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8/15/2003 Lxndr: The tRoS character generator
First, thank you Brian for that wonderful program, and Jake for hosting (and allowing) it. That said... (a) Could you set up the next release to be able to be…
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Participants: Lxndr, Brian Leybourne.

8/15/2003 Ashton: The High Cost of Mercenaries
So I was playing around and doing some calculations for a mercenary company that I want the PCs to have dealings with while in Fauth. Oustenreich captain, has fought Stahl…
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Participants: Ashton, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Dan Sellars, Draigh, Salamander, Mike Holmes, toli, contracycle.

8/15/2003 MonkeyWrench: Magical Weapons in TROS
Here's something I pulled from the Masterwork weapons thread. Draigh wrote: Wolfen's right there... hell, even with magic, I would find a sword with -2 to ATN or DTN hard…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne, Draigh, Jaeger, Irmo, Overdrive, Krammer, Rico.

8/14/2003 tralese: About Maneuvers...
I was readin up on maneuvers and I wasn't quite sure what the text was saying. Are you able to know any and all maneuvers up to the weapon proficiency…
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Participants: tralese, Wolfen.

8/14/2003 Draigh: General Stupidity... A senechal's reminiscence
Stupid things I've seen PCs do in TRoS: 1: Fighting a 9' tall enraged Grizzly. On horseback... with a dopplehander. That one didn't work out too well for the PC.…
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Participants: Draigh, Jaeger, Dan Sellars, Ashren Va'Hale, Noon, Krammer, Rico, Swordmagnet, Mike Holmes, Mitchy.

8/14/2003 Dan Sellars: Masterwork weapons
Hello just a quick question, I want to give my new character a very well made longsword (it was his daddies and he's on a personal quest to find out…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, prophet118, Draigh, Lxndr, Wolfen, contracycle, Mokkurkalfe, Salamander, Jaeger, Mike Holmes, toli, Ashton, kenjib, Spartan.

8/13/2003 Krammer: Character Comparison
I have been wondering about what other people's characters would be like. I want to know just how much they vary from the ones in my group. mine usually dont…
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Participants: Krammer, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Swordmagnet, Charles Smith, Lyandar, Rico, Dan Sellars, Salamander, Ben Lehman, sgtnasty.

8/13/2003 Marc Hameleers: More on Grit and La famiglia?
Jake/Brian can you give us a little mor einfo on these games, now that i heardof their comming into existence on RPGnet? Marc
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Participants: Marc Hameleers, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

8/13/2003 Gary Ciaramella: The Font in the Quick Start Rules!
I love that font... what is the name of it and where can I get it?? :) please please! :)
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Participants: Gary Ciaramella, Ben Morgan, Jake Norwood.

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.

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.

8/12/2003 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.

8/11/2003 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.

8/11/2003 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 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 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 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 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.

8/10/2003 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.

8/9/2003 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.

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8/15/2003 Durgil: Some Burning Wheel Influences
Hi gang, every so often here on this forum there is a discussion about how Toughness and armor are used in combat, and optional or alternative rules or ideas are…
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Participants: Durgil, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, abzu, Morfedel.

8/15/2003 Nero's Boot: Question about shipping
I ordered my copy of TROS on Sunday; would it have shipped that Monday? Also, would it come via snail mail, UPS or FedEx? --thank you NB
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Jake Norwood.

8/15/2003 Mike Holmes: Taveruun Status
Where are we at, people? Lot's of promised additions never materialized. Should we be waiting, or does anyone want to pass on their places? Any status reports would be good.…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco.

8/15/2003 Paka: One-Shot - Angry Assassins
I'm going to run this game next week for a one-shot with people who have never played the Riddle before: Angry Assassins You've heard of parties gathering in taverns…
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Participants: Paka, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Dan Sellars, Mike Holmes.

8/16/2003 Nero's Boot: Question about barbarians
Hello, all. I'm a few weeks to a month or so away from running a Riddle of Steel campaign (it all depends on when my book gets in), but the…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Salamander, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, Swordmagnet, Mike Holmes.

8/16/2003 Nero's Boot: "Blank" nations
How many "blank" nations are there on the Weyrth map? How many nations with names but no descriptions? I have a few ideas for low-magic to no-magic kingdoms, but I'm…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Swordmagnet.

8/16/2003 Tywin Lannister: I want to order Of Beast and Man but .. :(
That PayPal stuff just keeps me moving in circles. Constant emails "change password here" change password there, receive 1.95 dollars on your first payment, blablabla. I just want that new…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Mike Holmes, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne, 6inTruder, kenjib, Jake Norwood, Salamander.

8/16/2003 spunky: Head Count for GenCon SoCal
I'm putting together a TROS adventure for GenCon So Cal and want to know how many from the list will be attending, in case I might ru it more than…
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Participants: spunky, Charles Smith, 6inTruder, Lxndr, lemmiwinks, Catalyst, Farseer415, deltadave, Swordmagnet.

8/17/2003 Nero's Boot: [Weyrth] The Nature of the Gods: a Question
What exactly is the nature of Weyrth's Gods? Are they real entities, or are they mere fables? If they exist, are they distant and uncaring, or do they meddle like…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco.

8/17/2003 Nero's Boot: [Weyrth] The Fey: a Question
I have read in many places online that the faerie folk in Weyrth are an elusive, mysterious lot that that is more myth than reality to the natives of that…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Draigh, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Swordmagnet.

8/17/2003 Nero's Boot: [Weyrth] Monotheism: a Question
Do any true, Monotheistic cultures exist on Weyrth? By "Monotheistic" I mean a culture that denies the existence of other deities than the God/dess that they worship. --seeker of answers…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Draigh.

8/17/2003 Alan: Conquest on History Channel
Hi all, I want to recommend Peter Woodward's show Conquest on the History Channel. Every episode, he trains a bunch of people to recreate a fighting style from the past.…
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Participants: Alan, prophet118, Swordmagnet, Ashton.

8/18/2003 Jaeger: LUCK!
Ok, In my old group we treated luck dice as a kind of "hero" point where they could save you from being wounded.... say your opponent successfully pulls off a…
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Participants: Jaeger, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Overdrive.

8/19/2003 Charles Smith: New Review of TROS at RPG.net
Guys~ Just wanted to let you know there's another review of TROS at rpg.net. It's an interesting review, and I'm not sure what to make of it at this point.…
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Participants: Charles Smith, Caz, Tony Irwin, Thalaxis, Brian Leybourne, Stephen, Bankuei, Valamir, toli, Nero's Boot, hyphz, Lyandar.

8/19/2003 Dan Sellars: One-Shot scenarios
I didn't want to try an hijack the "One-Shot - Angry Assassins" thread so I thought I would start a new one. I want to run a scenario to a…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, Brian Leybourne, Paka, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Spartan, Sneaky Git, Tywin Lannister.

8/19/2003 Nero's Boot: About my book
Where the hell is my book? I ordered it last Sunday, and Mr. Norwood assures me it's in the mail, yet 8 days later, it is still not here. And…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, MonkeyWrench, Valamir, Jake Norwood, nolah, toli, Lxndr, ethan_greer, Draigh, mrgrimm, Brian Leybourne.

8/19/2003 Brian Leybourne: Read here first?
[quote="In another thread, Mike"]Other than that, these fora serve as an archive. The appropriate thing to do would be to put all the ideas or links to the ideas in…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench, Jeffrey Straszheim.

8/21/2003 MonkeyWrench: Planescape as a TROS setting
I love Planescape, I mean LOVE it! I think it's fun, exciting, and exotic. I also think that it could mesh very well with Riddle of Steel. There would have…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Nick Pagnucco.

8/21/2003 Nero's Boot: 8 PM last night: a farewell
At roughly 8 PM last night, my father passed away after a 9-month struggle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends, and died peacefully in his sleep.…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Dan Sellars, Draigh, Spartan, Brian Leybourne, Irmo, Shadeling, Pvt Kastro.

8/21/2003 Krammer: New campaign world
I have been considering putting together another campaign world to play TRoS in. I got the idea from the Ars Magica thread, when I decided it would be cool to…
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Participants: Krammer, Rico.

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