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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.

5/2/2009 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.

5/2/2009 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.

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.

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.

4/29/2009 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.

4/29/2009 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.

4/21/2009 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.

4/14/2009 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.

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.

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.

3/10/2009 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.

3/7/2009 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.

3/6/2009 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.

3/4/2009 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.

2/4/2009 Greymorn: How to dismantle an intangible demon
So I had a question and I found a satisfactory answer by searching the forums. I just mention that to let you all know that IT CAN HAPPEN. *wink* Q:…
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Participants: Greymorn, Ron Edwards.

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.

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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.

5/30/2009 zediekiel: Too over the top?
Recently I had an idea for a final boss esc character who the PC's find out is pulling the strings behind all of the kickers.  Although it may be a…
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Participants: zediekiel, James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin.

6/2/2009 reason: The Later Blue Tome of Amaxathroth the Cursed
Moving ahead with my Sorcerer mini-supplement, I've put up a preview PDF - linked from the pages below. It's amazing how much more you can get done per unit time…
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Participants: reason, Ron Edwards, greyorm, James_Nostack, Finarvyn.

6/5/2009 jburneko: Sex & Sorcery At The Table
Hello, Sex and Sorcery is certainly the most unusual of the Sorcerer supplements.  In many ways its content is a big, "well DUH" but the way it's presented is certainly…
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Participants: jburneko, AXUM, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Abkajud, Finarvyn.

6/13/2009 Neon White: Rule interpretation
Hi all, first post here after more than a year of lurking.  I am new to Sorcerer and have introduced it to my gaming group for a trial run.  I…
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Participants: Neon White, The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards.

6/16/2009 zediekiel: Reverse lichification
I know it is possible, under certain circumstances for a sorcerer to become a demon, the most common example being (of course) the lich.  However, can it work both ways,…
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Participants: zediekiel, jburneko, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin.

6/23/2009 zediekiel: Something completely different
Recently, I have been going over the basic premise of sorcerer and have come up with a shocking idea for a session. However I fear that this idea may break…
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Participants: zediekiel, Ron Edwards.

6/28/2009 Mackie: [Sorcerer] Wealth in a Campaign in the Depression
New to the Forge, and, by and large, RPGing.. I jolly well hope this is the right sectiom to post.. After recently being indocutrinated into Sorcerer, I am about to…
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Participants: Mackie, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Plotin.

7/3/2009 Tveir: [Sorcerer] individualism, the 1980s and modern day ninja
Fairly casual roleplayer who just recently got my hands on Sorcerer and loved what I saw. Was thinking of running something inspired by japanese historical fiction (like the work of…
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Participants: Tveir, Ron Edwards.

7/5/2009 Neon White: [Sorcerer] Humanity as social empathy
Hi all, I'd like your input on interpreting some of nuances inherent in a defintion of humanity as 'social empathy'.  For context, the game is to be set in 1930s…
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Participants: Neon White, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

7/6/2009 Ron Edwards: new
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Lance D. Allen, JMendes, angelfromanotherpin, skatay, Frank Tarcikowski.

7/13/2009 lachek: Help me with a one-sheet: Mad Max style post-apoc
I'm finally gearing up for a first-time game and need to develop a few one-sheets to pitch. One potential player suggested a post-apocalyptic Mad Max style situation and I think…
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Participants: lachek, Alan, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.

7/16/2009 lachek: Problems with sorcerer-rpg.com
This may not be the right place to report such issues, so please feel free to delete this post. The http://www.sorcerer-rpg.com website seems to be having a problem - it…
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Participants: lachek, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

7/16/2009 Ron Edwards: Buying my games
Here's the place! Un-Store Adept Press page. The buy buttons take you straight to Paypal. You have to purchase them one at a time (no cart), but orders made together,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Arturo G., Finarvyn, Meme.

7/22/2009 jburneko: The Demonic Plague Scenario
So, as promised here is my Demonic Plague scenario that CK affectionately refers to my "demonic venereal disease story".  Enjoy! The Humanity definition for this scenario is: Love.  Love is…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Paul T.

7/22/2009 Ben Lehman: Thoughts on Sitch and Sorcerer
This is inspired by <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=28341">More Evil Is More Morally Taxing?</a> but it's not about actual play, just shooting my mouth off. So anyway. The thread got me thinking about…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, jburneko.

7/24/2009 James_Nostack: Humanity in the Maltese Falcon?
I'm doing "Sorcerer exercise" with an eye toward later play.  I'm adapting Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon using the relationship-map method from The Sorcerer's Soul.  I'm having a little bit…
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Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

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