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7/27/2005 Nev the Deranged: May
I was thinking about one of my favorite movies today, namely May (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303361/) Fantastic film, I recommend it to any horror / creepy / sorcererish movie enthusiast. The link pretty…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, jrs, Justin A Hamilton, hardcoremoose.

7/26/2005 Justin A Hamilton: [& Sword] Lovecraftian game
Hello everyone. Recently my group finished up our last game and was wondering what we should play next.  Out of every single game we have ever played, we seem to…
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Participants: Justin A Hamilton, Ron Edwards, GB Steve, Paka, Nev the Deranged.

7/25/2005 Vaxalon: R-maps: Past, not present?
Would you say that, in general, an attribute of a "proper" Sorceror R-map is that it describes the past rather than the present, the NPC histories rather than present emotions?
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Participants: Vaxalon, CCW, Ron Edwards, sirogit.

7/25/2005 John Harper: [Stranger Things] Social Rolls
So, I'm busy working on Stranger Things (the used-to-be Trollbabe mini-supplement now turned full stand-alone game "inspired by Trollbabe" -- thanks to Ron's kind indulgence) and I've come to the…
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Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, demiurgeastaroth.

7/21/2005 Nev the Deranged: Dave's Sorcerer quickref project continues (long)
Hello! Been a while since I've posted anything here, or even been trying to keep up with the forums. Sometimes I just don't have the time, or other things take…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Miskatonic, Justin A Hamilton, droog, ScottM, Karl.

7/16/2005 James_Nostack: [&Sword] Trading Victories Question
On page 70 of Sorcerer & Sword: On a successful roll you may choose to bump the victories all the way down to an inconclusive tie, to save them for…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

7/15/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Multiple rolls in a conflict
Here's something that has been giving me problems. I have two questions. First, the stupid question: When you do a Conflict that isn't the One Roll type, do you roll…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Alan, Ron Edwards.

7/14/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Ritual Questions
1. Does striking a Pact entail a Humanity roll? I would assume so, as it's a "sub-category of Binding" but I want to make sure. 2. How long does a…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Jeffrey Straszheim, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

7/11/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Idea for Setting
Here is a loose idea for a Sorcerer setting. I am still trying to figure out... 1. What would Humanity be, in a game like this? and 2. Is it…
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Participants: James_Nostack, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

6/29/2005 Bret Gillan: [Sorcerer]The Flesh Market One-Sheet
This is the game I'm preparing for the player group detailed in Homecoming, Forming a Gaming Group, and Sorcerer. I'm worried that it might be a bit "heavy" but I…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Old_Scratch, sirogit.

6/20/2005 Jeffrey Straszheim: Should players know about Humanity risks?
Do you let a player know before hand what actions might risk Humanity loss for her character? In our current game we have a character who started out with just…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Danny_K, Shreyas Sampat, TonyLB, sirogit, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

6/20/2005 epweissengruber: Sorcerer and Elfs in Demos
Ron, I would like to run Soc. and Elfs in 2-hour demos as the upcoming Phantasm convention. My default choice for Sorcerer is "In Utero," and for Elfs I am…
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Participants: epweissengruber.

6/18/2005 jasonm: [Sorcerer] Help with a Campaign Setting
Hi, I'm hoping some members of this forum can chime in and help me out - I'm experiencing a bit of a creative failure regarding a take on demons I'm…
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Participants: jasonm, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch, Danny_K, Nev the Deranged.

6/14/2005 kalyptein: preparing for a first game of Charnel Gods
Hi. I'm hoping to run a one-shot game of Charnel Gods at an upcoming yearly gathering of gaming friends. The ones I have in mind as players, upon being told…
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Participants: kalyptein, Old_Scratch, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, jagardner.

6/13/2005 Old_Scratch: Sorcerer Inspiration: "Howl's Moving Castle"
Having just watched Hayao Miyazaki’s movie version of “Howl’s Moving Castle”, I just thought I would recommend a good chunk of Miyazaki’s films as great source inspiration for Sorcerer, some…
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Participants: Old_Scratch.

6/7/2005 Ron Edwards: Zero at the Bone post?
Just yesterday, I read a post presenting some observations about Zero at the Bone. I planned to reply today, but surprisingly, it has disappeared. That is very weird because I…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

6/4/2005 kayl: Physical Book vs PDF
I see that Sorcerer Core is for sale at Indie Press Rev but would rather get it in electronic form (PDF, whatever). I don't suppose it's still available for purchase?
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Participants: kayl, Trevis Martin.

6/3/2005 Hearthweru: One-Sheet first attempt.
Here's my first attempt at a Sorcerer One-Sheet. It's for the clicking Sands setting from & Sword. Clicking Sands One-Sheet
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Participants: Hearthweru, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

5/25/2005 Old_Scratch: [Charnel Gods] Primal Twilight Epoch/Setting
[b]Primal Twilight[/b] [i]The land and the verdant forests that cover it are ancient and untouched. Great trees tower towards the heavens, their roots reaching down too deep, and their boughs…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, Paka, hardcoremoose, sirogit, Danny_K, hix.

5/25/2005 Sean: An Uncomfortable One-Sheet
So I was thinking about - How far will you go to get what you want? - Ron’s bit about ‘people, in situations’ from the birthday thread - Droog’s posts…
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Participants: Sean, matthijs, Danny_K, sirogit, Mike Holmes, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, erithromycin, pete_darby.

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8/5/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Demon: the Jar of Goo
I have a question about how to stat up a demon: Player envisions a big jar of protoplasm that can pour goop to form objects out of non-living biological matter. …
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2005 John Stephens: Sorcerer for the very young
My four-year-old daughter and I have been reading the Chronicles of Narnia (we're almost done with book 5), and she has recently grown interested in fantasy roleplaying, which we have…
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Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, ejh, Grex, jrs, droog, Russell Hoyle, joshua neff, Eero Tuovinen.

8/9/2005 slavlin: 2 literary sources for Sorcerer
I have recently been reading the Sorcerer books and have read 2 books that are, IMHO, perfect source material for Sorcerer. 1) Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher - This…
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Participants: slavlin, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2005 angelfromanotherpin: Demonic Weaknesses
So, I was discussing Vampire: The Masquerade as Sorcerer fodder, when my friend pointed out something I'd missed entirely, which is that Sorcerer lacks an explicit way to mimic the…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

8/11/2005 pedyo: [Sorcerer] Disciples of Christ
Hi, Second try… I am thinking of starting up a Sorcerer campaign. I have some ideas that I really like, but I’m uncertain how to continue. I have described the…
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Participants: pedyo, Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Lamorak33, Trevis Martin, M. J. Young, jrs, Ron Edwards.

8/11/2005 Lamorak33: Player Secrecy
Hi How do you handle players who want to hide what they do and details about their character from the other players?  This also goes for note passing and going…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, The_Tim, Old_Scratch, Paka, jagardner.

8/13/2005 Nev the Deranged: Skeleton Key
So I saw Skeleton Key tonight. Pretty decent movie. Not exactly fitting in the Sorcerer mold, no demons per se. But still coll and still with that sort of vibe.…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

8/13/2005 James_Nostack: [R Map] The Big Lebowski
I am working my way through Sorcerer's Soul, but since I seldom read mystery novels I thought I would use The Big Lebowski instead.  It's a "detective story" though certainly…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Sean, Yokiboy.

8/15/2005 Sean: Humanity as Heroism?
I haven't quite been able to make 'humanity as empathy' work for S&S, despite some broad agreement with Ron that this is at least one of the staple definitions of…
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Participants: Sean, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2005 Miskatonic: Adept GenCon titles
Ron, Will Adept Press be selling anything kewl at the Forge booth this year, other than the four Sorcerer books and Elfs? I gotta get my picks in by Wednesday.
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Participants: Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch, Yokiboy.

8/16/2005 Paka: Humanity Question: On the Edge of Zero Intervention
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=16375.msg174487#msg174487 date=1124147982] No, not at all. Humanity is a metagame concept, not an in-game, even when you roll it when the character tries to do something. It…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

8/16/2005 jburneko: Other Trollbabe Rules Changes
Hello Ron, So, I noticed in the other thread you mentioned one of the reasons that the print version of Trollbabe wasn't going to happen is that your desire to…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2005 JamesDJIII: Cartoon Network Cartoon for Sorcerer
Just a quick heads up: I was watching Cartoon Network with my son today, and we came across a show called (I think) "Life and Times of Juniper Lee." Within…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, dyjoots, Mike Holmes.

8/18/2005 Russell Hoyle: Traveller through a Sorcerer's lens?
Just another crackpot idea of mine, whilst driving long distances.... Humaniti is: Looking after people (broadly defined), doing what is right and just and moral. Sorcery is: The various skills,…
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Participants: Russell Hoyle, Balbinus, greyorm, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2005 FruitSmack!: Sorcerer: SVU
Howdy, Here's my first one-sheet for a few-shot that I'm thinking of running for some friends.  Just looking for some criticism and feedback.  I'm going to run it in the…
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Participants: FruitSmack!, Mike Holmes.

8/23/2005 Jacob: The Roleplaying Blues
Hey all, I'm not sure if I'm looking for advice or just a barstool to sit on while I vent my gaming woes, but I've just started a new game…
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Participants: Jacob, TonyLB, Technocrat13, xenopulse, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Lamorak33, Valamir.

8/25/2005 Jake Norwood: Sorcer and Soldiers
So I'm packing my "A" bag for the big flight into Iraq, trying to decide if it's even worth bringing an RPG. I haven't played in about 2 years--not really,…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, The_Tim, Miskatonic.

8/26/2005 Jacob: [Trollbabe] Multiple Trollbabes in one conflict.
I’ve scanned the forums and found some great Trollbabe material here, but one question still bugs me. How do you handle multiple Trollbabes in the same conflict, with the same…
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Participants: Jacob, John Harper, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2005 Darcy Burgess: Sorc. Blog: Feudal Japan
Don't have a catchy name for the Sorc game that's a-brewin' at the Gaming Ranch, but the subject line is pretty indicative...  I'd like to use this space to keep…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko, GreatWolf, Paka, Dumirik, Lisa Padol, MetalBard.

8/26/2005 jburneko: Strange Reaction to Trollbabe
I've shown Trollbabe to a lot of people.  I've encountered a lot of negative reactions.  A lot of guys don't want to play Trollbabe because they'd be personally uncomfortable with…
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Participants: jburneko, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Sean, Bankuei, John Harper, Noon, Pol Jackson, Ron Edwards, Jacob.

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