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1/1/2005 Trevis Martin: & Sword Fiction, The Writing of Robert E Howard
Del Rey has been releasing trade paperbacks of Wandering Star's collection of the Robert E Howard's conan fiction. (A good thing as the Wandering Star hardcover limited editions are very,…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, bcook1971, joshua neff, Paganini, James_Nostack, Alan, Ron Edwards.

12/31/2004 Old_Scratch: [Sorcerer] The Sin Eaters
I came up with this setting while taking my dog for a walk, and even though I haven't had a chance yet, I'd like to throw some ideas out. It…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

12/27/2004 ricmadeira: Practical DemonBanishing (and Containing)
Okay, so this must be the stupidest question ever because I've been searching the forum for half an hour and couldn't turn up anything remotely connected to it. How do…
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Participants: ricmadeira, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

12/26/2004 RobNJ: [Sorcerer] dX = play style Y?
I just got my copy of Sorcerer as a holiday present from Judd (aka Paka). I'm enjoying the read so far. I have a semi-rulesish question. You can use any…
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Participants: RobNJ, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, ricmadeira, Fabrice G., Alan, Valamir, jrs.

12/22/2004 ivan23: [Sorceror] First Time Prep: Big Sky -- The New Primitives
Hi, all ... picked up Sorceror from the FLGS on the strength of all the Actual Play and one-sheet prep posts. The missus subscribes to a lot of homesteading magazines,…
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Participants: ivan23, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, jc_madden, Snowden, Trevis Martin, Nev the Deranged.

12/21/2004 joshua neff: Art Deco Sorcerer on the big screen
When Ron first started the Art Deco Melodrama threads and described the look and feel of the setting, how did I picture it in my head? Pretty much exactly…
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Participants: joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Paka.

12/20/2004 Paka: Stepping Away from the United Party Mentality
I am about to run Blood Simple on New Year's Day, it looks like and we're in the preliminary e-mail stages, flirting with the game idea before any foreplay takes…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

12/16/2004 Paka: Sorcerer One-Sheet Preperation
I am not sure if these steps are exactly where I want them just yet but here is a rough guideline to making a one-sheet. Any feedback or disagreements are…
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Participants: Paka.

12/8/2004 Moah: Where to get the supplements
Hi, I bought Sorcerer from a shop here (after reading much about it here and at the rpg.net forums), and found by luck "Sex and sorcery." I'd like to get…
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Participants: Moah, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

12/7/2004 Negilent: Revolution 2 - first time sorceror prep
I've finally swiped the MC over at Paypal, and am getting set to bounce my first Sorceror game. Before I paste it all before your eyes here are the issues…
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Participants: Negilent, Ron Edwards, Trevis Martin.

12/7/2004 Paka: Mystery Men
I've been flirting with how to do super-heroic Sorcerer and here is my most recent attempt. The starting Demon is something that happened to you that made you want to…
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Participants: Paka, urbwar, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Bob Goat, Bailywolf, Ben Morgan.

12/2/2004 dunlaing: I ran [Trollbabe] last night for the first time!
We had a good time, although the majority of the session was spent introducing Trollbabe to two of the three players and character creation. I'll post the recap of the…
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Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards.

11/30/2004 dunlaing: [Trollbabe] A Question of Scale, or The Last Boy
I am planning to start up a Trollbabe campaign and was thinking about using the following set of Stakes and Circumstances for the first adventure. Once I started thinking about…
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Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards.

11/29/2004 Picador: (Sorcerer) The Metamorphosis v 2.0, call for players
Here's the new version of The Metamorphosis in PDF form. (The original thread for this setting is here.) I'm also including some links for further reading about stage…
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Participants: Picador.

11/29/2004 Mattes: (Sorcerer) Questions of a newbie
Hi! I just purchased Sorcerer, and I have a question concerning the rules, I have checked the book over & again, but haven't been able to figure it out. Here…
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Participants: Mattes, TonyLB, Alan, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, pfischer, Jonas Larson, Ben Morgan.

11/28/2004 Gabe McKean: [Sorcerer One-Sheet] Alien Ghosts
I'll be running my first game of Sorcerer pretty soon. I have an idea for a sci-fi flavored game that I'll present to them later this week. This is my…
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Participants: Gabe McKean, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

11/26/2004 sirogit: &Sword setting - Last Rites of the Dark Gods
Sword & Sorcery setting I'm shooting for running after my current Sorcerer game, out of the fact that one of the current players is a major S&S fan and it'd…
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Participants: sirogit.

11/25/2004 Spartan: Inu-Yasha as inspiration for Sorcerer & Sword
I've been away for a while, but here we go... Lately I've become addicted to an anime series called Inu-Yasha, and I can't help thinking of Sorcerer every time I…
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Participants: Spartan, Gabe McKean, Fabrice G..

11/11/2004 Paka: School Days
[b]Influences[/b]: Freaks and Geeks, Battle Royale, School Daze, Buffy the Vampire Slayer?, Malcom in the Middle?, Dawson's Creek? [i]? = shows I'm either not sure of or haven't seen[/i] [b]Humanity[/b]…
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Participants: Paka, DannyK.

11/9/2004 Henri: Is Trollbabe balanced?
Last night I finally did my first run of Trollbabe. It was very much an improv thing, thrown together at the last minute, and we didn't want to play all…
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Participants: Henri, Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, Alan, Ron Edwards, Doyce.

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1/5/2005 Paka: Sorcerer for YA Fantasy Fiction
Inspirations: high fantasy young adult novels, The Golden Compass, Narnia and Harry Potter. Demons are: animal familiars summoned by wizards, apprentices and the gifted that are in fact manifestations of…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

1/8/2005 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer on Wikipedia
Hello, While cruising Wikipedia for some Cold War details, I discovered this: Sorcerer. Various things on the page are ... dated, at best. The influence of the single reviewer ever…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

1/9/2005 Harlequin: Lois McMaster Bujold does Sorcerer
I'm not sure if this is deliberate or not, given the number of SF/Fantasy authors who turn out to be gaming junkies at heart. She looks a bit old for…
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Participants: Harlequin, Ron Edwards, Tav_Behemoth.

1/12/2005 Ron Edwards: Didn't see that coming
Hiya, I'm about 35 minutes into "The Village." Omigod! It's a Trollbabe story! I'll post more later after seeing the whole thing. Best, Ron
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Participants: Ron Edwards, dunlaing, Valamir.

1/14/2005 greyorm: A Demon's Need
So, I was crusing through the old Pokemon Sorcerer thread on RPG.net looking for something else, and someone brought up how reducing one's Humanity to 0 might warp the sorcerer…
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Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards.

1/17/2005 jburneko: Elfs Question
Hello, My group requested that we play Elfs. So, I reread the rules and amazingly I only have one question. Regarding Magic Items. It says that one becomes available every…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

1/19/2005 Henri: Snap-shot and Boost: Quick Question
I have a question about how the snap-shot penalty and boos interact. Suppose my demon has Boost Lore and Power 6 and my base Lore is 3. I want to…
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Participants: Henri, Eero Tuovinen, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2005 sirogit: Non-linear play and a change in character's ability.
What's the recommeded way to handle a character having different abilities during different time periods when running scenes non-linearly? Example: I'm running some Sword & Sorcerer. We run scene A…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Rod Anderson.

1/24/2005 xenopulse: Sorcerer: Bonus Dice for Action Descriptions
Ron, I have a question regarding bonus dice awarded for describing one's actions in Sorcerer. This is specifically in regards to combat (p. 106). Now, I was under the impression…
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Participants: xenopulse, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, sirogit, angelfromanotherpin.

1/24/2005 ejh: Monica the Sorcerer -- Wapsi Square
I've recently become a big fan of the webcomic "Wapsi Square" http://www.wapsisquare.com/. It's a drama series (with a nod towards daily punchlines, but it's really more story than funny) about…
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Participants: ejh, Ron Edwards.

1/25/2005 Eric J-D: Bonus Dice for Defense
I know that Ron says he loves questions about Sorcerer combat, so here goes: Page 105 of Sorcerer describes a combat involving Brandon, Fragg and some thugs. In the text…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards.

1/28/2005 Paka: Out of the Joint (Inspired by The Wire, The Corner and Oz)
[b]Inspirations[/b]: The Wire and The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood and Oz will probably be in there too. You only ever role-play two days in…
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Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2005 Roger Eberhart: [Sorcerer] Contest of Wills
This is in regards to a post by Ron in a recent thread. Unfortunately I couldn't find the thread in question. The gist was players had opposing ideas so they…
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Participants: Roger Eberhart, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, hix, Valamir.

2/2/2005 Paka: Sorcerer Con Games
Michael put this idea in my head. I am sorry that I didn't get a chance to play Sorcerer at the Dreamation, just to see how it feels to be…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 Paka: 7 Sins
[b]Inspirations[/b]: Se7en, Hellblazer, more? [b]Humanity[/b] is the ability to lead a life in control of sin, rather than allowing them to control you and define who you are. [b]Humanity gain[/b]…
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Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 Bret Gillan: [Sorcerer] Introducing a New Player
My girlfriend Sarah is interested in checking out roleplaying games. She's a long-time writer who dabbled in some collaborative writing that sounds very much to me to be a roleplaying…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 dunlaing: [Trollbabe]
I might be running Trollbabe tonight for three players (well, four if you count me). We finished up an adventure last session (the Trollbabes scared off the Troll shaman who…
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Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Alan, joshua neff, Bret Gillan.

2/14/2005 Prince of Thieves: Sorcerer and Sword offer insight to "long forgotten wis
Hiya everyone, I'm a new fan/GM of Sorcerer but I've been on the forge lurking in the Riddle of Steel section for a while. :) I recently purchased Sorcerer +…
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Participants: Prince of Thieves, Ron Edwards.

2/16/2005 Prince of Thieves: [& Sword] Pangaea: Man vs. The Dinosaur Kings
[b][u]Pangaea: Man vs. the Dinsaur Kings[/b][/u] Here is the recent Pulp Fantasy setting my players and I created for our first Sorcerer and Sword story! Hope you enjoy reading it…
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Participants: Prince of Thieves, Valamir, Paka.

2/21/2005 matthijs: Sex & Sorcery review up at rpg.net
It's short, and it's here.
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Participants: matthijs, Ron Edwards.

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