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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.

5/5/2006 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.

5/4/2006 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.

5/4/2006 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.

5/2/2006 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.

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.

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.

4/27/2006 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 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.

4/25/2006 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.

4/24/2006 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.

4/24/2006 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] 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.

4/22/2006 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.

4/22/2006 ( 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.

4/21/2006 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.

4/19/2006 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.

4/14/2006 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.

4/13/2006 donbaloo: Mandatory or required Secrets
Are these secrets free or does the player pay advances for them like any others?
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Participants: donbaloo, Clinton R. Nixon.

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.

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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.

5/10/2006 Belinda K.: [TSoY] Pool refreshes
Can PCs refresh pools as part of normal gamey actions (e.g. "While I spend the night out drinking to refresh my Vigor, I'll also ask around in the pub if…
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Participants: Belinda K., rafial, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, segedy, John Harper, Mike Lucas, Twobirds.

5/11/2006 ( o Y o ): [TSoY] Begging for help!
OK. We decided to change the system, just for the experience - you know - midgame from TRoS to TSoY. We all think that the change went smooth. There are…
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Participants: ( o Y o ), Paka, rafial, John Harper, Clay, Frank T, demiurgeastaroth, r_donato.

5/13/2006 Halzebier: [TSOY] Better off without bonus dice?
I don't understand the die roll mechanics of TSOY. "After you roll, remove a number of your dice equal to your penalty dice, starting with pluses. If you…
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Participants: Halzebier, Ben Lehman, donbaloo.

5/14/2006 Ironchicken: [Donjon] Magical damage
It seems that the only damage formulae is based upon Vitality. This makes sense for physical attacks but not for spell damage. Have I missed something? Do others use house…
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Participants: Ironchicken, ldd23.

5/14/2006 Halzebier: [TSOY] Self-made keys
I'm trying to get the hang of TSOY, so I've created two keys to express the personality of an old D&D character of mine. Key of Disrespect Your character likes…
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Participants: Halzebier, r_donato, Eero Tuovinen, JMendes, John Harper, Alan.

5/15/2006 JohnU: [Donjon] Interested in playing online with OpenRPG
I have really taken to this game.  Currently I am PbP and having a blast.  Any interest in a Donjon game via OpenRPG? I hope this isn't too far off…
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Participants: JohnU.

5/20/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Difficulties with stakes negotiation
Hello, all, :) So, we had a most excellent TSoY session last night, about which, a post in Actual Play will follow soon. While I compose that post, I'd like…
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Participants: JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Ralek.

5/26/2006 Nigel Evans: [TSOY] Arthurian game – setting and character creation
I’ve just started running a TSOY game set in a non-historical Dark Ages Britain.  It came about from wanting to do a fairly low-prep game, and me liking the look…
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Participants: Nigel Evans, Paka.

5/27/2006 azrianni: [Donjon] 'splain "sharp weapons" to me
OK.  I'm looking at table 3-2 (weapons and armor) and trying to figure out the +1 for "sharp weapons."  Is that saying that any weapon that qualifies as "sharp" has…
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Participants: azrianni, ldd23, Mike Holmes, eruditus.

6/4/2006 IAmSwiftness: Does Clinton Have AIM?
Just curious, as it would be interesting to run some ideas by him in real time.
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Participants: IAmSwiftness, Ben Lehman.

6/8/2006 Sonja: [Donjon] Big list of abilities
Where can I find a big reference list of all the main and supporting abilities by Clinton Nixon or other "authoritative" authors, so I can consult it for ideas? It…
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Participants: Sonja, cpeterso, xjermx, Clinton R. Nixon, James_Nostack.

6/8/2006 Sonja: [Donjon] Renaming attributes
I find the current list of attributes very confusing and even sexist, e.g. virility/manliness means strength? :) In my games I plan to change the attribute names to something more…
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Participants: Sonja, Mike Holmes, James_Nostack, r_donato.

6/8/2006 Sonja: Donjon dice odds
I consulted some mathematicians and found the following useful statistics related to dice rolls in Donjon: When creating a character's attributes and rolling 3d6 and keeping only the median die,…
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Participants: Sonja.

6/9/2006 Miedvied: [TSoY] Astronomy
Specifically, I never quite grasped what the sky is like in Near. For some reason, I have the feeling that night-time is presided over by the moon, while day-time is…
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Participants: Miedvied, IMAGinES, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

6/9/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Swashbucklers
After a long lapse in regular gaming, I roped a group together and laid out all my indie games and threw out a few ideas for what we might play. …
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Participants: Matthew Glover, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/10/2006 Miedvied: [TSoY] The Knights of the Thrice-Bled Lotus
I was generally futzing about for some character thumbnails for a TSoY game I'm instigating on #indierpgs, and a throw-away line came to me as I was flipping through the…
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Participants: Miedvied, James_Nostack.

6/12/2006 Sonja: [Donjon] Is it free now?
Clinton has put up a TXT version of Donjon online for free: http://www.anvilwerks.com/src/donjon/donjon.txt Does this mean the PDF version (with nicer layout!) is also free now? What about the Donjon…
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Participants: Sonja, Twobirds.

6/18/2006 Gasten: [Donjon] What is a fact?
[quote author=James_Nostack link=topic=20055.msg210209#msg210209 date=1150210819] Here's the real question for Donjon, though, and one perhaps best saved for another thread: what on earth is a fact? [/quote] A fact is something…
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Participants: Gasten, James_Nostack, Clinton R. Nixon, cpeterso, epweissengruber, Hans, Lxndr, Valamir.

6/19/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: [TSOY] Starting a new game; asking about BDTP
RedPissLegion wrote: I get (i think... hope) the idea of BDTP, zoom in on the conflit and get your hands dirty with the bloody mess of the conflict. What's…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, RedPissLegion, Clay, Thunder_God, Gaerik, John Harper, Frank T.

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