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3/17/2002 Ace: What else do you like and another question ( alittle long)
I have a question, what do the other folks here on the Forge play? Or maybe what am I missing :) My play/own list Unisystem (All Flesh Must Be Eaten,…
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Participants: Ace, Sidhain, hardcoremoose, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2002 Ace: New to the Forge and Sorcerer
I just thought I'd jump into the discussions feet first. I recently picked up Sorcerer at my FLGS (I broke down, it was on sale for $12) and I was…
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Participants: Ace, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, AndyGuest.

3/16/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Individual Conflict Resolution in Sorcerer
Okay. I've read all the threads I could find on this matter, and I think I understand the concepts. However, I'm having trouble wrapping it around application. (Note for new…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Zak Arntson.

3/16/2002 Bailywolf: Eidolon- a sorcerer concept
Ok, I decided to call this idea riff eidolon. The definition seems to fit. The Way of Things The world is not as simple as it seems to mortal eyes.…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir.

3/16/2002 Rod Anderson: Sorcerer demo in Austin, TX
Hello, I'm planning on running a demo of Sorcerer at Dragon's Lair in Austin, TX. Date and time, March 23rd (Saturday), tentatively starting at noon. If you live in the…
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Participants: Rod Anderson.

3/15/2002 Thor Olavsrud: Freudian Demons/Angels
Since my copy of The Sorcerer's Soul arrived the other day, I've been pondering Demons and Angels. I'm thinking about a game in which demons are defined as the expression…
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Participants: Thor Olavsrud, Russell Hoyle, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2002 David Howard: Getting up to speed
Hello everyone! I'm new to the forum, and new to Sorcerer. Roleplaying, that I am *not* new to... I remember at the age of 14 going to a friend's house…
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Participants: David Howard, hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, joshua neff, Christopher Kubasik, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay.

3/13/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer One Sheet: Christopher Gives It A Try
All right. I've read all the rules. I've got potential players. Time to jump in. Ron asked me what I might put on a Sorcerer One sheet. I took a…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Blake Hutchins, Clay, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, joshua neff, Noble, Robert Leal, David Howard, hardcoremoose, Walt Freitag.

3/12/2002 jburneko: Whither The Quest?
Hello, This post pertains primarly to the material presented in Socerer & Sword. In Chapter 7 under the dicussion of bangs it says that fights that are merely obstacles and…
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Participants: jburneko, Jared A. Sorensen, Christopher Kubasik, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, contracycle.

3/11/2002 Balbinus: Sorceror and Space
Well, while I had thought that the various mini-supplements were of little interest to me, good as they are (I like making my own stuff up too much generally to…
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Participants: Balbinus, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Bailywolf.

3/7/2002 hyphz: Cunning OR lucky, but...
Perusing the Elfs rules a bit, I noticed a slight concern: there appears to be no reason to ever give an Elf both Dumb Luck and Low Cunning at character…
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Participants: hyphz, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/4/2002 erithromycin: Simply Ghastly...
My system collapsed moments ago, so I'll do this faster, just in case: Sorcerer in early 1920s Britain, in the Highlands of Scotland, events centred around an old mansion in…
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Participants: erithromycin, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay.

3/3/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer: A Generic RPG?
Clearly, it isn't. If only because it doesn't claim to be. But, on the first page of the game opens with these words: "Many role-playing games amount to not much…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg, Dav, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, Clay.

2/27/2002 Alex: Play by E-mail Sorcerer
It strikes me that Sorcerer is the kind of game that would be really great if run through e-mail. Not only does the GM have more time to put into…
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Participants: Alex, Seth L. Blumberg, J B Bell, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, furashgf, Gordon C. Landis.

2/27/2002 GreatWolf: Pseudo-familial relationships on the relationship map
I'm posting this in a different thread than the recent relationship map thread because it represents a slight tangent, and besides, the other thread is getting too long. :-) Whilst…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

2/27/2002 greyorm: Announcement: Sorcerer Ts
Now you can WEAR your favorite game! (and advertise it, too!) RavenGear More "Sorcerer" designs coming shortly, check my homepage for details/updates.
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Participants: greyorm, jburneko, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, hardcoremoose, joshua neff, Clay, Jared A. Sorensen, jrs.

2/25/2002 Ron Edwards: Relationship map issues
Gentlemen, and Gordon in particular, This post deals with concerns in two current threads, "Soul reviewed" and "Relating Sorcerer's Soul and Sorcerer & Sword." Consider issues of baseline kinship and…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Kubasik, contracycle, Valamir, greyorm, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Clay, jburneko, lumpley, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, AndyGuest.

2/25/2002 Zak Arntson: Sorcerer's Soul in Lynnwood, Washington!
I saw (and bought) Sorcerer's Soul here in Lynnwood, Washinton. A store called Fantastic Games & Toys. I've been going there since um, 1980-something, and it's had the same owner…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, AndyGuest, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, Ron Edwards, Mytholder, Christopher Kubasik, Noble, Robert Leal, jburneko.

2/15/2002 Laurel: Skotos Article
Imagine my happy surprise to see Ron and Sorcerer get some free publicity at Skotos today. Its not the first time that Ron's ideas or products have gotten tossed around…
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Participants: Laurel, joshua neff, efindel, Ron Edwards.

2/15/2002 jburneko: Relating Sorcerer's Soul and Sorcerer & Sword
This is kind of an off-shoot of the relationship map stuff being discussed down in the Soul Reviewed thread. I'm probably making the 'Nothing-But' mistake that Ron mentions in his…
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Participants: jburneko, RogerEberhart, Ron Edwards, efindel, erithromycin, J B Bell, Thor Olavsrud, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, Jared A. Sorensen.

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3/19/2002 Ace: What next on the agenda for books.
I am just curious, what new books and/or PDF's are being considered for Sorcerer.
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Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay.

3/19/2002 Clay: Three Cheers for Bailywolf
I just spent a little bit of time cruising the Sorcerer database, and found Bailywolf's very impressive array of sorcerers and demons. He has made excellent use of the online…
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Participants: Clay, Bailywolf, Petter Sandelin.

3/23/2002 Ace: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as Sorcerer
No I am not joking. I was up earlier this morning and for a lark I flipped Power Rangers on. It was some Animal Mech varient of the show called…
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Participants: Ace.

3/23/2002 wyrdlyng: Sorcerer & Sword review sighting
It's not a gaming magazine per se but there's a very positive review of Sorcerer & Sword in the newest issue of Realms of Fantasy (the June 2002 issue). Just…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2002 David Howard: Taint and Mark
Here's a question... for Ron as designer, for everyone as GMs... I've been trying to define Taint and Mark in preparation for my own Sorcerer game, and I'm really having…
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Participants: David Howard, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Mike Holmes, greyorm.

3/27/2002 David Howard: Customization
I have been working on a Sorcerer setting based loosely on some of the earlier writings of H.P. Lovecraft, and my demons are looking awfully bizarre. Hence the considerations in…
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Participants: David Howard, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, xiombarg, Christopher Kubasik, Clay.

4/8/2002 Zak Arntson: S&Sword - Suggested Reading Questions
Okay, I hit the used bookstore again ... and I've got some questions on these books, which I'm hoping Ron (or someone) will be able to answer. Farewell to Lankhmar,…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Robert Leal, jburneko, joshua neff.

4/9/2002 James Holloway: Creating a mini-supplement: some questions
Not about the mini-sup process, which I think I understand. But I'm working on something right now and I was looking for some suggestions. The working title is Dead Souls.…
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Participants: James Holloway, David Howard, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Jared A. Sorensen, Ace.

4/9/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): Sorceror: A Diana Jones Award Nominee
Subject: 2001 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced From: Diana Jones Award committee <dianajones@erstwhile.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.advocacy,rec.games.frp.industry,uk.games.roleplay,fr.rec.jeux.jdr,rec.games.design PRESS RELEASE London, 2002-04-09 DIANA JONES AWARD 2001 NOMINEES ANNOUNCED The four shortlisted nominees…
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Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, David Howard, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Misguided Games.

4/9/2002 Dav: Bona fide celebrity!
To all; Look what Ron has gone and done: http://www.erstwhile.demon.co.uk/dianajones/ He's been holding-out on us... I had no idea that he was some sort of game designer ;) Dav Congrats!
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Participants: Dav, Ron Edwards.

4/13/2002 xiombarg: Exile (long)
[ Okay, kids, I'm considering doing a mini-supplement for Sorcerer. But before I start asking all sorts of questions and reading the FAQ, I wanted to see if it's an…
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Participants: xiombarg, J B Bell, Seth L. Blumberg, Clay, Ace, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee, Knight.

4/14/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Help me with my Sorcerer Idea or I'll Shoot This Dog!
Hey all. This is the first time I've really gotten involved with The Forge since early 2000 or so... or at least involved enough to post questions and the like.…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, epweissengruber.

4/15/2002 Ron Edwards: CODCON and me
Hello, A few months ago, someone emailed me a link to RPG.net in which a fellow had announced a "Game Design and Marketing" panel at a local Illinois con, and…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, Mytholder.

4/17/2002 Bailywolf: Check this out
I've read a bit about this game, but after looking over this rpg.net review: http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_6192.html I'm convinced that it would make a great model for a running Sorcerer campaign. It…
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Participants: Bailywolf.

4/18/2002 Henry Fitch: Initial Ideas
I think it's pretty hard to read Sorcerer material without getting a burst of ideas, particularly along the lines of "This'd be great for playing..." or "There should be a…
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Participants: Henry Fitch, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, J B Bell, Clay, Gordon C. Landis, Seth L. Blumberg, leomknight, Bob McNamee, erithromycin, Uncle Dark, greyorm, Fabrice G., Julian Kelsey, Balbinus, sdemory, Joe Murphy (Broin).

4/19/2002 Bailywolf: Some vague ideas for a sorcery inversion
Please stick with me... I feel a riff coming on here. Sorcerer assumes that the basic, un-sorcererified state of humanity is something better than what happens after Sorcery violates the…
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Participants: Bailywolf, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

4/21/2002 Bailywolf: looking for some help with several small ideas
I've had little flashes of ideas over the mast few days- nothing intresting enough to account for a whole thread, but combined might fill one out. These things are pretty…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, leomknight.

4/23/2002 Henry Fitch: Non-Chronological Play vs. Sudden Inspiration
I've just bought &Sword and devoured it in a day. (this was mostly accomplished while loitering in a fabric store, but that's neither here nor there.) It kicks a whole…
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Participants: Henry Fitch, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Buddha Nature, Gordon C. Landis.

4/23/2002 epweissengruber: Sorceror's Soul
on page 91 "The relationship map comes from The Underground Manby Ross MacDonald, with a few major modifications." What relationship map? Did it get hacked out? Where can I get…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.

4/23/2002 epweissengruber: &Sword: Canceling non-victory dice -- why?
One of the groovy combat rules in & Sword is that you can use your victories to counter "non-victory" dice of either yourself or your opponent. One of the attractions…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

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