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2/2/2009 Christopher Kubasik: GMing Sorcerer - Experiences
We had our fourth session of Traveller Setting / Sorcerer Game last night. The concoction has turned into a really bracing version of Battlestar Galactica.  Not in terms of the…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, droog, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin.

1/30/2009 AnyaTheBlue: Sorcerer and Traveller
Alright. Here's me putting my money where my mouth is (over in this thread) Traveller using Sorcerer 1.  Humanity Humanity is human decency(tm).  Caring about people in an active sense,…
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Participants: AnyaTheBlue, Alan, Eero Tuovinen, sam.

1/29/2009 Christopher Kubasik: Rituals -- Momentous Game Actions
Hi Ron, On page 93 of Sorcerer you write: "Contacting and Summoning are momentous game actions.  They may require more thought and preparation, especially for first time Sorcerer players and…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

1/29/2009 Finarvyn: [Sorcerer] Selection of dice type
Apologies in advance if this should be placed in “Actual Play” but I thought since it was Sorcerer-specific it should go here instead. I've been thinking about dice selection in…
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Participants: Finarvyn, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, hix, Arturo G., greyorm.

1/22/2009 Christian: [Trollbabe] Question about Conflicts regarding Goals and Scale
Hello, I’ve been a long time lurker here, and here is my first post! I’ve played lots of RPGs in the days and very few in the last years. I…
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Participants: Christian, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Arturo G..

1/19/2009 greyorm: Secret Binding Strength?
I'm gearing up for a game of Sorcerer (hopefully) with my weekly gaming group. I figured it would be a good game to get the three of us through the…
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Participants: greyorm, preludetotheend, Ron Edwards.

1/16/2009 Ron Edwards: Mental powers (reply to Trevis' inquiry)
Hi Trevis, I apologize for the horrendous delay in getting back to you about this. Mind-control I made some points a while ago that weren't very popular (or necessarily understood)…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Greymorn, Artanis, Trevis Martin.

1/16/2009 Greymorn: [Sorcerer] Possessing PCs
Well, that didn't take long. Still in prep for the first run of a new game, creating PCs and demons. One of the PCs has a Possessor as his starting…
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Participants: Greymorn, Ron Edwards, preludetotheend.

1/15/2009 animadversio: Kubasik's "Play Sorcerer" project
Just curious as to what progress has been made on Christopher Kubasik's "Play Sorcerer" book project (original thread here).  There hasn't been any update posted on the PlaySorcerer Wordpress blog,…
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Participants: animadversio, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Finarvyn, Nev the Deranged, Valamir, SaintandSinner, lachek, ejh, Aaron.

1/13/2009 Greymorn: Sorcerer: is Chucky and object demon?
I'm about to start my very first game of Sorcerer. Sweet! We make characters tonight and I have 2 weeks before the first full run. I'm sure I'll have plenty…
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Participants: Greymorn, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

1/11/2009 Timespike: Sorcerer spies and demon handlers
Another idea for a setting (maybe to be combined with the Terminator one for variety?): sorcerers as spies and demons as handlers. This idea grew out of the movies Body…
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Participants: Timespike.

1/5/2009 preludetotheend: Any plans for Sorcerer
Are there any plans for continued support of sorcerer by Adept Press, or fans? I was just curious if there is anything like an updated edition, new supplements/mini-supplements. I had…
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Participants: preludetotheend, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn, 5niper9.

10/1/2008 rabindranath72: Supplement V: Carcosa (split)
Slightly related, this might be an interesting campaign for Sorcerer & Sword: http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=32059
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Participants: rabindranath72, Finarvyn, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, robertsconley, Calithena.

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.

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.

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.

12/6/2008 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.

12/4/2008 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.

12/1/2008 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.

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.

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3/4/2009 Paka: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
I am late to the party, having just finished it tonight but man-oh-man is it a Sorcerer setting. The Sorcerers and their demons are pretty clearly spelled out. The demons…
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Participants: Paka, M. J. Young, LandonSuffered.

3/6/2009 Greymorn: Posessors and hosts taking damage
A posessor demon with hop takes it's host to the roof of a 10-story building and jumps off. Assuming the demon doesn't leave the host before he splats, what happens?…
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Participants: Greymorn, Ron Edwards.

3/7/2009 gardenphilosoph: Sorcerer Play-by-Post
[url=http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106188]I thought the community might find this interesting.[/url] I'm a roleplayer whose never actually played a pen-and-paper RPG in person. I've GMed a couple dozen games online, starting out with…
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Participants: gardenphilosoph, sam, greyorm.

3/10/2009 jburneko: Total Defense: One More Time From The Top
So, I'm doing what is now basically man annual cover to cover read through of Sorcerer (one of the pages is loose, damn it).  And I'm STILL seeing stuff I've…
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Participants: jburneko, Greymorn, Alan, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, greyorm, The Dragon Master.

3/11/2009 lachek: Independence
It seems obvious, so perhaps it's already been done, but: Stats Lore: Ability to empathize with older generations; also, knowledge of history, like world history or family history Humanity: Independence;…
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Participants: lachek.

3/24/2009 Aaron: Purchased Sorcerer Supplements
Hi, Last Wednesday I purchased Channel Gods and Urge via the Sorcerer website.  I got my authority for Urge latter that day but I haven't head anything at all about…
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Participants: Aaron, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, rabindranath72, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm.

4/14/2009 Peter Nordstrand: Instructing many people
Hi Ron, I believe that on at least one occasion, you have taught Spione to many people at once. They were then divided into smaller groups to play the game.…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

4/21/2009 The Dragon Master: Sorcerer and Premise...
After stumbling through creating a setting for a quick one-shot for a new member of our group, and while trying to work out a general setting idea for a mini-campaign…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, rabindranath72, greyorm, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik.

4/29/2009 reason: Those guidelines for publishing sorcerer mini-supplements
Where are they hiding? Context: I'm presently writing what amounts to a Sorcerer mini-supplement. So I note that guidelines for being generally polite in the process of rolling out a…
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Participants: reason, Ron Edwards.

4/29/2009 Neil the Wimp: [Sorcerer] Stupid summoning dice question
If this question has an obvious answer, please enlighten me.  Consider my Sorcerer PC with Will 4, Humanity 6.  He's trying to Summon a Demon with Power 5.  Who rolls…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, greyorm, Ron Edwards, jburneko, The Dragon Master.

4/30/2009 reason: syntactic sugar and tweaking Sorcerer abilities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntactic_sugar Link above for those who have *real* occupations - you know, things that don't involve poking keys to make nonsense sigils that cause bits to flip sign :) While…
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Participants: reason.

4/30/2009 greyorm: Dealing with Possessors and Sorcerers
Prepping for my next session on Tuesday, I had an idea that I'm not entirely sure I should run with. One of the features of possessors is that they take…
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Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Greymorn.

5/2/2009 weaselheart: How can I best run a game of sorcerer?
Hi, I've been a lurker on these boards for a year or so, and have thought about posting a couple of times, but only recently worked out what to say.…
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Participants: weaselheart, Greymorn, Alan, Ron Edwards, Lance D. Allen, jburneko, chance.thirteen.

5/2/2009 zediekiel: What about artifacts?
HI, I'm new here at the forge and am just getting into sorcerer.  II would like everyone to keep in mind that I am a complete and total noob with…
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Participants: zediekiel, jburneko.

5/6/2009 jburneko: Question About Liches From Sorcerer & Sword
I was looking at the How To Become An Undead section of Sorcerer & Sword.  So the way I understand it is that you effectively become a demon.  But when…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, AXUM, greyorm.

5/7/2009 The Dragon Master: Demons and NPCs in Combat...
I ran a one-shot to demonstrate Sorcerer a couple weeks ago. The game started with me trying to explain the bonus dice system, and Sorcery, and Oblique Conflict, and ended…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

5/16/2009 AzaLiN: [Sorcerer]Sandbox
As I was reading Sorcerer & Sword, I began thinking of authored role playing in terms of sandbox play, similar to GTA or certain D&D campaigns; but as I read…
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Participants: AzaLiN, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Abkajud.

5/22/2009 Paka: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things
I read a cute graphic novel called Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things by Ted Naifeh and it was adorable.  It had a spunky protagonist, a mysterious uncle, vapid yuppie…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, zediekiel.

5/24/2009 James_Nostack: Sorcerer scenario to wrap under 3 hours?
I volunteered to run a Sorcerer "Dictionary of Mu" scenario at NerdNYC's mini-con, Recess.  And then I remembered that what I hate about con games is that we get 3…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Finarvyn, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko, Paka, angelfromanotherpin.

5/28/2009 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Source Material for Scenario Ideas
I don't know how easy it is to find this, but the Kindaichi Case Files is a lovely series of locked room mysteries, all very elaborate. And, all of them…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

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