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5/1/2002 joshua neff: demon cops!
As a reference for "The True History of the Planets", I bought Demon Cops. I wanted to see Ron's "anime Sorcerer", as a comparison & inspiration for my own "Sorcery…
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Participants: joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Valamir.

4/30/2002 Bailywolf: Overt Sorcery
Most implementations of Sorcerer share the common element of secrecy. Whether by hook or by crook, sorcery, demons, and sorcerers do their thing in secret. Even the nature of the…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Joe Murphy (Broin).

4/30/2002 joshua neff: epic sorcery (long & rambling)
I was in Borders the other day, & I found myself, as I often do, flipping through the Doctor Who novels. Doctor Who is one of my all-time favorite shows,…
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Participants: joshua neff, Uncle Dark, Paul Czege, Bailywolf, Clay, sdemory.

4/28/2002 Bailywolf: Managing Need as GM
As a GM, how do you handle a demon's Need during play? Ron has already well covered the off-screen-on-screen issue ("But I'm sure I would have fed Burdox his live…
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Participants: Bailywolf, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/27/2002 Petter Sandelin: demon power?
[quote][b]Sorcerer's soul, p. 14:[/b] And without the rulebook's help, you personally must define: ... what's meant by a demon power score. [/quote] I'm probably missing something here, but what exactly…
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Participants: Petter Sandelin, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2002 Ace: Just got Sword and Sorcerer and Sorcerers Soul
I just wanted to let you all know I just got Sword and Sorcerer and Sorcerers Soul on special order from my FLGS. I have only begun to read them…
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Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay.

4/25/2002 Tim C Koppang: That's a lot of Demons
I've run one very short, and admittedly under-prepared for session of Sorcerer. Generally I like the game, and I see a lot of potential for it. I have to admit…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, xiombarg, Balbinus, Buddha Nature, greyorm.

4/24/2002 Fabrice G.: Demons knowledge and players...
Hi, I'm about to run my first Sorcerer game and a question arise...what do you tell to your players about demons ? About their true nature, their means, etc.? Usually,…
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Participants: Fabrice G., Clay, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Buddha Nature.

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.

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 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.

4/21/2002 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.

4/19/2002 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.

4/18/2002 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).

4/17/2002 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.

4/15/2002 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.

4/14/2002 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.

4/13/2002 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.

4/9/2002 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.

4/9/2002 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.

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5/1/2002 Bailywolf: Descriptors (split from Demon Cops)
Ron, Whoh. ::sound of brakes screeching:: I was given to understand (and in fact have told my players) that Descriptors were to be made-up to better suit character concept... I…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Petter Sandelin, Uncle Dark.

5/6/2002 Bailywolf: Crazy, funny, sick, stupid- Chick does Sorcerer
check this out. I spat yohoo all over my keyboard. http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5012/5012_01.asp If only D&D and harry Potter gave geeks like me real magic powers....oh, there would be some kind of…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Clay.

5/9/2002 Bailywolf: Sacrilicious: Star Wars as Sorcerer
I've been reading spoiler reviews on the new SW film, and as any good geek worth his comic books, I'm sweating to get into the theater and see this thing.…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Russell Hoyle, AndyGuest, Manu.

5/12/2002 James V. West: Sorcerer's Soul
Yesterday I picked up Sorcerer's Soul at The Rusty Scabbard in Lexington Kentucky. I was surprised to see it on the shelf, for some reason. But there it was along…
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Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

5/13/2002 Fabrice G.: My take at Sorcerer
After much reading about running Sorcerer here on The Forge, I have finaly come to plan my first run. In this thread I'll report what hapened and what didn't. My…
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Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

5/13/2002 Ben Morgan: Trollbabe and Elfs publishing
Actually, it'd be nifty to have both of them together in one book, like a Puppetland/Powerkill kinda thing. I'd plunk down cash for it. But this sorta thing has probably…
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Participants: Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Henry Fitch.

5/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Sabriel and Lirael, by Garth Nix
Hi there, Has anyone read the "young adult fantasy" books by Garth Nix? I'm in the middle of Sabriel right now and have already picked up Lirael (the sequel) for…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/13/2002 Bailywolf: Quick problem: spells as demons
Good news! I think I've got my D&D sodden regular group to take a serious shot at Sorcerer. It will favor a buffyverse style more than a little, and I'm…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Clay, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, greyorm, leomknight.

5/14/2002 Tim Denee: PvP cameo?
So, is the official Trollbabe site going to have a 'trollbabe of the month' series?
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Participants: Tim Denee, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair.

5/16/2002 wyrdlyng: Sorcerer Sighting... sort of...
In the Parting Shots section of this month's Knights of the Dinner Table there's the humorous question of "How Many Gamers Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?" broken…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

5/16/2002 Ron Edwards: got my shirts!
Hey everyone, A while ago, Raven posted here about the Sorcerer t-shirts he put up at Cafe Press. I just received my two that I ordered, and they look great.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/16/2002 xiombarg: Elfs Metaplot (long)
Okay, I'm re-animating the end of this thread, now that I've finally managed to grab a copy of Elfs. If people are no longer interested in a metaplot parody for…
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Participants: xiombarg, Henry Fitch, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2002 rabidchyld: About to start first Sorcerer game..Humanity question
So I'm about to start my first Sorcerer game. My players and I have come up with the following: Setting: present day, mid sized city. Characters: Katie (yet to be…
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Participants: rabidchyld, Fabrice G., Clay, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

5/19/2002 Zak Arntson: Everett, WA - Sorcerer Sighting
Two copies of Sorcerer in the Everett Mall's Wizards of the Coast store. I grabbed Munchkin and a Nocturnum (Call of Cthulhu) trilogy (50% off). Anyhow, I was very glad…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ace, Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Christopher Kubasik, epweissengruber, Russell Hoyle.

5/20/2002 Michael S. Miller: Combat, penalties, and Sorcerer
Okay, I may have bought it nine months ago, but I'm only test-driving the Sorcerer combat system now. I've hit some small but snags and am looking for help. I'm…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2002 furashgf: Deamon Cops at Hexaon
There's an RPG convention coming up in June here in Phoenix (AZ). I was thinking of trying to run some demo "Indie" games. I just got my copy of Deamon…
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Participants: furashgf, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

5/20/2002 efindel: Questions on Fast and Parasite Stamina
I'm getting ready to start running a game of Sorcerer, and have been re-reading the rules in preparation for it. In doing so, I've come up with a couple of…
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Participants: efindel, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2002 Clay: Attack and Order of Attacks
In reading these examples, and then flipping through the book again, something occurs to me that hadn't before: When that first roll in a combat round is made for proactive…
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Participants: Clay, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, A.Neill.

5/22/2002 A.Neill: Possession - 9/10ths of the law?
ETA to my first Sorcerer game, 2-3 Weeks. One of my players (Cathy) has come up with a possessor Demon that sporadically takes control of her character. Alexandra’s demon (Alix)…
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Participants: A.Neill, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

5/22/2002 nEo: Buying "Sorcerer" - stupid, but important question
I want to buy "Sorcerer", but the only credit card I own is Diners and I could not find any online store supporting it. Can anyone help me?
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Participants: nEo, Ron Edwards, rabidchyld, Jake Norwood.

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