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In The Riddle of Steel

10/1/2003 The Heretic: New to the forum, a question
Hi everybody, I've been lurking for a while, but this is my fist post. First, this looks like a great game, congratulations Jake, you are my hero now. I have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: The Heretic, MonkeyWrench, Ron Edwards.

10/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: slang question
Ok, what does "ymmv" mean? this has been bugging me all day!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, MonkeyWrench, 6inTruder, Brian Leybourne, dragon_of_colour, Richard_Strey, Camillus.

9/30/2003 Kraal: Help, need clarification on rules
Hi, I need some clarification on how you spend your vagary points between melee and missile skills, or do you need to spend points on missile skills? I have read…
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Participants: Kraal, MonkeyWrench.

9/30/2003 Rico: Another Problem
The campains in the past our characters have passed easily, no one ever dies because they would just complain and everyone is getting attached to their character. All of us…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rico, Valamir.

9/30/2003 Drifter Bob: Realism in RPG's and the Riddle of Steel
I mentioned TROS in an article I recently did (actually, part 1 of a 2 part article) for Swordse Edge magazine. You can see the article here: http://www.swordsedge.net/Issue15/ArticleMechanicsOfMelee.html I'd be…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, MonkeyWrench, J B Bell, contracycle, tauman, Gordon C. Landis, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Jason Kottler, Spartan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, toli, casinormal, Richard_Strey.

9/28/2003 chade0: about aiming at unarmored parts of body
Hello, I fought a test duel with two equal knights. Both were wearing a helmet and a full chain suit which covers all zones excepts head and lower legs. Both…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Salamander, Caz, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Valamir, Snikwas, MonkeyWrench, Jaeger, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Jasper, -Akora-, Camillus, Ville, Overdrive.

9/28/2003 Tywin Lannister: Question about a combat situation
Two characters engage in combat. Both have red dice, and were in an aggressive stance. A uses Feint-Thrust. B uses Counter. What happens?!?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Salamander, Draigh, Richard_Strey, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Valamir.

9/28/2003 Thierry Michel: Historical RoS
Just found the RoS book in a Parisian game shop, and I'm wondering what experience people have with adaptating TRoS to historical settings (I'm looking for a system to do…
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Participants: Thierry Michel, MonkeyWrench, Salamander, Spartan, ZenDog.

9/28/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: a mean combo
tonight my character pulled a great move in a series of fights. In the first he pulled a great defensive duck and weave after rolling for both acrobatics and body…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

9/27/2003 chade0: which one to choose: the red or the white die?
Hello all. I bought TROS some days ago and I'd like to hear some good tactics in choosing whether to throw a red or a white die in the beginning…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, MonkeyWrench, Ashren Va'Hale, Jaeger, Salamander, Ron Edwards, Draigh.

9/25/2003 Ville: More movement questions
How have you guys handled combat movement? I have read the previous threads. What I was wondering is the following: It is one crucial tactic in self defense (armed and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ville, Richard_Strey, Durgil, Salamander, Mike Holmes.

9/23/2003 The big blue ape: Armor
My character currently has some armor made from dragon scales, what would be a good armor value for it?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: The big blue ape, Swordmagnet, Brian Leybourne, Caz, StahlMeister, MonkeyWrench, Mike Holmes, Krammer.

9/22/2003 Brian Leybourne: Heh
You know, TROS never fails to surprise me and make me say "cool". Started a new campaign last night, and used the old "you're guarding a caravan... oops, here comes…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

9/21/2003 kanseg: Using TROS as a training aid for the study of Combative Art?
I was just wondering if anyone else has considered using TROS as an aid to their studies of Martial Arts (Eastern or Western - I'm not biased, guys!). If you…
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Participants: kanseg, Camillus, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Spartan.

9/19/2003 coryblack_666: Initiative
Ok, perhapse a dumb question, just something i was having some trouble enterperting. On page 74 of TROS it says when two people attack at the same time. There is…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: coryblack_666, Brian Leybourne, Spartan.

9/19/2003 Dan Sellars: Historical fencing
I'm sorry that this is a bit off topic so I'll try and keep it short. From looking around this forum it seems that a number of you (from different…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Irmo, Raymond Caleatry, Salamander, Camillus.

9/19/2003 MonkeyWrench: A quick semi off topic question
Does anyone know where I can find cheap R E Howard Conan stories? I've heard them mentioned on the boards before and if I remember correctly they are mentioned in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Snikwas, kenjib.

9/18/2003 Irmo: A weird thought I just had....
I dunno if someone speculated on this before: So....the Fey age when they use magic. The Fey diminish in number, few are born, and many of those that are die.…
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Participants: Irmo, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git.

9/18/2003 Richard_Strey: Double Actions
Hi, I've tried to look this up in the forum, but to no avail. I remember Jake once saying that he allowed "double actions" in his fights. Pretty much like…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Richard_Strey, Brian Leybourne, GreatWolf, MonkeyWrench, Valamir, Salamander.

9/18/2003 prophet118: The Riddle of the Dark Sun
ok guys, dont shoot me, i know i said id get them sooner, but i just finally got finished moving into my new house, and finally got to the point…
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Participants: prophet118, Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench.

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10/2/2003 Paka: Re-discovering a Forgotten Sport - Intro Campaign Setting
The Sorcerer Kings, Wizards and Witches have ruled the world for as long as anyone can remember, casting mighty magicks that take months and years off of their lives. They…
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Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Irmo.

10/2/2003 StahlMeister: Combat/Magic Questions
Hi Friends! Here are some questions I have. Please don't feel angry if they were handled in another thread. Did not found it. 1.) Three players of my groud attacked…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Spartan, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne.

10/3/2003 Dan Sellars: Raising Proficiencies
I've got a little question on proficiencies my group was discussing last night. When I create my character I put 7 into Longsword. So I then get Dagger at 3…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Richard_Strey, deltadave, Ashren Va'Hale, Salamander.

10/3/2003 Dan Sellars: Stances
Yet another question. Are stances only for when characters are facing off to each other in a dueling situation? Or, for example, if my character Eric is walking down a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dan Sellars, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Salamander, Jasper, Ashren Va'Hale, Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood.

10/3/2003 Mokkurkalfe: I've got OBAM! And some questions...
First of all, splendid work. My horseriding player's are gonna love this. Still, I have a few questions. Why the armour-limiting on the berserker gift? It seems suspicously D&D-ish. Doesn't…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Richard_Strey, contracycle, Pantera, Mike Holmes.

10/4/2003 kenjib: Question about the Flower of Battle
I finished Stephen Pressfield's Gates of Fire a couple of weeks ago and the vivid battles in the book really blew me away. I was just wondering if anyone with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Brian Leybourne, -Akora-, Ville.

10/4/2003 Tywin Lannister: Question about falling damage
Another day, another thing I need clarified...concerning falling damage, that is. The way I interpret the rules on p. 96, you do not take into account Toughness and Armor Values…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, contracycle, Thagorod Alynsson, Salamander, Mike Holmes.

10/5/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Areas Armor Protects
Since it isnt in the rulebook and i havnt found any posts on it, is there any place i can find exactly what parts of the body each piece of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Crusader, Salamander.

10/6/2003 Thierry Michel: Combat questions
After reading the rulebook and toying a bit with the combat simulator (very nice piece of work, by the way), I have a few questions: (1) an armored guy on…
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Participants: Thierry Michel, Overdrive, Richard_Strey, contracycle, Darcy Burgess, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Salamander, Dan Sellars.

10/6/2003 MonkeyWrench: Hmmm...how to run a demo
I'll be running my first demo of a game in a couple of weeks and I was wondering if anyone has any pointers or tips for me. It's been hard…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, bluegargantua.

10/7/2003 Janne Halmetoja: Character Generator problem
I get message "Unable to write to" when I try save on free creating mode. I have tried several NPCs and everytime get this message. If I create character using…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Sir Mathodius Black, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/8/2003 spunky: Jumping Back to...
Jumping back to: "What's the point of partial armor in a system where the attacker declares where his blow will land?" Style, baby. Style. Part of being a hero is…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: spunky, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, toli, Caz, ZenDog, Crusader, Salamander, contracycle, Richard_Strey, Erik D. Schmid, julien.

10/8/2003 Swordmagnet: TROS for Sharpe's
I was thinking that the Sharpe's series of books would work well as a setting using TROS as the basis as the books often feature the theme of: what is…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Swordmagnet, ZenDog.

10/8/2003 Jake Norwood: Jake Rants about Art
From this thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=85607#85607): Though some artwork is very amateurish and reminds me more about 80s RPG books. That's not a big deal and I can understand little amateurish look.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, xiombarg, Janne Halmetoja, jeffd, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Ashren Va'Hale, toli, greyorm, 6inTruder, Dan Sellars, Kaare Berg, Thierry Michel, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Svyatoslav_Igorevich.

10/12/2003 ironick: Two Questions Regarding Defaults
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but how exactly do the proficiency defaults work? I was under the impression from the book that you only use the defaults if…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ironick, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale.

10/12/2003 chade0: Simple question about Evasive Attack
Hello, Is evasive attack used only when too fighters attack each other at the same time? Or can you increase your opponent's attack TN for the next exchange with this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Salamander, Brian Leybourne.

10/12/2003 chade0: Basic newbie questions
How does these affect your combat: 1. Drawing a weapons (assuming you were surprised and you did not have a weapon in your hand)? 2. Standing up from prone (After…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Salamander.

10/12/2003 Ville: Does TROS need to much house rules?
Before I start I'd llike to point out the following: I am a huge fan of TROS rules and it is the first game in 10 yrs that really got…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ville, Ashren Va'Hale, Tywin Lannister, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Spartan.

10/12/2003 chade0: Once again; about multiple opponents
Hi, I have problems understanding how a combat with multiple opponents engaged works. Example: A is fighting alone against B and C. 1. B and C wants to attack A,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Brian Leybourne, Abbs.

10/12/2003 Sir Gawain: Some basic stuff
Hallo everybody! I am totally new to the forum and to TROS too (I found a copy in Germany a month ago), but I'm fascinated by the system and by…
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Participants: Sir Gawain, Sir Mathodius Black.

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