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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.

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.

11/26/2002 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 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: 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.

11/25/2002 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.

11/22/2002 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.

11/22/2002 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: 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.

11/13/2002 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.

11/6/2002 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.

11/5/2002 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.

11/5/2002 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.

11/4/2002 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.

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.

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.

10/3/2002 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.

10/3/2002 Khaibit: Sinai [Paladin]
You still remember the dream. Really, how can you forget; it was the day your life changed. You were in the middle of something intense: sex, childbirth, madness, depression, the…
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Participants: Khaibit, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, Jared A. Sorensen.

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.

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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.

12/6/2002 Shawn Conard: Few questions...
I have only recently downloaded and printed myself a copy of Donjon, but I hope to be running the game in the not-so-distant future. Anyway, in the process of trying…
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Participants: Shawn Conard, Wulf, RamblingMan, Mike Holmes.

12/9/2002 Jason L Blair: New Games?
Clinton, Hey, man. As you probably know, I'm a big fan of what Anvilwerks has put out so far but I'm curious as to whether you have any other products…
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy.

12/13/2002 Jürgen Mayer: OgreDonjon
I've seen that the guys over at http://www.ogrecave.com have put Donjon on their 2002 christmas gift buyer's guide: http://www.ogrecave.com/features/12xmas_2002_1.shtml OgreCave's 2002 Christmas List - part 1 Donjon anvilwerks.com, $10 Of…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

12/14/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Magic and Riptide
[quote="Spooky Fanboy"] (in another thread) [i]Riptide[/i] sounds kinda sweet. I've been dying for a game that mixes magic in with the everyday without being "otherworldly", but just part of the…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Joe Murphy (Broin), Spooky Fanboy, Gordon C. Landis, Bailywolf.

12/18/2002 Jason L Blair: For you Paladin fans
Check out the 12/18 installment of the 12 Games of Christmas: http://www.key20.com/12games
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Participants: Jason L Blair, joshua neff, Ace.

1/4/2003 GreatWolf: Middle Earth in Paladin/Middle Earth in Donjon
Hi, all. I was recently given copies of Paladin and Donjon for Christmas. (A clarification for Clinton's sake: someone bought me copies.) Well done on both, Clinton, and I'm looking…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Andrew Martin, Tony Irwin.

1/15/2003 Tony Irwin: Paladin Questions
Hey folks, I ran a character/world creation session for two friends last week for Paladin. We improvised a couple of scenes to try out the mechanic (which went great, we…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/20/2003 GreatWolf: One die in Donjon--now what?
My wife and I started a run of Donjon on Saturday. We're playing on the "Tongue in Cheek" setting for the Seriousness dial, which is a lot of fun. However,…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/23/2003 Michael S. Miller: A Paladin on the Hellmouth
Okay, I’ve got a million other gaming things to think about, but this one has gripped me today. I’ve been watching a lot of Buffy lately (Thank God for DVDs),…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, lumpley, Ben Morgan, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/29/2003 jburneko: Gothic Knights - A Setting Of Faith, Passion and Madness
So, someone of you know about my love for Ravenloft-esq settings. I've done this setting write up for Sorcerer but one idea that has always intregued me is the concept…
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Participants: jburneko, b_bankhead, joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

2/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: New Donjon review
Everyone, There's a great review of Donjon up at RPG.net. For a non-actual play review, I thought it was great.
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Wulf, Ron Edwards.

2/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Pak B1: Men of Steel and Beasts of Terror!
I'd like to announce that the first Donjon supplement, the Donjon Bestiary, will be available within the next week or two, so save up those nickels. For $5, the Bestiary…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, quozl, John Harper, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Spooky Fanboy, sben, Wulf, anonymouse, Chris Kucsera.

2/9/2003 Nikosandros: Two questions about combat
Hello, I just downloaded Donjon and I must say that I'm very impressed... I've got a couple of questions about combat. 1) What happens exactly at the end of a…
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Participants: Nikosandros, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/15/2003 Delta1: Praise
Just a short message to say what a brilliant job Clinton has done with both Paladin And Donjon. I bought my first three pdf games this past week and I…
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Participants: Delta1.

2/15/2003 Delta1: Serious Donjon :-)
Who here is running serious Donjon sessions? How are they going?
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Participants: Delta1, Clinton R. Nixon, quozl, Bailywolf, John Harper, Jason L Blair, lumpley, anonymouse.

2/17/2003 AnthonyRoberson: Just Bought Donjon and...
...it looks pretty good! Would anyone be interested in doing a little playtesting by e-mail? All you have to do is create a character and be able to answer 5-10…
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Participants: AnthonyRoberson, Mike Holmes.

2/17/2003 Drew Stevens: Matron - The Matrix in the Donjon
Whee, brain explosions! So, one of the Persistant Problems of Neuromancer style cyberpunk is that of the Decker- the person who isn't directly in the action, but exists in a…
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Participants: Drew Stevens, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper.

2/18/2003 ethan_greer: Donjon combat with six-siders
Has anyone tried using 6-siders for the initiative rolls in a flurry? If so, how'd it go? I'm planning on trying this myself at some point, but any wisdom y'all…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Valamir, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, quozl, jdagna, Shawn Conard.

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