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12/12/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Strife limit for encounters vs NPCs
So there's a Strife limit to making a particular NPC (16 for d6 Name heroes). Does that also limit a particular encounter? Can my Strife 16 sorceress have a bunch…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

12/11/2007 Ignus: Viking Agon
Hi there. Been playing Agon with my group for a short time now and loving it. However, it came to our attention that Agon is just as easily a Viking…
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Participants: Ignus, Mel_White, John Harper.

12/9/2007 Ben Robbins: [Agon] slayer hero vs minions
First off we've played three quests of Agon and we love's it. Really nice job of balancing all the mechanics. Question: How does the damage bonus for Monster-Slayer/Beast-Slayer/Man-Slayer work versus…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/6/2007 Aaron: Minions ganging up
I had a listen to the voice recording of play in the 'links to actual play" thread and really enjoyed hearing those guys playing.  It was especially interesting and entertaining…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper, Mel_White.

12/4/2007 Aaron: Advantages and other things
We had our first game of Agon on the weekend and it was pretty successful.  There were a few things that I wasn't sure about though. I had a group…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper.

12/3/2007 Ignus: A question regarding Shields + Divine Weapons
Hi there. Just started a campaign of Agon with my gaming group and we're loving it so far. Refreashing, I think, was their comment. Anyhoo, I think we've got the…
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Participants: Ignus, Mel_White.

12/1/2007 Troll66: Hubris has me stumped
hello how do you use hubris - i confess it has me a little stumped as to how what and why it can be used? The main 'problem' i have…
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Participants: Troll66, rafial, John Harper.

11/30/2007 Troll66: Some Agon questions
hello I have a couple of Agom questions and would appreciate any help...ere goes: 1) p 44 if heroes want to set starting conditions for a battle - what conditions…
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Participants: Troll66, Mel_White, John Harper, Noclue.

11/23/2007 Troll66: Demo or newbie adventure
hello folks first post. I am keen to get a game of Agon underway. What I am in need of is an adventure to run with 2-4 players as a…
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Participants: Troll66, Mel_White.

11/22/2007 Aaron: Creative Abilities
I was looking through some old threads where an option was proposed of taking a +1 for using a creative ability as opposed to just adding and creative ability die…
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Participants: Aaron, John Harper.

11/9/2007 Aaron: New game
Hi everyone, So I'm going to be starting my first Agon campaign shortly, but it looks like I might only have three players.  Do those with experience think this is…
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Participants: Aaron, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, NathanFrund.

11/5/2007 Miskatonic: Homer quotes
Hi, From which translation of the Odyssey did you pull the quotes in Agon? They're quite nice.
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Participants: Miskatonic, Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

10/24/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - Let's talk about balance
Hi John, Would you mind lifting the hood a bit on your decision to not include a mechanic to give the GM more Strife as the Heroes improve? Thanks, Darcy
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

9/24/2007 John Harper: Shield Ability: What it's good for
You can use the Shield ability to defend other people. The book doesn't explain this, which is totally my fault. Every ability in Agon has its own "special thing" right?…
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Participants: John Harper, Marhault, Mel_White, NathanFrund, Troll66, Aaron, Ben Robbins, skyla, Particle_Man.

9/8/2007 Ludanto: Minion Strife Costs/Glory Awards and Positioning Ties
If I make a 5-point minion, and bring 3 of them into play, that's 7 Strife, right? Now, what if later, in a different battle, I bring in 2 more? …
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Participants: Ludanto, John Harper.

9/5/2007 RedPissLegion: [Agon] Runing demos
Howdy, I’m currently running a series of monthly demos in my home town of Lisbon, Portugal with a friend of mine. We’ve been balancing things and showing a lot of…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

9/4/2007 Brendan Day: [Agon] defensive dice for minions who gang up
I played the game a few months ago and loved it.  I'll be running an island at some point in the future, and I'm not sure how many defensive dice…
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Participants: Brendan Day, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

7/20/2007 ( o Y o ): How balanced is the Spending Strife: Simple Contests?
Hi! We played Agon for four evenings and most of the time we had mucho fun! To end our latest quest we had to plug (to occlude?) a whole vulcan…
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Participants: ( o Y o ), demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

6/19/2007 Rich Stokes: Gearing up for a game after a while: A few questions!
I'm gearing up for a new Agon game starting tonight and while I've read the book and played out some simple contests and a couple of battles, I'm still having…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, Camtha, John Harper.

6/18/2007 Felon: First play - a transcript and some questions
I ran my first Agon session last Saturday with two players, both also new to the system. I knocked up a quick one quest island as an intro, which is…
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Participants: Felon, John Harper, Camtha, mysterious hu.

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1/8/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Agon] - AP-based rules questions.
Hi John, These questions come straight out of my experience on the Island of Skyros. 1. It became apparent that since Players are free to angle towards contests that they…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, John Harper.

1/31/2008 Mendolin: [Agon] Conversion to Shadowrun Setting
Hey.... I'm new to the forum and just bought a copy of agon! I wonder though what happened to the shadowrun conversion of the agon rules? Jan
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Participants: Mendolin, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper, claes, Aaron.

2/2/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] armor questions
A few easy questions about armor: 1) Can you use creative abilities to adjust the armor roll? I've found threads that seem to have contradictory answers: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23761.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23402.0 2) I…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

2/2/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] replacement hero question
So when you (ahem) retire a hero and make a new one, you get free dice raises equal to half the quests you completed. Does that add to the two…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, Mendolin, John Harper.

2/3/2008 Darcy Burgess: [AGON] - The Poor, Over-worked GM
Hi, Ben's questions about armour got me to thinking a some more about my recent experiences with Agon (ap and questions). The first issue is John's answer to my "Do…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Mel_White, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Robbins, John Harper.

2/11/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Minor Foes -- finding the combat sweet spot
I think Agon needs a middle range of adversaries, something between minions and full NPCs. Minions can go down very quickly (as they should) but with six wound boxes a…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, Mel_White, Sonja.

2/27/2008 Aaron: Helping dice
Is it possible to aid another character with a helping dice and use they same dice yourself in the current contest? Example The character come to a raging river and…
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Participants: Aaron, Mel_White, John Harper, Ben Robbins.

3/5/2008 LeSingeSavant: [Agon] AGONY Supervillain Mod
I've run Agon as an opening game for the past two Camp Nerdly's, and I'd like to do it a third time. However, variety is the spice of life, and…
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Participants: LeSingeSavant, Ben Robbins, John Harper.

3/10/2008 red_herring: Agon Game Board
I put together an Agon board a few weeks ago and thought I'd share the results. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8915612027281287567&pr=goog-sl http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3768145384562658332&pr=goog-sl Overall, it was pretty easy. I just used an 11"x14" black foam…
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Participants: red_herring, Mel_White, John Harper.

3/11/2008 red_herring: Heroic Flaws?
Anyone considered Heroic Flaws for their game? I've always been a big fan of less than favorable character traits in Champions, GURPS, Savage Worlds, and other systems. You could use…
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Participants: red_herring, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Ben Robbins.

3/17/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] adventures coming
I just announced this over at the Lame Mage blog but I wanted to give the Agon crew here a heads-up. I'm working a series of Agon adventures that I'll…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, red_herring.

3/31/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] adventure playtesters wanted
I'm looking for some brave groups who want to playtest the <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25949.0">Agon adventures</a> I'll be releasing. I've already run them, but I like having outside groups do "blind" playtests…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, red_herring, Mel_White.

4/9/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] are Advantages too cheap?
I think buying Advantages with strife might be too cheap. 1 strife to get an additional d8 in a simple contest is a lot more bang-per-buck than just increasing a…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper.

4/18/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] free adventure "Temple of Hera" released
<i>"Heroes, my anger is hot within me! Slay those who defile my shrine! Cleanse my temple! Let not one escape the wrath of Hera!"</i> Wanna play some Agon but don't…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, advachiel, red_herring.

4/25/2008 advachiel: [Agon] Impairment in simple contests with no Antagonist?
Hi, played Agon for the first time the other day and the main query we had was impairment for simple contests that are between the players only, i.e. the Antagonist…
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Participants: advachiel, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: Wound penalties questions
"The first three wound boxes have temporary penalties that apply only to your next roll" 1) Any roll at all?  Positioning, etc.? ******* "Temporary penalties stack up...Lasting Penaties don't stack…
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Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: Range band question
Are the range bands finite and bounded or do they in theory go on forever?  That is, if I am 7 range bands away from a skeleton (putting us at…
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Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

4/28/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] Shield Bash
Brainstorming with Ping about this one: what about adding rules for shield bashing? Not to address the issue of shield game balance, just because it's sexy. Make shield a range…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, John Harper, skyla.

4/28/2008 Particle_Man: Agon: on wounds and new characters
1) If a simple contest is made harmful and a hero takes 3 wounds, I take it this means you mark off the "3" box on the wounds list, rather…
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Participants: Particle_Man, John Harper.

5/20/2008 Ben Robbins: [Agon] free adventure "Beast of Kolkoris" unleashed
<i>In the labyrinth of Kolkoris a monster lurks, hiding its face from the immortal gods. It has ravaged countries and eaten the flesh of the living, but now the gods…
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Participants: Ben Robbins, NathanFrund, Entsuropi.

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