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9/22/2007 Rob Alexander: Alternatives to BDTP, and some key trouble
I'm going to be running TSOY at a convention here in the UK (Furnace 2007, Sheffield, 20-21 October - link is here: http://www.rpgfurnace.com/) and I'm looking for advice on a…
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Participants: Rob Alexander, Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen.

9/19/2007 Troels: Converting campaign to TSoY
Hi there I was planning a TSoY campaign set in Near, but then something happened. My group got so fed up with the lack of dice in our Mortal Coil…
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Participants: Troels, Eero Tuovinen, Greis.

9/16/2007 Troels: [TSoY] Trained by a Master
Greetings unto you, Hidden Masters of TSoY! I'm tinkering with a campaign idea for TSoY, and I'm having a little trouble with the Transcendence mechanic. I get the concept and…
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Participants: Troels, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/8/2007 Clay: TSoY Resource for Weapons & Armor
I've got a game coming up on Sunday, and I realized as I was going over my prep that I don't really have a uniform way to deal with weapons…
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Participants: Clay, Eero Tuovinen.

9/2/2007 Falc: Donjon issues
Last Thursday I started GM'ing some Donjon sessions to fil in a gap between campaigns. It was the group's first time playing Donjon, mine as well, and while we had…
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Participants: Falc, The Dragon Master.

8/30/2007 Yokiboy: [TSoY] 1-on-1 Play - Divorcing TSoY from Near and other questions
Hello, We're about to play some TSoY for the first time. The game will have me SG'ing and just one player. Our weekly RPG group normally consists of four participants,…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Gaerik, hix.

8/27/2007 Troels: [TSoY] Species metamorphoses
Hi there I bought TSoY last week, and it looks really great. I'm tinkering with a campaign idea for when my Mortal Coil campaign ends, and I want to build…
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Participants: Troels, oliof, shadowcourt.

8/26/2007 Rob Alexander: Dice Question
I'm running TSOY at a con soon, and there's a couple of things I've been confused about for a while that I want to get nailed down for that: 1)…
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Participants: Rob Alexander, Twobirds.

8/14/2007 Blessdevil: [TSoY] "painfull" question
I’m mastering a TSoY campaing and I’ve a strange problem. One of the player is an extremely noble and rich Ammenite, very skilled in poison making. He owns and rules…
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Participants: Blessdevil, thark, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt, shadowpriest.

8/2/2007 oliof: [TSOY] Zu Rules question
So, we were discussing syllables for Frank on that german rpg forum. A rules problem popped up. The rules explicitly state: only animate beings can be affected, and a…
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Participants: oliof, Frank Tarcikowski.

7/31/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: What TSoY really needs is a list of Zu syllables
Frankly. I know, the point is “make up your own”, but whenever I’m supposed to make up my own, I’m stuck for at least ten minutes. I toss it out…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

7/27/2007 Clay: TSOY Supplements
Clinton, A couple of years back, you mentioned that you were at work on a TSOY supplement, something to do with religious groups and cults in TSOY.  Did that go…
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Participants: Clay, oliof.

7/11/2007 Aman the Rejected: Nuts and Bolts Rules Question
I have just a general question that I hope has a simple answer. Can anyone help me speculate on what would happen if Harm was always 1? This hypothetical would…
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Participants: Aman the Rejected, Twobirds, oliof, Gaerik.

7/7/2007 oliof: REIGN of TSoY
Inevitably, I had to mash up two of my favorite games. Since I didn't see a simple, non-artificial way to graft keys onto REIGN, I went out and "statted" up…
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Participants: oliof, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/4/2007 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Goblin Adaptability has never quite sat right with me
This was inspired by a comment I made on another threat about how abilities never really require Secrets to perform as written-- the assumption being that you don't have to…
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Participants: shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen, Ludanto.

7/2/2007 xjermx: [TSOY] commanding NPCs via an ability
This may not be the first time this flavor of question has been asked, but I couldn't locate its twin, so - It occurred to me to have an ability…
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Participants: xjermx, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt, oliof.

6/27/2007 Rob Alexander: [TSOY] PCs can win if they want to?
In another thread, Eero said: For your concerns, I direct you to check out the resource odds the system of TSOY provides for players. There…
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Participants: Rob Alexander, oliof, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen.

6/26/2007 Frank Tarcikowski: [TSoY Prep] What is in the ancient Zaru capital?
So, in our World of Near, I am using Harald’s interpretation of the geography: The Zaru now live in the Zaru delta, but the peninsula to the north is the…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen, Rob Alexander, oliof.

6/21/2007 Bret Gillan: [TSOY] Don't Make Me Fuck You Up With My Crane Style
Hey guys. I wanted a game that I could play while I listened to rap, so I tinkered with The Shadow of Yesterday (for its brilliance, tinkerability, and consistently awesome…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, xjermx, Eero Tuovinen.

6/20/2007 xjermx: Keys that tie in to other players
So I'm thinking about a TSoY game in which some of the players are bound to other players - something like the relationship between Warders and Aes Sedai in Wheel…
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Participants: xjermx, Eero Tuovinen.

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9/23/2007 Corvus69: [TSoY] parallel action priority, task difficulty and other confusing things
hello this is my first post here. I actually registered just to ask these questions. I study TSoY and I really like it. But there are things that really confuse…
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Participants: Corvus69, oliof, Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen.

9/24/2007 Yokiboy: [TSoY] Lambert's Quest for Redemption
Hello, I am posting an actual play report from our 1-on-1 game called Lambert's Quest for Redemption. The game is played with me as the Story Guide, and one of…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

9/28/2007 Lexonus: [TSOY] healing question
So I am going through the rules in anticipation of introducing a few friends to the game and I am puzzled by the healing rules.  The rules say: Healing works…
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Participants: Lexonus, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.

10/3/2007 Myrmidon: Keys of Motivation vs Keys of Everything Else
Can anyone assist me achieve a better understanding of the how 1/2/5 keys (Motivation) differ from 1/3 keys (Everything else)? For example: Key of Conscience     Your character has…
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Participants: Myrmidon, Clinton R. Nixon.

10/9/2007 Aman the Rejected: [TSOY] The Shadow of the Abyss
On Saturday I ran a game for Eric and Lisa Provost and a new member of our local area, Eric Lofgren. It was intended to be a Conspiracy of Shadows…
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Participants: Aman the Rejected, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

10/18/2007 Troels: [TSoY] Curses and necromancy
Hi A question and an idea I'm rather proud of. Question: Here's an idea for a Secret: Cursing. It's sort of Blessing in reverse. The idea is, you make an…
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Participants: Troels, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, lucky.

10/20/2007 Paul T: [TSoY] Help me poison my lover
Hello. I'm hoping to run a game of TSoY in the near future. I've been reading over the text that's just been put up on the CRN wikipage, and everything…
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Participants: Paul T, Clinton R. Nixon, oliof, shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen.

10/28/2007 anders_larsen: [TSoY] Mass combat
Normally when I run games I try to keep away from mass combat - no matter what system I use - because I have a hard time handle them well,…
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Participants: anders_larsen, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, shadowcourt.

11/3/2007 Uruush: [TSoY] Discern Truth
Is this a Reason or Instinct Ability? In my copy, it's listed as an Instinct Ability in the Ability section, but the example goblin character has "Discern Truth (R)".
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Participants: Uruush, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

11/8/2007 Melinglor: Felexibility of Key Buyoffs?
I'm preparing to run Shadow of Yesterday and I've been thinking about Key Buyoffs. I love the wholeidea,but it nags at me that the stated Buyoffs for some of the…
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Participants: Melinglor, Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen.

11/19/2007 pells: [TSOY] - dealing with large groups
Context : I'm preparing a game with a couple of friends to play Avalanche using TSOY and I did come across some problems ... I've got mainly two situations that…
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Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen.

11/21/2007 Paul T: [TSoY] Number of advances and Keys
I'm posting here as someone who wasn't played TSoY yet, in hopes of getting some basic advice. I may be playing with RPG newbies, and I want to simplify the…
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Participants: Paul T, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

11/29/2007 Troels: [TSoY] Shadows of Other Settings
I think I'm getting the hang of it now. I had been a bit worried that TSoY would be cool in Near, and not-so-cool elsewhere, because setting and system are…
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Participants: Troels, Ron Edwards, oliof, shadowcourt, Greis.

11/30/2007 oliof: [TSOY] Return to Oran
What follows is a back translation of my current vision of Oran, inspired by Clinton and Eero elsewhere on this forum. Onno Tasler helped a lot with making this Oran,…
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Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

12/4/2007 Greis: [TSOY] Passion Dice and A Gift from the Future
Hi One of the neat things about TSoY er The Gift of Dice, however I can't help experimenting a bit with this resource. Recently Troels and I have begun playing…
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Participants: Greis, Eero Tuovinen, Troels.

12/16/2007 akfu: [TSoY] Out of stock?
So after much lurking I finally decided to pick up a print copy of TSoY from Indie Press Revolution and to my horror they're out of stock!  Any idea when…
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Participants: akfu, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, iago, sabbatregent.

12/28/2007 sabbatregent: [TSoY] A silly question about araka
So, the people in Qek have this cool drink called araka. Araka is supposed to be a distilled poison. But Distill Herbs is something only Ammenites know how to do...…
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Participants: sabbatregent, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/3/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Near's Frozen South
Hey, all, I've been kicking around ideas for my next game of TSOY. Having played in both Maldor and Ammeni, and not wanting to quite dive into the steaming jungles…
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Participants: shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, oliof, Troels, Rich F.

1/7/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Vulfen species design
I've decided to post this seperately from the "Near's Frozen South" thread, even though the ideas are fairly interrelated. Nonetheless, a species splat just popping up in the middle of…
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Participants: shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen, sabbatregent, dindenver, Troels, oliof.

1/8/2008 Valvorik: Accidental Outcomes?
Can a Player Character end up killing someone when they weren't trying to? E.G., You're trying to beat your opponent in duel to teach him a lesson, the chaotic nature…
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Participants: Valvorik, rafial, shadowcourt.

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