Previous Topics In Adept Press 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… In Adept Press Participants: jburneko, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Sean, Bankuei, John Harper, Noon, Pol Jackson, Ron Edwards, Jacob.
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… In Adept Press Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko, GreatWolf, Paka, Dumirik, Lisa Padol, MetalBard.
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… In Adept Press Participants: Jacob, John Harper, Ron Edwards.
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,… In Adept Press Participants: Jake Norwood, Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, The_Tim, Miskatonic.
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… In Adept Press Participants: Jacob, TonyLB, Technocrat13, xenopulse, Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Lamorak33, Valamir.
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… In Adept Press Participants: FruitSmack!, 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,… In Adept Press Participants: Russell Hoyle, Balbinus, greyorm, Miskatonic, 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… In Adept Press Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, dyjoots, Mike Holmes.
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… In Adept Press Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.
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… In Adept Press Participants: Paka, 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. In Adept Press Participants: Miskatonic, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch, 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… In Adept Press Participants: Sean, Ron Edwards.
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… In Adept Press Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Sean, Yokiboy.
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.… In Adept Press Participants: Nev the Deranged.
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… In Adept Press Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, The_Tim, Old_Scratch, Paka, jagardner.
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… In Adept Press Participants: pedyo, Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Lamorak33, Trevis Martin, M. J. Young, jrs, 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… In Adept Press Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.
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… In Adept Press Participants: slavlin, 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… In Adept Press Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, ejh, Grex, jrs, droog, Russell Hoyle, joshua neff, Eero Tuovinen.
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. … In Adept Press Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Adept Press 8/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: Sky High
So I picked up Sky High at GenCon, I'd heard good things about it. Watched it tonight. Wow. There may not be any actual demons in it, but the Sorcerer… In Adept Press Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, rafial.
8/30/2005 Jacob: [Trollbabe] - Rerolls An odd question came up when I was explaining the Trollbabe system to my group. I was describing the reroll mechanics, and had just answered a few questions that had… In Adept Press Participants: Jacob, Ron Edwards, Andrew Norris.
9/1/2005 jaw6: "Good" sorcerers? So... I'm getting into Sorcerer. Reading it and getting really jazzed, wanting to run a game. I'm trying to explain to my wife just how nifty this idea is, how… In Adept Press Participants: jaw6, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, bcook1971, angelfromanotherpin, jagardner, Andrew Norris, Sean, Lisa Padol, faerieloch, Nev the Deranged.
9/2/2005 sirogit: Sorcerer one-sheet: Identity Crisis Inspirations: Killer 7, Lost Highway, Mullholland Drv, Memento.
Look & Feel: Urban modern day, but exaggerated in color and emotion, sometimes grotesquely, sometimes in distinctily cinematic ways. Reality is a… In Adept Press Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, The_Tim.
9/5/2005 Ron Edwards: The Ronnies, September 2005 Hi everyone,
Here's the single thread for running commentary, questions & answers, and general schtuff about the September 2005 Ronnies. Check out Introducing a new contest for the rules.
So… In Adept Press Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Eric J., Nathan P., TonyLB, Dumirik, Troy_Costisick, greyorm, Frank T, Jasper, Yokiboy, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, Gordon C. Landis, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, preludetotheend, Peter Nordstrand, rrr, talysman.
9/5/2005 Finarvyn: Sorcerer and "Sin City" I just got around to seeing the Sin City movie the other day and it blew me away. This got me thinking about running some sort of noir-style Sorcerer game.… In Adept Press Participants: Finarvyn, Paka.
9/6/2005 Old_Scratch: Player-created Descriptors and those from the book Ron wrote:
And if so, revise the lists, don't just add things as made-up snap-on descriptors.
I've seen this said a couple of times, and I may have overlooked… In Adept Press Participants: Old_Scratch, jburneko, Paka, Ron Edwards.
9/7/2005 Rich: Boost and Vitality (split) So can Vitality be used to keep aging at bay? In other words to keep the user vital? In Adept Press Participants: Rich, Ron Edwards.
9/7/2005 sirogit: (Sorc) Handling the creation of new characters. Looking for suggestions on how to handle people making up new characters mid-game, espicially early on.
Case in point, a character goes to Humanity 0 in the first session(Which went… In Adept Press Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.
9/13/2005 Darcy Burgess: Humanity Eureka It was one of those moments. Driving back from groceries, singing "If you're happy and you know it" with my son.
And I finally fucking got it. Swerved, smacked the… In Adept Press Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..
9/13/2005 ubergeek2012: [Sorcerer] Heartless Void, a science fiction Sorcerer setting This is a first draft for a science fiction setting I've been working on. It started as an attempt to write a one-sheet for a game but quickly grew beyond… In Adept Press Participants: ubergeek2012, Ron Edwards.
9/14/2005 angelfromanotherpin: Looking for Character Sheets I was looking around the 'net for alternate Sorcerer character sheets, but all I can find are the ones from the back of the book in .pdf format. Has anyone… In Adept Press Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards.
9/20/2005 Lisa Padol: Getting Started One of the games I want to get good at running over the next year is Sorcerer. (Josh was like, "Well, duh, of course it should be on your list.… In Adept Press Participants: Lisa Padol, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Andrew Norris, Paka, Peter Nordstrand, cvandelinde, James_Nostack, Valamir, droog, jburneko, avram, Nev the Deranged, angelfromanotherpin, joshua neff.
9/21/2005 Paka: At the Crossroads [b]Sorcerers[/b] are people who went to the crossroads, met the devil and made a deal. They got something from the deal and this is their demon.
[b]Humanity[/b] is ?
[b]Sorcery[/b]: … In Adept Press Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Jaik, MetalBard.
9/21/2005 Bob Goat: [One Sheet] Muad'Dib!!! I was watching the Sci-Fi channel version of Dune and Children of Dune today as was thinking that Sorcerer would be great to use to play the game. This is… In Adept Press Participants: Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.
9/22/2005 Uzzah: [Trollbabe] Bonuses for good roleplaying? The subject pretty much says it all. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with trying to award bonuses for good roleplaying like Sorcerer does? Or would it screw… In Adept Press Participants: Uzzah, Ron Edwards.
9/25/2005 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Humanity = Honor? I'm putting a "Sorcerer & Sword" game together -- rough notes here--and was trying to narrow down what Humanity means in this genre.
In the supplement (which I don't have… In Adept Press Participants: James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.
9/28/2005 cvandelinde: [Sorcerer] First game Hi all,
This is my first post, but I've been reading these forums for a couple of days now. I'm going to be running Sorcerer for my wife, using just… In Adept Press Participants: cvandelinde, Tim Alexander.
9/30/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc Combat] This is another thread in the long-running, "James is an idiot who keeps getting flummoxed by combat in Sorcerer" series. In today's episode, he wonders about sucking up the hit… In Adept Press Participants: James_Nostack, Valamir, Nev the Deranged, ScottM, Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, jburneko.
10/10/2005 Remko: Sorcerer: Vampire Loosely based on V:tM. I wanted to bring in the real horror of being a vampire, instead of playing a person with cool powers and no real horror.
Idea
Players… In Adept Press Participants: Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Paka, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33.
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