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10/2/2008 Paka: Solar System's Demons: Sorcerer Science Fiction
The setting is the colonized solar system.  Pluto and some robot probes on Charon are as far as we've gotten.  Space travel is slow and clunky.  When you go to…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Artanis, Melinglor.

10/1/2008 Christopher Kubasik: Bonus Dice Questions
Hi Ron, One question I've been thinking about forever, and another that just sprang into my head while reading a thread at Anyways... First: Bonus Dice in Sorcerer are a…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

9/29/2008 skatay: [Trollbabe] Making an introductory writeup for new players
Okay, I'm at work and was thinking about how clear this game was in my mind, so I wanted to do a writeup on the game that's for players who…
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Participants: skatay, Ron Edwards.

9/29/2008 Steve Dustin: Sorcerer and Mecha
My play group is become interested in the gonzo setting of Cthulhutech, where you play mecha pilots vs Lovecraftian horrors (and, um, their mecha). One aspect of the setting involves…
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Participants: Steve Dustin, Greymorn.

9/25/2008 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe website - ideas solicited
First, the news you're interested in: I've really hammered out some new stuff for the new version of Trollbabe. I'm really happy with it, and have passed it about to…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jburneko, Miskatonic, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, skatay, rafial, Finarvyn, Eliarhiman6, GreatWolf, Markus, Peter Nordstrand, sirogit, ejh.

9/16/2008 Marshall Burns: Re-Binding question
Hi Ron, I don't expect this situation will crop up too terribly often, but what exactly is the rule for re-Binding a demon whose master has died? In the "Training…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2008 Finarvyn: Players as Demons
I mentioned this in another thread, and thought I might start a new one so as to not clutter up the other one. In part, this stems back to my…
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Participants: Finarvyn, angelfromanotherpin.

9/7/2008 Finarvyn: [Sorcerer] Number of Players
First, I apologize if this should be an "Actual Play" topic; I debated with myself for quite a while before I actually posted and decided that this was the better…
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Participants: Finarvyn, Christopher Kubasik, angelfromanotherpin.

9/2/2008 macmoyer: [Sorcerer] A weaker opponent gives me fewer rollover dice?
I just picked up Sorcerer, and I'm reading it through for the first time. I'm really pleased with it, and excited about starting a campaign, but there's a little effect…
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Participants: macmoyer, Christopher Kubasik, greyorm, Ron Edwards, rabindranath72, Melinglor.

9/1/2008 Christopher Kubasik: So, I'm Flying a Spaceship...
My group finished up it's game of Sorcerer: The Brotherhood a while back.  We had a blast and I'm now kicking around in my head for another game. I'm planning…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn, Artanis, pfischer.

8/28/2008 ejh: GM Prep for a Game of Trollbabe
Somebody confirm that I understand this correctly: you as a GM do not prep for games of trollbabe, cause you don't even know where they're going to happen before they…
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Participants: ejh, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2008 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Contacting/Summoning Object Demons
How does this play out? It's fairly easy to picture the other kinds of demons being contacted and summoned, but how does this play out with object demons? As an…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2008 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] One Shot...
To start with, yes I ran a search for this, and I'm in the process of digesting the information I found. That being said... I joined the group I'll be…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/19/2008 rabindranath72: [Sorcerer] Hyborian Age as a S&S setting
Hi all, new to the boards, new to Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword, bought them two days ago, and I literally devoured them. Excellent material! I have been searching for…
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Participants: rabindranath72, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber, Finarvyn, Vortigern, Christopher Kubasik, The Dragon Master.

8/13/2008 Tasseomancer: How long do Rollovers bonuses last?
I know you are very busy what with GenCon coming up so take you time and answer at your leisure. How long do Rollovers bonuses last? I don't think it…
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Participants: Tasseomancer, Ron Edwards, Melinglor.

8/11/2008 Tasseomancer: Complex Conflict Clarification
Hi, I've been reading Sex & Sorcery and have been trying to get my head round the Dice Diagrams section. I've read the first example, and I'm not sure if…
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Participants: Tasseomancer, Ron Edwards.

8/7/2008 Jumanji83: Which edition of Sorcerer do I have
I bought Sorcerer second-hand. It's black with the title Sorcerer in sniny gold letters. Is it simply some kind of collector's edition of the game, or an older version of…
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Participants: Jumanji83, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen.

8/3/2008 lycosidae89: Sorcerer PDF?
I keep coming across references to a Sorcerer PDF, but I can't find it anywhere? Did they take it off the market?
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Participants: lycosidae89, greyorm, Ron Edwards.

7/29/2008 greyorm: Pale Blue Dot: Sorcerer supers one-sheet
Remember those space-based superhero cartoons from the 60's and 70's? Space Ghost...Herculoids...the occasional Superfriends? Remember the newer cartoons that ran with those ideas, especially a whole lot of Justice League?…
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Participants: greyorm, AnyaTheBlue.

7/26/2008 tootalltipton: Good Example of a Sorcerer/Demon...
My nephew recently got me to watch a strange little anime called Death Note. This is probably the best example I could think of to show the relationship between a…
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Participants: tootalltipton.

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10/4/2008 Melinglor: Anti-Humanity elements of Ritual
So in the Sorcerer game I'm GMing, we've defined Humanity as Empathy. Our Sorcery is defined as attemptable from any discipline imaginable, from punk voodoo to Native American spiritism to…
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Participants: Melinglor, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

10/5/2008 Christopher Kubasik: Mundane Lore
Hi Ron, A few threads have brought up the question of Sorcerer without demons; a mundane version of the game, and what that would be like. Here are some of…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, pfischer, Finarvyn.

10/7/2008 Paka: How do you award Bonus Dice for role-playing?
I am not looking for an official ruling but am looking for different ways and methods folks use to award players Bonus Dice for role-playing.  I am re-reading the Sorcerer…
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Participants: Paka, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski.

10/8/2008 Karl: Ranged Taint?
Hi Quick question from our char-gen session for this new Dictionary of Mu game. Is Taint automatically Ranged? I suspect not. Psychic Force is always Ranged. Confuse and Daze are…
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Participants: Karl, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2008 ijonchrist: Sex & Sorcery... unavailable?
I had an opportunity to buy this book in a second hand store on Belmont ages ago, but I was rather poor back then and opted to buy a Solomon…
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Participants: ijonchrist, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2008 ijonchrist: Online Sorcerer Play: Does anyone still do it?
Hi All, My buddy recently introduced me to a PbP (play-by-post) site where I'm attempting to run a couple Sorcerer games. I was wondering if anyone here still plays online,…
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Participants: ijonchrist, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2008 ijonchrist: High Noon Showdowns and Iaijutsu Duels
Hi guys, I've got a query regarding situations where one would draw and attack in a single motion, as per the situations in the topic title. I've got a Wild…
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Participants: ijonchrist, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

11/2/2008 James_Nostack: Reading Suggestions for Humanity = Hope for the Future
After a many month hiatus, our gang is gearing up to run Sorcerer again, using Dictionary of Mu.  I'm keen to try some of the Humanity-focused stuff from Sorcerer's Soul,…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

11/4/2008 jburneko: Sorcerer: The Book That Rewrites Itself While You Sleep
So, up in Actual Play in a thread about texts Ron wrote this: "(I should make a parody Sorcerer text of what the game would be like based on accounts…
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Participants: jburneko, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Frank Tarcikowski, Peter Nordstrand.

11/13/2008 James_Nostack: How many modes of resolution in Sorcerer?
I'm gearing up for our new game, and thought I'd ask a few really simple questions.  How many broad "types" of roll-worthy conflits are there in the Sorcerer rules? By…
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Participants: James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

11/13/2008 Kordeth: [Trollbabe] One out of three ain't bad: a musing on Numbers
So, it's been said (although I can't find a thread or errata document or anything where Ron officially says so) that the Trollbabe rules should be changed so that your…
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Participants: Kordeth, jburneko, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, Markus, Brand_Robins.

11/17/2008 GreatWolf: [Sorcerer] A potentially really stupid question about dice
I'm reading through Sorcerer because I'm preparing to propose a game of it for our group. (I'll post the one-sheet here when I write it.) So, in the interim, I'm…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

11/19/2008 AXUM: ELF SEARCHIN' FOR BIMBOS
Hello! I was perousing the Elfs Section of the Adept Press web for info on how to order the product, but couldn't find any.  Could you please lend a hand?…
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Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards.

11/23/2008 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Demons as Natural Forces and appropriate stamina scores...
I'm working on a one-shot based on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel with the definition of Demon being natural forces (for example, Venetian Canals or the west wind). I've been…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

12/1/2008 matthijs: A softer world
I found this strip over at A Softer World, and just had to post it here. Such a kicker.
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Participants: matthijs, Ron Edwards, Alan, Greymorn.

12/4/2008 Tasseomancer: Is the Fonz a passer demon?
This following on from a discussion we were having over at snail's pace. On the subject of the 'user' of demon powers. Now I understand that the user can be…
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Participants: Tasseomancer, Ron Edwards, Melinglor, zediekiel.

12/6/2008 Trevis Martin: [Sorcerer] Hint questions.
Ron So a ways back someone asked this question As the wording of the sentence gives the demon as the active part on the first roll, “success”  means victory by…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

12/13/2008 Trevis Martin: Perception and mind sensing
Hi Ron, I have what amounts to a doppelganger demon in a game I'm running.  I know there is a general injunction, both in Sorcerer and in various places on…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Alan, angelfromanotherpin.

12/25/2008 Timespike: Terminator is totally a Sorcerer Setting, isn't it?
Okay, first of all, Hi. My name's Peter. This is my first post to the Forge. I'd ask you to be gentle, but I read the warnings in the sticky…
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Participants: Timespike, Ron Edwards, The Dragon Master, angelfromanotherpin, charlesperez.

1/4/2009 Timespike: Sorcerer & sword - a bibliography question
Would this (and the others in the series) be a reliable source of unblemished Robert E. Howard stories? I already have the Solomon Kane one, but I never really considered…
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Participants: Timespike, Finarvyn, Eliarhiman6.

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