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8/20/2006 Valamir: Building Quests
Well, I didn't get a chance to play Friday...had my game nights mixed up...instead of roleplaying, I wound up crushing the opposition in El Grande. But that gave me a…
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Participants: Valamir, rafial, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/19/2006 John Harper: Agon Semi-Official Rules Changes
This thread will collect playtested rules modifications that I think improve game play. ----- Highest Position Roll The combatant with the highest position roll gets to make two moves instead…
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Participants: John Harper.

8/19/2006 Paka: Gave it a Go
It hasn't felt like I played yet; it felt like we gave it a go. When I read games, I have to read them over once or more, go play…
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Participants: Paka, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Bret Gillan, Valamir.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Agon for Solo Play
I first started roleplaying when Traveller was the new kid on the block. Traveller actually had pretty good support for solo play, and I believe it was a deliberate part…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Beast Master question
The Beast Master heroic ability includes +2 Positioning against Beasts. Does this include Monsters that happen to be Beast-like (or are you meant to make Monsters distinctly different from living…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Sailing
The first thing I wondered about when looking at the character sheet - what do you use for Sailing! I understand that the game is set up so that it…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Rolls to avoid or cancel specific effects
In the rules, players might make contests for the following kind of things: At the start of a battle, to see if they can choose the starting range. When…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Special Manoevres
I can see potential abuse (or what seems like abuse to me) here. What's to stop a character who is planning to use one of these from putting as many…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Hubris - contests into battles
You can turn a contest into a battle by invoking Hubris. What if the contest is something like, crossing a river. Does the GM then have to create the river…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Minions and Glory
I'm unclear on how much glory you get for defeating minions. I think it's either: a) Base cost of a minion (say, 7), divided by heroes. Then each hero gets…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Shield - is it worth it?
I'm not completely convinced of the usefulness of the Shield. It gives less dice than either the sword or spear, and when using the spear at least, you can certainly…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Oaths - the helping die
I see on the FAQ that the character providing the helping chooses the ability. I'm not sure about this. If they are free to choose d4 and d6 traits, and…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Divine Favour and rerolls.
John, in your reply on Luke/abzu's thread, you said that the wrestler could have rerolled all his dice for 2 Divine Favour, if I read you right. But the chart…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Strife and Simple contests
According to the text, The Antagonist gets 1 Strife when defeating a Hero in a simple contest. Is this 1 strife per hero defeated in that contest, or 1 strife…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/17/2006 John Harper: Agon Resources
[url=http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/HomePage][b]The Agon Wiki[/b][/url] [url=http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/HomePage]http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/HomePage[/url] Please feel free to add your Actual Play links (or posts) or whatever else you like to the wiki. I'll manage the FAQ and the Semi-Official…
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Participants: John Harper, Silverback, Felon.

8/17/2006 John Harper: Agon FAQ
The current version of the FAQ can be found on the Agon wiki: http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/AgonFAQ As questions crop up here and in Actual Play, I'll expand the FAQ.
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8/20/2006 Valamir: How many minions? How much Strife?
Lets assume 4 players, at least one of whom has the divine blood d8 Name die.  The maximum Strife for a single NPC would be 20.  The maximum number of…
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Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, rafial.

8/20/2006 Valamir: Change to Advantages?
I'm not certain what the change to Advantages on the FAQ means. In the GenCon rules, the Advantage die remains until it is canceled by an action...presumeably you roll sufficient…
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Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/20/2006 Valamir: Changes to Positioning
I think the new rule for winners of Positioning getting to shift two range bands is a good one.  But I think it needs a balancing option. It would be…
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Participants: Valamir.

8/21/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Achievements
When doing Achievements, do you get Glory for those contests? Also, when doing achievements, can you Impair abilities to bring in other traits. My gut feeling is no in both…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Action order - tied ability
In Battles, the rules state that cgaracters act in reverse order of Positioning, and in case of tie, in order of Ability. How do you break ties if the Ability…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Divine Favor - Multiple Attacks
When spending the 2 point Divine Favor, Take an Extra Attack, can you do this multiple times within the same exchange?
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, LordSmerf.

8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Hero v Hero
The rules for contests explicitly cover things like Hero v NPC (Name + Ability) or Hero v Obstacle (Strife), but don't say anything about Hero v Hero. In a Hero…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper.

8/22/2006 Valamir: More miscellaneous queries
1) NPCs have Divine Favor.  Is it possible for them to have a god and get Favored Ability bonuses as well? 2) You can buy an Advantage die for 1…
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Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/22/2006 Valamir: Fun With Greatest Deeds
I'm liking the whole Greatest Deeds tracking thing.  Here's a thought I had that sounded kind of fun. Cut up the Greatest Deeds sheet into 8 individual "cards".  Award the…
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Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, iago.

8/23/2006 John Harper: Agon: Post Your NPCs Here
This is the place to share your NPC builds. Only NPC posts here, please. If you want to discuss anything in this thread, start a new thread for commentary.
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Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Willow, DainXB, NathanFrund, Excellence.

8/23/2006 John Harper: Agon: Post Your Islands Here
Post the Islands and associated Quests that you've created here. Quest-specific NPCs can also go here, though you may want to also post them in the NPC sticky thread. If…
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Participants: John Harper, iago, Ignus, Darcy Burgess.

8/24/2006 Valamir: Island of Halavra
Ok, so I'll throw the outline of the island up in the Island thread, but I thought it would be fun to walk through the the mental process of creating…
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Participants: Valamir, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.

8/24/2006 jasonm: Nahuatl Pantheon
I'm all fired up about "interculturalizing" Agon.  To that end, goign with what I sort of know, here's the Nuahuatl pantheon: Tezcatlipoca, God of Fire Symbols:  Smoking mirror Abilities:  Might,…
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Participants: jasonm, coffeestain, John Harper.

8/24/2006 coffeestain: [SPLIT] Samurai adventure with Agon
I'm honstly not sure Glory > Fate would need to be changed at all for a samurai version, John. I think Honor would be a cool thing to call your…
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Participants: coffeestain, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/25/2006 iago: Agon: Heroic Traits Grab Bag
Okay, so, 10 Heroic Traits does not a sufficiently large grab-bag make, for me.  The ones provided on page 21 are *awesome*, but not in large enough quantities. So, I'm…
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Participants: iago, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, jasonm, Shreyas Sampat, rafial.

8/25/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Highest Legend Benefits
According to the rules, the Hero with the highest Legend gets a +2 Orate in leadership-type contests. I like this. But, possibly inspired by Ralph's Greatest Deeds idea, I'd like…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago.

8/25/2006 iago: Divine Favor - Dice adders
Divine favor expenditure includes: 1 box: +1d6 to any roll 3 boxes: +1d8 to any roll My first question, one which may have been asked and answered (if so, apologies)…
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Participants: iago, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Valamir, coffeestain.

8/25/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Special Items
There's that section of the character sheet taunting me, tempting me, teasing me: Special Items. What sort of thing is that box for, and if it's for special items accumulated…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, rafial, iago, Valamir, John Harper.

8/25/2006 drnuncheon: Agon through IPR?
So, the owner of my FLGS was kind of interested in Agon - is it going to be available through IPR?
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Participants: drnuncheon, iago, John Harper.

8/26/2006 iago: Agon - First Among Equals
"First Among Equals" is the name I'm using for my Agon running.  I wasn't entirely expecting to, but I ran a session for two players, including character creation, end-to-end, one…
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Participants: iago, coffeestain, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Adam Dray.

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