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1/9/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Fallout for improvised helpers?
I had a kind of running gunfight in my game last night, and ran it a little differently.  I'm aware that this doesn't fit the rules as written quite right,…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist, Julian.

1/9/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Scorched Earth in Crystalline
Yikes! Played this town last night - and my players ate it alive.  I kept Caedmon alive and and Heloise be sacrificed, as the tweaks I used. On the road…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, coffeestain, lumpley.

1/9/2006 agony: Couple of Rules questions
Just started playing Dogs and ran my first session the other night which proved rather successful and enjoyable for everyone involved. However, a couple questions have arisen during play: When…
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Participants: agony, coffeestain, Vaxalon, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist, demiurgeastaroth.

1/9/2006 coffeestain: One shots for new players
So, I'm having a really hard time getting new players (new, as in new to DitV and new to this style of gaming) through character creation and a town in…
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Participants: coffeestain, Warren, Vaxalon, oliof, Technocrat13, lumpley, Graham Walmsley.

1/8/2006 oliof: [DitV] Clover Fields Branch
Hello, this is my first try at a self-written branch, which I am going to play this afternoon Clover Fields Branch Clover Fields is a prospering, big Congregation not far…
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Participants: oliof.

1/8/2006 zornwil: Alternate Setting Idea - A Hybrid with America in the '50s
I'm a new poster here, bought DitV a few months ago (at GenCon), and finally about to GM next weekend, very excited and looking forward to it.  In the next…
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Participants: zornwil, Everspinner.

1/6/2006 Uruush: DitV - FindPlay
Hey, I've been lurking here for about a year, but I just registered and this is my first post.  Likely in the wrong location, but there you go. Basically I…
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Participants: Uruush, TheHappyAnarchist, Brendan, Matthew Glover.

1/6/2006 TheHappyAnarchist: I see no stick for this
It seems odd, but maybe it just comes up in whatever thread. I just got this game for christmas (thank you secret satan from RPG.net!!!) This game is truly revolutionary,…
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Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Andrew Morris, Brand_Robins, lumpley, Levi Kornelsen.

1/4/2006 lumpley: Sorcery and the Supernatural Dial
[quote author=Iskander link=topic=18218.msg192569#msg192569 date=1136389143] For me (running my first, a one-shot), the limiting factor was that it seemed that right after [i]False Doctrine[/i], you're getting into [i]Sorcery[/i], and are immediately…
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Participants: lumpley, Iskander, Levi Kornelsen, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, Warren.

1/4/2006 chriscrouch: [DitV] Some questions after our first time
I recently ran DitV for a group of friends - the first time playing for all of us. We had a bunch of rules questions come up, and a few…
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Participants: chriscrouch, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/3/2006 lumpley: Low-key towns for new players?
[quote author=Rossum link=topic=18217.msg192465#msg192465 date=1136322670] I specifically did not want to ramp up all the way to Hate and Murder. This was the first town (and the first game) for this…
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Participants: lumpley, Brand_Robins, Levi Kornelsen, Technocrat13, Arturo G., chriscrouch, Andrew Morris, Iskander, Rossum, Frank T.

1/3/2006 Rossum: [DitV] Sutter's Mill Branch
I'm doing this a little backwards- I ran the PCs through this town a few weeks ago, and am using this post as means to jumpstart my brain for tonight's…
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Participants: Rossum, lumpley.

1/3/2006 Graham Walmsley: Fir Tree Branch
There was a thread a while ago called <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17717.0">Holidays</a>. It got me thinking and this town is the result. I'm thinking of running it later this week. Could I…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Vaxalon, Everspinner, jasonm, Andrew Morris, daHob.

1/2/2006 Michi: [DitV] First actual play - and several questions
I had my first GMing session of my new and shiny Dogs in the Vineyard on new year's eve; with Stefan and Susanne, both of whom are seasoned gamers leaning…
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Participants: Michi, Parsolamew, James Holloway, demiurgeastaroth, SusanneV, Warren, Brendan, jasonm.

12/30/2005 Bret Gillan: [DitV] Cornfield Branch
Hey folks. First town. Wrote it up when I should have been working. I wanted a one-session town that went all the way to Hate and Murder. Not sure if…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Levi Kornelsen, Warren, ubergeek2012, jasonm, Arturo G..

12/25/2005 Levi Kornelsen: A tentative rules structure for a Live Dogs game [Warning: Long]
Because these rules might wander into the general area of being, by it's very nature and the number of points of similarity, partly or wholly Vincent's property, I'm putting it…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, WhiteRat, Warren, Simon Kamber, Graham Walmsley, ladylakira.

12/21/2005 Arturo G.: [DitV] PCs entering in an on-going coonflict?
I have posted in Actual Play about our last session: Fun, fun, fun... with no fighting!. A couple of mechanical questions arose: We had the following conflict. One Dog…
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Participants: Arturo G., Vaxalon, Parsolamew, Brand_Robins, Simon Kamber, demiurgeastaroth, daHob, coffeestain, Valamir, Paka, William Burke, lumpley.

12/20/2005 Dev: Questions from recent play
First, the more mechanical questions that came out of the system. (1) Conflicts without clear opposition: the 1st ed. text seemed to say this is a flat 4d6 + Demonic…
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Participants: Dev, Vaxalon, Warren.

12/17/2005 Particle_Man: Getting "udner the hood" of Sins and acts of Pride.
I am looking at Dogs in the Vinyard, trying to figure out *why* certain sins and acts of pride are such (apart from "Because it says so"). Here is what…
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Participants: Particle_Man, lumpley, Vaxalon.

12/16/2005 James Holloway: Multiple relationships at once?
So let's say I have multiple relevant relationships in a contest -- for instance, I have a relationship with my brother for 2d6, and I find that he's sleeping with…
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Participants: James Holloway, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

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1/10/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Building towards Live Dogs - Opening the Parlour
Okay.  So, my current playgroup is quite interested in taking the game Live-Action...  However. Actually, a whole lot of "however".  The biggest two are that out model for play will…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen.

1/11/2006 Fortinbras: [DitV] Flat Rock Branch
Okay, here goes.  This is my first real attempt at using the town creation rules, and I was hoping to create something that would work as a first town for…
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Participants: Fortinbras, Levi Kornelsen.

1/11/2006 xternal: Selling new players?
[quote author=coffeestain link=topic=18275.msg193071#msg193071 date=1136814661] So, I'm having a really hard time getting new players (new, as in new to DitV and new to this style of gaming) through character creation…
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Participants: xternal, lumpley, Wolfen, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, coffeestain, Levi Kornelsen, Brendan, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, Blankshield, Bankuei, oliof, Frank T, TheHappyAnarchist, Yokiboy, Iskander, Paka.

1/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [DitV] My First Town (Newton's Rock)
Well, I finally got around to getting some players together for this game I've been meaning to play for months. The town creation rules really are a most excellent device…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, jasonm, Wolfen, lumpley, Technocrat13.

1/12/2006 coffeestain: Sorcerers and the possessed
Hello, I'm looking for a little guidance in using sorcerers and possessed folk in my Dogs games.  As a GM, I enjoy the opportunity for extra dice and all of…
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Participants: coffeestain, Wolfen, daHob, Vaxalon, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist.

1/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [DitV] three's company
I was going to mention this in the Newton's Rock thread, but I figure it's a completely different topic, so I'll make a new thread. The requirement for there to…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Wolfen, coffeestain, lumpley, oliof.

1/12/2006 Brendan: Tearing down the DM's screen
I'm running a Dogs game at last, after a few false starts.  I'm Storytelling for the moment and I bought the book first, but I've got as much to learn…
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Participants: Brendan, coffeestain, Vaxalon, lumpley, Andrew Morris.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales to date
Everyone here reads the publishing forum, right? -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Vaxalon.

1/12/2006 Arturo G.: [DitV] Assigning traits to NPCs on the fly
This question was brought up when reading the thread Tearing down the DM's screen. I've noticed that when I pick one of the proto-NPCs, to transform it in an important…
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Participants: Arturo G., coffeestain, lumpley, Transit, daHob, Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, Doug Ruff, Wolfen, TheHappyAnarchist, epweissengruber, Eliarhiman6, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, nikola, drnuncheon.

1/13/2006 Vaxalon: Relationships with demons - name them?
Demons are supposed to be faceless. They seem to me to gain a face, though, when written down on a sorceror's relationship list. What do you write there?  Just, "Demon…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Wolfen, TheHappyAnarchist, Brendan, Levi Kornelsen.

1/15/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Making the First Coat.
So, my GF and I are making some Dogs coats as costume for taking our game Live. ...Yes, real ones. For the first one (kind of a prototype dry-run), we…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, rrr, TheHappyAnarchist, Wolfen, lumpley, ladylakira, DainXB, faerieloch.

1/15/2006 jlarke: [DITV] Unlurk, and advice on making a town
Hello all! Ever since I heard about DITV I had a sense it was the game I didn't know I'd been waiting for. This forum has been very helpful to…
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Participants: jlarke, Wolfen, Simon Kamber, Everspinner.

1/16/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: Updating towns?
So, my pack of Dogs has only made it through half a town so far, so I'm not expecting this to come up any time soon, but it's been worrying…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/16/2006 Arturo G.: [DitV] Second try with Cornfield Branch
Ok! My second try with Cornfield Branch. Three players. All of them new to DitV (1 hour to create the characters, and 3 hours of play). This time the…
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Participants: Arturo G., Bret Gillan.

1/16/2006 oliof: Giving a Talk about Dogs in the Vineyard
Hi there, I will be giving a talk about Dogs in the Vineyards next weekend at FROST, a convention in southern germany. To be more precise, I'll be the co-host…
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Participants: oliof, Frank T, lumpley, cdr.

1/18/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: useless relationships?
So, one of my players' characters has a relationship with her dead brother. She reckons this is important, and it certainly seems right to me that it should be down…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, Matt, jasonm, Andrew Morris, lumpley, daHob.

1/18/2006 Vaxalon: Not sure what to do if...
So there's this girl in a town I'm working up that has a crippled hand.  It's crippled as a result of the actions of one of the other NPC's. The…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Levi Kornelsen, TheHappyAnarchist, Pol Jackson.

1/20/2006 Supplanter: Quick Mechanical Question: "Stop or I'll Shoot!"
This one's been nagging me and I'd appreciate getting set straight. Say my Dog is in a conflict and I want to threaten to shoot someone. We've either been Just…
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Participants: Supplanter, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Vaxalon.

1/20/2006 HenryT: Family?
I just got my copy of Dogs in the Vineyard yesterday, and I want to jump right in and try running it this weekend, while I'm still excited--probably one of…
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Participants: HenryT, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, Lxndr.

1/20/2006 Vaxalon: Idea: The one-man town. Just came to me.
The PC's have a piece of mail for a Faithful man who lives among the unfaithful.  The pride, sin, etc. is entirely his own... this "town" would focus more on…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Wolfen, lumpley, BollaertN.

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