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5/7/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Roland's Cavern and Donjon
Roland's Cavern, a website dedicated to an online chat-based role-playing group, has published an account of their Donjon game in their latest newsletter. The entire session is written as a…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon.

5/5/2003 Andy Kitkowski: PALADIN: I'd LOVE to see this in the future...
So the hardest part of gettng ready a game of Paladin (OK, ok, I've only run it once, but still...) is hammering out a code. Sure, the code is going…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee.

4/26/2003 Russell: First Donjon game report
My regular group ran our first Donjon game tonight, and it was a blast. Here's my initial report: The Setting: Unknown milennia in the future, mankind is ruled by the…
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Participants: Russell, anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/21/2003 urbwar: Paladin: Multiple Orders?
Looking through the back threads in the forum, I saw Zak Arneston had his Inquisitor orders, of which he had 3. Has anyone else run Paladin with more than one…
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Participants: urbwar, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Ciotti, Andy Kitkowski.

4/21/2003 John Harper: Paladin Fan Art
I've been inspired lately to do some fan art pieces for the indie RPG community, starting with my take on the core "image" for a few different games. After doing…
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Participants: John Harper, Ben Morgan, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, J. Backman, Jared A. Sorensen, Andrew Ciotti, rafial, ejh, tetsujin28, joshua neff.

4/17/2003 urbwar: Just bought Paladin, and had a question or two
I bought Paladin yesterday, and read through it last night. Still figuring out the rules and such, but it seems pretty straightforward and easy to use. I was thinking of…
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Participants: urbwar, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy.

4/16/2003 John Harper: Rolling gobs of dice... yet another alternative
I'm developing a system for an upcoming game project (Danger Patrol) and it sometimes calls for great handfuls of dice to be rolled, much like Donjon can. My "solution" is…
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Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, ethan_greer, Valamir, Rich Forest, Russell, Michael S. Miller, Bailywolf, Jason, Mike Holmes.

4/15/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Question about DONJON character sheets...
Not a serious, question, mind you, but a question nonetheless. :-) "I gets my scrilla from pimpin' " Er... What does that mean? We brought it up in my group:…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Jonathan Walton, Ben Morgan.

4/14/2003 hanschristianandersen: Paladins in The Matrix?
Having just seen the Matrix Reloaded trailer, I'm itching to play it, Paladin-style. I'm probably not the only one, either. ;-) How does this look for a Code? MINOR VOWS…
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Participants: hanschristianandersen, Valamir, John Harper, jdagna.

4/5/2003 Chris Kucsera: Donjon DM's Screen & Cheat Sheets
I realize that Clinton's new job has delayed several of his projects. Has anyone else created a DM's screen? Also, any cheat sheets that one would provide to new players…
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Participants: Chris Kucsera, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason Kottler, Andrea Gualano.

4/3/2003 anonymouse: [Paladin] Legacy: a Vagrant Story
So, here's the setting my sibling and I are going to be playing Paladin in. It's based on the Playstation game Vagrant Story, which we're both extraordinarly fond of. There…
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Participants: anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins.

4/2/2003 dunlaing: Problem with Shadow of Yesterday
ok, so it's a really small problem, but Nutria aren't " the largest of the rodents", Capybara are. Nutria are nearly as large as a beaver.
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Participants: dunlaing, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/2/2003 RamblingMan: [Donjon] Animal Companions
Any thoughts on how to make an ability to get animal companions, without being overpowered? I'd like to have a way to use abilities like this, but not sure how…
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Participants: RamblingMan, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/31/2003 RamblingMan: Magic: Buffing Spells
Has anyone had characters that used "buffing" spells? Like, spells that add to their strength? Or create effective strength (like Telekinesis)? I'm trying to figure out a way to represent…
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Participants: RamblingMan, Chris Kucsera, anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/31/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Riptide--where did it go?
Just curious: Did this get put on the back burner? Or did it get put away more permenantly? I remember it being mentioned, and discussed on this list, then it…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/31/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Setting: Hyrule.
Been playing a lot of Wind Waker recently, so a Donjon-themed Link was on my mind. As a variant, it'd be interesting to turn an Attributes dial and use -…
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Participants: anonymouse, greyorm, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes.

3/31/2003 RamblingMan: Dice Less Task Resolution
I was just wondering what sorts of things people may have tried for resolving tasks without using as many dice as needed. I don't have very many dice, or an…
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Participants: RamblingMan, anonymouse, Mike Holmes, quozl, Scripty, Dev.

3/27/2003 ethan_greer: Shadow of Yesterday: A question
So in this thread, After quite a bit of thought, I've decided to make The Shadow of Yesterday a free game, with a commercial hard-copy release. Can you go over…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/26/2003 Chris Kucsera: Dunjon Magic Item Question
In the treasure section, one of the example items is a wand that shoots flame. It is listed as burn with flame 5 (total worth 10). I'm not clear on…
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Participants: Chris Kucsera, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/26/2003 Trevis Martin: Paladin - Only one weapon?
Hey Clinton I've just recently purchased and read Paladin and I have a question. There is a point early in the rules that you mention its important the the Paladin…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, Bob McNamee, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

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5/12/2003 Bailywolf: Donjon Ability Help- Disbelieve Illusions
I've got a potential player- an old-school D&D player- who wants his character to be able to 'disbelieve illusions'... fine I think, right along with a classic theme (I remember…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Mike Holmes, zmook, anonymouse, Ratpick.

5/12/2003 jdrakeh: Praise for Anvilwerks
Clinton, I realize that I'm behind the times here, but I just purchased Donjon and Paladin from the bookshelf and wanted to say... WOW! Donjon has progressed a loooooong way…
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Participants: jdrakeh, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/27/2003 catenwolde: Donjon ... Still Lovin' It
My brother came up for a four-day visit over the holiday weekend, and we finally got a chance to get back to Donjon after a hiatus since January (and before…
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Participants: catenwolde, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/27/2003 MistHunter: PALADIN Setting...Anyone interested?
In the near future scientists uncovered 'True Alchemy', a form of power that is used in conjunction with atoms and such, to create Life, and everything else that can't be…
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Participants: MistHunter, Mike Holmes.

5/30/2003 Ravious: [Donjon] Trouble with First Session
Ok we had 4 players. Strong Guy with: Lift Anything, Bend Metal, Flex Muscles (intimidation), Sit On, and Punch Good Pirate with: Rape and Pillage, Swashbuckle with a Sword, Sail…
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Participants: Ravious, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/4/2003 galex: Quick Paladin question
Please forgive me if this has been addressed before. I tried to do a search, but did not find the answer I was looking for. I'm curious about Paladin (I…
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Participants: galex, Michael S. Miller.

6/6/2003 Jason: One Donjon Question
I just got the game, and I had one question. On the weapons table, it lists fists, small weapons, etc. But then it says that sharp weapons are +1. I'm…
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Participants: Jason, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/10/2003 simkin: random city/scenario tables for Donjon?
In some very old post about Donjon someone suggested that there be tables to roll on to generate random scenarios or cities. Has anyone done something like this?
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Participants: simkin.

6/24/2003 Russell: Donjon Harry Potter
Just wanted to point out that a few of us are discussing this over at RPGnet: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1052451#post1052451. Thoughts?
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Participants: Russell, Mad-Eye Moody, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Bailywolf.

7/4/2003 mike: Donjon... using Fudge dice!
Okay, I have a weird idea. I really love Donjon, but the dice pool mechanic turns me away. I want something simpler. So, I'm thinking of using Fudge dice instead…
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Participants: mike, Sonja, xjermx, cpeterso, furashgf.

7/7/2003 Morfedel: I hate paypal
Ok: I've moved, therefore my address, phone number, and email changed. In addition, I forgot my paypal account. I figured, no problem. I will just create a new account. Nope.…
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Participants: Morfedel, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

7/10/2003 Nicolas Crost: Serious Donjon Reloaded
Hi all. We started playing Donjon a short while ago and after the prototypical dungeon crawl with rather low seriousness, we started with new characters and had a serious adventure!…
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Participants: Nicolas Crost, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, Lxndr, Sadric.

7/16/2003 Matt Wilson: Donjon GAMMA
In a couple weeks I have the opportunity to run a 3-5 session game, and I'm thinking Donjon in a Gamma World-ish setting. Seems like a piece of cake on…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Alan, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bailywolf, rafial.

8/8/2003 Matt Wilson: Donjon Goal Awards guidelines
Did I miss something on that in the game text? I'm wondering what a good goal award number is. In the sample adventure it looks like goals are worth far…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, rafial.

8/8/2003 Jason Puckett: Things Fall Apart: a Paladin setting in progress
Hi, all -- long-time-lurker-first-time-poster here. I've been tinkering in my head with a Paladin setting for a couple of days and I thought I'd submit them for comments and brainstorming.…
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Participants: Jason Puckett, Mike Holmes, ScottM, John Harper, Jhilahd, Bob McNamee.

8/21/2003 Chris Gardiner: Final Fantasy Donjon
So after our first Donjon game at the weekend, several of us decided that it would be the perfect system to run a Final Fantasy-esque RPG with, for the following…
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Participants: Chris Gardiner, anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, MachMoth.

8/22/2003 rafial: Attribute pools at 0. Any effect?
So I'm fighting this intelligent lobster riding in a mechanical spider chair, see, and I'd like to knock out the chair (or at least render it incapable of moving) so…
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Participants: rafial, Clinton R. Nixon, Catalyst.

8/23/2003 Dev: Quick Donjon question
Is there any kind of set guideline for how to give out experience in play? I didn't see any recommended one in the PDF.
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Participants: Dev, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/30/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Wiki and Me
Yesterday (Friday, Aug 28), I managed to wipe out over half the Anvilwerks.com website. I backup every website I run except my own, apparently. I've been contemplating a new website…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, John Harper, Hugin, rafial, Bob McNamee, ScottM.

9/11/2003 anonymouse: Some Donjon thoughts on monsters.
1: Fully-statted monsters - such as presented in the sample adventure, or the Monster Pak - are useless unless you enforce the following: A: Players must be allowed to peruse…
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Participants: anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon, Catalyst.

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