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5/1/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Sorcerer, FitM, and Cinematic Narration
Hi all, This post is divided into two parts: a preamble and then the actual meat for thread discussion. So... The twenty-something's in my graphics department discovered I used to…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Eric J-D, Bankuei.

4/28/2006 Anthony Herring: [Trollbabe] How do you like your Stake?
Hello, I'm planning to run Trollbabe soon, and am looking for a little elbow-elbow, nudge-nudge in the ole gray matter. So, please share some of the Stakes and Consequences that…
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Participants: Anthony Herring.

4/26/2006 scorpio rising: [Sorcerer] Rules questions: Total Victory
Hello!  I haven't posted on the Forge much previously, but I've recently reaquired my Sorcerer books and I'm hoping to run an &Sword game in the near-ish future.  In re-reading…
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Participants: scorpio rising, Plotin, Ron Edwards, The_Tim, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko.

4/25/2006 Bret Gillan: [Charnel Gods] The Irthan Epoch
I've moved to a new city, into a new apartment, paid for with money from my new job. College is over, and I feel like I'm stepping into life as…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Valamir, Paka, Eric J-D.

4/24/2006 Old_Scratch: Some Sorcerer Setting pdfs
[url=http://When Reason Sleeps...]When Reason Sleeps...[/url] The first one was partially developed in this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=12191.0 The second one: http://home.earthlink.net/~glepper/SinEaters.pdf ...was first developed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13816.0 My group has gotten together to…
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Participants: Old_Scratch, matthijs, xeperi, Eric J-D.

4/21/2006 Eric J-D: Three's A Crowd Redux
Over in this thread  http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18447.0  Wolfen asked some good questions about how to handle a host who was inhabited by both a parasite and a possessor demon. This got me…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Paka, Alan, Ron Edwards.

4/18/2006 Paka: Ben and Tony, Stay Away: Blood Simple Play by Post kickers and bangs
I exchanged some e-mails with Tony and talked about play by post role-playing and he really did try to talk me out of it but still, we are and the…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

4/17/2006 matthijs: A few rules questions
I ran a Sorcerer one-shot yesterday and have a few rules questions: 1. If a character's Confused (by a demon, or by too much boost), do they defend in combat?…
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Participants: matthijs, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2006 Paka: Binding Rolls
Do the players know the outcome of the initial binding rolls? How exactly can binding rolls be re-rolled during play?  I've never done that and wonder how it works. 
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

4/15/2006 epweissengruber: [Elfs] My Apartment Con & Elfs
I have run Slave Pits of the Undercity ret-conned for Donjon.  This weekend, for the IndieRPG Toronto group, I ran it for Elfs.  I was pleased with the level of…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards, jaw6.

4/13/2006 Christopher Kubasik: A Completely Inappropriate Post
Hello Ron -- and everyone who frequents these boards, I missed the Birthday Party -- which is terrible enough in itself -- but I actually had something to say, which…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Michael S. Miller, Paka.

4/13/2006 John Stephens: Bone onesheet
I posted here months ago looking for ideas about a game my daughter and I were playing using Lego minifigures. That game never developed a fixed form, but we have…
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Participants: John Stephens, Bret Gillan, Yokiboy, Paka.

4/13/2006 Eric J-D: Compiling a Humanity Definition Database
Hi all, As a service to Sorcerer newcomers, I was thinking about trying to put together a list of all the definitions people have developed for Humanity in their Sorcerer…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Trevis Martin, Ben Lehman, Valamir, Dav.

4/12/2006 Eric J-D: [A History of Violence] Sorcerer-esque Goodness
In much the same spirit as Ron's thread on Warren Ellis's Fell, this one is a bit of gushing about Cronenberg's latest film A History of Violence.  I'll admit up…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Old_Scratch.

4/10/2006 Will Whatley: Key Phrases: Ron
Hey Ron (et alii), We met at Gencon last year '05, but it's entirely possible you shan't remember one of the boys from Alabama who played schizophrenic Sorcerer with you…
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Participants: Will Whatley, Ron Edwards, jagardner.

4/10/2006 matthijs: Sex & Sorcery: Rereading it.
I'm re-reading S&S these days, and am surprised at how some of the things I found strangely irrelevant or academically stilted the first time, now read as practical and inspirational.…
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Participants: matthijs, jburneko, Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Sydney Freedberg, Meguey.

4/6/2006 Paka: Blood Simple
http://rpgtalk.net/judd/files/ At the above address I posted a pdf (thanks to the adobe skillz of Josh) of a one-sheet, character and demon sheets and descriptor list for Blood Simple, a…
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Participants: Paka, Jason13, Ron Edwards, Chris Gardiner, pfischer, angelfromanotherpin, The_Tim, Eric J-D, Thunder_God, Miedvied.

4/4/2006 Lisa Padol: [Cantarella] Possible Sorcerer source material
Hi. My name is Lisa, and I'm a manga addict. So, I picked up volume two of a manga called Cantarella. It's about Cesare Borgia, and how his father agreed…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, mneme.

4/3/2006 James_Nostack: [Star*Babe] Trollbabe for Space Opera
in 1998, TSR/Wizards published the "Star*Drive Campaign Setting" for their short-lived science-fiction RPG Alternity.  It was, as someone once phrased it, "Forgotten Realms in Spaaaace!" and I hated it for…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Chris Gardiner, Jonathan Hastings, sirogit.

3/31/2006 Nev the Deranged: Dave's Sorcerer quickref project rides again.
Hokay, so, a friend of mine just picked up the whole Sorcerer suite, and I figured now might be a good time to update my quick reference guide before passing…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, pfischer, cmnash.

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5/3/2006 Miedvied: Sorceror Updates/Revisions
Are there any plans in the works regarding updating and revising Sorceror? I've noticed that in a lot of discussions here there occurs the comment - not infrequently - that…
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Participants: Miedvied, Ron Edwards, greyorm, jburneko.

5/3/2006 Miedvied: Re: [Sorceror] First Time Prep: Big Sky -- The New Primitives (split)
[quote author=ivan23 link=topic=13770.msg146568#msg146568 date=1103739641] [b]Will descriptors:[/b] [i]Daddy's Farm [/i]– this land's always been yours, and it's always gonna be. [i]US outta UN [/i]– resist authority, fight the man. [i]Lotus Eater…
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Participants: Miedvied, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, Bret Gillan.

5/10/2006 Lisa Padol: Humans with Desires and Needs
Judd recently asked me what we talk about after a Sorcerer session. Last night, we were really jazzed after the session, so there was a lot of talk about the…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2006 dsellars: whooohoo! it arrived!
My copy of Sorcerer arrived in the post today :)  Looks like all other books are going to be put on hold for a bit :) My first impression was,…
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Participants: dsellars, Gaerik, joshua neff, Eric J-D, Christopher Kubasik.

5/11/2006 The_Tim: [Sorcerer] Humans as Demons and The Matador
So, this thread got me thinking again about something burning the back of my mind.  That was how to reconcile demons that are humans with the idea that in Sorcerer…
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Participants: The_Tim, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2006 Eric J-D: Playing Sorcerer with my Daughter (long)
Over in this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19793.msg207341#msg207341 I mentioned that I am starting a Sorcerer game with my 11 year old daughter.  It'll be just the two of us (I think), although…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Czar Fnord, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg.

5/11/2006 Eric J-D: [Sorcerer} Has anyone tried this with Demons?
Hi all, In addition to welcoming any comments on the "Playing Sorcerer with my Daughter" thread, I would really appreciate some feedback on the following idea. Has anyone ever tried…
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Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards, mneme.

5/13/2006 IMAGinES: [Sorcerer] Dressed to Kill: Help with Inspirations
Hello, all. This is, I think, my first post to the Adept Press forum. Recently, I've started brewing up my own Sorcerer campaign concept, and for lack of a better…
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Participants: IMAGinES, Ron Edwards, Eric J-D.

5/17/2006 jrs: Trollbabe music
I've been tinkering with my personal "Wanna be a Trollbabe" playlist.  It remains subject to my whim, but in the off chance it may be of interest, here's the contents…
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Participants: jrs, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Dav, John Harper, Miskatonic.

5/23/2006 Sinistraphobia: Ron Edwards, guest of The Gamestas
I just wanted fans of Adept Press games, Sorcerer and It's a Mutual Decision, to know that Ron talks with us about his work in our latest installment of The…
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Participants: Sinistraphobia, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

5/24/2006 Nev the Deranged: So my copy of It Was a Mutual Decision arrived, wee!
I'm psyched to try and sneak this into my regular board gaming group and see if I can make it sing. In the interest of that, I'm pondering taking a…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

5/24/2006 Gaerik: Descriptors: What's the big deal?
I've been reading advice on creating one sheets and prepping for Sorcerer play and creating new Descriptors customized for the setting gets a fair amount of press.  Why is this? …
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Participants: Gaerik, Alan, Valamir, jburneko, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, The_Tim, Sydney Freedberg, Paka, Old_Scratch.

5/28/2006 Ron Edwards: Coolest, funnest Eurovision song winner EVER
Finland won! I know, it took me a bit to get around to posting it here. I was busy. But if you haven't seen the video yet, you just gotta:…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, demiurgeastaroth, Miskatonic, Everspinner, Nev the Deranged, Arturo G., ocasta.

6/2/2006 Paka: Quote from R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before
I'm only 74 pages into this novel and I'm not sure if I dig it yet. But this quote needed to be posted on this board, so here it is:…
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Participants: Paka, Nev the Deranged, Calithena.

6/5/2006 Nev the Deranged: It Was a Mutual Decision... heterocentric?
I was thinking about which of my friends might be interested in playing, and I realized not all of them consider a male/female dating relationship standard. So I'm just wondering…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

6/15/2006 Nev the Deranged: [It Was a Mutual Decision] mechanics question
Quick question which I didn't feel like starting a new thread for: When ticking off scores, are the transformation threshholds the ORIGINAL scores or the Trust-modified scores? I am assuming…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

6/26/2006 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer movie - who knew?
[i]A Prairie Home Companion[/i] does very nicely as an example text for Chapter 3 in The Sorcerer's Soul. If she had been a [i]demon[/i], then Guy's plan would have worked…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Miskatonic, jrs.

6/28/2006 hix: Are Trollbabe's revised rules online anywhere?
Hey Ron, I've seen various threads over the last year where you explain the change to how magic, fighting and social are calculated. Are there any other rule changes a…
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Participants: hix, Ron Edwards.

7/3/2006 Randulf: Debuffs in Sorcerer?
I'm playing with converting some elements of the Hârn setting (currently working on religion) to Sorcerer, and I can't find a lot of "debuffs" (to borrow MMORPG terminology) among the…
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Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen.

7/12/2006 Solamasa: Commanding demons and the like
I have questions pursuant to an upcoming Sorcerer game; these then aren't questions from actual play, but I can reasonably expect to have to address them, and I'm not sure…
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Participants: Solamasa, Ron Edwards.

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