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1/30/2004 Jake Norwood: What did swords weigh?
John Clements recently wrote this article in response to the questions of a gamer that he had corresponded with. This may be of interest to some, and not to others.…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Salamander, Hereward The Wake.

1/29/2004 Ian.Plumb: Testing SAs (Split from "Negative Review")
Hi, I've read JD's review of TRoS and a fair amount of the mudslinging that resulted in the RPGnet forum. The review is not well written, seemingly designed to be…
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Participants: Ian.Plumb, bcook1971, Malechi, Alan, Jaif, Tywin Lannister, kenjib, Pyske, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, toli, Trevis Martin, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Morfedel, Brian Leybourne, Bob McNamee.

1/30/2004 Pyske: Spiritual Attributes as Degree of Commitment [house rules]
Inspired by the New (very negative) review of THE RIDDLE OF STEEL thread, where the topic of using Spiritual Attributes as measures of a person's spiritual commitment or development has…
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Participants: Pyske, Ian.Plumb.

1/29/2004 Bob Goat: Initiative Question
Hi. I'm trying to convince my regular gaming group to use TROS four our Midnight campaign. There is some interest, but the question has come up from our GM about…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Trevis Martin, November Kilo, Alan, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Valamir.

1/29/2004 Malechi: Weapon Stats
Hi there, I'm currently working on a campaign setting for TROS that revolves around a kind of Babylonian/Assyrian/Akkadian theme and wanted to introduce some different flavoured weapons. Firstly the Falcata…
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Participants: Malechi.

1/29/2004 Trevis Martin: Dice systems in TROS and other inquiries
Hi everyone, First, Jake, thanks for the game. I recieved it for Christmas (after all what says Happy Holidays more than vicious sword combat?), and we are due to play…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Paganini, Thanaeon.

1/28/2004 Jake Norwood: Heroism
Okay, so I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but I always hear crap about TROS combat being 'gritty' as opposed to 'heroic.' What I reckon this means is that…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason, Holt, November Kilo, Salamander, Blankshield, Wolfen, Ingenious, Noon, Thanaeon, Bastoche, Krammer, toli, Sneaky Git, Ian.Plumb, Drifter Bob, Muggins, kenjib, bcook1971, Bob Richter, Ron Edwards, Edge.

1/28/2004 Alan: TROS Tarnsman of Gor
Anyone remember the John Norman potboilers? Gor was a planet in the same orbit as Earth on the other side of the sun. The Priest Kings kept a human culture…
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Participants: Alan, sirogit, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, toli.

1/27/2004 Amy1419: Regrowth Spell Question
Okay on page 118 (2nd copy) in the sorcery section there is a sample ritual spell called Regrowth. It requires Scultpture 3, growth 3, conquer 2, and vision 3. Targets-3,…
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Participants: Amy1419, Salamander, Ingenious, [MKF]Kapten, Anthony I, Shadeling.

1/27/2004 daagon: OBaM Question
On page 72 of the book "Of Beasts and Men" the last line states "never stopped that growth for their entire lives - " Should there be anything else after…
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Participants: daagon, Brian Leybourne.

1/27/2004 Tywin Lannister: New (very negative) review of THE RIDDLE OF STEEL
[url]http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10048.phtml[/url] He has some points, and he really made me think about the GM/planning campaigns bit. I don't agree that you have to wing it so much for a TROS…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Nick Pagnucco, Muggins, Salamander, Paganini, kenjib, toli, Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Pyske, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Malechi, bcook1971, Alan, Sigurth, AdAstraGames, Bankuei, Emiricol, bottleneck.

1/27/2004 Tywin Lannister: Vote for THE RIDDLE OF STEEL
The InQuest magazine is holding their annual Fan Game Awards. One of the questions is Your Favorite RPG. Head on over, choose "Other" and write The Riddle of Steel for…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Alan.

1/26/2004 Morfedel: Armor CP Penalties....
I remember seeing, on not one, but several threads, on how Jake, on thinking of it, would have had armor CP penalties a bit differently, and made a few suggestions,…
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Participants: Morfedel, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, toli, kenjib.

1/26/2004 Drifter Bob: Tactical sophistication of knightly armies
I don't know if this is a better idea or not, but here goes. I was asked to cite examples of knightly European armies making serious, basic strategic blunders dealing…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, contracycle, A.Neill, Ian.Plumb, toli, silburnl.

1/24/2004 chade0: Let's have a new IRC meetting(?)
Hi all, Let's do it again, and hopefully this time with more participants! For those who have not heard of the previous IRC meetting, check this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9283&sid=07fb25a4bcdb6a7b5ec5c20f6872bcf8 Now, I…
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Participants: chade0, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Thanaeon.

1/24/2004 Alan: Holding a Spell
In standard TROS magic, is there a way to prepare a spell in advance, then release it later with reduced casting time?
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Participants: Alan, Jake Norwood, Bob McNamee.

1/24/2004 Ingenious: Concering item quality..
Okay, I have not a clue if this has come up in the past or not.. But I did mention it to be discussed in the next IRC chat.. and…
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Participants: Ingenious, bcook1971, Thanaeon, Salamander, ZazielsRephaim, toli.

1/23/2004 toli: attributes or proficiencies
One of the other threads got me wondering about people's approach to character design and advancement. Namely, do you focus on increasing attributes or profieciencies ahead of the other...or both…
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Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

1/23/2004 Morfedel: Sorcerer Stories
Since we have been discussing sorcerers, and debating on whether or not they are too powerful in a game, I thought I'd make this request. I'd like to hear actual…
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Participants: Morfedel, Lxndr, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Salamander, Ingenious.

1/23/2004 Bracken: Riddle of Steel Initiative questions
Hi all, It's been a while, but I have some RoS questions about Initiative. Actually more pertaining to group initiative. I like the way RoS handles Initiative once the combatants…
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Participants: Bracken, Brian Leybourne.

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1/31/2004 Alan: Multiple Opponents - Terrain Rolls & Initiative
In several other threads, Jake has recently clarified a number of rules for me about handling multiple opponents, terrain rolls, and initiative. I thought I'd gather my understanding here to…
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Participants: Alan, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Half-Baked, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Ian.Plumb, Wolfen, Melkor, Richard_Strey, Lxndr, Pyske, Stephen.

1/30/2004 Holt: Split: Everybody was kung-fu fightin' (was Fist Fighting)
[quote="Jake Norwood"]The punch-overkill is a minor but real glitch in the system *for the way I play.* Some people love it. I'm still trying to figure out how to really,…
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Participants: Holt, toli, Alan, Jake Norwood.

1/31/2004 timfire: Are there any TROS players in Chicago I can join?
Hey y'all, I was wondering if there were any TROS players in the Chicago area I could join and play with. I live in the North side near the lake…
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Participants: timfire, Valamir, MrGeneHa, Bob Goat, Mike Holmes.

2/1/2004 brigadoon: naked dwarf question
rather than using toughness as a full modifier each round has anyone treated toughness as a variable stat? I was thinking if you have a toughness of 6 and an…
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Participants: brigadoon, Jaeger, Ingenious, StahlMeister.

2/1/2004 Valamir: Riddle of Prydain
On the topic of interesting settings for use with TRoS, I hit upon the idea of a journey to Prydain last night. Seems well suited. Fairly low magic loads of…
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Participants: Valamir, Paganini, Half-Baked.

2/1/2004 Malechi: Ars Magica for TROS..
Hey there, We've decided to use the Ars Magica rules as converted for TROS as the magic system for our new campaign (See Actual Play post for details if you're…
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Participants: Malechi, toli, November Kilo, Brian Leybourne, Morfedel.

2/1/2004 EricAlexander: How can I make my NPC's dumber?
Hey, everyone. I'm trying to come up with some good dumb mistakes for my npc's to make in combat that they can make without being obvious about it. I want…
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Participants: EricAlexander, Paganini, Bankuei, Wolfen, [MKF]Kapten, Pyske, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood.

2/1/2004 EricAlexander: Fighting with a cloak and sword
One of my players asked if his character could fight with a rapier in one hand and a cloak in the other. I suppose the cloak would be ok at…
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Participants: EricAlexander, Hereward The Wake, Jake Norwood, Harlequin.

2/1/2004 EricAlexander: Question about wrestling
When two characters are wrestling, and one doesn't want to be, how does that character escape the situation? Or can he at all?
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Participants: EricAlexander, Jake Norwood.

2/1/2004 Melkor: Of Beasts and Men - Simple Question
Being of the school of thought that there are no stupid questions (only stupid people that ask them)....I was flipping through "Of Beasts and Men" trying to prepare for our…
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Participants: Melkor, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Tywin Lannister.

2/2/2004 Melkor: Evasion - Partial Evasion question
On P.84 of the rulebook, it states on table 4.4 that a Partial Evasion (TN 7) allows you to take the Initiative in the next Exchange by paying 2 CP…
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Participants: Melkor, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Poleaxe, Ingenious.

2/2/2004 bcook1971: Sometimes You Kick . . .
Last session, one of our players jumped up on a stone pedestal as a clawing, biting skeleton came towards him. He proceeded to kick the thing in the head with…
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Participants: bcook1971, Jake Norwood, sgtnasty, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

2/2/2004 Melkor: Question regarding Surprise
Another question in preperation for Wednesday night's game: Did I read correctly that a character that doesn't achieve at least one success on his roll to avoid being surprised can…
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Participants: Melkor, Wolfen, Valamir, Pyske.

2/3/2004 Durgil: Mounted Combat
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the rules on Mounted Combat, either in the Main Rulebook or in the Of Beasts and Men supplement stated that one…
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Participants: Durgil, Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne.

2/3/2004 gregkcubed: PDF for riddle of steel
We've got a gaming group that some of us are trying to coerce into playing ROS, but its tough going.. I can understand given the tendency to pirate, etc not…
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Participants: gregkcubed, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Malechi, Wolfen.

2/4/2004 [MKF]Kapten: New gift: High pain threshold --- And new flaw, disease
I have considered adding this ability as a new gift with a major and minor version: High pain threshold A person with the major version of this ability can ignore…
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Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, Lxndr, Ingenious, Bob Richter, Krammer, gregkcubed, timfire.

2/5/2004 Ingenious: Munchkinism
Well, I initially started this topic in order to seek an answer as to this question: Do you think it is munchkinish to have a character with a TO of…
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Participants: Ingenious, Alan, The big blue ape, Lxndr, Morfedel, Bob Richter, Poleaxe, Silvermane, Anthony I, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, kenjib, bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, b_bankhead, Mantis.

2/5/2004 Pytorb: Bastard sword and shield
If my character has their bastard sword in one hand and their shield in the other which dice pool (Ref + greatsword or sword&shiled) do they use when attacking or…
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Participants: Pytorb, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Bob Richter, Ingenious, Mokkurkalfe, Muggins, Wolfen, Poleaxe, Drifter Bob, Hereward The Wake, toli, [MKF]Kapten, bottleneck.

2/6/2004 jeffd: "This Manuever is available at proficiency level....&qu
Several manuevers have a bit of text indicating what proficiency level they become available at. Others do not. For the ones that do not - are they default manuevers? I…
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Participants: jeffd, Jake Norwood.

2/6/2004 kenjib: Reach weapons and full evade
If you have a longer reach weapon, and your opponent closes the distance (putting you at disadvantage), is it advantageous to favor a full evade at that point to regain…
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Participants: kenjib, Wolfen, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, toli, Hereward The Wake, Turin, Ben Lehman, Jake Norwood, bergh.

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