Previous Topics
In The Riddle of Steel

11/2/2003 Loki: 1st TROS(QS) session, question
Tonight my group made up their d20 characters into TROSQS characters (surprisingly easy, if you concentrate on their personalities and not powers). We ran some combats using the TROS Quickstart…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Loki, Jasper, Lxndr, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, gregkcubed, Stephen, Mulciber.

11/1/2003 chade0: problems with fist fighting damage
Hi, it's me again. I test-played some fist fighting because i had not tried it before. Some questions came to mind about the damage.. I noticed that a bout between…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Wolfen, Dan Sellars, Jake Norwood, spacedragon.

11/1/2003 Wolfen: Can you parry WITH a grapple?
This topic is inspired by the one previously posted by chade0. I've been studying Aikido (sorta.. Once a week can barely be called studying) for a couple months now, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Draigh, Mike Holmes, Salamander, cruciel, Mulciber.

10/31/2003 Jake Norwood: Helping Jake Out
Okay...fact is that this post is mostly fueled by a desire to post more on this board. That being said, it should be fun anyway. You guys have good ideas,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Valamir, Ben Lehman, Snikwas, Mulciber, Spartan.

10/31/2003 chade0: can you parry a grapple?
Someone is trying to grapple you and you have a dagger in your hand. Can you parry "his hand"? Or is evasion the only way?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Draigh, Brian Leybourne, Salamander, StahlMeister, Paka, Thanaeon, Ian Charvill.

10/31/2003 chade0: half-swording?
Hello, I can't exactly understand what half-swording means. So, you graspt the blade with your off hand and use your sword as short spear? Does this mean that the weapon…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: chade0, Thanaeon, Caz, Jasper, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Ingenious, LordSmerf, Jake Norwood, Jim, timfire, kidar, Ashren Va'Hale.

10/30/2003 gregkcubed: where to buy...
Hi, new to the forum.. we've got a nerd group here in NYC and we've been playing a low magic Crom style game. We've been playing D&D d20 and frankly…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: gregkcubed, Brian Leybourne, Caz.

10/29/2003 Loki: weapon master
While it sounds like the character this guy plays isn't very fleshed out, he does have a character kernel here: his character is someone who in the real world would…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Loki, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/29/2003 Deacon Blues: Experience and SAs - New GM's Concerns
Being a veteran GM and a fan of AEG's 7th Sea, I'm a big fan of rewarding players for having their character's follow their destiny. In fact, the "Background" system…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Deacon Blues, Caz, Valamir, Lxndr, Anthony I, Spartan, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Vanguard, Tywin Lannister, Noon, Dan Sellars.

10/29/2003 Loki: the Riddle of d20 conversion
Hey all, I've been running a low-magic game for about a year now using d20, and my group has become increasingly unhappy with the built-in powergaming of the system--so we're…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Loki, Caz, kenjib, Ville, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Stephen.

10/28/2003 Thanaeon: David Gemmell... Anyone familiar with him?
As the topic name says... Are you people familiar with the British fantasy author David Gemmell? The reason I'm asking is because reading TRoS I couldn't help thinking every other…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thanaeon, Brian Leybourne, Bloodstryke, Snikwas, Caz.

10/24/2003 Stephen: A new flaw
One of the things I noticed is that a lot of the peoples in Weyrth suffer SOC penalties based on their national character: Stahlners, for instance, get -1 SOC because…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stephen.

10/24/2003 Stephen: An alternate skill system
An optional suggestion for those who don't like the lower-SR-is-better system.... Instead of getting a numerical SR, skills (which now come in three types, Easy, Average and Hard) are ranked…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Stephen.

10/24/2003 Caz: Another quick question
If someone has no proficiencies (however that occurred) and they choose to attack or defend themselves, do you just use their reflex as their combat pool?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz, Jasper the Mimbo.

10/24/2003 Caz: ?proficiencies at character creation?
Hey all, I need some clarification on this one. When first making a new character, and spending proficency points, I got a little confused. 1 Do you buy them on…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz, toli.

10/23/2003 JamesDJIII: Pools Up, Skills Down - Comment by a First Time Reader
I purchased a copy of TROS and began to digest. One point stood out (to my thinking): as I undertand the rules, when you must make a contested roll, you…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: JamesDJIII, Spartan, Thanaeon, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/22/2003 Rico: Movement
This has probably been answered already but i couldn't find anything When doing a senario a character decided to sprint and run up to atack an archer that was 36…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rico, Durgil, Brian Leybourne, StahlMeister, Ashren Va'Hale, Caz, Wolfen.

10/20/2003 Draigh: Attacking your opponent's weapon
I was watching an episode of Conquest the other night in which they were showing the strengths and weaknesses of the axe in it's many forms. One of the strengths…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Draigh, Caz, Ben Lehman, Salamander, Richard_Strey, BirdMan, Brian Leybourne, Tom, Jake Norwood, Tash, Turin, aaronharmon.

10/20/2003 julien: Bleeding
Is there a rule for handling the effects of loss of blood due to a wound immediately after a fight ? As it stands, if you get cut while fighting,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: julien, Caz, Noon, Thanaeon, Sneaky Git, Valamir, Salamander, Durgil, kenjib, Loki, Mike Holmes, Ithron, Brian Leybourne.

10/19/2003 Tim Alexander: Acrobatics, evasion, and something I'm missing?
Hey Guys, Under the acrobatics description on pg. 31 it says: Failure or fumble on the roll is equivalent to a failed dodge -- all of the attacker's successes count!…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tim Alexander, Draigh, Brian Leybourne.

<< more previous topics

Subsequent Topics
In The Riddle of Steel

11/4/2003 jeffd: Inspiration for Weyrth nations & culture
Hey all, sorry if this topic has been brought up before - I tried a search but frankly I'm piss poor for search engines, so if there are existing threads…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jeffd, MonkeyWrench, StahlMeister, Wolfen, Thanaeon, Mike Holmes, toli, Valamir, Stephen.

11/4/2003 julien: Firearms rules
Hi, Has somebody written cool firearms rules for TROS ? I am planning a game set in Elizabethean London at the turn of the 17 century and firearms are likely…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: julien, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Caz, Salamander.

11/4/2003 Loki: TROS w/out armor?
Hey all, I'm waiting for my friend's copy of TROS to come in (I'm short on funds) but can't help thinking about playing again! So I was wondering, in the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Loki, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Sneaky Git.

11/7/2003 Gideon13: Creating a Squire
I am a new TROS player who wants to create a squire, but buying "Landless Nobility" is too much (I want him to earn knighthood via deeds, not start that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Gideon13, kenjib, Sneaky Git, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman.

11/7/2003 Mulciber: Running hard to keep my place
So, if I understand this right, since you move as a natural part of combat, the question is what movement rate you are going (and where are you going). What…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mulciber, Salamander, Anthony I, Caz, Wolfen.

11/8/2003 ZazielsRephaim: First time running a game!!! any advice???
First off, I've been lurking the forum for a while, and must say everyone seems wonderfully polite, intuitive, and helpful. I picked up TROS and OBAM a couple months back,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Spartan.

11/8/2003 Ingenious: First Post - Archery Question
Well, this is my first post so I'll be brief. Now, since I lack the funds to buy the book, I'd like to know how detailed the rules are for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, LordSmerf, Snikwas, deltadave, Sneaky Git.

11/10/2003 Thanaeon: TRoS scenario idea - comments and suggestions, please!
Having recently come to possess this book called The Riddle of Steel, I'm kind of itching to use it, but I can't really stop running my Exalted campaign until it's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thanaeon, Valamir, Loki, Paka, kenjib, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Gary_Bingham, Tywin Lannister, Kaare Berg.

11/11/2003 ZazielsRephaim: Strangle? Garrots? any ideas?
Has anyone developed rules for strangulation, and perhaps stats on a garrot (strong cord or wire used to strangle)? I was looking through the books, and while I didn't find…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Furious D, bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, Deacon Blues, Caz, Wolfen, Salamander, Ingenious, Jake Norwood.

11/11/2003 Pytorb: Another archery question
If you know someone is aiming a bow at you can you parry the incoming arrow with a shield? If so what effect does it have on the damage?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Pytorb, deltadave, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Sneaky Git, Thanaeon, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Ingenious, ks13.

11/11/2003 deltadave: GenCon SoCal - who's coming?
Is anybody from here planning on being at GenCon next month? I'd love to play in a game if there are some demos going.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: deltadave, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Anthony I, Lxndr, JESTER, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Ithron, Salamander.

11/11/2003 The big blue ape: Damage
Well, some time ago my character acquired the ability to projectile vomit, the seneschal was stumped on the amount of damage it would give, i am also stumped, any suggestions?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: The big blue ape, Thanaeon, ZazielsRephaim, Caz, Jake Norwood, kenjib, Spartan, StahlMeister, Krammer, Camillus.

11/18/2003 bcook1971: Both attack - impact on Order of a Round?
Luke (ZazielsRephaim) and I were doing some basic playtesting this morning, and a pretty important issue arose. At the beginning of a bout, we both threw red and made a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bcook1971, Caz, Salamander, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, ZazielsRephaim, Overdrive, Ingenious, Thanaeon, Jake Norwood.

11/18/2003 Jake Norwood: TFOB: Designing Schools
So I'm working on designing some specific masters and the schools they represent. The Current project is converting what little we know of actual historical masters into a few key…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Tywin Lannister, Salamander, Overdrive, BirdMan, GreatWolf, Valamir, Durgil, Camillus, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Ashton, jeffd, Sneaky Git, Vanguard, Ingenious, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, Enoch, Jaif, Merritt Baggett, Mokkurkalfe, Peregrine Dace.

11/18/2003 Tywin Lannister: A setting for use with TROS.
Hello all. I have created a PDF based on a part of my own campaign setting, which incidentally is played using the The Riddle of Steel rules system. The document…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Stephen, Mike Holmes, Claymore, MonkeyWrench, Jake Norwood, Thagorod Alynsson, Ingenious, Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

11/19/2003 StahlMeister: Need Stats for a Lasso - Suggestions
Hi Friends! I need stats for a lasso for my next game session. Does anyone have suggestions? One of my players wants to play a "Chainmistress" like in D&D. For…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Ingenious.

11/19/2003 StahlMeister: Speaking Curses in TROS?
Hi friends! How would You manage a magic talent enabling a character to put curses on other persons? I tried it with a major Gift "Curse Magic". Maybe the even…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: StahlMeister, Mokkurkalfe, kenjib, Salamander.

11/20/2003 Samson: Silly Damage resistance
It seems to me that it's fairly easy to create a character (while still keeping a good character concept in mind) that is well nigh invulnerable to most attacks made…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Samson, Valamir, Ingenious, Ben Lehman, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Ian.Plumb, Mike Holmes, feanor, Jim.

11/22/2003 Ian.Plumb: Spell aging question
Hi, Given that spell casting can cause instant physical aging, what is the effect of instant aging on a spell caster going through puberty, pregnancy, or menopause? Cheers
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Brian Leybourne, toli, kenjib, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Draigh, Thanaeon, Wolfen.

11/22/2003 6inTruder: Capital of Gelure
A friend of mine spends a great deal of time in France and he was showing me pictures and one he had I totally thought should be used as the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: 6inTruder, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Salamander.

more subsequent topics >>