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1/11/2004 kidar: simple question about skill selection
In character generation after choosing your skill packets you can lower (or pick up new) skills. My question is: Can you lower one individual skill with more than one point?…
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Participants: kidar, Tywin Lannister, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

1/11/2004 Umberhulk: TROS for A Song of Ice and Fire?
Has anyone done TROS for the George R.R. Martin setting? They seem to be a prefect fit to me; character-centric with lots of conflicted allegiances and very brutal/Machiavellian.
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Participants: Umberhulk, anonymouse, Dev, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, contracycle, The Heretic, Sigurth, Tywin Lannister.

1/10/2004 kidar: 2 Q: breaking weapons. Knockdown rolls.
Lo, Many weapons are made of wood instead of steel. F.ex. staff and short spear. If I use a staff to parry strikes made by a sword, how easily does…
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Participants: kidar, Bob Richter, Salamander.

1/10/2004 StahlMeister: To hit or not to hit ...
Well, we played about 12 TROS Session the last 3 month. But yesterday, when I was cleaning my house my thoughts drifted through the excellent rules of TROS and a…
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Participants: StahlMeister, Thanaeon, chade0, Ashren Va'Hale, Lxndr, kidar, Sneaky Git, kenjib, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Muggins.

1/10/2004 Starshadow: Falling Damage
I know this is an issue that have been discussed a few times in this forum, but it's been mainly concerned about armor and falling damage. What about TO? The…
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Participants: Starshadow, StahlMeister, Mike Holmes, toli, Merritt Baggett, Durgil, Lxndr, Bob Richter, kenjib, Stephen.

1/10/2004 Starshadow: AV and different types of armor
Greetings. I was wondering... I have seen different discussions on armor types in this forum, but they've all been about chain and plate. Scale mail, bronze plate, bear skin, boiled…
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Participants: Starshadow, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Durgil, Caz.

1/9/2004 Brian Leybourne: a Knight vs a Samurai?
John Clements (the top ranked guy at ARMA) has this to say on the matter. It's not a new article, but an interesting one for those of you who have…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, montag, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Anthony I, Deacon Blues, Salamander, Jake Norwood, sirogit, contracycle, Muggins, Drifter Bob, Caz, Bastoche, Ben Lehman, Jaif, Half-Baked, Crusader, tauman, Vanguard, Calithena, toli, timfire, Sneaky Git, WCarew, Hereward The Wake.

1/9/2004 Bob Richter: Hi again everyone.
Been absent, for a long time. No excuse. So, what's up?
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Participants: Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

1/9/2004 Sigurth: Riposting a mounted charge
This came up in game tonight: Knight (pc) charges down a footman with lance at the front. I declare that the footman performs a riposte. The footman wins and steals…
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Participants: Sigurth, Ingenious, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Bob Richter.

1/9/2004 Starshadow: Arrows and armor
Greetings. Have a question about archery and armors here. I'm wondering if AV is the same for melee and ranged attacks? Wouldn't an arrow pierce chain easier than a sword…
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Participants: Starshadow, Ingenious, Salamander, toli, Caz, Hereward The Wake.

1/8/2004 Hugin: GM Melee styles
I was watching the Brotherhood of the Wolf (again) recently and it got me thinking about the way melees are handled in different genres, and the way this would effect…
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Participants: Hugin, Gary_Bingham, Ingenious, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, kenjib, contracycle.

1/8/2004 Hugin: Multiple opponents (what again?)
I apologise in advance if this has been addressed elsewhere but I've looked and can't find an answer. If a character faces off against two protagonists and, dividing his CP,…
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Participants: Hugin, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

1/7/2004 toli: Cost of Land
Mokkurkalfe in another thread brought up the notion of PCs being homless, having spent all their $$ on equipment. This got me thinking about the cost of buying land and…
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Participants: toli, kenjib, Prince of Thieves, Ingenious, Half-Baked, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Hugin.

1/7/2004 Mokkurkalfe: Some maneuver and weapon questions.
I got the chance to play a lot during the past week. During this time, I have come up with a few questions. First, how should evasive attack be handled…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Ingenious, Caz, Wolfen, toli, Ashren Va'Hale, Prince of Thieves, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, contracycle, kidar.

1/7/2004 Ingenious: The issue of pirates..
Okay, having had a thought or two on skill packets recently... I wondered about different character concepts.. and the skills they should have. For example: a pirate. Granted this would…
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Participants: Ingenious, toli, Caz, November Kilo, Wolfen, Draigh, Merritt Baggett, Mike Holmes, kenjib.

1/6/2004 Ian.Plumb: The Circle of Protection
Hi, TRoS doesn't seem to have much detail on the concept of passive defensive magics. In fact the sorcery system doesn't seem to have much detail on defensive magics. The…
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Participants: Ian.Plumb, Ingenious, ZazielsRephaim, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, kenjib, Vanguard.

1/6/2004 Prince of Thieves: Got a tRoS game going and have got some RULES questions.
Hey, It's been awhile since I posted but I've finally got a chance to start a RoS campaign. Anyway here are some questions I would like some help with. Armor,…
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Participants: Prince of Thieves, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

1/6/2004 Sigurth: Harn and Riddle of Steel
We are actually working on a hybrid of HMx (2 or G) and TROS. In playtest it worked really well. CPs derived from skills...initiative using the TROS red/white die. Spiritual…
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Participants: Sigurth, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Spartan.

1/6/2004 kenjib: What if magic only effect to the extent that one believes...
The perception of magic being an overpowering, one-solution-fits-all, kind of delimma led me to this idea. What would magic be like if it existed in some kind of quasi-space between…
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Participants: kenjib, Ingenious, Ashren Va'Hale.

1/6/2004 Brian Leybourne: Spot Poll
Hey guys, I just need a quick "show of hands" from those of you who have used the Character Generator. Was I particularly insulting to Americans? I just had an…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Wolfen, kenjib, deltadave, toli, Salamander, Half-Baked, Mike Holmes, StahlMeister, Ingenious, Valthalion, Valamir.

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1/11/2004 [MKF]Kapten: Need some help on a plot (my players stay out)
OBS: English is not my main language. If you find the text tedious and hard to read, please tell me and I will try to rewrite so it will be…
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Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Paka.

1/13/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple sorcery/combat questions
Ok, this should be a no-brainer, but I haven't run sorcery in TROS before, really. Here's the setup: - A sorcerer is casting a spell with CTN 2. - A…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Salamander, Ben Lehman, Poleaxe.

1/13/2004 Lxndr: Swordsman Question
Okay, this has been bugging me for some time: why are swordsmen so pitifully, horribly bad at Body Language? They get the Body Language skill at +3 as a part…
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Participants: Lxndr, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Paganini, Salamander, Wolfen, toli, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, Bob Richter.

1/13/2004 Ian.Plumb: Atrophying Skills
Hi, What mechanic would you suggest using for indicating that a skill is getting worse through lack of practice? Over what period of time would you suggest the skill degrade?…
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Participants: Ian.Plumb, Ingenious, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter.

1/13/2004 sirogit: Bad uses of Spiritual Attribuites
Been theorizing of the biggest things that you want to avoid in setting Spiritual Attribuites... Keep in mind this is all subjective. 1. Passion for Material Goods. This hits me…
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Participants: sirogit, Valamir, Stephen, Ingenious, Half-Baked, Andrew Mure, Wolfen, Pyske, Paka, ZazielsRephaim, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, Thanaeon.

1/13/2004 timfire: Can I order TROS through Borders?
Can I order TROS through Borders (or other major bookstores) or is it only available directly through the TROS website? Thanks!
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Participants: timfire, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Wolfen, Loki.

1/13/2004 toli: swords, swords, swords
I've got two questions/thoughts I've been kicking around. Maybe you guys can help me 'resolve' them. (1) The first relates to the difference between an arming sword and a cut…
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Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, murazor, Salamander.

1/13/2004 Krammer: tfob
Recently Ive noticed that Jake's signature says, "the flower is in bud..." I was just wondering how much it is in bud. Is it just beginning to bud, or is…
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Participants: Krammer, Jake Norwood, kanseg.

1/13/2004 Krammer: observation on magic
now, I know that the magic is meant to be powerful, but I never really knew just how powerful it was until recently. in a recent scenario, the seneschal decided…
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Participants: Krammer, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Rico, Ingenious, kenjib, StahlMeister, Morfedel, Lxndr.

1/13/2004 Drifter Bob: Initial impressions
Ok, I have finally been able to have a tantalizing taste of TROS, and we are on the verge of starting our first campaign. Let me say first of all,…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, Ingenious, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Vanguard, Jake Norwood, Deacon Blues, bcook1971, Salamander.

1/14/2004 De profundis: Greetings
At last i got a copy of TROS and OBAM. Having the same experiences with old fashion game mechanics like Jake describes in the afterword of TROS i was blown…
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Participants: De profundis, Jake Norwood, StahlMeister, Mokkurkalfe, Lxndr.

1/16/2004 Jeph: [sorcery] Alternatives to Aging?
Now, the aging thing is cool and all, but to me seems to be the biggest barrier when porting TRoS (and TRoS-QS, which is probably the only iteration I'll ever…
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Participants: Jeph, Kilor Di, Blankshield, Ian.Plumb, kenjib, Paka, Ben Lehman, contracycle, StahlMeister, Lxndr, Stephen, Pyske, Wolfen, Andrew Mure.

1/16/2004 November Kilo: Spear & Shield
Okay... first thread of my own... I'm pumped - finally, I'll be running my first TROS session this weekend. I was gen'ing some sample grunts to blow through tutorial combats,…
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Participants: November Kilo, Salamander, Bob Richter, Sneaky Git, Durgil, toli, Anthony I, Paganini, Half-Baked, Loki.

1/17/2004 Sigurth: Gladiators (Split)
Anyone develop any proficiencies for Gladiators or Pit Fighters? Like Trident and Net (though I think this would be a variation of Cut and Thrust) How about with bladed cesti?…
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Participants: Sigurth, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, StahlMeister.

1/19/2004 Ben Lehman: Toss and Bind
Hey. I noticed something the other day -- no one in my group ever uses the Toss or Bind maneuvers. Curious, I looked at the manuevers to refresh myself and...…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Deacon Blues, Trevis Martin, Jake Norwood, Merritt Baggett, Wolfen, Paganini, Overdrive, Mokkurkalfe, Spartan.

1/20/2004 Paka: EN World Discussion of TROS
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74946 Maybe worth some Riddle-folk from our boards checking out and politely chiming in.
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Participants: Paka, kenjib, Bastoche, Hugin, Sigurth, kanseg.

1/21/2004 Melkor: Help with the Hit Location Zones diagram...
Call me mentally challenged, but I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding the Hit Location Zones diagram on the Character Sheets and P. 76 of the main rulebook. In looking…
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Participants: Melkor, Ingenious, Paganini, Deacon Blues, Wolfen.

1/21/2004 Morfedel: Non Game Mechanic Alternatives to Controlling Sorcerers
I had been thinking about controlling sorcerers; some people think they are just fine, but I think many of us have had the distaste of having to watch sorcerers turn…
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Participants: Morfedel, De profundis, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, Ingenious, Andrew Mure, Lxndr, Stephen, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Thanaeon, Rick, Wolfen, Bob McNamee, Amy1419, Malechi, Pyske.

1/21/2004 The big blue ape: A Magicish question
Not to long ago while reading OBAM, I read the humunculus spell, and I thought of a rather odd thing to do, say for example my character created a humunculus,…
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Participants: The big blue ape, Brian Leybourne, Krammer, ZazielsRephaim.

1/21/2004 Bob Richter: Ninja vs. Pirate
Bah. Enough with that stale "Knight vs. Samurai" bit. Who wins in a fight between a Ninja and a Pirate?
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Participants: Bob Richter, MonkeyWrench, Salamander, Deacon Blues, murazor, JESTER, Wolfen, Ingenious, kenjib, Bastoche, tauman, Furious D, Jake Norwood.

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