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10/1/2002 Zak Arntson: More Donjon Characters
Okay, here's the Actual Play thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35015 And here's our characters: Goro, the Half Human-Dragon Vir: 5, Cer: 4, Dis: 5, Whe: 1, Adr: 5, Soc: 5 Save vs. Poison:…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Bailywolf, Nick Pagnucco, jdagna, K.R.Peterson, ejh, Clinton R. Nixon, anonymouse, b_bankhead, Chris Kucsera.


9/27/2002 bts: Donjon Starting Equipment
I've looked through the rules a few times, and I don't see how a character is supposed to select his starting equipment. Do you start with none, and go shopping…
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Participants: bts, Clinton R. Nixon, ejh.


9/26/2002 GB Steve: The Evil Powers of Rock & Roll
I was at a gig last night, the Supersuckers (self titled 'Greatest Rock and Roll band in the World). They rawked! Also last week at SteveCon, Steve Darlington ran a…
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Participants: GB Steve, quozl, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/23/2002 Matt Wilson: one small step, one giant leap
I haven't played Donjon yet, so you can call me for posting out my ass, but from everything I've read on the Forge and other places, the game deserves yet…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/21/2002 Zak Arntson: Alternate Monster Stats
I'm prepping a little for my Planescape Donjon game on Monday, and wanted to simplify the monsters. Two goals here: + Easier to improvise monsters during play. + Make combat…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/21/2002 Stefan Drawert: [Donjon] Used with actual D&D-crawls- How well does it w
hi to all! I'm new to Donjon, bought it after reading the review @rpg.net and enjoyed it pretty much. Actual game-experience is still on the horizon, though. the very reason…
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Participants: Stefan Drawert, Clinton R. Nixon, StephenGrady, Zak Arntson.


9/21/2002 Bailywolf: I Just Watched a Donjon scifi show: Firefly
Hey, I just watched the first broadcast episode of FIREFLY (http://www.fox.com/firefly/) and the whole time I was thinking, "damn! I could do this with Donjon!" Has anyone played with episodic…
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Participants: Bailywolf.


9/19/2002 Grex: Donjon review at rpg.net
Hi Clinton, I just submitted my playtest review of Donjon to rpg.net, and I assume that it will be posted later today. With one small exception it is a positive…
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Participants: Grex.


9/16/2002 Bailywolf: Colorful Donjon Characters
Hey all, care to share your DONJON characters? UNtil the online database is setup, a thread with ready-to-crib NPC/PC's might be fun. I'll Start. Name: Brother Chang Class : Enlightened…
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Participants: Bailywolf, deadpanbob, Grex, Dave Turner, Clinton R. Nixon, GB Steve, Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, ejh, catenwolde.


9/14/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Questions: Possessions
A Quick couple of question about permenant possessions: Does a permenant possession mean you have a slot for a possession you can carry from adventure to adventure, or does…
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Participants: Bailywolf.


9/13/2002 deadpanbob: Soopers: A Donjon Powered Game...
Clinton, I just got through reading Donjon - WOW! Very cool game. I hope to get to play it real soon... In any case, I thought of a potentially silly…
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Participants: deadpanbob, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/12/2002 Bailywolf: Anime Fantasy Donjon
This has been kicked around before (back when Donjon was still embriotic as Donjon Krawl), but I've got some things to riff on and ask about: I've been quite sick…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/12/2002 Ferry Bazelmans: Binding Donjon
Just a quick note to Clinton. I'm busy binding Donjon in a wooden cover, with a plethora of faux-tome accessories. I'll send you pics when it's done. *smile* Crayne
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Participants: Ferry Bazelmans, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West, DaR.


9/10/2002 Stuart DJ Purdie: Paladin Review
Review by Rafael Chandler up at rpg.net here.
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Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie.


9/10/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: If you read Places to Go, People to Be...
... or even if you don't, make sure and check out their new issue. I think you'll find the Once Upon a Time column quite interesting.
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Ron Edwards.


9/9/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Web goodies- soon?
Any ETA on the Donjon web-based support goodies (moster database, donjons, setting skeches)? I'd love to see what everyone has created to inflict on their players... thanks -Ben
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Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/6/2002 quozl: Supplements
I was just wondering what you had in mind for supplements. I have a game that I'm working on which may or may not be a good supplement for Donjon.…
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Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon.


9/6/2002 xiombarg: playtest and questions for Clinton
I just ran a quick pick-up game of Paladin with James and Emily (the same couple I ran Wuthering Heights for, the first time I ran it). It underlined something…
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Participants: xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege.


9/4/2002 xiombarg: Paladin: Comedy Knights
When I was at a SF con in Minnesota, I saw a comdey troupe called "Soylent Theatre", "A Theatre Troop Made of People". They did a series of sketches on…
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Participants: xiombarg.


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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10/3/2002 Jezrael: "Dune"jon [Donjon]
Hey everybody, first time posting here and I just wanted to run something by you guys that I posted on RPGnet yesterday. Originally posted by Jezrael on RPGnet I…
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Participants: Jezrael, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson.


10/11/2002 jdagna: Divination Powers
Got a question for everyone... how exactly would you implement a divination type ability in Donjon? It seems like the system would handle such abilities better than anything else I've…
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Participants: jdagna, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes.


10/16/2002 Tony Irwin: Starting Donjon
Just bought Donjon and am looking forward to running it with my group. Got stacks of old D&D material I could get a second run out of, but have asked…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Valamir, Zak Arntson, jdagna, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes.


11/4/2002 catenwolde: Donjon Paladins?
Has anyone tried to graft Paladin characters onto the Donjon game engine? I'm new to this, but it seems like it would take Donjon skill sets to drive the scenario…
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Participants: catenwolde.


11/5/2002 Wulf: Donjon Idea
Andrew Graham (and anyone else grom my group), clear off now... Everyone else, Hi! :-) I'm working on some ideas for Donjon, and a few other similarly new and narrative…
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Participants: Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.


11/5/2002 jdagna: A few ability questions
There are a few statements made about abilities that I'm not quite understanding fully. The first is that supporting powers are supposed to have only one type of effect. I've…
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Participants: jdagna, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon.


11/6/2002 catenwolde: Advice for New Paladin & Donjon Player?
Gents, With my brother and I planning our annual "get together over Thanksgiving for a week and do some gaming" event, I'm going to work up some sessions of both…
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Participants: catenwolde, Wulf, Mike Holmes, jdagna, quozl.


11/13/2002 Wulf: Donjon Ability question
While working on my bestiary, I hit a snag. When you hit a Barguest, as well as dealing damage to IT, it shocks you through your weapon and damages YOU...…
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Participants: Wulf, catenwolde, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.


11/22/2002 Wulf: Sharp pointy things
I've just noticed something about the weapon rules in Donjon. Sharp weapons get +1 die to damage. Fair enough. This makes them more expensive. Fair enough. However, unless I'm misinterpreting…
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Participants: Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna.


11/22/2002 RamblingMan: Spell-ing
I just mailed off for the Donjon pdf, and so I've been thinking about it as of late (and pondering possible characters), and a glaring omission in my knowledge occurred…
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Participants: RamblingMan, catenwolde, Valamir.


11/22/2002 Wulf: Donjon Kreechurs
I decided to split this off into another thread. So why not join in, everyone? Wulf p.s. Why can't the Forge log me in automatically? It does from my work…
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Participants: Wulf, Mike Holmes.


11/25/2002 Malybdemus: Donjon as PBEM Engine
Hey everyone. I just purchased the Donjon .pdf's after being intrigued by the player-driven aspect of the game, and I'm still going through it. So far, very impressed. My question…
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Participants: Malybdemus, jdagna.


11/26/2002 rikiwarren: Making Critters
I'm prepairing for my first Donjon game (on Wed.) and I have some questions about making critters. First, can critters go beyond the 6 pt limit for stats? Second, how…
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Participants: rikiwarren, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.


11/26/2002 RamblingMan: Donjon Martial Artist
This is my attempt to warp Donjon to my own designs and make a DBZ-ish martial artist (e.g, able to shoot energy from his hands), albiet a relatively low-powered one…
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Participants: RamblingMan, Mike Holmes.


11/26/2002 rikiwarren: GM originated encounters
Ok, here's the next question. How do you handle encounters that originate from the GMs side of the table? For example, say my band of adventurers are camping for the…
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Participants: rikiwarren, jdagna.


11/26/2002 Valamir: Mike's Big Adventure, dice mechanics, and escaping (Donjon)
Some playtest...here was Mike's Big Adventure. 1) investigate mysterious tower. 2) Go to tower 3) get attacked by demon thing 4) everybody dies ;-) I think my Leprechan actually survived…
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Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, RamblingMan, jdagna.


11/27/2002 RamblingMan: Shapeshifting - Any Thoughts?
One of the guys in my group wants to make a shapeshifter. Any thoughts on how to mimic this? Would it be better to make it mundane ability-based, or perhaps…
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Participants: RamblingMan, Clinton R. Nixon.


12/1/2002 Wulf: That first step
Maybe this should be in the 'Actual Play' forum, but I thought I'd post here since there isn't really a lot of 'play' in it. It's just my observations and…
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Participants: Wulf, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.


12/2/2002 RamblingMan: Less Dice?
Any ideas for reducing the number of dice? Rolling tons of dice is fun, but I'm not sure I'll always be able to get together more than 10 of any…
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Participants: RamblingMan, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bailywolf, quozl, Zak Arntson, rafial, Hogscape.


12/4/2002 RamblingMan: Flight
So, should flight be an ability? And when should it be tested? Should flying chars be forced to roll every time they want to fly? Esp. with the level +…
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Participants: RamblingMan, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon.


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