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2/25/2004 ZazielsRephaim: MAJOR SPOILER (if my players read this I'll kill them)
Nick, Jason, Bill, Cory, Logan.... if you guys read this, I will kill you, then kill your characters later. I just wanted to run a game laden with undead and…
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Participants: ZazielsRephaim, Jaeger, Jake Norwood, kenjib, Brian Leybourne.

2/25/2004 Durgil: Possible Alternative Rules for Armour
Just to let you all know right up front, if you don't want an extra dice roll or two in combat when a hit is determined, then save yourself some…
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Participants: Durgil, Crusader, Wolfen, Caz, BirdMan, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe.

2/25/2004 Aelios: Sorcery: E=Mc^2 and other questions
Maybe this should be three posts; but I'm tired right now so please forgive me. Q1: I've seen…
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Participants: Aelios, sirogit, Rick, Wolfen, Morfedel, Jake Norwood.

2/24/2004 bergh: "naked Dwarf" syndrome and a posible fix
first i wanna say that having a toughness about 6 is not working very good, we tryed to play yesterday, (mock combat), and the T7 character was simply to good,…
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Participants: bergh, Caz, toli, sirogit, Ingenious, Overdrive, Andrew Mure, Wolfen, Jaif, Brian Leybourne, bearer, lokdu, Edge, Tash, Dain, Turin, ZenDog, Tom, aaronharmon, bottleneck, Aelios, Starshadow, James Buchanan, Fleinhoy, Sir Mathodius Black.

2/24/2004 daagon: Appendices mistake?
In the appendices download (and thus, i assume, in the core book which I'm waiting to be delivered) page 245 and 246 both have the same "Bludgeoning Damage Location Table:…
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Participants: daagon, Jake Norwood.

2/24/2004 nsruf: Newbie question on combat
Hi all! I finally picked up TROS last weekend, after lurking here for a while to see what the game is all about. And it seems to be a much…
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Participants: nsruf, Salamander, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, John Harper, Brian Leybourne, Edge.

2/24/2004 Malechi: [OT] PC Death... not that kind though
argh.. i hate it when that happens.. My PC died in the wee hours of this morning, taking with it a goodly amount of Katanapunk!, Midnight to TROS Conversion stuff…
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Participants: Malechi, Wolfen.

2/24/2004 Degamer: The Riddle of Westeros
I am preparing to run a game of TROS under the setting of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire setting. (One of THE best fantasy serries ever…
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Participants: Degamer, Edge.

2/23/2004 bergh: My own campaign world map
Hi I have made this map for my campaign. http://www.fflr.dk/tabletop/midgard.jpg This is a large file and its better to save it to the disk and becouse then its more easy…
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Participants: bergh, toli, kenjib.

2/23/2004 Morfedel: Leather Armor for the Lower Body?
We were making characters saturday, when we notice something; there is leather armor in the books for the torso and arms, but what about the legs? and leather boots/gloves solid…
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Participants: Morfedel, Andrew Mure, Malechi, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, toli, Edge, kenjib.

2/23/2004 Morfedel: New TROS review at RPG.NET
just an FYI. Seems like a reasonable review, all told. http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10119.phtml
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Participants: Morfedel, Malechi, Wolfen, arxhon, Caz, Jake Norwood, Deacon Blues.

2/23/2004 Morfedel: Large Groups and Spiritual Attributes
I'm curious. I run my games with the plot created around the characters. The Spiritual attributes in TROS makes this much more interesting. However, I was thinking... it seems like…
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Participants: Morfedel, Andrew Mure, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco, kenjib, Overdrive.

2/22/2004 sirogit: TROS game: The Sea of Fallen Gods
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9688 for a little bit of info on the game. I had the first session of this game this saturday and it was great, even if it was just prepatory…
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Participants: sirogit, Brian Leybourne.

2/22/2004 Zhores: Byuing new skills vs. skill packets.
Greetings one and all. This is my first post to the forum. Let me first say that TROS is an excelent game, though, exempting the combat rules, a little rough…
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Participants: Zhores, Lxndr, Brian Leybourne.

2/22/2004 Ingenious: Armor of Air question..
This question came up during last night's session. Does the +3 bonus damage for halfswording/estocs etc apply to the 'armor of air' spell? It says that it's a +3 vs…
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Participants: Ingenious, Jake Norwood, Salamander, BirdMan, Valamir.

2/22/2004 sirogit: Two questions
Do bludgeoning, cutting or puncturing type attacks have any effect on how much armor they're able to get through? Also, is there any rule I skipped in which you can…
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Participants: sirogit, Bob McNamee, Brian Leybourne.

2/21/2004 Wolfen: Melee
This is slightly OT as it has nothing specifically to do with TRoS, but with WMA instead. I do not question the skill of our WMA practitioners, esp. considering that…
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Participants: Wolfen, Caz, Salamander, Jake Norwood.

2/21/2004 Jaeger: Toned down spell system
This spell system is just a modification of the existing one. it is intended to be a toned town or throttled back version to reduce the ridiculous power levels of…
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Participants: Jaeger, Edge, Morfedel, Andrew Mure.

2/20/2004 bergh: Half Swording, split
No swinging when half swording?!? Why does the halfsword mode intry, in the doppelhander profile then have a CUT profile?
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Participants: bergh, Salamander, The Heretic, Drifter Bob, Muggins, Richard_Strey, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

2/20/2004 bergh: Black Powder Weapons (Split)
first of all, I also wan't black powder weapons for TROS BUT, i need info about the different techs used: Flintlock Matchlocks Wheellocks can anybody give a short description of…
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Participants: bergh, Valamir, Andrew Mure, Salamander, Brian Leybourne.

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2/25/2004 [MKF]Kapten: Defending specific body parts
I have thought about this before, but now its kind of important. If a fighter in full plate has one exposed leg for some reason, would it be realistic to…
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Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Ingenious, Edge, Brian Leybourne.

2/25/2004 Dain: HELP! First, Pulling a punch. Second an index to this forum.
Hey Guys, How does one pull a punch (decided pre-emptively...not a "whoops, can I take that back" upon noticing your successes are so great you're going to gut someone)? I…
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Participants: Dain, murazor, Deacon Blues, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Edge, kenjib, Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Vanguard, Valamir, Dan Sellars, Wolfen, BirdMan, big kev.

2/26/2004 Caz: some magic/mutant/cinematic martial arts powers
Just kinda made these up in myspare time, thought they were kinda fun. Haven't playtested them or anything. Enjoy Magic/Mutant/Cinematic Martial Arts Powers Can be treated as maneuvers w/activation costs…
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Participants: Caz, Brian Leybourne.

2/26/2004 sirogit: Tros CCG?
I seem to remember reading about this in TROS. I could be wrong as I don't have the book with me at the moment due to losing the bag it…
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Participants: sirogit, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Edge, Hereward The Wake.

2/27/2004 Dain: Possible TROS Errata item - Research Skill
Hey Guys, According to Mark Winkelman's Errata page, new Errata items not listed there should be dropped here. This one is probably trivial as everyone probably knows off the top…
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Participants: Dain, Wolfen.

2/27/2004 Aelios: Character Creation: Skills Question
Page 30: "Although it is possible to double-up on one single packet, most characters ..." So what happens when you double up? Do you reapply the modifiers? Do all the…
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Participants: Aelios, Lxndr, Caz, Wolfen, Ingenious, bcook1971, Thanaeon, kenjib.

2/27/2004 Caz: Stuff
Just to let anyone know who really wants it, I've got complete working and playtested rules and stats for firearms, past present and sci-fi, cyberware, sci-fi melee weapons, armor, working…
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Participants: Caz, Wolfen, Malechi.

2/27/2004 Ian.Plumb: Miniatures, TFoB, and Line of Sight
Hi, A couple of years ago... ... I actually discourage using miniatures except for the most basic understanding of a scene, and using terrain rolls whenever movement is a…
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Participants: Ian.Plumb, Wolfen, Malechi, Dain, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Muggins, November Kilo, Dan Sellars, Tash.

2/28/2004 6inTruder: Spiritual Attributes with Roll & Keep
I'm looking to run an L5R game. Eventually. And a change I want to make to the system is that I want to import tRoS's SAs pretty much whole cloth.…
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Participants: 6inTruder, Bankuei.

2/29/2004 Malechi: Origins of TROS
Hey there guys, I was posting a little encouragement about TROS last night on a new messageboard I've found for Australian gamers. One of the board admins there made mention…
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Participants: Malechi, bcook1971, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Wolfen, casinormal, Stephen, Jake Norwood.

2/29/2004 bearer: Question about encumbrance and armor
Ok, does these add up to make huge blow to CP? Example: Character with full plate and helm, totalling 3(armor)+2(helm) -5 to CP. He is allso having sword and shield,…
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Participants: bearer, Brian Leybourne, Edge.

2/29/2004 Mokkurkalfe: TROS combat on a computer
I have been thinking for some time about how to convert the TROS combat system into an isometric (the perspective The Sims uses) rpg. Of course, it would be completed…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe.

2/29/2004 bearer: Passive block with shield
Yes the new kind in town has lot questions! ok here goes.... 1 on 1 fight, attaker swings with 5 dice to upper torso now defender has his shield covering…
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Participants: bearer, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Overdrive, Muggins.

3/1/2004 bergh: Merits and flaws
merits and flaws?!?!?!?!?! I think they are needed and should play as big a part of a character as high stats or high(low:D) skill levels, some people just takes this…
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Participants: bergh, Brian Leybourne, Edge.

3/1/2004 Jaif: Issue with skills resolution
Hey all, Sorry if this has been discussed already. I don't get to these forums much and I miss lots. Anyways, I have real problems with the skills system. Basically,…
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Participants: Jaif, Ingenious, Dain, Wolfen, Richard_Strey.

3/1/2004 Dan Sellars: Throwing knives while juggling
Hello, At the weekend one of my players created an Enternatiner/Coutier character with the concept of a travelling entertainer. He had a fairly good missile pool and wondered if his…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, kenjib, Ingenious.

3/1/2004 Dan Sellars: No combat pool with initative
Hello All, I had a situation I didn't know how to resolve at the weekend. Character A attacked character B with all his dice pool, charcter B defenced with All…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, nsruf, Valamir, Richard_Strey, Dain, Brian Leybourne.

3/1/2004 tauman: Hidden Flaws
Just a quick thought... Has anyone ever thought about doing the flaws such that a player might not know what they all are? That is, the player selects the merits…
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Participants: tauman, Lxndr, bergh, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious.

3/1/2004 Morfedel: Ideas on other Race/Sorcery Priorities
I was thinking of possible alternate priority schemes for Race/Sorcery, and thought I'd ask for feedback. Idea 1: Replace the bottom three humans with the following: D: Superior Human -…
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Participants: Morfedel, Valamir, The Heretic, Brian Leybourne, Ingenious, Edge, [MKF]Kapten.

3/1/2004 bergh: Lord of the Rings Orcs and Uruk-hai's
I KNOW I KNOW TROS IS NOT LOTR!!! But please help me, my players (and me), wanna have LOTR orcs instead of Gols (not that we don't like them :D).…
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Participants: bergh, MonkeyWrench, Dain, Fentible, Gideon13, Edge, Brian Leybourne, Crusader, Ingenious, Malechi, Mike Holmes.

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