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2/27/2002 razar: Donjon criticals
Has anyone thought of any good ways to change the critical success/failure system in Donjon? I notice that criticals are much more likely to happen at low numbers of dice,…
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Participants: razar, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2002 mearls: Thoughts on Donjon Krawl
Jared spoke to me about Donjon Krawl last Wednesday, and I finally had a chance to read it over last night. Very interesting stuff. Anyway, some thoughts: * I love…
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Participants: mearls, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Kenway, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/24/2002 Tim Denee: Donjon missiles
What's the deal with missiles in Donjon? Is it remaining the same as in the playtest rules? If the action was a missile attack, the winner rolls damage with his…
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Participants: Tim Denee, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/22/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Heist!
Ocean's 11, The Sting, Snatch. Ever want to run a Caper Film game but couldn't find the right system? It's Donjon Heist! Make that roll, and you see the guards…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Kenway.

2/22/2002 Kenway: It Came From The Donjon!
Horror games would also work with DK rules. I'm thinking more of the shocks and crazy gunplay of Resident Evil rather than Call of Cthulhu. It was mentioned that DK…
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Participants: Kenway, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/22/2002 Kenway: Anime Donjon?
I just read over the DK rules and thought that it lends itself really well to anime-ish adventures. In particular, DK's combat system is pretty cool and alot crazier than…
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Participants: Kenway, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bailywolf, Tim Denee, J B Bell.

2/20/2002 Zak Arntson: Donjon in Space
Okay, I don't know if Clinton or I will be writing Donjon in Space (or both of us), but it's something that will eventually happen. It's too cool not to.…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, Grex, Valamir, gizem, xiombarg.

2/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon: Call for artists
I'm the forum administrator and I don't know where to put this. (Maybe a new forum for announcements is in order.) Anyway, I'm calling for art for Donjon, the game…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West.

2/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon, session 2
I was able to playtest Donjon yet again this weekend with Zak Arntson and his friend, Matthew. The game worked as before - I even ran the same adventure -…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

2/8/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Krawl, first session ever
[i]I don't want to kill anybody. I just want to take their stuff.[/i] --Jules the Hedge Troll, as played by James Cunningham I'm more than proud to say that the…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Bankuei.

2/6/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Krawl
I know I haven't designed anything new since Urge - I've been lazy. So, I decided to start finishing my projects. The first finished: Donjon Krawl, a (hopefully) incredibly Gamist…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, Marco, James V. West, DaR, Mike Holmes, lumpley, J B Bell.

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3/1/2002 Kenway: Chaotic Neutral: Donjon Alignment?
I don't know if anyone mentioned this already, but does DK have anything regarding alignment/alignment tongues?
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Participants: Kenway, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, Blake Hutchins, rafael, Balbinus, contracycle, joshua neff, Matt Snyder, Yasha, Bankuei.

3/2/2002 Zak Arntson: Donjon: Apocalypse
I know Donjon isn't finished yet, but I'm already working on a Post-Apocalypse Donjon game. Play mutants! Deal with radiation! Drive cars! Blow cars up with rocket launchers! Anyhow, just…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

3/8/2002 DaR: Donjons in Liechtenstein
Okay, so we actually played in Seattle, and the town was called Liechtenstein... Last night (Thursday), I had the opportunity to play Donjon with Clinton, Chris (Bankuei), and James (Yasha).…
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Participants: DaR, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Yasha, Jürgen Mayer, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/9/2002 Tim Denee: Donjon Dice
Does it destroy the system to use d6s insteads of d20s in Donjon? I just don't have that many d20s...
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Participants: Tim Denee, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR, J B Bell, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Went to the con
I attended Game Storm, a convention in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. It was better than most small conventions I've been to by far, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to any…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, quozl, Bankuei.

3/17/2002 Tim C Koppang: Donjon Krawl Adventure
I finally got around to playing Donjon Krawl! Overall it went well, with only a few snags. Most of the hold-ups were due to lack of rule knowledge, but that's…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR.

3/30/2002 Andrew Martin: Donjon Krawl -> JB007 Spy Game
I've read through the Donjon Krawl rules, and have been playing in a super spies RPG, when I came to the realisation the Donjon Krawl with some cosmetic changes could…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Jared A. Sorensen, Ring Kichard, Tyrant.

4/5/2002 J B Bell: Handy generic dungeon (Donjon Krawl)
[url=http://www.hubris-games.com]Hubris Games[/url], the makers of [i]Story Engine[/i] and [i]Maestrom[/i], reviewed on this site, have a few plug-ins for their games downloadable for free. I just poked through [url=http://www.hubris-games.com/pdf/dtomb.pdf]Dublin's Tomb[/url], a…
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Participants: J B Bell.

5/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin
Man, it's just new game day at The Forge, ain't it? Anyway, I wrote this over the last couple of days and really like it, but that's little indicator of…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Paganini, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Reality Aberrant, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, rafael.

6/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The fall of the Paladin
Paul Czege posted a very interesting thread about how humbling it is to playtest your own game, which is amazingly convergent, since I just had the exact same experience. I…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafael, Paul Czege, DaR, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Wolfen, Yasha.

6/20/2002 jdrakeh: Vermin - a query for Clinton...
Clinton: I've just aqquired several copies of the old basic D&D rules as well as two sets of The Arduin Grimoire books and am looking to start an old-fashioned dungeon…
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Participants: jdrakeh, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/26/2002 xiombarg: Donjon Krawl (and an unrelated concern)
Played Donjon Krawl on Monday. We didn't get to finish a full game, but it went generally well. Generally. I'll get to that in a moment. We had: Emily, who…
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Participants: xiombarg, Victor Gijsbers, Andrew Martin, Ring Kichard, hyphz, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2002 Ollog Herder: hmmm
what exactly was the problem with the magic system?
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Participants: Ollog Herder, Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Bailywolf.

7/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game (Paladin!) and new forum
Hey, everyone - I've got a forum now. After looking at how many posts there were about Donjon, Ron and I decided to give me my own little forum here.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Valamir, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Tim Denee, Ben Morgan.

7/29/2002 Jake Norwood: Paladin, Angels, Demons
I was actually reading Paladin all the way through today and I got an idea. See, I love the idea of the struggle between heaven and hell being carried out…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Jason L Blair, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

7/30/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: My first game design
[url=http://members.tripod.com/~tac_ezine/current.htm]The Physical Adept[/url] Long ago - actually, in 1999 - I submitted my first bit of game design to a 2nd edition AD&D fan zine. That's it, right above. I…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Le Joueur, greyorm, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, Tony Durham, Matt.

7/30/2002 xiombarg: An good idea is one worth stealing...
This is from an interview with Charles Ryan in the latest issue of d20 Weekly, about d20 Modern: We were faced with needing a whole set of rules for credit…
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Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Bailywolf.

7/30/2002 quozl: Monsters
I just got a Monstrous Compendium binder stuffed with AD&D monsters from Ebay. Is there a simple conversion formula I could use to throw these monsters into Donjon? ---Jon
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Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, ejh, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news
After all this time, I know some of you are skeptical on if Donjon's going to get done. I have, in fact, just laid out the first four chapters, albeit…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Zak Arntson, Anonymous, Le Joueur, efindel.

8/1/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin Inspiration - Soul Reaver video game
It occured to me last night how similar the Soul Reaver game's world is to the default Paladin world. Only from the point of view of a semi-repentant Undying. Quick…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes.

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