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2/17/2006 Peter Nordstrand: Combatr combat combat
Hi there, I'm going to put up a couple of combat examples here to discuss or study. I'm having a devil of a time figuring rollover…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Julian, Ron Edwards, Paka, Valamir, ubergeek2012, ijonchrist, Hisho, angelfromanotherpin.

2/17/2006 Marco: Telekinesis
So I've got this character with a brain tumor named Amanda Averice (that's the tumor's name, not my character's name) and it talks to me and gives me TK. The…
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Participants: Marco, Ron Edwards.

2/14/2006 Lisa Padol: Demon-Human Crossbreeds
I'm likely to just wing this, should it come up, but I'm curious to know what others might do and if there's an actual rule I'm missing. In our Sorcerer…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, Julian, preludetotheend.

2/14/2006 Brand_Robins: Recommended: Secret Things
Having just finished watching the French movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287963/">Secret Things</a> I highly recommend it to Sorcerer players. While the "magic" is all symbolic and the mythic elements are not always…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, Ron Edwards.

2/11/2006 Ron Edwards: Brain damage
About the brain damage. This is coming in a series of posts. Comment freely as I go, but bear in mind that it is a series. Everyone who's interested, please…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, Piers Brown, mneme, joshua neff, Jonathan Walton, Levi Kornelsen, Keith Senkowski, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth, Seth L. Blumberg, bcook1971, Halzebier, JonasB, ricmadeira, Gregor Hutton, Artanis, Caldis, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Wormwood, Lisa Padol, Troy_Costisick, John Kim, Marco, Matt Snyder, Web_Weaver, LandonSuffered, Walt Freitag, Supplanter, Calithena, Bankuei, Valamir, Ian Charvill, Roger, talysman, lumpley, Rustin, jeffd, xenopulse, Peter Nordstrand, jagardner, Eric J-D, Alan, Julian, John Wick, Sydney Freedberg, iago, MatrixGamer, Arturo G., droog, greyorm, ethan_greer, contracycle, Doug Ruff.

2/11/2006 nyhteg: Back of the Character Sheet
At last I've found someone to try out a real, live Sorcerer session with. Hurrah. Going through character/setting/demon generation last night and we came to the lovely crosshairs on the…
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Participants: nyhteg, Ron Edwards.

2/10/2006 Lisa Padol: Contain Question
So, Dave's character, Andreas, put a Possessor demon in a Contain. He instructed another Possessor demon, this one bound to him, to force a sedative down the throat of the…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Mister Six.

2/10/2006 jburneko: [Sorcerer] Why Group Conflict Is So Confusing...
Ron had this to say in an Actual Play thread about the common confusion over Sorcerer's group resolution process: What concerns me about the dice is that complex group…
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Participants: jburneko, bcook1971, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, charlesperez, angelfromanotherpin, Gabe McKean.

2/9/2006 kalyptein: [Charnel Gods] The Fall of Sarantium
I posted a little about the initial work on this game some while back, but it was stillborn at the time.  Recently it got dusted off and last night we…
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Participants: kalyptein, Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

2/8/2006 TickTock Man: Just Simple Questions on Dice
Greetings! Do you use a standard die type in your games?  What type of die do you use and why?  Is there a Sorcerer "standard" size? Thanks! Angelo
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Participants: TickTock Man, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Julian, Trevis Martin, Walt Freitag, Peter Nordstrand, Marco, demiurgeastaroth, mneme, Ben Lehman, The_Tim, Gaerik, Gregor Hutton.

2/6/2006 Lisa Padol: Bang Musings
I think I have stumbled on a truth about bangs, or about a type of not-bang. Last session, I confirmed that Dave's character, Andreas, once again spent his evening having…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, Paka.

2/2/2006 Madheretic: [Sorc] Player plays demon, GM controls Demon's "Intent"
As time passes by, it gets to be more likely I'll be actually playing my <a href=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16674.0>Identity Crisis One-Sheet.</a href> while idly thinking about it for awhile, I considered this…
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Participants: Madheretic, sirogit, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, James_Nostack, John Harper.

2/1/2006 James_Nostack: Social Contract: Editing Player's Demon?
A few days ago I ran a Sorcerer & Sword game.  The player's starting demon is a no-fooling pagan god-- Ogoun, the King of Swords.  In Ogoun's case, my player…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2006 Lisa Padol: Contain / Banishment question
In last night's session, Niccolo failed to Banish a demon. Unknown to him, Andreas put the demon in a Contain. Okay, a snapshot Contain, which may not hold up when…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, Julian.

1/31/2006 Neros Boot: I now own all the dead-tree supplements!
My copies of Sorcerer and Sword and Sex and Sorcery showed up yesterday, whilst I was gaming offline with a friend.  Today, I shall start reading on them!  I've already…
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Participants: Neros Boot, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

1/30/2006 Peter Nordstrand: [Day of Dupes]Post-Chargen Question
[b][color=Maroon]Important: Jonas, Johan, and Kristoffer, this thread is not for you. Please go away.[/color][/b] Everyone else, please stay. I have some specific question this time. We've finished chargen for our…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Roger.

1/25/2006 Paka: Define Humanity, List Descriptors and Go
Ron did this at Gen Con, sat down with us and we all defined Humanity together.  Then we decided on a descriptor list and we rolled right there with our…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Imperator, urbanpagan.

1/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Gearing up for a new session
I'm hoping to have a 4th session of Sorcerer next Tuesday, January 31st. This is assuming all goes well, and we don't get another strike, what with the union members…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Valamir, Eric J-D, Iskander, Ron Edwards.

1/24/2006 Frank T: [&Sword] Trading down Humanity
So I want to trade down Humanity. I pick Will or Stamina, whichever I like better for my character, at 8 (giving me Humanity 8), and the other two attributes…
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Participants: Frank T, jburneko, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

1/23/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: Sorcerer is hard (understanding currency)
So the Sorcerer rulebook is, um, pretty densely packed with information and not really that great (at least, for me) of explaining the logic that ties everything together. I think…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, faerieloch, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

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2/19/2006 ijonchrist: Spawn Question
OK, maybe this has been gone over before, but I didn't see it in the first dozen pages so I thought I'd make a new topic.  Two players in my…
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Participants: ijonchrist, Ron Edwards.

2/19/2006 Plotin: Cover and Possessors
Hello! I have got a question pertaining to Possessors and the “Cover” ability. Its description on page 53 of the rulebook says: Possessor demons automatically have this ability. Are we…
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Participants: Plotin, Arturo G., Ron Edwards.

2/19/2006 Plotin: Hint question
Hello! The description of “Hint” on page 53 of the rulebook says: The demon rolls Power vs. the Will of the target, and if that is successful, the target rolls…
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Participants: Plotin, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

2/20/2006 Ron Edwards: Followup to the Awful Thread of Awfulness
I'm back. My conclusion: no retractions, no apologies. I do have some comments. If you think my whole point is simply wrong Then you might be right. I never claimed…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

2/27/2006 Doyce: "How Would I..." question
'lo all. Long time, no play.  Looking to fix that up in the near future, and one of the ways I'm doing that is with a Red Harvest-inspired Clicking Sands…
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Participants: Doyce, Paka, Julian, jburneko, Hisho, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

2/27/2006 ijonchrist: Humanity Gain questions...
Hey all, I've recently started a Sorcerer game with a couple of friends who are new to the system.  My questions today, brought to my mind by one of my…
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Participants: ijonchrist, angelfromanotherpin, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

3/1/2006 ijonchrist: For a friend...
Hello again gang, My friend posed this question and asked me to put it on this board for anyone to reply to: Is it possible to have a special damage…
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Participants: ijonchrist, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, The_Tim.

3/2/2006 Lisa Padol: Duelling Imperatives
Let me see if I can explain the confusion I have had with elements of Sorcerer. I've tried to explain before, in AP write ups and at Dreamation, but I…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Eric J-D, Trevis Martin, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Julian, The_Tim, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

3/2/2006 cmnash: [Sorcerer] Our first try
Hi there.  I have just got Sorcerer and am eager to try it out. On Tuesday night, I presented it to our gaming group as part of a discussion about…
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Participants: cmnash, Ron Edwards, Eric J-D, bdcurd.

3/2/2006 Jason13: Ok I 've read my Sorcerer books and joined The Forge what comes next?
Hi Everyone, Please bear with me as this is my first post.  I have been roleplaying since the tender age of 11 in 1979, but I have only recently in…
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Participants: Jason13, Ron Edwards, Glendower, Miskatonic, Paka.

3/8/2006 cmnash: Our first try 2
We met again last night and continued our preparation for our first Sorcerer game.  I had done my prep and lifted from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=11965.0 the checklist of things to define for…
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Participants: cmnash, Ron Edwards, bdcurd, Gaerik.

3/14/2006 toothpowder: (Sorcerery & Sword) Thugee and Taurus inspired character aid
Having trouble getting the kinks out of this Xar-ish character for S&S.  The character is inspired by my reading of specific Howard and the current Dark Horse line (issues 20…
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Participants: toothpowder, James_Nostack, wyrmis.

3/14/2006 May: Possesor question
Hi I'm running a sorcerer campaign containing, amongst other nasties, a type of parasite demon that slowly evolves into a possesor and takes over the host. My question is the…
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Participants: May, Julian, The_Tim, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2006 The_Tim: [Trollbabe] Possible Rules Mod
I'm hoping to play some Trollbabe with my wife.  As prep I've been rereading the past threads on it.  Something jumped out at me as I did.  The whole Relationships…
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Participants: The_Tim, Eero Tuovinen, Alan, Jonathan Hastings, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2006 nyhteg: Questions From My First Sorcerer Game
Happiness. After far too long, I've managed to get a game of Sorcerer going - one-on-one with a friend who was (briefly) a D&D player in his youth, but who…
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Participants: nyhteg, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2006 Mister Six: [Schism] First game
My rpg group played Schism for the first time last weekend. We have an ongoing Ninth Gate meets Twin Peaks Sorcerer game, but a player couldn't make it, so we…
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Participants: Mister Six, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/20/2006 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Armies in Conflict
In a Conan story--"The Scarlet Citadel," I think--Conan is in charge of a huge army, fighting against this other huge army.  In the first Elric novel, Yyrkoon and the Angsty…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer.

3/21/2006 Chris Gardiner: [Trollbabe] A Question of Scale
Hi there, I'm running a Trollbabe game at the moment, and there's something I'm looking for input on. Currently, the Scale of the game is still Personal. Last session, due…
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Participants: Chris Gardiner, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

3/21/2006 cmnash: Sorcerers in Black
Was thinking about a setting for a Sorcerer game - Sorcerers in Black Based on the Men in Black movies, the Sorcerers are police keeping humanity 'safe' from the Aliens…
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Participants: cmnash, Danny_K, Ron Edwards.

3/22/2006 Rustin: [Sorcerer] questions about stakes
I’m looking for any advice prior to running my first Sorcerer session. I’m interested in the use of stakes and conflict resolution as much as possible and shy away from…
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Participants: Rustin, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

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