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8/9/2006 Randulf: Jousting combat example
Here's a sample joust to be sure I understand the ins and outs of combat, especially as it relates to Baldwin, the character I posted here.  Please kibitz. For all…
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Participants: Randulf, Mister Six, Calithena.


8/5/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Character meets Kicker
I love Sorcerer (and the variations that spill from Sorcerer... especially Sorcerer and Sword). I just do. I love the dense simplicity. I love the mechanics. I love the Kickers.…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Calithena, Frank T.


8/2/2006 Jonas Karlsson: [Sorcerer] Three things I need to understand
Hello, First a short introduction, then my future plans for playing and last some questions. I wanted to buy Sorcerer for a long time, but for different reasons didn't. This…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Karl, Ron Edwards, Old_Scratch, Peter Nordstrand.


8/1/2006 Randulf: [Harn] A character, a demon, and a question
[b]Baldwin[/b] Stamina 4, Military Training Will 5, Belief System, Vow (to Argent Order) Lore 1, Naive Cover 5, Knight of the Order of the Lady of Paladins Humanity 4 Telltale:…
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Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.


7/31/2006 jburneko: Sorcerer: Small Rules Questions
Hello, In the last session of my current Sorcerer game an interesting thing happened and I want to clearify if my adjudication was within the scope of the rules.  We…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.


7/28/2006 Settembrini: Here goes the Interview (First part of the marathon)
Hope this is the right forum. Please move if neccessary. Ron gave me an Interview, hereĀ“s the very first part of it. We talk about Spione, and early RPG-experiences.
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Participants: Settembrini, matthijs, Ron Edwards.


7/26/2006 Frank T: [& Sword] Elder Isle Onesheet
So I played Sorcerer & Sword with Ron this weekend and now I'm all jazzed about it and want to play it with my girlfriend straight away. Maybe one on…
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Participants: Frank T, ZenDog, Sydney Freedberg.


7/25/2006 ZenDog: [& Sword] Tir Nan Og - Onesheet
Hmm, it's a onesheet but it's longer than one sheet. Any thoughts and feedback would be welcome. The Land of the Young Welcome to The Land of the Young,…
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Participants: ZenDog, Frank T.


7/22/2006 Offray: Urgent: Getting sorcerer books in Chigago before my travel back to my country
Hi all, Sorry for posting this twice (this is also in general topics). I need to get help as son as I can. I'm from Columbia (South America) and I'm…
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Participants: Offray, ZenDog, jrs.


7/20/2006 Hegar: Running game sans rule book
Ok, so I don't have the Sorcerer book, I can't afford it at the moment, but it just seems to cool to not run. So I've looked at the apprentice…
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Participants: Hegar, ubergeek2012.


7/20/2006 apeiron: Sorcerer Question and Idea
Reading Sorcerer gave me an idea i'd like to explore further and eventually share.  If i wrote up a variant on Sorcerer, what would be required to publish it?  i'm…
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Participants: apeiron, Gaerik, Ron Edwards, droog.


7/19/2006 ZenDog: [& Sword] Game Prep - Long
Hi I'm prepping (along with three players) for my first game of Sorcerer, which will be an & Sword game and PbP. The games taking part over at RPGnet, all…
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Participants: ZenDog, James_Nostack, Lisa Padol.


7/17/2006 Randulf: Object demon communicating via Telltale?
I know Object demons are logically constrained from communicating, but I wonder how absolute that prohibition might be. My player has a sword, and one of the things being considered…
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Participants: Randulf, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, jburneko.


7/15/2006 wunderllama: Sorceror character sheets
My husband, a friend, and I are gearing up to play a campaign of Sorceror with a Middle-Eastern flavor. So at my husband's request, I used my meager skills with…
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Participants: wunderllama, Ron Edwards.


7/14/2006 Randulf: Dave's quickref (split)
[quote author=Nev the Deranged link=topic=16067.msg171792#msg171792 date=1122340835] Demons are not required (unless commanded) to tell the truth, or to reveal anything at all about their actions on their own time. A…
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Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.


7/14/2006 Randulf: Demon Files
This is not for my game, but Ron's comments about an object demon in the form of a computer made me wonder about demons manifesting as data (a particularly nasty…
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Participants: Randulf, jrs, greyorm.


7/14/2006 Randulf: Secret sorcerers
One of my players wants to be a demon hunter who hates sorcerers.  As envisioned, he will be a Naive sorcerer with a potent demon who he believes (incorrectly?) is…
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Participants: Randulf, JamesDJIII, Valamir.


7/13/2006 Randulf: Some questions
Q1: Suppose I want an object demon that can spy on the folks in it's immediate vicinity and somehow convery the information to the master, who isn't there.  I know…
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Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol.


7/12/2006 Randulf: Dice mechanics question
I'm sure this has been answered before, but I couldn't find it so please bear with me. In the event of a tie, do you discard all instances of the…
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Participants: Randulf, Gaerik, Valamir, Ron Edwards.


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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8/12/2006 HOT: [System Does Matter] - Thank you Ron!
(OK English isn't my first language so I'll apologize in in advance for any errors and I hope that they don't detract from anything I have to say.) this post…
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Participants: HOT, Ron Edwards.


8/16/2006 iago: [Sorcerer] Soulseller - The Game I'd Run (or the Supplement I'd Write?)
This might be an old idea, or it might be a new one.  If it's old, tell me! I'd love to go digest said old idea and make babies with…
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Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, Dav.


8/18/2006 Randulf: [Harn] Another character and more questions
Hiyas.  I've got a character concept from another player - I think he mostly gets it. He's another knightly character, whose demon is a parasite that inhabits his eye.  The…
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Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.


8/18/2006 Randulf: Boost Stamina question
I've searched on Boost Stamina and I still don't think I get it.  When does the damage from over-boosting take effect? If it's immediate, then the penalties from the damage…
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Participants: Randulf, Ron Edwards.


8/23/2006 DaveyJJ: Sorcerer retail in southern Ontario? Also newbie thoughts ...
I should quickly start off by mentioning the great community around here and wonderful sense that Ron has created something quite special and ground-breaking with Sorcerer as a RPG. I'm…
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Participants: DaveyJJ, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber.


8/25/2006 DAudy: [Sorceror] Currency, Combat, and Confusion
Recently I started rereading Sorcerer in preparation for running a game.  However this time through when I hit the combat section of the rules I got all confused because they…
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Participants: DAudy, jburneko, Valamir, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.


8/26/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Looking again at Stat Descriptors
Hey, Something I've forgotten to get around to asking about for a few years(?) now. I've heard here and there that it was important to understand that the descriptors for…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Gaerik.


8/28/2006 Paka: Dictionary of Mu Available @ Indie Press Revolution
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=3506.msg33348#msg33348%22"]Four years since the first post where the idea was spawned[/url], the Dictionary of Mu, a setting supplement for Sorcerer, is now available at [url=http://www.indiepressrevolution.com"]Indie Press Revolution[/url]. Inspired by Howard's…
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Participants: Paka, cpeterso, Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, iago.


8/29/2006 Hegar: Questions and a one sheet from a recent purchasee
So I just bought the Sorcerer book, having spent much time pawing over the apprentice pdf and these forums. Wonderful purchase, and very reasonably priced. I was a bit surprised…
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Participants: Hegar, Ron Edwards, Randulf.


8/30/2006 jburneko: [Sorcerer] Orthogonal & Oppositional Conflicts.
So, I've been following the conversation about the problem with Stakes setting over on Story Games and I noticed the little side bars about Orthogonal vs. Oppositional Conflicts.  A little…
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Participants: jburneko, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Christopher Kubasik.


9/3/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [Sorcerer] Creativeville: a Sorcrere One Sheet
[b]Inspirations[/b] The movies The Matrix, Brazil, Naked Lunch, Soylant Green, Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet; the books Brave New World, We. Also, current theocratic Christians in the United States,…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, pfischer, charlesperez, jburneko.


9/5/2006 Hegar: Poison Damage
What options have people explored for a poison damage catagory? A few ideas I've come up with off the top of my head: Lethal Poison Use the damage chart appropriate…
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Participants: Hegar, Ron Edwards.


9/12/2006 iago: Small/Tiny
I have an Inconspicuous demon that I'm thinking is fist-sized.  In the 'Big' ability, there's this note: "Without this ability, Passing or Inconspicuous demons may be dwarf-sized to largish-human-sized."  But…
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Participants: iago, Ron Edwards, Doyce.


9/17/2006 Frank T: [&Sword] Brief praise and some questions
I finally got to use The Elder Isle for a game of Sorcerer & Sword yesterday with my girlfriend and an internet friend of hers who visited us over the…
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Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards.


9/17/2006 StefanS: [Sorcerer] Using Warp as weather-control device?
Hello, I'm prepping a Sorcerer campaign which I'll GM. Actually, I'm writing up the NPC demons, and in the case of one of these demons, I'd find it appropriate if…
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Participants: StefanS, Ron Edwards.


9/24/2006 hix: [& Sword] How would you do a mass combat?
I borrowed Sorceror & Sword off a friend earlier this week, and I'm reading my way through the literature suggestions at the moment. Bloodstone was excellent - Kane is very…
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Participants: hix, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg, James_Nostack, jrs.


9/29/2006 Lamorak33: Oh no, a new Vampyr iteration of Sorcerer
Hi I have been asked to run a World of Darkness Vampire game. Clearly I don't want to use the WoD system as others have said, it 'does not do…
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Participants: Lamorak33, The_Tim, James_Nostack, Trevis Martin, Blake Hutchins, charles ferguson, Anthony Herring.


10/3/2006 GreatWolf: [Trollbabe] A simple rules question about injury
Back in June, my wife (Crystal) and I played Trollbabe for the first time.  In fact, it was part of our anniversary festivities.  We bought special Trollbabe dice with different…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.


10/6/2006 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Revisiting the Conflict Resolution Mechanic
Okay. First of all, this is a scary thing to post.  Ron knows I've put a lot of hours into understanding and more importantly documenting others' understanding of the Sorcerer…
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Participants: Doyce, Eero Tuovinen, The_Tim, James_Nostack.


10/10/2006 Frank T: Sorcerer from the crypt - best introduction evar!
On German "Blutschwerter" RPG forum, the first forum channel dedicated solely to Sorcerer just opened. The introductional thread is the best I ever read. Here's a lousy Google translation. Kapuzenmantel…
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Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards.


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