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7/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: New game (Paladin!) and new forum
Hey, everyone - I've got a forum now. After looking at how many posts there were about Donjon, Ron and I decided to give me my own little forum here.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Valamir, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Tim Denee, Ben Morgan.

7/23/2002 Ollog Herder: hmmm
what exactly was the problem with the magic system?
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Participants: Ollog Herder, Rich Forest, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Bailywolf.

6/26/2002 xiombarg: Donjon Krawl (and an unrelated concern)
Played Donjon Krawl on Monday. We didn't get to finish a full game, but it went generally well. Generally. I'll get to that in a moment. We had: Emily, who…
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Participants: xiombarg, Victor Gijsbers, Andrew Martin, Ring Kichard, hyphz, Paganini, Ron Edwards.

6/20/2002 jdrakeh: Vermin - a query for Clinton...
Clinton: I've just aqquired several copies of the old basic D&D rules as well as two sets of The Arduin Grimoire books and am looking to start an old-fashioned dungeon…
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Participants: jdrakeh, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The fall of the Paladin
Paul Czege posted a very interesting thread about how humbling it is to playtest your own game, which is amazingly convergent, since I just had the exact same experience. I…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, rafael, Paul Czege, DaR, Valamir, Zak Arntson, Wolfen, Yasha.

5/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin
Man, it's just new game day at The Forge, ain't it? Anyway, I wrote this over the last couple of days and really like it, but that's little indicator of…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Paganini, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Reality Aberrant, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, rafael.

4/5/2002 J B Bell: Handy generic dungeon (Donjon Krawl)
[url=http://www.hubris-games.com]Hubris Games[/url], the makers of [i]Story Engine[/i] and [i]Maestrom[/i], reviewed on this site, have a few plug-ins for their games downloadable for free. I just poked through [url=http://www.hubris-games.com/pdf/dtomb.pdf]Dublin's Tomb[/url], a…
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Participants: J B Bell.

3/30/2002 Andrew Martin: Donjon Krawl -> JB007 Spy Game
I've read through the Donjon Krawl rules, and have been playing in a super spies RPG, when I came to the realisation the Donjon Krawl with some cosmetic changes could…
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Participants: Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Jared A. Sorensen, Ring Kichard, Tyrant.

3/17/2002 Tim C Koppang: Donjon Krawl Adventure
I finally got around to playing Donjon Krawl! Overall it went well, with only a few snags. Most of the hold-ups were due to lack of rule knowledge, but that's…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR.

3/11/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Went to the con
I attended Game Storm, a convention in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. It was better than most small conventions I've been to by far, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to any…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, quozl, Bankuei.

3/9/2002 Tim Denee: Donjon Dice
Does it destroy the system to use d6s insteads of d20s in Donjon? I just don't have that many d20s...
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Participants: Tim Denee, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, DaR, J B Bell, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/8/2002 DaR: Donjons in Liechtenstein
Okay, so we actually played in Seattle, and the town was called Liechtenstein... Last night (Thursday), I had the opportunity to play Donjon with Clinton, Chris (Bankuei), and James (Yasha).…
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Participants: DaR, Bankuei, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Yasha, Jürgen Mayer, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/2/2002 Zak Arntson: Donjon: Apocalypse
I know Donjon isn't finished yet, but I'm already working on a Post-Apocalypse Donjon game. Play mutants! Deal with radiation! Drive cars! Blow cars up with rocket launchers! Anyhow, just…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

3/1/2002 Kenway: Chaotic Neutral: Donjon Alignment?
I don't know if anyone mentioned this already, but does DK have anything regarding alignment/alignment tongues?
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Participants: Kenway, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, Blake Hutchins, rafael, Balbinus, contracycle, joshua neff, Matt Snyder, Yasha, Bankuei.

2/27/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Characters & Monsters
Hey, everyone who has had a chance to play Donjon, please post some characters in this thread. I haven't played it, but would love to see what others have done.…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Tim Denee, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West.

2/27/2002 razar: Donjon criticals
Has anyone thought of any good ways to change the critical success/failure system in Donjon? I notice that criticals are much more likely to happen at low numbers of dice,…
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Participants: razar, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2002 mearls: Thoughts on Donjon Krawl
Jared spoke to me about Donjon Krawl last Wednesday, and I finally had a chance to read it over last night. Very interesting stuff. Anyway, some thoughts: * I love…
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Participants: mearls, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Kenway, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/24/2002 Tim Denee: Donjon missiles
What's the deal with missiles in Donjon? Is it remaining the same as in the playtest rules? If the action was a missile attack, the winner rolls damage with his…
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Participants: Tim Denee, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/22/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Heist!
Ocean's 11, The Sting, Snatch. Ever want to run a Caper Film game but couldn't find the right system? It's Donjon Heist! Make that roll, and you see the guards…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Kenway.

2/22/2002 Kenway: It Came From The Donjon!
Horror games would also work with DK rules. I'm thinking more of the shocks and crazy gunplay of Resident Evil rather than Call of Cthulhu. It was mentioned that DK…
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Participants: Kenway, Clinton R. Nixon.

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7/30/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: My first game design
[url=http://members.tripod.com/~tac_ezine/current.htm]The Physical Adept[/url] Long ago - actually, in 1999 - I submitted my first bit of game design to a 2nd edition AD&D fan zine. That's it, right above. I…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Le Joueur, greyorm, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, Tony Durham, Matt.

7/30/2002 xiombarg: An good idea is one worth stealing...
This is from an interview with Charles Ryan in the latest issue of d20 Weekly, about d20 Modern: We were faced with needing a whole set of rules for credit…
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Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins, greyorm, Zak Arntson, Bailywolf.

7/30/2002 quozl: Monsters
I just got a Monstrous Compendium binder stuffed with AD&D monsters from Ebay. Is there a simple conversion formula I could use to throw these monsters into Donjon? ---Jon
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Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Zak Arntson, ejh, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

7/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news
After all this time, I know some of you are skeptical on if Donjon's going to get done. I have, in fact, just laid out the first four chapters, albeit…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Zak Arntson, Anonymous, Le Joueur, efindel.

8/1/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin Inspiration - Soul Reaver video game
It occured to me last night how similar the Soul Reaver game's world is to the default Paladin world. Only from the point of view of a semi-repentant Undying. Quick…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes.

8/2/2002 Bob McNamee: Paladin Setting / Game ideas
I've had a few sketchy thoughts for Paladin settings... I've been scouting Supers games ideas for the last few months looking for systems to match different game tones...here's my attempt…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Jared A. Sorensen, Lee Torres, mahoux.

8/4/2002 Silent Tamatama: Paladins of Gen-Con inquiry
Paul Czege recommended the Paladin rpg as something that might be up my alley today and I was wondering if anyone who had a copy of the game was going…
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Participants: Silent Tamatama, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/5/2002 Tim Denee: paladins of hip-hop
I'm doing a paper on the history of african american music, and we had a lecture today about early (old-school) hip-hop. The Paladins of Hip-Hop (large parts ripped from "Wave…
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Participants: Tim Denee, Bob McNamee, Seth L. Blumberg, Silent Tamatama.

8/8/2002 efindel: Aaaaag! Must... have... Donjon!
Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. :-) --Travis
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Participants: efindel, Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, wyrdlyng, Ben Morgan.

8/9/2002 wyrdlyng: Paladin: Character Gen help
I understand the concepts behind Character Generation. It's just that I tend to use adjectives to describe a character rather than convert those traits into nouns. It's just an intuitive…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/15/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin - Inquisitor
My Indie Gaming Group is playing Paladin this coming weekend, and I've given them the choice (which I may have to make) between straight up Star Wars (with Jedi and…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Valamir, Blake Hutchins, Bob McNamee.

8/16/2002 Silent Tamatama: Questioning the Laws of the Order?
Hey Clinton. I got a chance to look at your Paladin game at Gen-Con thanks to Scott Knipe and had a couple of questions about the rules for Paladins in…
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Participants: Silent Tamatama, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/19/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon news (08/19/02)
Here's some exciting news: Donjon is done. Every single rule is written, equalling 46 full-size pages of fun. That doesn't mean it's going on sale tomorrow, though - I'm still…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, James V. West, Jürgen Mayer, quozl.

8/20/2002 Bob McNamee: Paladin Supers in Actual Play
by the way....played a short Paladin Supers playtest... in Actual Play Bob McNamee
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Participants: Bob McNamee.

8/21/2002 Jeffrey Straszheim: Paladin Q's
I just d/l'ed and printed Paladin yesterday, and have read through it twice now, and am very excited to play (when I can talk my wife into it). A couple…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Clinton R. Nixon, Zak Arntson, Valamir, Bob McNamee, xiombarg, Michael Bowman.

8/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: A comic called Donjon
On a trip to my local comic store right before leaving for GenCon, I noticed that there is a comic by the French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim called "Donjon." The French…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

8/22/2002 Jürgen Mayer: Donjon - the comic book
On a trip to my local comic store right before leaving for GenCon, I noticed that there is a comic by the French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim called "Donjon." The French…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West, Valamir.

8/29/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon is on sale!
Man, it feels good to get this thing done. Feel free to purchase - my birthday's only a week away, and every purchase is like a little present. http://www.anvilwerks.com/docs/buydonjon
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson, James V. West.

8/30/2002 Zak Arntson: [Paladin] Inquisitor help
I'm working on the required Attributes for Inquisitor characters, and I was hoping to get some help from y'all. Here's the rundown: There's three major orders of Inquisitor, each with…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Bob McNamee, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, S.Lonergan, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

9/3/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon errata
I just read through the print version of Donjon, and found one small piece of errata, which I thought I'd share: If one person rolling the dice in a Test…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

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