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7/12/2004 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight: Once More With Premise
With a great deal of excitement, I managed to wrangle 2 players (Tim and Carl) for a character and pre-game discussion for Sorcerer this Sunday. I invited the players out…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Doyce.

7/10/2004 Bob McNamee: Trollbabe patrols in the City of Heros
Just started playing in the City of Heros, a MMORPG...multiplayer superhero "roleplaying' computergame. My first character is "Trollbabe", a magical tanker type (tough defensive), she has an axe (not shown…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan.

7/8/2004 Bailywolf: [Trollbabe] How versatile is it?
From what I have heard about Trollbabe’s mechanics and metagame system, It strikes me as something I might want to get in on… but the whole ‘Troll+babe’ thing leaves me…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, b_bankhead, Andy Kitkowski, Paganini, xiombarg, ethan_greer, montag, sirogit, Tim Alexander, C. Edwards, 8bitjunkie, Mike Holmes.

7/8/2004 Hisho: First Time Sorcerer, need some Help...
Ok, first "hello everybody", after reading a lot of things here at the forge for over a year now I decided to buy Sorcerer and all 3 supplements. My 6…
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Participants: Hisho, Ron Edwards.

7/8/2004 Andy Kitkowski: [Trollbabe] Examples of Combat Failures WITHOUT rerolls
Hey all- I'm looking here specifically for solid "Actual Play" descriptions of what you've seen on the table. I'm rereading Trollbabe in anticipation of running it at a demo table…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paganini, Ron Edwards, rafial.

7/7/2004 8bitjunkie: [Sorcerer] Actual play threads with the die rolls
I know, I know...its easy...but I am having a hard time getting the die roll mechanics down on who has the most successes, etc. My Forge search-fu is weak coming…
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Participants: 8bitjunkie, Paka, jrs, Bailywolf, KingOfFarPoint, Ron Edwards.

7/5/2004 ZenDog: [Sorcerer]One newb, one non-gamer, and a few hours to spare.
Ok so I got Sorcerer on Saturday, I haven’t read it all yet, but I’m thinking about running a game for a non-gamer friend of mine, who is coming over…
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Participants: ZenDog, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf.

7/5/2004 Overdrive: Chargen difficulties
Hei all, Look, I'm ramping up my first Sorcerer game, cool! I've been reading the books enthusiastically and built an "advertisement" pdf to lure some players, which didn't quite work…
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Participants: Overdrive, pfischer, erithromycin, Ron Edwards.

7/3/2004 Trevis Martin: New Sword and Sorcerous Literature Available
Well, following last years release of the first 13 Conan Stories, Del Ray and Wandering Star have just released The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane. I just got my copy…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, joshua neff, Spartan, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Sean, Tim Mahan.

7/2/2004 JamesDJIII: Laying Out the Story Bones
One of the recommendations I've read in the Sorcerer books was to get the back stories "laid out" in the first or second session of play. I think this is…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

7/2/2004 Bailywolf: Sorcerer and... school? Young sorcerers & sorcery scho
I've been rereading the Harry potter books, and looking back through this forum to pick up references to the likes of Sabriel and The Amulet of Samakrand. Add to the…
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Participants: Bailywolf, sirogit, LeSingeSavant, 6inTruder, DannyK, Old_Scratch, Ron Edwards.

7/2/2004 ZenDog: Break out the links...
...my search-fu is weak, and I've just ordered Sorcerer. Sorcerer and the suppliment Sorcerer and Sword, should arrive over the weekend (going on previous online transactions with Leisuregames). So err…
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Participants: ZenDog, Henri.

7/2/2004 hix: Who Sorcerised Roger Rabbit?
[b]Demons[/b] are Toons. They want to play with humans, entertain (and be entertained) and most of all they want humans to use Toon Logic with them. [b]Humanity[/b] is Logic, Reason…
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Participants: hix, greyorm, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Sydney Freedberg, pete_darby.

7/1/2004 xiombarg: stupid S&S questions
Okay, I'm sure there are threads that answer these questions, but my search-fu is poor today. 1. Okay, Pacts. If I understand this correctly, a Pact roll is exactly like…
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Participants: xiombarg, Ron Edwards, greyorm, DannyK.

7/1/2004 kwill: sorceron
n. sors-er-on 1) a gender-neutral term for sorcerer/sorceress 2) author of a book called Sorcerer damn late night typos :)
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Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards.

6/30/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Desire/Need question
I have tried to look through the Adept Press forum, but a search for Desire brings up 6 pages alone, and you cannot search for combined words only or refine…
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Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards, hix, joshua neff, DannyK, sirogit.

6/30/2004 sirogit: Community-circle based Descriptors.
I'd really like to try out this idea for descriptors based on the different circles of communitys listed in Sex&Sorcery(Such as family, self, community etc etc.) Here's a rough model…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

6/28/2004 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer]Favorite Humanity Definitions?
I tried running Sorcerer a couple of times, once with Humanity as Identity, once with Humanity as Empathy; and I was a little disappointed each time. The mechanics flowed nicely,…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Paka, KingOfFarPoint, Doyce, droog, Yokiboy.

6/28/2004 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Dark Places
OK, I am working on my own Sorcerer setting, to be developed as a mini-sup. I am in the very initial stages, reading, making notes, researching. What I wanted to…
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Participants: pfischer, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, DannyK.

6/27/2004 Peter Nordstrand: [Sorcerer]Demon Types Make No Sense (to me)
Hi, Please forgive me if I'm asking something that has already been discussed at length... However ... The demon types make no sense to me. The categories actually seem pretty…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, sirogit, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Christopher Weeks, Piers Brown.

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7/12/2004 sirogit: Moral differences around the table?
In a group for sorcerer that I'm assembling, something has crept into my mind as a concern: Since the game is about stories with moral judgement(Not preachy stories, but good…
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Participants: sirogit, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

7/12/2004 Old_Scratch: First Time Play Musings on Sorcerer (Charnel Gods)
Well, I’ve just begun my game and I had a bit of feedback after the first session that I thought I’d try and keep separate from my Actual Play description…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

7/13/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer & Sword] Fistful of Humanity
Hey folks, quick thinker-question. I'm planning on revisiting the abortive Clicking Sands one-shot I ran a few months ago, and in the interim I've had time to consider the relationship…
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Participants: Doyce, Ron Edwards.

7/15/2004 Spartan: [S&S Lit] Bounders and Rogues
Hello all, Having procured a fair amount of the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser stories, and Nifft the Lean, what are other tales of S&S rapscallion heroes? Thieves, con-artists, and…
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Participants: Spartan, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jaik, Sean.

7/16/2004 Xaranthas: [Sorcerer] What die do you use and why?
Given the flexibility of which die to use, and the effect on conflict resolution, and balance between strong (high number of dice) and weak (low number of dice) pools, I'm…
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Participants: Xaranthas, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan, Christopher Weeks, KingOfFarPoint, Lxndr, Trevis Martin, Andy Kitkowski, Yokiboy, Bailywolf.

7/17/2004 Yokiboy: [Sorcerer] Playing NAR for the First Time
Hello, My gaming group has decided to give NAR a try, as it sounds very appealing to most of us. In Sorcerer, and other sorces, they list the optimal size…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Old_Scratch, Christopher Weeks, DannyK, Mike Holmes, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2004 Andrew Navaro: More Life & Death
Hello, everyone. Now that "Life & Death" has had its run on the Adept Press site, I've posted the entire strip as well as the original rough drafts on my…
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Participants: Andrew Navaro, jrs, Ron Edwards, Alan.

7/22/2004 Ron Edwards: Interview with me at Flames Rising
Hello, There's a new interview with me at Flames Rising. Check it out; I'm given to understand it's spawned some discussion at the forums there. Oh yeah, and if you…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Vaxalon, Fabrice G., Nev the Deranged.

7/27/2004 tetsujin28: [Sorcerer]Trojan War
So, I've been milling around, trying to come up with an adaptation of Sorcerer for ancient Greece, mainly due to the influence of Walter Burkert's Homo Necans: the Anthropology of…
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Participants: tetsujin28, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Paka.

7/29/2004 Vaxalon: Heresy! Trollbabe needs a new name.
I have encountered a lot of resistance (even more than I expected) to Trollbabe because of the name. Everyone I hand it to looks at me funny. "Ignore the name.…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, sirogit.

7/30/2004 Old_Scratch: Dream Sorcerers
I was watching "Nightmare on Elm Street" with a friend the other night and it got me thinking of applying the theme of Sorcerer - where your demon is typically…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, Yokiboy, sirogit, Ron Edwards.

7/31/2004 Peter Nordstrand: [Sorcerer] Combat example -- is this right?
Hi, I am about to run my first session of Sorcerer ever, and am wondering if I am getting the combat rules correctly. So, here is three combat rounds as…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy, Trevis Martin, Valamir, sirogit, Christopher Weeks, bcook1971, djarb.

8/1/2004 Doyce: A look at the Bloody Crown of Conan
While at the San Diego Comic-Con last week, I had a chance to chat with the folks at the Del Rey booth. One of the publishers let me take a…
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Participants: Doyce, Andy Kitkowski.

8/2/2004 Bailywolf: Bonus on 1-die defense (split)
I have a question for everyone... can you use creative description or currency to boost your 1 die Hail Mary defense action? For example, say a clever player describes his…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, sirogit.

8/2/2004 sirogit: Customized Sorcerer Character Sheets
Usual warnings blah blah using possibly copywrited images, for personal use only, blah blah blah, mostly taken from the rasputina website, blah blah, geocities goes down alot. http://www.geocities.com/judasvisc/Smallcharactersheet.JPG http://www.geocities.com/judasvisc/diagrambw.JPG
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, ScottM.

8/3/2004 lumpley: I Have an Issue, for one
I'm still seeing only the first strip of "We All Have Issues." Is that as it should be? -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, joshua neff, 6inTruder.

8/3/2004 Vaxalon: Trollbabes and Unbeatable obstacles
Let's say you're running a game of Trollbabe, and the player wants his character to do something that's game-breakingly powerful. For example, throw a rock at a castle and knock…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Ron Edwards.

8/4/2004 sirogit: Getting bonus dice but not wanting them?
What are the ramifications in Sorcerer if a player is purposefully setting their characters up to lose in a conflict? Specifficly, I was thinking about bonus dice. What if a…
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Participants: sirogit, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, joshua neff, greyorm, Mike Holmes.

8/10/2004 Bailywolf: Very very very powerful demons (and how to keep them)
I'm almost done with Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore- a quirky, funny, quick read. The Demon is a bastard thing named Catch- a full-bore-monster-from-hell kinda demon. Catch likes to destroy…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Doyce, bcook1971, Paka, DannyK, Valamir, stingray20166, angelfromanotherpin, Mike Holmes.

8/13/2004 sirogit: Three settings that show the breadth of Sorcerer's options?
If you could choose three settings of Sorcerer to show the breadth of the possibilities behind customizing the concepts, what would they be?
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Participants: sirogit, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Doyce, DannyK, Paka.

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