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1/16/2008 zornwil: Dogs wiki collecting nuance and "official rulings"?
Is there a wiki that collects many of Vincent's advice/rulings from here, as well as (ideally) much of the user advice from here?  I ask because last night I was…
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Participants: zornwil.

1/16/2008 kallisti_dk: [IAWA] More questions
1. After you lose a conflict, can you try to do more or less the same thing, consequences permitting? Say for instance in the first conflict example in the book,…
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Participants: kallisti_dk, lumpley.

1/15/2008 zornwil: Question - Clarifying re Keeping the Reversed Blow Die
Okay, so a question came up in play and we weren't positive about this - if for whatever reason after Reversing the Blow I do NOT want to use that…
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Participants: zornwil, lumpley, Ben Lehman, David Artman, JamesDJIII, Noclue.

1/15/2008 Thomas Lawrence: [In A Wicked Age] IIEE A Little Unclear
Vincent, I know you are totally going to hate me for telling you this, since you are totally the guy of clear IIEE. ...I think the IIEE process in In…
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Participants: Thomas Lawrence, lumpley, Jason Newquist, Landon Darkwood, Valvorik.

1/14/2008 Valvorik: IAWA Q's
Owe list striking for advantage dice (page 19 and then 23) - it is correct that after the first exchange in an action sequence (when awarding of owe list is…
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Participants: Valvorik, lumpley.

1/14/2008 kallisti_dk: [IAWA] Advantage dice questions
I just finished reading In a Wicked Age, and it looks really great. But I found some aspects of advantage dice unclear. Here are some questions. 1. Suppose A is…
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Participants: kallisti_dk, Troels, John Harper, lumpley, Valvorik.

1/13/2008 devonapple: [Afraid] Cthulhu Live conversion - feedback appreciated
I am converting a Cthulhu Live plot into the Afraid system, and I wanted any feedback: http://www.hyperwerx.net/cthulhu/script_jontomes.html I'm having trouble assigning traits and bonds.  Here's what I have so far:…
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Participants: devonapple.

1/12/2008 Landon Darkwood: [In a Wicked Age] Setting and events...
Vincent, I noticed that the current draft of IAWA sort of leaves out or glosses over all the discussion about setting elements that was in your 'Creating Situation: a practical…
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Participants: Landon Darkwood, lumpley, John Harper, Nathaniel, DainXB.

1/11/2008 devonapple: [Dogs/Afraid]
In "Afraid," I am assuming it is implicit that the Victims are all developed with the same Stats/Traits/Belongings/Bonds as other NPCs, yes?  The sections on developing Slaves and Acolytes mention…
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Participants: devonapple, lumpley.

1/10/2008 JamesDJIII: [dogs] A question about Taking The Blow and fallout dice size
I'll post the AP for the Dogs game I ran with David Artman and another buddy later. Right now, I have questions! Situation is that David's dog makes a Raise…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley, David Artman, dindenver, demiurgeastaroth.

1/10/2008 David Artman: Alternate Rules For Healer Fallout Dice
So, having heard that healer fallout is d4s (we ended a session in doubt), I have considered a few alternate fallout dice rules for healers, just for grins: Take the…
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Participants: David Artman, lumpley.

1/9/2008 lumpley: Mr foot, welcome to mouthville (an interview)
A couple weeks ago Rob Bohl interviewed me about In a Wicked Age, and now he's put the interview up online: The Independent Insurgency Episode 002. I'm happy to answer…
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Participants: lumpley, Nathaniel, John Harper, RobNJ, sirogit, GreatWolf, Wolfen, Artanis.

1/8/2008 David Artman: Why Relationships With People?
Or, to be more specific, why would I ever want to establish my unassigned Relationship dice with an individual in a particular Town? OK, I see the basic benefit of…
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Participants: David Artman, Ben Lehman, devonapple, lumpley, zornwil, Noclue.

1/7/2008 devonapple: [Afraid / Hounds] Newcomer
I'm working on a Call of Cthulhu adventure using the DitV system, and have run across both "Afraid" and "Hounds on the Moor" on these discussion boards.  I observed the…
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Participants: devonapple, lumpley, Nathaniel, Rustin.

1/2/2008 lumpley: In a Wicked Age now preorderable
Anybody feels like preordering In a Wicked Age, you can, here. Or you can click the link just to see the cover illustration. I'm proud of it. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Yokiboy, kallisti_dk, Nev the Deranged.

12/29/2007 Tuxhedoh: [DitV] Noob- finding players
I'm new to RPG's in general, DitV intriques me and I can find a few friends that are interested in playing, but none are experienced GM's .  I'm in the…
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Participants: Tuxhedoh, JC.

12/22/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Online NPC generator doesn't work?
So, I've just started a session and, as usually, I wanted to generate Proto-NPCs using the online generator. However, this is what I see instead of a shiny new six-pack:…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Vanoj, Yokiboy, lumpley, Dev, Wolfen.

12/20/2007 Vanoj: [DitV] A matter of timing
This issue came up in the session of Dogs that I ran (for the first time) last night with a group of my friends. I'll give an example to illustrate…
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Participants: Vanoj, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Noclue.

12/15/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Mechaton rules questions
Hello, I purchased this game for my little brother-in-law (13) who happens to be the proud owner of the biggest collection of Lego collection I have ever seen. I have…
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Participants: Dustin of the Dead, cdr, lumpley, Mantisking, David Artman.

12/7/2007 Glendower: [DITV] My new group has questions
Hello there everyone. So I've been running Dogs in the Vineyard with a new group, and after a rocky start our second town really hit the groove. Colin, the player…
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Participants: Glendower, Noclue, zornwil, lumpley, David Artman.

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1/17/2008 kallisti_dk: [IAWA] I'm considering an alternate rule
It's a bit early perhaps, since I haven't played it yet. But that hasn't stopped me before. The change is to when you get to use an advantage dice (AD),…
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Participants: kallisti_dk, lumpley.

1/17/2008 David Artman: Frequency of "Fast Wrap"?
We had our second session of Tea Creek last night, which generally went quite well, I thought (AP to follow, prolly from GM). There's was, however, one thing that seemed...…
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Participants: David Artman, JamesDJIII, 5niper9, Thomas Lawrence.

1/18/2008 amnesiack: [In A Wicked Age] Multiple Advantage Dice?
Hey Vincent, I know that an Advantage Die from the We Owe list stack with an Advantage Die from conflict.  However, can you get multiple versions of either one of…
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Participants: amnesiack, kallisti_dk, Thomas Lawrence, lumpley.

1/21/2008 kallisti_dk: IAWA shocks!
I was trying sell IAWA to a group of friends I have played D&D with for many years, doing my very best to convey the things i find awesome about…
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Participants: kallisti_dk, Artanis, Valvorik, Rustin, Troels, Nathaniel, John Harper, Danny_K.

1/22/2008 daftnewt: [dogs] The nature of Traits? (n00b GM flounders a bit)
This is horribly n00bish. I apologise if this sort of thing has already been done to death long ago :) I'm running two games using Dogs, both set in the…
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Participants: daftnewt, lumpley, zornwil, Noclue, David Artman, Peturabo, phargle, dindenver.

1/23/2008 phargle: [DiTV] Returning to the game, questions on escalation and scene framing.
Hello, I am starting up a Dogs game after not running it seriously for a year or so.  After reading through the rules to remind myself of how things work,…
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Participants: phargle, zornwil, kallisti_dk, Eliarhiman6.

1/24/2008 phargle: [DiTV ] All the Dogs do is talk!
We started a new Dogs game last night, and it went well.  The guy who had played before loved getting back into his old character, and the two new folks…
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Participants: phargle, David Artman, dindenver, Peturabo, Ben Lehman, JC, Eliarhiman6, John Harper, Wolfen, Noclue, lumpley, oliof.

1/24/2008 Temple: [Poison'd] Sup?
Hey Vincent, are you planning on doing anything more with Poison'd, or is it pretty much as finished as its going to get from your POV?
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Participants: Temple, JC, lumpley.

1/27/2008 Landon Darkwood: [IAWA] Some minor questions...
So the one game of IAWA I played was an absolute hit. Probably my favorite night of gaming in at least a year or more. But I have some procedural…
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Participants: Landon Darkwood, demiurgeastaroth, Darcy Burgess, kallisti_dk, Valvorik, lumpley, John Harper, RyanMacklin, DainXB.

1/28/2008 Mantisking: [Mechaton] Finally!
I finally got the chance to run a game of Mechaton a few weeks ago at a recent Pandemonium Game Day. I was a bit rusty and stumbled through the…
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Participants: Mantisking, lumpley, Yokiboy, Dev.

1/31/2008 Rustin: [IaWA] Future Consequences
I had an idea about negotiating future consequence and enforcing future consequences. Lets say, during negotiation I agree to have my character do something in the future instead of taking…
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Participants: Rustin, lumpley.

2/1/2008 Bret Gillan: [IaWA] Oracle Creation
No rules/guidelines on creating your own oracles? Aww man! Okay, so we did our first situation. It was great. Now, what becomes of those elements of the oracles that were…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, DainXB, twilight, Valvorik, Garth.

2/1/2008 Rustin: [IaWA] Concrete actions questions
When Shahu Seen whispers in Amek's ear, pointing out the curve of Tajie's lip and how the light falls on her throat--- is that a conversation or an action? (I…
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Participants: Rustin, Clinton R. Nixon, Valvorik, lumpley, PorterO, rycanada, demiurgeastaroth.

2/3/2008 steven807: [IaWA] Questions
Firstly, I'll say that my little group just got done with a fun first chapter of Wicked.  Thanks for another great game, Vincent!  But we did have some questions: 1)…
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Participants: steven807, rycanada, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Rustin, yellowparis.

2/3/2008 devonapple: [Hounds on the Moor/Afraid] Sanity risk dice
I went through the "Call of Cthulhu" bestiary last night and calculated approximate dice values for the Sanity risk each creature poses.  I tried to alter the dice depending on…
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Participants: devonapple.

2/5/2008 HDTVDinner: [IaWA] Firefly/Serenity Oracle
[URL=http://"http://www.box.net/shared/5mpo0py0c0"]In a Wiked Verse...[/URL] First attempt at Creating an oracle, creating a pdf, and having it hosted, so if you have a better way let me know! Thanks!
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Participants: HDTVDinner, demiurgeastaroth, DainXB.

2/6/2008 lumpley: Persuasion rules
Here's an old friend of mine. He's speaking of In a Wicked Age but it's a great general topic across my games: So there's no mechanic…
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Participants: lumpley, Troels, PorterO, Valvorik, Aman the Rejected, David Artman.

2/16/2008 Trevis Martin: Yet another IAWA Question and Love Fest
Well not a fest exactly, but it sounded more dramatic that way. Vincent, thanks for this game.  My two friends and I had a great time playing tonight and it…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, lumpley, Valvorik.

2/16/2008 rycanada: [Wicked] PStr question
I kind of get the difference but have had a hard time explaining it to players. What is the difference between what you should write in the Description of a…
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Participants: rycanada, lumpley.

2/17/2008 Alan: [IaWA] Question on Consequences
In a chapter yesterday at ConQuest story games lounge, I GMed this situation: An NPC priestess declared that she and Balthior, a PC pass through a marriage arch and say…
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Participants: Alan, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Christopher Kubasik, Ben Lehman.

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