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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.

8/18/2003 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.

8/17/2003 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.

8/17/2003 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 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] 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.

8/16/2003 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.

8/16/2003 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 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 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.

8/15/2003 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.

8/15/2003 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 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 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 Aaron: OBAM queeries
Two quick queries for those who have access to OBAM Firstly..I can't seem to find Puncture or thursting blunt damage tables for Back/Spine or Belly. but there is a 'non…
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Participants: Aaron, Brian Leybourne, Overdrive, Sneaky Git, contracycle.

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.

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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.

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, Brian Leybourne.

8/22/2003 jpegbert: A noob's questions about combat: please help
I just received the core book in the mail this week and am running my first full game this weekend but there are a couple of things I am fuzzy…
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Participants: jpegbert, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne.

8/23/2003 kenjib: SA's apply to combat pool or every roll
I think I've seen this question before but I can't find it now. The destiny SA seems to pretty clearly apply as a pool bonus when it comes to combat…
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Participants: kenjib, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

8/25/2003 lemmiwinks: Many a question
Ran through a few questionable parts of playing today, so I hope somebody can help out with these, I'll just list the dilemna in numerical fashoin and hopefully somebody can…
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Participants: lemmiwinks, Draigh, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne.

8/25/2003 Tywin Lannister: Everybody, please answer these questions.
I am in the process of creating a "The Riddle of Steel" adventure for new characters. Once finished, I will submit the work to mr. JK. In order to make…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Dan Sellars, Mitchy, Jason Kottler, Swordmagnet, MonkeyWrench.

8/25/2003 Charles Smith: First game in San Diego- some Q's
Guys~ I finally found a group to play TROS with here in San Diego and am looking forward to playing for a while. We met yesterday and did a few…
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Participants: Charles Smith, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, Spartan.

8/26/2003 MonkeyWrench: Opponents with more than 2 arms
How would you handle an opponent with more than 2 arms, say like your classic 6 armed demoness? They would obviously be deadly in combat. Would they need to make…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, kenjib, Brian Leybourne, Nero's Boot, Valamir, Swordmagnet, Durgil, Draigh, Jeph.

8/26/2003 Nero's Boot: A question about TROS' art
Why is it that art in TROS has to fall prey to the standard ploy of using half-naked women? Why oh why oh why did Mr. Norwood decide that including…
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Participants: Nero's Boot, Valamir, Pvt Kastro, toli, Dan Sellars, Bankuei, Tywin Lannister, Draigh, Rattlehead, Ben, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, mrgrimm, MonkeyWrench.

8/27/2003 Harlequin: System Mod: the 'Press'
Heyo... I posted awhile back about a campaign I was planning, which would use TROS as the engine for a Seventh Sea setting. It's been proceeding quite satisfactorily so far,…
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Participants: Harlequin, Caz, Mike Holmes, spunky, Snikwas, kenjib.

8/28/2003 Dan Sellars: Combat pools
Hello, I was just wondering how often SA's are used to boost CP's in your games? I our game one, encounter may perhaps have one person using SA's to boost…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, MonkeyWrench, Overdrive, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Lxndr, Brian Leybourne.

8/28/2003 MonkeyWrench: New derived attribute: True Faith?
Here in a few weeks I'm going to be running a RoS game using Planescape as a setting. I want to include priestly "magic" seeing as how it feels right…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, BirdMan, Swordmagnet, Dan Sellars, Rico.

8/28/2003 Snikwas: TROS game in London?
A big hello to all of you. I'm new to this forum and The Riddle of Steel game and am looking for a game. I live in North London in…
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Participants: Snikwas, Brian Leybourne, Dan Sellars, Pytorb, Camillus, kiwinick_in_london, Abbs.

8/28/2003 Morfedel: Magic Items Revisited
I see that this is the first post since april, so this is a very old thread I'm responding to, heh, but I had an idea, especially in regards to…
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Participants: Morfedel, Brian Leybourne.

8/30/2003 MonkeyWrench: Going down in flames
My current group bit the dust last night. It's been coming for a long time now but last night was the last night we'll probably play as a group. Oh…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Swordmagnet, Bankuei, Spartan, Territan.

8/31/2003 baumi: Pole-Axe?
HiHo! Just a short question: In the description of the Pole-Axe it is written that it has techniques similar to "half-swording". Does it mean that you can reduce the range…
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Participants: baumi, MonkeyWrench, Ashren Va'Hale, Swordmagnet.

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