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9/30/2006 greyorm: [TPK] The Isle of Nightmares
As mentioned over in the AP thread, I need to develop an island for the kids to play through. This is my first attempt at such a thing, so any…
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Participants: greyorm, Supplanter.

9/30/2006 cdr: [TPK] Any Demo notes?
Are there any notes avilable for demo'ing The Princes' Kingdom, such as example princes or struggles? Dogs has a killer demo (stopping your brother from murdering the whore his son's…
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Participants: cdr.

9/24/2006 1of3: [Donjon] Variant: Bloody Donjon
Hi. I always thought that the idea of Donjon is great but the rules always felt clunky. Now a player didn't arrive and we decided to have some old-school dungeoneering…
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Participants: 1of3.

9/21/2006 Sinistraphobia: Clinton Nixon, Guest of The Gamestas
As prolific a podcasters as Clinton is, he managed to find time to give us a very good interview, and we wanted to share it with you guys.  Check out…
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Participants: Sinistraphobia.

9/19/2006 Ruminator: Paladin in Risus
I really liked the ideas in Paladin, and I really like Risus....so I did the next (natural to me anyway) thing and converted it to Risus.  It hasn't been fully…
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Participants: Ruminator, Twobirds.

9/15/2006 JMendes: [Donjon] Hospitality
Hoy, :) What's it for, is basically the question... To clarify, I understand what it means and I know why I should have the numbers and use them to color/inform…
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Participants: JMendes, James_Nostack, eruditus.

9/15/2006 DaveyJJ: Any lite or preview version of The Princes Kingdom to review?
Clinton, I'm in a huge discussion thread over on RPG.net right now about a) getting back into RPGs after more than 20 years away; b) finding a suitable RPG system…
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Participants: DaveyJJ, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/14/2006 Four Skulls: Need some help with Secrets
I'm thinking about running my next game with the TSoY system, but I'm not quite sure how to use secrets to model my character's abilities correctly (I hope that doesn't…
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Participants: Four Skulls, RedPissLegion, Twobirds, JMendes.

9/11/2006 alexandro: Helping other Characters
I think I have a problem regarding how characters can use their abilities to help each other. The book says, that you can use a secondary (or tertiary...etc.) ability to…
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Participants: alexandro, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt.

9/11/2006 Supplanter: [TPK] Carnation Island
This one was created especially to hook my daughter, player of Princess Rose, so it's a "princess island." I threw in what would otherwise be more male characters than I…
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Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing.

9/10/2006 alexandro: New Secret- need opinions
[b]Secret of Privileges[/b] You are nearly always acompanied by allies, underlings or slaves and you are very skilled at directing them to do all the heavy-lifting for you. You may…
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Participants: alexandro, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

9/8/2006 Spooky Fanboy: Whatever happened to Riptide?
Is it still gelling in the background, or is it kinda dead in the water? It sounded real cool...
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/7/2006 Doyce: Three-corner magic with no Secrets
Hi all, So... I've had TSoY in one incarnation or another for about two years, and I finally sat down last week and forced myself all the way through the…
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Participants: Doyce, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt.

9/4/2006 qingtian: Babel Deluxe Game
Use your word skills to build an inspiring tower in this lexical challenge in the ancient world. Travel through time to a land where words have yet to be invented.…
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Participants: qingtian.

8/30/2006 eruditus: [Donjon] newbie question about PC death
Good afternoon, So I finally grabbed Donjon.  I like the perspective thus far although I will say that I haven't played yet.  TSoY is next on the list along with…
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Participants: eruditus, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/29/2006 Myrmidon: Is TSOY no longer available online for free?
Clinton et al.,   On the old anvilwerks site there was access to the full text of TSOY (both original and revised).  But on the new site, I don't see…
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Participants: Myrmidon, Clinton R. Nixon, Twobirds, droog, r_donato, Clay.

8/28/2006 IMAGinES: TSoy BDtP Rules Quibble
Hi, Clinton, Something I wanted to check with you. Over in the Actual Play forum, you wrote: Parallel vs Perpendicular…
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Participants: IMAGinES, Eero Tuovinen, Daermon, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/28/2006 cpeterso: Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator?
Does the Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator still exist? The old anvilwerks.com URL http://www.anvilwerks.com/c_and_c.php is currently 404. And http://www.crngames.com/c_and_c.php too. thanks, chris
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Participants: cpeterso, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/26/2006 Doyce: A *THIRD* Cover?
Okay, before I bitch that I ordered a revised edition copy of TSoY (apparently) about month too early and got the one cover I flat out do not like at…
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Participants: Doyce, Clinton R. Nixon, Squeeze, Skywalker, Brand_Robins, coffeestain, Clay.

8/26/2006 BWA: [Sweet20] d20 Keys
Clinton, My D&D group is just getting back together this week after a long hiatus, and we were all super excited to use the version of Keys you worked out…
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Participants: BWA, Clinton R. Nixon, cpeterso, ffilz.

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10/15/2006 xjermx: TSOY Wushu
I dont know why this did not occur to me earlier, or why I didn't grasp the idea sooner.. but it dawned on me suddenly that my destiny involved running…
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Participants: xjermx, Selene Tan, shadowcourt, Danny_K, Hans, Iskander, Thor Olavsrud, John Harper.

10/17/2006 crowyhead: [TSOY] New Ratkin shamanic secret
I'm kinda geeked because I wrote my first ever custom TSOY secret this week.  I'm playing an albino ratkin shaman named Lutra, and Josh (shadowcourt) and I have been having…
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Participants: crowyhead.

10/19/2006 Hans: [Donjon] Mind Control
Hi all: Here is a quick question; how have you all dealt with people trying out Mind Control type effects.  Specifically, when a person makes a casting roll, and has…
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Participants: Hans, memolith, Markku Tuovinen.

10/20/2006 Iskander: [TSoY] Harm and success
So, Prince Abdul ibn Rahman al'Katab, heir to the Sultanate of the Striped Isles, is this eight-foot tiger guy, and he's in Hell, where he's unwittingly challenged the late Soul…
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Participants: Iskander, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud.

10/31/2006 memolith: Question about selling items
Can you sell/trade items that your character pulled out with Provisions? I suppose there's no real reason to prohibit it, I just wanted to make sure. I have this weird…
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Participants: memolith, Hans.

11/1/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] Gift Dice and their numbers
Hey, :) Clinton, I'd like to ask you a question: what was the rationale for setting the amount of Gift Dice given to each player each session? The rules state…
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Participants: JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, crowyhead, shadowcourt, Andy Kitkowski.

11/2/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Key of the Masochist
Let me begin by quoting the rulebook: Key of the Masochist Your character thrives on personal pain and suffering. Gain 1 XP every time she is bloodied and 3 XP…
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Participants: r_donato, segedy, shadowcourt, Doyce.

11/4/2006 r_donato: [TSoY] Confusion about Qek spirit magic
I'm hoping someone can clear up some questions about Qek spirit magic for me. 1) Zamani cannot be contacted. Based on the description of contacting roho and sasha, does that…
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Participants: r_donato, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/10/2006 memolith: [Donjon] Many Various Tweaks
First off, I want to say how much I love Donjon. We finished up the sample adventure in the book last night, and it was tremendously fun. One short anecdote:…
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Participants: memolith, The Dragon Master, 1of3.

11/11/2006 Doyce: Secret of Imbuement & Living Morph
Quick question: Someone wants a furry cloak that, norse-like, lets them change into an animal form.  Okay. Great. Secret of Imbuement with Secret of Living Morph from 3-corner magic.  Falcon-shape…
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Participants: Doyce, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman.

11/13/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Secret of Mighty Blow
Rules question. I have a Vigor pool of 5+ and the Secret of Mighty Blow. The first time I hit, in a fight, ends the fight, because I can spend…
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Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/24/2006 Miskatonic: TPK review at RPGnet
New review of The Princes' Kingdom up on RPGnet: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12593.phtml Pretty good review.
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Participants: Miskatonic.

11/29/2006 Judaicdiablo: [TSOY] Keys - in Business Card Format
Hi All,   I made these a while back for our game and I finally got around to finishing them up.  I hope you like them.  I plan to do…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, forlorn1, oliof, Andy Kitkowski, IMAGinES, ZeOtter.

11/30/2006 Supplanter: {TPK} The Princes' Kingdom Wiki
Doyce Testerman has generously provided Random Average Wiki space for Princes' Kingdom. Yay! I'd love it if Doyce and Raven and Brennan Taylor and others who have played the game…
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Participants: Supplanter, Caesar_X, HMT.

12/5/2006 AaronDaMommio: [Donjon] Using Donjon as a first RPG
I've been playing Donjon with my 9 year old son. It's my first try at Donjon and his first serious try at an RPG. We've been playing just the two…
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Participants: AaronDaMommio.

12/11/2006 Invain: Donjon still available from IPR?
I was looking for Donjon on the IPR website today and couldn't find it. Is it still available in print form? Thanks! ~Kevin McD
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Participants: Invain, Trevis Martin.

12/13/2006 thark: [TSOY] Inapplicable Keys
Something that hasn't come up yet in play (three sessions into our first TSOY campaign and lovin' it so far) but which I've realized might and wanted to have an…
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Participants: thark, Twobirds, Eero Tuovinen, r_donato, Alan.

12/13/2006 WRPIgeek: [Donjon] Looking for feedback on a supplement
Howdy everyone. I've been a fan of Donjon for quite a while, and when I looked back into it recently I found out it was on a Creative Commons license.…
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Participants: WRPIgeek, The Dragon Master, Hans.

12/13/2006 joewolz: [TSOY] Quick Harm Question.
Can a character be Harmed in a situation in which the Pain was not Brought down?
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Participants: joewolz, Technocrat13, Eero Tuovinen, IMAGinES.

12/18/2006 Ludanto: Secret of Knock-Back?
Ok, it knocks an opponent back several yards.  Got that.  But it also ends Bringing Down the Pain "without resolution".  Sooooo, what does that mean?  Do we go back to…
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Participants: Ludanto, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik.

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