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4/19/2004 Nev the Deranged: Couple of questions...
I've been going through the Sorcerer books, page by page, trying to put the information in an order I can more easily reference while running or playing a game... sort…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, 6inTruder, Ron Edwards.

4/19/2004 sirogit: Humanity gain for summoning demons?
I'm abit conflicted over the answer to this question: 1. If someone summons a demon for the purposes of performing a task that equals Humanity Gain, could they get a…
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Participants: sirogit, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/19/2004 Henri: Elric books for Sorcerer and Sword background (Help!)
I have a question for the big Sword and Sorcery fans out there. I wanted to read Elric of Melnibone as background reading for Sorcerer and Sword, since I haven't…
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Participants: Henri, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, DannyK, Doyce, Sean, The Fiendish Dr. Samsara, Nev the Deranged.

4/18/2004 Eric J-D: Sorcerer: combat a la Queen of the Black Coast
Hi folks, I have not yet run a game of Sorcerer although I am getting very close to doing so. However, I still feel a bit unsure about how to…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Alan, Sean, BPetroff93.

4/17/2004 sirogit: Kinship/Sex as ideal relationships for Story purposes.
At first when I read Ron's insistance for story-important relationships to based on Kinship/Sex to be rather limiting. But just now I realize a great reason for the distinction. Alligince,…
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Participants: sirogit, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2004 Doyce: Rolling successes over that cover from... where?
Hey all, I'm afraid this is a rules question more than one of my more-common 'how do you do it in your game' questions. The question arose during a (new!)…
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Participants: Doyce, Lxndr, Bankuei, Alan, Ron Edwards.

4/16/2004 Paka: Gangster Sorcerer: Demons from the Hell Side of Town
A Sorcerer is someone who has let someone from the hell side of town get close to them. They might be a junky brother, a lover whose a hooker with…
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Participants: Paka, BPetroff93, Christopher Weeks, DannyK, 6inTruder, Seth L. Blumberg.

4/15/2004 DannyK: Free-standing Passer Demons?
[quote] Ron Edwards said in a different thread about why Demons don't just kill their sorcerers: 1) is the demon's Need. A demon Bound to a dead sorcerer does not…
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Participants: DannyK, Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2004 BPetroff93: Sorcerer and Sword
Hi Ron, I'm prepping for my first S&S game. Do you recommend using R-maps for S&S prep, or just Sorcerer Prep?
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Participants: BPetroff93, Ron Edwards.

4/14/2004 Alan: Big always on
Hi all, Last year, when I played Charnel Gods, I had to come up with several beasts (Imanent Demons) for the game. When I read Ron's comment about Sorcerer powers…
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Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/14/2004 sirogit: Episodic, Nonepisodic, or combination plots?
For my Demon Cops game, I'm not quite sure how to treat the plot. Initially, I'm quite attracted to the idea of Episodic self-contained stories per session, as is recommended…
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Participants: sirogit, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

4/13/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Various Questions
Good news! My group has agreed to let me run a four-session Sorcerer campaign. Now the pressure's really on to understand the wormy details. Or at least be 70%+ settled…
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Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards, kwill.

4/13/2004 Lxndr: Character Improvement in Sorcerer, or What Is Lxndr Missing?
Reading through the Sorcerer main book, character improvement seems to be tied to "the end of a story" (which may or may not have anything to do with a kicker).…
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Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Sean, jburneko.

4/12/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Cunning Demons with Cunning Plans?
From this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8230#top With a demon like this, they often become big villains. Veniamin in the recent necromancy game is a good example, and it's only Power 8,…
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Participants: Doyce, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G., Lxndr, DannyK, Mike Holmes.

4/11/2004 sirogit: Scenario for my Demon Cops game: Better to Burn Out
This is a scenario I'd like to include in my Demon Cops game, though It still has a few rough edges. ---- Calista Stocker was one of the most successfull…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

4/11/2004 Ben Lehman: Sorcerer Comic
Apologies to those that may have already seen this: http://www.angryflower.com/master.gif
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Participants: Ben Lehman, sirogit, tetsujin28.

4/10/2004 sirogit: Using teamwork as carried over bonuses.
When I run Demon cops, I'd like to encourage people to make ample use of the ability to give bonuses to another person's action through your own. An obvious example…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

4/9/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Selling Lore
[i](edited for Sudafed typos)[/i] I'm a bad GM. Or I just don't know Sorcerer that well. Or I lent my book to another player (his is on order) and didn't…
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Participants: Doyce, joshua neff, Bankuei, greyorm, Andrew Norris, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Ben Lehman, tetsujin28.

4/9/2004 tetsujin28: [Sorcerer & Sword]Non-sorcerer PCs?
I may just be being lame, but how does one handle non-sorcerer PCs in a S&S setting, without relegating them to the "second-class PC locker", ala Ars Magica companions? Seems…
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Participants: tetsujin28, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Bankuei, Andrew Norris, Seth L. Blumberg, BPetroff93.

4/8/2004 GreatWolf: What's new about the new Elfs?
Ron, For those of us on the fence about picking up the print version of Elfs, could you give us the lowdown on what you've tweaked/changed/added, etc.? I know that…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson, stingray20166.

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4/20/2004 Sean: Afterglow
It looks like I may actually be running a Sorcerer mini-campaign in the near future, which is a source of great delight. I'll follow this up with some setting teaser…
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Participants: Sean, Ron Edwards, RaconteurX, Doyce, Mike Holmes, kwill, b_bankhead, ScottM, DannyK.

4/20/2004 cthulahoops: Pirate Sorcerer: Demons from the Law School side of town.
Hi, I've had an idea floating around in my head for a while now and I thought I'd post it here and see if anyone has anything useful to say.…
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Participants: cthulahoops, Christopher Weeks, Henri, Paka, angelfromanotherpin, DannyK, Bob McNamee, tetsujin28, Dev.

4/22/2004 Dev: Demon-peddling (or going to CorruptoMart)
In a lot of literature there is the one figure you go to in order to access Humanity-threatening power, i.e. basically the equivalent of the evil mastermind/tutor who helps you…
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Participants: Dev, Paka.

4/22/2004 Ron Edwards: Witherwing
Hello, In the Afterglow thread, Sean referred to David Jarrett's curious book Witherwing - not what I'd call well-written or well-paced but full of haunting and evocative imagery nonetheless …
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Sean, jrs, DannyK.

4/23/2004 Wolfen: Sorcerer and Sex in Realms of Fantasy
I was reading through my latest issue of Realms of Fantasy last night, and was surprised to find a review of Sorcerer and Sex in Realms of Fantasy. It was…
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Participants: Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

4/24/2004 Paka: Heavenly Kung-Fu: Sorcerer variant
[b]Inspirations:[/b] Shaw Brothers films, Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon, Exalted (particularly Sidereals), Way of the Rat, Lone Wolf and Cub, Legend of the Five Rings The kung-fu of the red dust can…
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Participants: Paka, Dev, greyorm, urbwar.

4/24/2004 BPetroff93: Sex and Sorcery
Have you read through the Paragon Senario in Sex and Sorcerey, Paka? If so how do you invision this differing? (this was supposed to be a response to Paka's thread…
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Participants: BPetroff93, Paka.

4/26/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Short Bit on Boost
Q: If a character Boosts Stamina twice, do you check Will vs Power or automatically abort next? Q: Consider a parasite with Boost. There is no conferment, but the host's…
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Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2004 redwalker: [Sorcerer] very basic issues with understanding Will & L
I'm going through the Sorcerer book again, making a list of the equations that confuse me. On the one hand, "Lore" applies to all kinds of demon interactions. So if…
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Participants: redwalker, Paka, Bankuei, DannyK, Mike Holmes, Nev the Deranged.

4/27/2004 redwalker: [Sorcerer] John Brown -- tell me if I understand the rules
Now I do appreciate all of you taking the time and trouble to answer newbie questions. But I started the original thread on a not-very-appropriate forum. I'm hoping this forum…
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Participants: redwalker, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, DannyK, Eric J-D, Nev the Deranged.

4/28/2004 Paul Czege: before the after glows
Hey Ron, We've been having a pre-chargen email conversation about character ideas (for Sean's Afterglow). Just the big brush stuff at this stage, and focusing more at first on…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, b_bankhead, DannyK, Ben Lehman, Sean.

4/28/2004 redwalker: Would you pay $7.50 to see an undeterrable protagonist?
One question from Sorcerer that I love is, "Do you consider this to be a good idea for a movie? Because if you wouldn't spend $7.50 to see a story…
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Participants: redwalker, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Alan, Jaik, Bankuei, pete_darby, DannyK, Brand_Robins, tetsujin28.

4/28/2004 Michael S. Miller: Banish, Snapshots & Boost Questions
Can someone answer me these question three? Okay, we've got: Samson, a parasite demon with Power 9 and Boost Stamina Rafeal, the sorcerer whom Samson is bound to Che, the…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

4/28/2004 Paka: Explaining Kickers - I used Star Wars. And you?
When explaining new story-oriented game mechanics I find that movies are an easy way to relate them to a gamer, really allow how they work to sink in. When describing…
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Participants: Paka, Paganini, DannyK, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2004 Zak Arntson: I got Elfs! (but pennicillin helped)
Showed up the same day the power went out, so I read the whole damn thing by candlelight. It's great! I remember being utterly confused with the pdf copy, with…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Demada, GB Steve, Jason Puckett, Bob Goat, AnttiK.

5/1/2004 Sean: Heavy Metal
Well, since we've had these interesting discussions of Elric and Witherwing lately, I suppose I'd like to follow up on another of Ron's references in Sorcerer and Sword, namely Heavy…
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Participants: Sean, Nev the Deranged.

5/1/2004 tetsujin28: Sorcerer on the Inside -- of Prison
What is Lore?: Lore is knowing how to handle yourself and work the system. What is Humanity?: Being able to get out and still be a Man, not an Animal.…
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Participants: tetsujin28, Paka, Ron Edwards.

5/2/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Fresh From Play: Comments, Questions
This being particular to the system, I thought I'd separate it from the thread I started in Actual Play. Comment: The game text does not overstate the peril of a…
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Participants: bcook1971, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

5/2/2004 Nev the Deranged: Questions I already sent Ron when the Forge didn't like me..
*** The Forge decided to be kind to me today, so I am able to ask these questions to the masses, so that Ron can attend to the myriad of…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, clehrich.

5/3/2004 Nev the Deranged: Idea, free to good home
Just a throwaway idea that ran through my head that I thought someone might make use of. It's probably been done a few times, but I can't think of any…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

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