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4/12/2006 donbaloo: Ability (or lack there of) Checks and BDTP
Just want to clarify whether we were playing the system correctly.  It is acceptable to use an ability in which you are Unskilled (0), so long as its not an…
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Participants: donbaloo, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/12/2006 donbaloo: Scene framing and narrative authority.
This is an issue that I've split out of my AP here, as I thought maybe it would be more relevant as a TSoY specific question.  We're still trying to…
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Participants: donbaloo, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper.

4/12/2006 donbaloo: Regarding Intent
Hi all, Chris here.  I've got a few questions regarding intent within TSoY after our first test drive of the game and some reading of various threads here. 1)  I…
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Participants: donbaloo, rafial.

4/4/2006 ColinC: Findplay Down?
I hope this is the right place to post this.  Just wanted to mention that Findplay seems to be down.
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Participants: ColinC, demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, Rayston, Graham Walmsley, Gaerik.

3/30/2006 Tog: [Donjon] Provisions get used up?
Hey, just downloaded Donjon last night and read it through this morning... looks like a seriously cool game (being the 25+ year gamer I am... ;)) (and may I say…
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Participants: Tog, coffeestain.

3/29/2006 rafial: Ability Advance Costs: comment
So the question came up in play last night as to whether the costs to increase abilities from the chart on page 18 from TSOY 2nd edition are simple or…
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Participants: rafial, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/27/2006 lee-anne: Key Loss
Can anyone suggest a general buyout condition for this key? Key of Grief Your character has lost someone or something precious. Gain 1XP every time something reminds you of the…
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Participants: lee-anne, rafial, JMendes, Twobirds.

3/24/2006 Mike Lucas: [TSOY] rolling Fudge dice in OpenRPG / other programs
If anyone out there uses OpenRPG (www.openrpg.com), I've figured out how to do the weird TSOY fudge dice. I originally thought I was going to have to write a custom…
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Participants: Mike Lucas.

3/22/2006 Twobirds: A couple SoY questions
It seems like there are lot of people into The Shadow of Yesterday, but not many people discussing it.  So I figured I would throw out a couple thoughts I…
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Participants: Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

3/17/2006 Willow: [TSOY] Confused about Changing Intentions
Hey there.  Recently picked up TSOY.  It's a pretty cool read, but I have problems wrapping my head around a couple of the concepts.  (And no, I'm not talking about…
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Participants: Willow, coffeestain, Eero Tuovinen.

3/15/2006 bts: [TSOY] Newbie running Rat Moon Rising
I'm psyched to try out TSOY with my group.  I'm hoping to start with Rat Moon Rising, but using the revised rules.  It seems pretty clear how to convert abilities,…
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Participants: bts, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/15/2006 barna284: [TSOY] Swashbuckling of Yesterday
I have an almost three year long 7th Sea campaign and I´ve decided to migrate from the R&K system due to several issues. A lot of people have suggested TSOY…
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Participants: barna284, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Twobirds, Clay.

3/14/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Middle Earth?
I really like the World of Near, and would like to play TSoY in it. Unfortunately, I’ve got a bunch of players that really hate “learning” a new setting. Since…
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Participants: Frank T, Clinton R. Nixon, James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

2/17/2006 Brian Newman: [TSOY] Glorantha
Has anyone tasted these two great tastes together?  It seems to me like a perfect match -- Gloranthan cultures already have keys and secrets (just not so formalized), cults obviously…
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Participants: Brian Newman, Paka, newsalor.

2/15/2006 James_Nostack: [Paladin] Reactive/Reactive Combat?
In the rules of Paladin, there's a chart for combat outcomes depending on whether someone is Active or Reactive.  As I understand it, an Active Flesh attribute is utilized whenever…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Artanis.

2/8/2006 yothales: [TSoY] Rules adapted for Degenesis
Hello everybody! I’m playing a German RPG named Degenesis. You can download it here for free. The artwork is terrific and absolutely worth a look. It’s a post-apocalyptic setting in…
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Participants: yothales.

2/3/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [TSOY] Some rules questions
Been playing the game a lot, lately. Like it very much. Some questions: 1) The book states that you cannot declare BDTP without a resisted roll (pg. 35). This means…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, ubergeek2012, Brian Newman.

2/3/2006 Leto II.: [TSOY] Bruised & Bloodied
If too Chars fight each other with abilities that use different Pools, bruised is a real nuisance (giving that penalty die on the next action), but bloodied has no effect…
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Participants: Leto II., Clinton R. Nixon, Paka.

2/3/2006 James_Nostack: [Donjon] Best/Funniest Classes
Inspired by the Ninja! thread, I'd like to see more fun classes for Donjon. Professional Coward * Hide Anywhere Beg to Reconsider Stab Wildly in Terror Run in Dread "Oh…
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Participants: James_Nostack, xjermx, Bret Gillan, ubergeek2012, John Harper, Sonja, Gaerik, 1of3, Blake Hutchins, Iskander.

2/2/2006 xjermx: [Donjon] Ninja!
Let me first apologize that this is not a more informational or somehow helpful post, or even asking a real question. I got my hands on Donjon very recently and…
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Participants: xjermx, Gaerik, Bret Gillan, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Morgan, Miskatonic.

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4/14/2006 JeePee: What kind of dice...
Hello I Have a little question about Donjon. What kind of dice are used in this game? d20's ???
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Participants: JeePee, Zamiel, Michael S. Miller.

4/19/2006 Paul Czege: anyone interested in a small Keys project?
So, a few months ago I ran across the Skyknights RPG. And dang if the game's motivations wouldn't be an interesting fit if converted to TSOY Keys: http://www.skyknightsrpg.com/Ver2/motivation.htm Anyway, my…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Niko, Eero Tuovinen.

4/21/2006 Belinda K.: Exalted --> TSoY Conversion
I’d like to convert my Exalted game to TSoY, to suit my light GMing style better and to make things 'flow' more. I've looked at Exalted --> Wushu, but really…
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Participants: Belinda K., James_Nostack, cpeterso, Filip Luszczyk, Andy Kitkowski.

4/22/2006 ( o Y o ): [TSoY] Confusion about unopposed ability check
"The third and final step is actually rolling the dice. If the success level is equal or better than the difficulty, the character has succeeded." (quote page 31) Huh???? What…
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Participants: ( o Y o ), Clinton R. Nixon.

4/22/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Newbie here
Hi, all, Long-time lurker at the Forge, first post. I recently discovered The Shadow of Yesterday. It looks really exciting, because it seems to provide a lot of what I've…
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Participants: r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, James_Nostack, rafial, Twobirds.

4/24/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] BDTP Questions
I'm stuck on some of the wording... After the free-and-clear stage, everyone rolls ability checks for their action. If this is the first action in Bringing Down the Pain, the…
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Participants: Belinda K., rafial, demiurgeastaroth.

4/24/2006 ObLaDan: BDTP explanation
This is a step-by-step explanation of Brining Down the Pain that I came up with for my group, after lurking on this forum for a while.  Maybe it'll be helpful…
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Participants: ObLaDan, r_donato.

4/24/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] - The Shadow of D&D
Warrgh, the computer ate the latest draft of my 'Shadow of Exalted' conversion document. More on that later. But - I've also finished a quick D&D conversion, over here: http://random.average-bear.com/TSOY/TheShadowOfDungeonsAndDragons…
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Participants: Belinda K., Clinton R. Nixon, Paka.

4/25/2006 jasonm: [TSOY] Character effectiveness decreasing
In our TSOY game last week my PC got in a conflict, brought down the pain, and as a result of his opponents intention can now "never wield a sword…
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Participants: jasonm, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, r_donato, joshua neff, Gaerik, Twobirds, segedy.

4/27/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Creating my first characters
Hi, all, I just created a couple of characters to test my understanding of the TSoY system. I have several questions. 1) During chargen, you are given 5 advances. Are…
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Participants: r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Twobirds, IMAGinES.

4/27/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] Extra stuff in Finnish translation?
I've been reading about some slight changes between the Finnish translation of TSoY and the English one - I'm curious, Eero - what differences were made during the translation? Are…
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Participants: Belinda K., Eero Tuovinen, IMAGinES, Clinton R. Nixon, r_donato, shadowcourt.

4/27/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] High Power Levels
I was wondering how well TSoY scales to high-level games, with the power level going through the roof and characters having massive pools and high levels of abilities and secrets…
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Participants: Belinda K., Twobirds, r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Dev, Norbert Matausch.

4/29/2006 xeperi: [Paladin] New to the Forge
Hi there, I'm new to the Forge and have been learning a few of the games buzzed about 'round these here parts.  I just wanted to post saying that Paladin…
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Participants: xeperi, r_donato, James_Nostack, Artanis.

5/2/2006 Hans: TSOY, Donjon in G.O.D. session at GenCon
Hi all: I am going to be running two Games on Demand (G.O.D.) session at GenCon, and would like to be prepared to run either Donjon or TSOY for people…
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Participants: Hans, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/4/2006 JohnU: Donjon Play by post over on RPG.net
I am very new to the Donjon game and I am taking part in a play by post over on RPG.net.  I am sure I am butchering the hell out…
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Participants: JohnU.

5/4/2006 Will_Whatley: findplay down
Hey Clinton, Findplay won't work for me. I tried using the following 2 browsers. The error information follows version information. Firefox v1.0.7 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12)…
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Participants: Will_Whatley, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/5/2006 Darcy Burgess: [paladin] -- rules clarification
Our group is likely going to be playing a paladin game v. soon (open source rules, setting will be derived from Werewolf: the Apocalypse -- basically taking "warriors for Gaia"…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Artanis.

5/6/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Snakes in the Shadows - prep for a convention game
Hi everybody. I’m preparing to run a game of TSoY at NordCon, one of the biggest European role-playing conventions. I have decided to use pre-generated characters. I do like to…
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Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, ( o Y o ), oliof.

5/8/2006 Halzebier: [TSOY] How many (fudge) dice do I need?
Hi there! I'm preparing for TSOY Revised and I wonder how many fudge dice I will need for myself and my group. They're quite expensive and not easy to get…
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Participants: Halzebier, Clinton R. Nixon, r_donato, Gaerik, Eero Tuovinen.

5/10/2006 Sydney Freedberg: So are these Keys & Secrets broken or what?
I'm getting back in the GM-as-worldbuilder seat after two years of Capes and Prime Time Adventures, and I chose TSOY as the best way to get the old-school D&D flavor…
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Participants: Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, Gaerik, r_donato, rafial, shadowcourt.

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