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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.

4/22/2004 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.

4/20/2004 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.

4/20/2004 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.

4/19/2004 sirogit: A few random rules questions.
1. Is there any point to group-banishing? The way I read it, in order for the group to confer bonuses to the main sorcerer, they would have to make the…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

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.

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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.

5/4/2004 Eric J-D: Sorcerer handout request
Dear Ron, I am gearing up to begin a game of Sorcerer just as soon as I can get out from under these *&@#ing research papers that I am grading.…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards.

5/5/2004 Nev the Deranged: Contain
Okay, the rules for Contains are pretty vague. No actual mechanics in there aside from something nonspecific about Lore rolls or something. The actual line (p89) says: "The sorcerer must…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..

5/5/2004 Eric J-D: Sorcerer Question: Building the Art-Deco Gun
Apologies from the start about the weird subject line, but those of you familiar with the series of "Art-Deco Melodrama" threads will understand what I am talking about. As I…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Michael S. Miller.

5/6/2004 Nev the Deranged: Initiative tweaking...
Alrighty, I was running through some quick scenarios in the shower (no, the scenarios were not set in the shower, I was in the shower while thinking of them). And…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, bcook1971, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, sirogit.

5/6/2004 sirogit: For Ron: How would you do Sorcerer differently?
Ron, I've read a smattering a posts where you poisited minor design flaws with Sorcerer. This seems very curious to me as I find Sorcerer the epitome of an advanced…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

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