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8/29/2004 Akuma Kyo: A second look at combat
From FATE rulebook (Page 41): Dramatic Weapons and Armor (This is the default for Fate) Weapons are not judged in terms of highly specific statistics, but in terms of the…
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Participants: Akuma Kyo, Vaxalon, Andrew Martin, Noon, Tobias, mike, John Harper, Doug Ruff, Hereward The Wake.

8/28/2004 Noon: (Lumpley) agreement and how it's arrived at
Sort of split from here. This is a clearer summary of that thread, in terms of the idea I was asking about and trying to get across. First, lets look…
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Participants: Noon, M. J. Young, Vaxalon, lumpley, Marco, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, Doug Ruff.

8/27/2004 Kester Pelagius: The Harsh Reality of Game Design and the ‘Fantasy Heartbreak
Greetings, I was hoping to use this as the first article in a regular column series at RPGnet, but long story short that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Precious Villain, eyebeams, Mark D. Eddy, ErrathofKosh, mike.

8/27/2004 Person: Re: Mike's Standard Rant #3
Recently a friend (hi Albert!) recommended that I read Mike's Standard Rants, which I did. Overall I found them very insightful, but I found myself somewhat bothered by a…
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Participants: Person, bcook1971, Dev, ADGBoss, HMT, timfire, neelk, Vaxalon, Marco, M. J. Young.

8/27/2004 M. J. Young: Acceptance of Delayed Gratification--a Gamer Trait?
In Rewards for Setting Up, Callan (Noon) asked what the personal rewards were for the time spent setting up for a game. He put forward the idea that in-game…
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Participants: M. J. Young, Noon, Negilent, John Kim, Eric J., Doctor Xero, timfire, contracycle, Ravien, Cup of Iron, Storn.

8/26/2004 Noon: Rewards for setting up
We talk alot about game rewards here at the forge, so I thought I'd ask about those for setting up. By setting up I mean what's needed for a session…
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Participants: Noon, Doctor Xero, Marco, clehrich, bcook1971.

8/25/2004 Eric J.: My D6 Mods (Split from "How to Spice up Combat")
Okay, I've needed a thread to figure out how to deal with my D6 mods for a while now. This might end up longish... but please bare with me. I…
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Participants: Eric J., Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh.

8/25/2004 ADGBoss: World of Darkness 2.0... Rulebook First Impressions (essay)
[u][b]World of Darkness Rule Set: First Impressions[/b][/u] Well under pressure and duress from my SO I decided to have some friends pick up the new WOD2 and Vampire Requiem from…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Albert of Feh, sirogit, DannyK, Zathreyel, Jack Aidley, Walt Freitag, Scripty, Noon, Ron Edwards, Landon Darkwood, eyebeams.

8/24/2004 Darcy Burgess: Quandry: using a beloved setting that's highly restrictive
[b]Lead-in:[/b] Originally posted [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12406]here[/url], but redirected to this forum. [b]The Backstory:[/b] I'm working on a Star Wars campaign, using a conversion of the Riddle of Steel as a mechanic (if…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Alan, Sydney Freedberg, Eric J., greedo1379, Andrew Martin, Tobias, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Madeline, anonymouse, Doctor Xero, greyorm, Itse, M. J. Young.

8/24/2004 Eric J.: How to spice up combat- The less rhetorical question
As some sortof recent threads in Actual play may or may not have said, I'm currently in my best campaign yet, Star Wars: Sins of the Father. I'm using classic…
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Participants: Eric J., Thor, Andrew Martin, Doctor Xero.

8/22/2004 Scourge108: Aliens
I'm looking for information on what RPGs may exist that have aliens as player characters. Most games I can think of that fit that bill are of the general science…
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Participants: Scourge108, Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, Mark Woodhouse, peejay, simon_hibbs, Jaik, Vaxalon, Lxndr, contracycle.

8/21/2004 Frank T: Setting? Character? Explored?
The search function didn't really help much on this one, so I'm just going to ask. What theoretical approaches to Setting and Character has the Forge developed up to now?…
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Participants: Frank T, Dev, neelk, M. J. Young, ErrathofKosh, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Valamir, nerdnyc.

8/20/2004 jphannil: A truly generic rpg
Hi ! When developing Chaos & Order, I've stumbled onto meanings of generic rpgs. Usually generic rpgs means generic in a setting-wise, it can be played in different settings. What…
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Participants: jphannil, newsalor, jdrakeh, ErrathofKosh.

8/20/2004 Hudson Shock: Getting accurate estimations from players
There's a contest for the captain with the slowest boat. Two captains enter. How do you prove who actually has the slowest boat, since either captain can purposely go slower…
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Participants: Hudson Shock, Andrew Martin, Marco, mindwanders, neelk, John Kim, aplath, Bankuei, Noon, M. J. Young, Morgan, Sydney Freedberg, simon_hibbs, Doctor Xero.

8/19/2004 Noon: Quick question on in game consequence
I wanted to find out where I am on this in relation to general thought at the forge. Now say in reality, I'm standing on a balcony where a vase…
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Participants: Noon, Andrew Martin, Praetor Judis, Andrew Morris, TooManyGoddamnOrcs, Marco, simon_hibbs, Alan, John Kim, Doctor Xero, aplath, Bill_White, Artanis, TonyLB, eef, M. J. Young, Doug Ruff, ErrathofKosh, keithn, DannyK, contracycle, Lisa Padol, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards.

8/19/2004 Andrew Morris: Are hybrid (not just mixed) resolution systems possible?
I'm wondering if it is possible to have a funcitonal resolution system that is, in and of itself a hybrid of two or more of Drama, Fortune, and Karma. Specifically,…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Noon, Vaxalon, Mark Johnson, Andrew Martin, simon_hibbs, Walt Freitag.

8/18/2004 Storn: Fantasy Games: Western Gold Mine
I just read the "wilderness RPG thread" and it sparked some observations in my own life... and their impact on my GMing. These are just some observations and not *really*…
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Participants: Storn, b_bankhead, Doctor Xero, Jasper, hix, Sydney Freedberg, komradebob, Sean, M. J. Young.

8/18/2004 Paganini: Advancement Systems and D&D, Advancement Systems and Des
So, if you think about it, D&D advancement (of ANY incarnation) is basically a scaling / pacing mechanic. I think we've had that discussion before, but to do a basic…
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Participants: Paganini, contracycle, Mark Johnson, NN, Marco, Shreyas Sampat, anonymouse, Russell Impagliazzo, Zak Arntson, Noon, Precious Villain, Eric J., M. J. Young, timfire.

8/18/2004 Person: Characters modifying memories
I'm (strongly) considering running an Unknown Armies game in the near future, and there's one sticky GMing issue that's been bothering me: how do people handle the situation where PCs…
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Participants: Person, TonyLB, Shreyas Sampat, Praetor Judis, Negilent, M. J. Young, Albert of Feh.

8/17/2004 anonymouse: [unattached mechanic/rules] Memories modifying characters.
This isn't wedded or designed for anything in particular. Just some stuff I was ruminating on, and thought it might make an interesting set of mechanics for a game. ===…
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Participants: anonymouse.

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8/30/2004 Kit: The Skill-tree: A suggested skill list mechanic
I'm currently in the process of creating a new RPG system (really for homebrew purposes: The prospects of marketing it are rather slim, although I may freely distribute it if…
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Participants: Kit, Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin.

8/31/2004 Kubasik: Plot is the Wake of the Characters' Desires
HI all, In this post, Ron lays out some thoughts I had about the “origins” of Sorcerers. I’ve had some more thoughts on this since then and I thought these…
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Participants: Kubasik, Trevis Martin, John Kim, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Paka, Alan, Harlequin, M. J. Young, clehrich, Doug Ruff, Paganini.

8/31/2004 simon_templar96: Christian gamers revisited (split)
Hey guys, I'm new to the forums, thought I'd weigh in on this conversation, sorry if its resurecting an ancient thread :) I actually came across this thread because I…
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Participants: simon_templar96, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, ErrathofKosh, Kubasik, DannyK, Irmo, Vaxalon, Christopher Weeks, Doctor Xero, jdagna, simon_hibbs, NN.

9/1/2004 Dev: Only Mechanics that Matter
Dan Bayn was working on Karmic Cycle, and mentioned the following: I've noticed that my last two game ideas basically take an add-on mechanic found in other games and removing…
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Participants: Dev, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 SteveMND: Online bell curve generators?
I was wondering if anyone knew of an URL or other web-accessable source that I could use to generate some probabilities for rolling a specific number when using X number…
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Participants: SteveMND, M. J. Young, jdagna.

9/1/2004 KorbanDream: SMS Cellphone Roleplay
How do I begin? - First; Thanks for your pointers to my last misplaced post, (Which is the reason I'm posting here instead?). SMS Roleplay Concepts. Firstly, I'd like to…
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Participants: KorbanDream, JamesSterrett, Ron Edwards, Merten, M. J. Young, Rob Carriere, Tobias, Christopher Weeks, Marco, greyorm, Doug Ruff, erithromycin, GaryTP, mindwanders.

9/1/2004 tj333: d10 Die Pool system
Here is what I have for a dice system for the game I am working on. The only really original part I think is the complications and advantages based around…
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Participants: tj333, eef, eyebeams.

9/2/2004 asdfff: Can someone classify this line of thought-- "proto-rpg&
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I need to find out what term to search for. The idea I've been having in the shower is start with a…
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Participants: asdfff, Jinx, clehrich.

9/2/2004 ffilz: Interesting and possibly unique probability mechanic
Chris Weeks has suggested I post this here to offer it up for thought. A friend in college had an interesting fortune mechanic. He came up with a simple method…
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Participants: ffilz, rafial, M. J. Young, Vaxalon, Christopher Weeks, Walt Freitag, Lee Short.

9/3/2004 M. J. Young: Proactive versus Reactive--Illusory?
John Kim and I (and several others) drifted into this discussion over in Plot is the Wake of the Characters' Desires: But looking at it again,…
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Participants: M. J. Young, clehrich, John Kim, ErrathofKosh, Russell Impagliazzo, Gordon C. Landis.

9/3/2004 Tully305: Worried my system is too simple
Hi, I've been working on my game now for over a year, mostly setting and background, and I've been avoiding the dreaded mechanics issue because it really is not my…
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Participants: Tully305, Matt Wilson, JamesSterrett, John Uckele, Troy_Costisick, M. J. Young, Andrew Martin, eef.

9/3/2004 ErrathofKosh: Some Theory for Analysis...
One of my motives for logging onto the Forge day after day is to learn how to better analyze actual roleplay and apply what I learn from those experiences to…
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Participants: ErrathofKosh, M. J. Young, Marco.

9/4/2004 Mr. Sluagh: Using Paladin for Hunter
I've just been skimming the indie RPG Paladin, and it occurs to me that with a little tweaking it could be adapted into a rules-light distillation of Hunter: the Reckoning…
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Participants: Mr. Sluagh, John Uckele, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/6/2004 Gaiaguerrilla: A flowchart for generic strategic rpg.
I'm trying to make a basic flowchart for generic strategic rpg and it really looks confusing. I don't know if I really have anything, but no sense in keeping it…
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Participants: Gaiaguerrilla, Ben Lehman, Andrew Martin.

9/7/2004 Noon: A note on unguided drift
This is split from here: It's a massive set up for drift. But more importantly, it's a massive set up for drift to exactly the kind of game the…
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Participants: Noon, Ron Edwards.

9/6/2004 Gaiaguerrilla: White Wolf discussion (split)
Replying only to Sean's original post-- It is kind of a double-standard that it begins preaching an art form yet monopolizes, and works from a regular-joe office. Maybe the rulebook…
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Participants: Gaiaguerrilla, Frank T, eyebeams, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Walt Freitag, greyorm, John Kim, daMoose_Neo, komradebob, Dev, Noon, contracycle, ADGBoss, Precious Villain, Matt Wilson.

9/7/2004 Mr. Sluagh: Quirk-Driven Roleplaying
I'm looking for tips and info on a certain style of social-centered game that popped into my head. I'm thinking of the sort of game where much of the action,…
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Participants: Mr. Sluagh, timfire, Vaxalon, erithromycin, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2004 mindwanders: SMS Roleplay Technological Implimentation
Ok, I've been having a think about this and I'm struggling with the implimentation method. I would point out that I'm no expert on Mobile Gaming, but I do know…
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Participants: mindwanders, KorbanDream, Merten.

9/7/2004 lumpley: Are we as cool as Shakespeare?
This is my thousand and first Forge post! The weekend before GenCon, Meg and I went to As You Like It, performed by Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Mass. It…
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Participants: lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson, John Kim, Ron Edwards, Noon, Ben Lehman, eef, Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Weeks, Matt Snyder, Erling Rognli, Person, Nathaniel, TonyLB, ffilz, Jonathan Walton, Walt Freitag, pete_darby, Silmenume, Emily Care.

9/7/2004 Landon Darkwood: (split) WoD 2.0, Coherence, and Guided Drift
[quote="Malcolm Sheppard"]Sure. During playtest, I was very concerned with the idea of what was being simulated -- but not completely. The end design is not as representational a system as…
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Participants: Landon Darkwood.

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