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In Adept Press 4/9/2007 TTK: [Sorcerer] First try and questions
Hi all! So my Sorcerer game finally arrived last week and me and my group set together for the first session...
After reading through most of the topics listed under…
In Adept Press
Participants: TTK, Alan.
4/6/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Dictionary of Mu] Theme music.
Hello!
For my future game of Sorcerer set in the "Dictionary of Mu" setting, I am thinking about returning to an old habit we had in a previous game group:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Jennifer Rodgers, Paka, epweissengruber, Dumirik.
4/4/2007 redalastor: [Elfs] Gothic Elfs
I'm about to GM my first game of Elfs. I thought about what kind of scenario I'd want to play and the thought "something gothic" went through my mind. Something…
In Adept Press
Participants: redalastor, jburneko.
3/30/2007 Ragnarok: Sorcerer: First steps
Here's a collection of thoughts and events related to character creation and introduction to the game in, hopefully, the order in which they happened. It was a bit confusing.
So…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ragnarok, Karl, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.
3/28/2007 greyorm: Review of Sorcerer
I was bopping around the web tonight and by means random and illogical happened to come across <a href="http://www.websnark.com/archives/2007/03/for_all_the_fif.html">a review of Sorcerer</a> on Websnark.
In Adept Press
Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, pete_darby, demiurgent.
3/17/2007 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe (with or without sex), how to do it ?
Hello!
Reading this thread has made me remember the problem I had when I tried to push playing Trollbabe to my playing group. I wanted to talk about this, but…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, droog, Claudia Cangini, sirogit, James_Nostack.
3/17/2007 rycanada: Best of Trollbabe threads
I'm looking at Trollbabe really closely these days, and I really enjoy reading about peoples' experiences trying various twists on the rules and what techniques they use in play. Could…
In Adept Press
Participants: rycanada, John Harper, Ron Edwards.
3/17/2007 Nev the Deranged: Just watched Silent Hill, the movie
Holy crap on a pogo stick, can we say Sorcerer reference material boys and girls? I knew you could.
I am a huge fan of the first SH game, that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, xenopulse, jburneko.
3/16/2007 Rampage: Ranged and Cover questions
I have two questions regarding demonic abilities I'd like to ask:
Imagine I have a demon with two different special damage attacks, Spit Acid and Ray of Frost, both of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rampage, Ron Edwards.
3/16/2007 rycanada: Great map I found for Trollbabe
Called Ravennia, by a guy that goes by Cergorach at EN World.
http://www.thehelix.nl/RavenniaBlank72dpiMed.jpg
In Adept Press
Participants: rycanada, Ron Edwards.
3/15/2007 Eric J-D: [Sorcerer] How do you deal with Mystery Kickers?
Hi folks.
Lately I've found myself thinking about Kickers again, specifically the issue of Mystery Kickers. You know the type: "A friend on the police force tells you that the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric J-D, Ron Edwards.
3/6/2007 matthijs: Sort of related to Sex & Sorcery
For anyone interested in how relationships/sexuality can affect role-playing/role-players, and how to plan games around such issues, there's a pretty good article called "Impact of Relationships on Games" in the…
In Adept Press
Participants: matthijs.
3/1/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Sorcerer] no-pain prep: tell me how!
Hello!
Sorry for my English, it's not my native language (I'm Italian)
I already asked some question in this forum about a "Dictionary of Mu" sorcerer game that I'm going…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Eric J-D, Paka, James_Nostack.
2/26/2007 Rampage: Thoughts on containing for summon rituals
I was thinking on the implications of sorcerers with 1 lore, and I started wondering on the actual utility of contains while performing a summon/bind ritual.
Wouldn't all demons want…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rampage, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.
2/25/2007 Rampage: Cover value vs description mass confusion
Is there any relation between the selected cover and its numerical value?
That is, is it possible to have cover 3 and be in a position of high power, like…
In Adept Press
Participants: Rampage, Ron Edwards.
2/22/2007 Astaryll: I've just discovered Trollbabe
Hi everyone,
I was recently browsing the net looking for something new to try out with my roleplaying group for when my V:TM campaign finishes in a couple of sessions…
In Adept Press
Participants: Astaryll, Ron Edwards.
2/22/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Sorcerer] rule question: changing bond strenght
Hello!
I am going to be the GM in a sorcerer game. I already played the game two times (two one-shots), but with very drifted rules, so this time I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.
2/22/2007 Troy_Costisick: Sorcerer Settings
Heya,
I guess I'm kind of out of the loop on some things. I always thought that Dictionary of Mu was the first setting for Sorcerer released by someone other…
In Adept Press
Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.
2/19/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Dictionary of Mu] Red Wastes - Mystic otherworld?
Hello!
Playing Dictionary of Mu yesterday, we had some difficulties with the concept of the Red Wastes as a "Mystic Otherworld" from page 32 of Sorcerer & Sword.
I get…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Paka.
2/18/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Sorcerer] Reference Sheets
Hello!
Recently my gaming group tried to play some Sorcerer & Sword based on the "Dictionary of Mu", but we had a lot of problem with the searching time for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, hix, Doyce, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.
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In Adept Press 4/11/2007 epweissengruber: [Sorcerer One Sheet]
These are the first steps towards a one-sheet for IndieRPG Toronto. Comments welcome
Life Under the Double Sun
- j"stone age" post-apocalypse, coming out of ice age and hurtling towards…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.
4/13/2007 BlackSheep: School me on relationship maps
Following up from a post in the Chimera forum:
Actually, what you're describing isn't a relationship map, not as I introduced the term in my book…
In Adept Press
Participants: BlackSheep, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.
4/19/2007 Offray: Sorcerer first gamming and questions
Hi all,
First, excuse me for my English. I'm not a native speaker. This will be my first post on actual play, I have been reading the post here for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Offray, James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin.
4/24/2007 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Build an Anthology!
I'm constructing a Sword & Sorcery anthology for my girlfriend C. After months of rolling her eyes when I would suggest it, she started reading Tomoe Gozen a little while…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin, Alan, Christopher Kubasik.
4/29/2007 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer] Help me brainstorm a Humanity.
I'm looking to start a new Sorcerer game, and I'm looking to really sink my teeth into Humanity. I want a Humanity which will get checks and gain rolls all…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.
5/1/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Sorcerer] - short & long con Demos
Hi Gang,
I'm running an indie demo-table at my local con (CanGames) later this month.
I've got a slew and a half of games lined up, and most of my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, angelfromanotherpin, hix.
5/2/2007 Paka: Sorcerer: Warlocks, Witches, Priests, Nuns, Demons, Angels, Satan and God
"Our job as Devils is not to damn our appointee's soul to hell as quickly as possible. Ideally, we want a cycle of damnation and coldness and then a sliver…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, James_Nostack, Arturo G., Valamir.
5/5/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Sorcerer] - Help - Slaves to the Rhythm
Hi,
I'm working on developing a sorcerer game. In fact, its genesis is detailed here. I'm pretty stoked about the basic idea, but I'm at loggerheads about the definition of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, James_Nostack, Arturo G..
5/9/2007 jackson_tegu: question about bass playing
hey Ron,
this is kind of a weenie question.
so, from M. J. Young's article here http://ptgptb.org/0027/theory101-02.html
i've got an idea about a referee "playing bass"; setting a groundwork for…
In Adept Press
Participants: jackson_tegu, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Calithena, M. J. Young.
5/14/2007 c: [Forge Midwest]Interview with Ron Edwards
Hi Folks,
I did an interview with Ron Edwards, at Forge Midwest. It just went up late last night. We talked about a debacle that took place in these very…
In Adept Press
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, Valamir, Paul Czege, Yokiboy, Gaerik, Nev the Deranged, James_Nostack, HighmoonMedia, brainwipe, Mick Bradley, Wolfen.
5/17/2007 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Possessor in a corpse - how to
Hi there,
I am prepping for our next Sorcerer game, based on my Unforgiven-inspired one-sheet Las Cruces http://darkplaces.squarespace.com/downloads/lascrucesonesheet.pdf.
We have characters and starting demons, minus finalised Kickers, and it's all…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Alan, Ron Edwards.
5/18/2007 Ron Edwards: For your amusement & insight
Here is a song by Eric Idle which I think is a fine thing. It concerns many things.
No discussion necessary, just a bit of love from me to you.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.
5/29/2007 deadmanshand: Introing new players to sorcerer
Hello all. I'm new to the forums but not new to the game as I've had Sorcerer since '98. I am about to start a game with a few inexperienced…
In Adept Press
Participants: deadmanshand, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.
5/30/2007 nuanarpoq: New players, new game, new characters
About a month ago a colleague came to visit from Ottawa, and in her bag she had brought me the fours Sorceror books which I opened with an impish glee…
In Adept Press
Participants: nuanarpoq, Ron Edwards.
6/7/2007 GreatWolf: So, about that Wraith game....
In a different thread, Ron said this:
All that said, I am still quite motivated to play a game of Wraith one of these days.…
In Adept Press
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, HighmoonMedia, c, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Matt Snyder, M. J. Young, Thenomain, Calithena, Jasper the Mimbo.
6/12/2007 James_Nostack: [Dictionary of Mu] A Martian Armory
[i]Sorcerer & Sword[/i], on page 71, suggests that in certain contexts, particular weapons should receive tactical advantages. While as a GM I'm quite happy doing this [i]ad hoc[/i], I felt…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack.
6/16/2007 The Dragon Master: So what's sorcerer about anyway?
After reading a brief wikipedia article on GNS Theory at the turn of the year, I began to explore some some of the games referenced in there. Most of them…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.
6/20/2007 James_Nostack: Why no "revised" Sorcerer?
Ron, in a recent RPG.Net thread, you said that if people wondered why there would never be a "revised" Sorcerer they should take it to the Adept Press forum. So:…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Wolfen, Alan, David Artman, xenopulse, Nev the Deranged, angelfromanotherpin, Brand_Robins, The Dragon Master, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski.
6/23/2007 LordEntropy: [&Sword] Trading Victories Question (split)
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=15988.msg170593#msg170593 date=1121697501]
Hi James,
Sorry 'bout the delay; the home wireless is acting funny. Let's see if I can stay on-line long enough for this to work.…
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Participants: LordEntropy, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.
6/27/2007 thespiderprince: Donald Tyson's "Necronomicon: the Wanderings of Alhazred" is right on point
I don't like to use the catch phrase "must read" but I would definitely put this on the recommended reading list. This is an excellent pastiche/ tribute of H.P. Lovecraft's…
In Adept Press
Participants: thespiderprince, Ron Edwards.
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