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In CRN Games 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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paul T, Ron Edwards, 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…
In CRN Games
Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Melinglor, Filip Luszczyk, Eero Tuovinen.
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)".
In CRN Games
Participants: Uruush, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.
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,…
In CRN Games
Participants: anders_larsen, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, shadowcourt.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Paul T, Clinton R. Nixon, oliof, shadowcourt, 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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Troels, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, lucky.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Aman the Rejected, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Myrmidon, Clinton R. Nixon.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Lexonus, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Corvus69, oliof, Frank Tarcikowski, Eero Tuovinen.
9/22/2007 Rob Alexander: two new keys - doubts
I've got a couple of idea for keys, one for the game I'm talking about here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24910.0 and one for another I'm planning.
This is for a spoilt-rich princess and…
In CRN Games
Participants: Rob Alexander, Eero Tuovinen.
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…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
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,…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Troels, oliof, shadowcourt.
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In CRN Games 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,…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
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...…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
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…
In CRN Games
Participants: Valvorik, rafial, shadowcourt.
1/12/2008 Adral: [TSoY] Doubts about using keys
Hello everyone,
I am thinking on running a TSoY campaign soon enough, but I really cannot understand properly a certain section of the rules regarding the Keys.
The section in…
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Participants: Adral, Clinton R. Nixon.
1/18/2008 oliof: Non re-entrance of BDTP and the Quickening of in-Game effects
Eero made the following remark on the Vulfen Species design thread:
On the other hand, what if the wizard's goal was to get past this other character, and he…
In CRN Games
Participants: oliof, sabbatregent, Troels, Eero Tuovinen, apoptosis.
1/23/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Dwarven species design
So, I'm at it again. Loving, as I do, all things Near, I wanted to take a crack at the dwarves and Goren setting which are talked about in the…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon, Troels, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Adrian F., Rich F.
1/29/2008 sabbatregent: [TSOY] Large scale BtDP (aka Bring Down the Birthright)
In another thread Eero said:
(On the other hand, I'm waiting expectantly for somebody to take Birthright's premise and run a Solar System game focused…
In CRN Games
Participants: sabbatregent, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Gaerik.
1/29/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] new Maldorite Cultural crunch
As promised in another thread, here's a bevy of Maldor Cultural stuff.
We use Cultural Abilities in a slightly different manner than either 1st edition or 2nd edition TSOY does.…
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Participants: shadowcourt.
1/29/2008 dindenver: Clarifications
Hi!
I am getting ready to start a pretty serious SoY (Revised) campaign soon and I want to get it right the first time if possible (before now I…
In CRN Games
Participants: dindenver, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, Frank Tarcikowski, shadowcourt, apoptosis.
1/30/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Settign question
Hi!
Sometimes I miss settings details, so I just want to double check (and I know you said do what you want with the setting, but I like to…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.
1/31/2008 Rich F: Soul Mate
I've been playing around with a TSOY variation, and came up with this Species Secret for Humans.
I'd be interested in peoples ideas on it as while I like the…
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Participants: Rich F, shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen.
2/1/2008 Yokiboy: [TSoY] Ability Checks and IIEE
Hello,
We played our six session of TSoY the other night, and had a blast as always. However, we had a break of three months prior to the session, and…
In CRN Games
Participants: Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen.
2/4/2008 Rich F: (TSOY) The Shadow of Eberron
I'm working on a version of TSOY that draws from D&D's Eberron campaign setting, and I'm hitting something of a creative block at the moment. I'm hoping some discussion here…
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Participants: Rich F, shadowcourt, Eero Tuovinen.
2/4/2008 Adrian F.: [TSoY] Some Zu Secrets
I added some Zu Secrets to the wiki,dealing with a ZU user who owns the Zu word for himself
http://tsoy.crngames.com/Secret_of_Zuname
http://tsoy.crngames.com/Secret_of_Uzname
http://tsoy.crngames.com/Secret_of_the_Stolen_Name%28specific_Name%29
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Participants: Adrian F., oliof.
2/4/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Near's Frozen South 2: Goren (and its new magical system)
Hey, everyone,
Wanted to pick people's brains and solicit comments about a nation and magic system I'm tinkering with. This is all part of my greater project to develop the…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, apoptosis, oliof, Troels, Adrian F..
2/6/2008 Eero Tuovinen: Near-Definite Setting Compendium
I was skiing yesterday, and a publishing project came to me. For those who don't know, I'm much more accomplished as an indie publisher than as an indie game designer;…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt, Troels, sabbatregent, Frank Tarcikowski, oliof.
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