka.

8/8/2003 MonkeyWrench: Use of the language skill
Here's something that just popped in my head. Language Skill: How do other Seneschal's handle this? Although it's easier to just assume that anyone who pays for a language can…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Overdrive, toli, Sneaky Git, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

8/8/2003 DaGreatJL: OBAM Getting a second printing?
I sadly missed out on the first run due to a lack of a credit card; by the time I found someone to buy it for me, it was sold…
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Participants: DaGreatJL, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, toli, Wolfen.

8/9/2003 prophet118: Odd... Riddle Of Steel
hey guys, check this out http://rocketbar.net/RIDDLESITE/index.html i promise it isnt what you are expecting
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Participants: prophet118, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Lxndr.

8/9/2003 Dan Sellars: creating a new characeter
At the moment I am trying to create a new character to join our campaign, as one of the other guy's is taking over as Seneschal for the next phase…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, MonkeyWrench, Kaare Berg.

8/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Web Updates Aug 2003
The page has been updated again (I'm getting consistent, here...). I've added buy buttons for the Print version of OBAM and also buy buttons for all of our stuff (Print…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Draigh, Wolfen, kanseg, Enoch.

8/11/2003 Brian Leybourne: Spiritual Attributes Discussion
For those of you who don't often leave the TROS forum, here's a link to what could well promise to be a very valuable discussion on Spiritual Attributes in the…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

8/11/2003 Mokkurkalfe: Questions regarding armour
Is leather armour flexible and "soft" in tRoS or more rigid? Also, does "hard armour" refer to hard as in metal or hard as in rigid?
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git.

8/11/2003 Jake Norwood: Must-read/view Samurai stuff
Okay, so I'm compiling a list of "the essentials" for the Riddle of Japan or whatever I'm going to call the book that we're doing after TFOB and before SATF...…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, 6inTruder, murazor, GreatWolf, toli, contracycle, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, tralese, prophet118, Draigh, kenjib, Quadral, Ben Morgan, Kaare Berg, Tony Irwin, Sneaky Git, abzu, Grex, hanschristianandersen, Morte.

8/11/2003 Rick: Blood and death are waiting
Lo, and alas for my heart hangs heavy. A year has passed and no one to my knowledge, even Jake, has grasped the true ideal behind sorcery in The Riddle…
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Participants: Rick, Kaare Berg, Jake Norwood, mrgrimm, contracycle, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, Irmo, Draigh, Spartan, Jasper the Mimbo.

8/11/2003 Rattlehead: The Riddle of HELL YEAH!!!
W00t!!! Got my copy of OBAM today in the mail.... My first impression upon looking at a couple of pages: Groovy!!! After flipping through it and looking at most of…
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Participants: Rattlehead, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Wolfen.

8/11/2003 Spartan: Quick Question on raising Vagaries
There wasn't anything on this when I searched, so... When raising a Vagary from 1 to 2 or 3, is the doubling cost applied when there is no teacher/library available,…
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Participants: Spartan, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

8/12/2003 Paul Heinz: Blunt Thrust vs Swing Damage to the Arms
I was looking over the tRoS damage tables and noticed a significant difference between the Blunt Thrust and Blunt Swing damage tables for the Arms. For most locations (e.g. Legs,…
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Participants: Paul Heinz, Draigh, Jake Norwood.

8/12/2003 kenjib: Instantaneous, made permanent - see Sorcery and the Fey
I got my copy of OBaM and really like it. I think the flavor text is an excellent addition in that many of them really illustrate the point made in…
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Participants: kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Stephen.

8/13/2003 Jaeger: NINJAS!!!
If it takes place in a feudal Japan like setting then it has to have ninjas. And if your gonna have Ninjas in your game it should be done right.…
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Participants: Jaeger, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Tony Irwin, Rattlehead, Salamander, tralese, DaGreatJL, Dan Sellars, Vanguard, Krammer, Ron Edwards, Bloodstryke, spunky, casinormal, tauman, Mike Holmes.

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