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10/25/2005 emaise: [Sorcerer] Setting Concept: Inner Demons
I'm working on a Sorcerer setting.  It's not ready yet, but I thought I'd share some of my thoughts as I work on it. I'm getting back into gaming after…
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Participants: emaise, MetalBard, Lisa Padol, jagardner, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2005 Lisa Padol: Questions after looking at Quick Ref
Nev very kindly sent me his Quick Ref. I emailed him a couple of questions, and he suggested I post them here, as he'd like to know the answers as…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Possessor uses Host Stamina?
Quick question: Say you're the host of a Possessor demon.  When the demon comes out to play, what Stamina does it use for physical activity, its own or its host's? …
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

10/16/2005 Lisa Padol: Sorcerer's Skull
I picked up a copy of The Sorcerer's Skull on Ron's recommendation. It's basically what he said it was, decent pulp, from the day when you could get a novel…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

10/16/2005 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Las Cruces
Hi, This is the one-sheet I intend to present to my players in my Mythical Wild West Sorcerer game I started developing with the players last week: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17192.0 Sorcerer:…
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Participants: pfischer, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2005 Lisa Padol: Bang Map?
I grok R-maps, or at least, I think I do. Bangs and Kickers, not so much. That is, I think I get it, and I'm not worrying about the details…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Mike Holmes, Paka.

10/11/2005 Eric J-D: Help With Kicker Thread!
Hi all, I hope that this is not an abuse of anyone's good will, but I have spent the better part of an hour searching this forum for an old…
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Participants: Eric J-D, pfischer.

10/11/2005 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Mythical West, Humanity help needed
I am not sure this is meaty enough to present in Actual Play, so at the moment I am doing it here, as I need some comments or suggestions how…
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Participants: pfischer, jburneko, Andrew Norris, Old_Scratch, Eric J-D.

10/10/2005 jburneko: [& Sword] Source Material Question
Hello, I've been reading the material listed in Sorcerer & Sword pretty heavily recently.  I've read 4 out 5 of the Kane books.  I've re-read all the Conan stories I…
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Participants: jburneko, talysman, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: Remko, Victor Gijsbers, Paka, Mike Holmes, Lamorak33.

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…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Valamir, Nev the Deranged, ScottM, Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

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…
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Participants: cvandelinde, Tim Alexander.

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…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.

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…
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Participants: Uzzah, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.

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]: …
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Participants: Paka, RobNJ, Jaik, MetalBard.

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.…
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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.

9/14/2005 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…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: ubergeek2012, 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…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..

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10/27/2005 Lamorak33: Feedback
Ron Just taken delivery of Sorcerers Soul. Awesome book, and the missing link for my plans to run Sorcerer. If you ever get round to a second edition you could…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards.

10/27/2005 Eric J-D: Kickers for Dummies Part 1
Hi folks.  I hope this is kosher Ron; if not I trust you'll tell me.  I wrote up the following thoughts on Kickers to distribute to new Sorcerer players and…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards.

10/27/2005 Eric J-D: Kickers for Dummies Part 2
Here's part 2: II. How Kickers relate to Theme, or Why the Kicker is Not the Whole Story Morninglory. I said earlier that the Kicker is the player’s announcement to…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, John Harper, James_Nostack.

11/1/2005 angelfromanotherpin: [& Sword] Source Material Humanity Definitions
This is a question, mostly for Ron because he's so good at this, but anyone can chime in. What's the Humanity definition used in the Conan stories?  The Fafhrd &…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, MetalBard, Ron Edwards.

11/9/2005 Karl: Couple of Demon Ability questions
Hi (i) A parasite demon inhabiting a limousine... player wants Travel so the demon can drive the limo around, does it need Perception as well? I think so. Why not…
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Participants: Karl, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

11/12/2005 Lisa Padol: Calibrating NPCs
I need a bit of advice on NPCs -- not so much examples of individual NPCs, though those will be appreciated, as the principles to bear in mind while creating…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

11/12/2005 Lisa Padol: Odd Sorcerer Twink
While working on character generation, Josh noted that it's usually better to croc stats for faster advancement, e.g., going for a 1-2-7 or 1-3-6 spread, rather than a 3-3-4. This…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Ron Edwards, mneme.

11/14/2005 Lamorak33: Sorcerer - first session
Hi Here is a post of how our first session went. I have two players for this game, James and Josh - both good guys well up for the game.…
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Participants: Lamorak33, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Tim Alexander, Imperator, Trevis Martin.

11/26/2005 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Combat Wiki Posted
[url=http://random.average-bear.com/Sorcerer/HelpfulFlowchartForSorcererConflict]Helpful Flowchart for Sorcerer Conflict[/url] At least, I [i]hope[/i] it's helpful.  I'll try to monitor the combat threads, and modify this in the light of frequent questions and their answers. …
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Participants: James_Nostack, Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

11/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [It Was a Mutual Decision] Girlfriend + Rat
Hello, Quoting from memory, probably slightly garbled, from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns ... Bob: Batman, he nasty. Rob: Rob hope Bob don't say balls nasty. Bob: Balls nasty.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, IMAGinES, Roger, Aman the Rejected, Matt Snyder.

12/2/2005 Lisa Padol: Animal Passers and Bows
A couple of questions: 1. If I create a demon passing as an animal and give it the Cover ability, does this mean that I can dispense with buying things…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

12/9/2005 dyjoots: [Trollbabe] Action-type question
In the text of Trollbabe, there are examples of a Trollbabe trying to spot or escape an ambush, used as an example of who the player can call for a…
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Participants: dyjoots, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

12/13/2005 Lisa Padol: Does Lore a Sorcerer Make?
We got in a second and a third session, and I'm hoping to post the write up of the second soon. One question came up about an NPC (or GMC…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Calithena, angelfromanotherpin, mneme.

12/22/2005 Old_Scratch: Recommended: Artesia
After seeing mention of this for a couple of years, I finally got around to buying Artesia. This is a comic book series with a gradual graphic novel release that…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, Paka, angelfromanotherpin, Yokiboy, Lisa Padol, Valamir, Brand_Robins.

12/24/2005 jburneko: Wicked City and Demon Cops
Hello, I would like to discuss the relationship between Wicked City and Demon Cops.  I recently saw Wicked City and it was not what I was expecting.  It started a…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

12/25/2005 James_Nostack: [& Sword] First Time Prep: Atlantis Pulp Fantasy
After many months, I finally will have a chance to try out Sorcerer & Sword through IRC.  I'm posting this up here for advice, suggestions, and warnings.  This is the…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

12/28/2005 Trevis Martin: Parasite Powers
Hey Ron, I want to know if I have this right.  The book notes that a Parasite always confers all its powers except Boost (which it can confer optionally) to…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

12/30/2005 Old_Scratch: [Charnel Gods] Armageddon Clock Epoch
Just thought I'd let you folks know that I put up a pdf of the Epoch used during this Actual Play: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=11472.0 It's just the source material, but I thought…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, Matt, hardcoremoose.

1/2/2006 Plotin: Necromantic Tokens
Hello all and most of all Ron, who is my foremost addressant for these questions! I am about to meet with my group for for a first discussion to mutually…
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Participants: Plotin, Arturo G., Ron Edwards.

1/5/2006 May: Getting started - help needed
Hello! I'm in the process of starting up my very first sorcerer group ever, and I plan for us to play the "nasty house scenario" from the book as way…
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Participants: May, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, The_Tim.

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