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7/24/2009 Rod Anderson: S/Lay with Old Gregg
So, for whatever reason my brain made a connection between all the Monsters, Lovers and Monster Lovers in those S/Lay with Me playtest threads and the "Legend of Old Gregg"…
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Participants: Rod Anderson.

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.

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.

7/22/2009 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.

7/16/2009 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.

7/16/2009 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.

7/13/2009 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.

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

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.

7/3/2009 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.

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.

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.

6/16/2009 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.

6/13/2009 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.

6/5/2009 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.

6/2/2009 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.

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.

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.

5/24/2009 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.

5/22/2009 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.

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7/28/2009 jburneko: Basic Contain Mechanic Question
Hello, In the text it says that you can make a series of Lore vs. Stamina tests while constructing a Contain to generate bonus dice that will eventually add to…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2009 Mackie: Resources: Playing it out
Ok, Just  run my first game of Sorcerer as GM! Woohoo! I played with just one PC (Wanting to ease myself into GMing slowly). Prior to the  game, I had…
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Participants: Mackie.

8/7/2009 jburneko: Breaking Binding Question
The text has information about what happens if a demon wants to break a binding.  What happens if a Sorcerer wants to break a binding? In specific I had a…
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Participants: jburneko, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, lachek.

8/7/2009 lachek: Modifying Binding strength, revisited
Over here Ron is saying that Binding strength can improve in the demon's favour (i.e. either weaken towards 0 if the Sorcerer has the upper hand, or strengthen away from…
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Participants: lachek, Ron Edwards.

8/18/2009 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe
The book debuted at GenCon, and a copy or two was in fact bought. Copies are now, or very soon will be, in the hands of my fulfiller. When I…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Antoine F, pfischer, skatay, James_Nostack, droog, GreatWolf, jburneko, Arturo G., Paka, Aaron, Gregor Hutton, Finarvyn, kallisti_dk, rafial.

7/16/2009 rafial: Re: Buying my games (split - no posting here please)
[quote]Coming soon: Trollbabe[/quote] [i]faints in silent glee[/i] edited to un-sticky - RE
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Participants: rafial, pfischer, James_Nostack, Spooky Fanboy.

8/19/2009 Ben Lehman: Putting Together a One-Sheet
So I'm going to be running a Sorcerer game inspired by the Anime / Novel series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_and_Wolf">Spice and Wolf.</a> If you haven't seen it, and you're a Sorcerer fan,…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2009 Mackie: Need - how tough?
DIscussing Sorcerer a few days ago over some pints, a topic came up that I had wondered about. How "tough" should a demons needs be? On the one hand, you…
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Participants: Mackie, 5niper9, Ron Edwards.

8/22/2009 hix: Boot Camp at GenCon
How did the boot camp go, Christopher? What did you learn?
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Participants: hix.

8/24/2009 Ron Edwards: S/Lay w/Me notes and errata
Hi guys, Final layout didn't allow much time - or any, actually - so here's what crept into the first printing. I'll fix'em all for the next printing and going…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, greyorm, Lance D. Allen, noahtrammell, Ben Lehman.

8/24/2009 Ron Edwards: Interview with me at Independent Insurgency
Rob Bohl had the cay-utest little recording gizmo at GenCon. The interview is at Talk to Me Now: Ron Edwards on Twosie Games. It was fun, even though it's clear…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/1/2009 ejh: [S/Lay w/Me] actual play - Asad at the Monastery
Written up at Esoteric Murmurs -- http://esotericmurmurs.blogspot.com/2009/09/slay-wme-actual-play-asad-at-monastery.html copied here for your convenience. :) ====== OK, I wrote this up over several days, so it may not flow very well. So…
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Participants: ejh, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2009 AXUM: A Dying Sorcerer - newbie confused
Hello! Not quite sure on the rules for dying in Sorcerer: 1.  What happens when a creature hits 0 Stamina? 2. Is the game set up to always recover even…
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Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards, jburneko.

9/4/2009 matthijs: Can't buy S/lay w/me
I'm over at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/games/unstore/game/64, clicking on the "buy now" button, which takes me to PayPal and says I'm paying $0.00. Which seems very cheap, really. Is international shipping + handling…
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Participants: matthijs, Ron Edwards, Rafu.

9/4/2009 greyorm: [Sorcerer] Do What I Say, Now or Later
Rules query about demons, them acting or using their powers and when it happens, because there's a spot in the book that makes it seem as though a demon doing…
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Participants: greyorm, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

9/4/2009 AXUM: The Adept
Hiyas! I keep hearing about this "adept" sorcerer option (& how broken it is)... I wonder if it has been completely excised from the current Sorcerer RPG book (the 2001…
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Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards.

9/4/2009 AXUM: Question about Ron's gaming history
[quote author=AXUM link=topic=28641.msg269224#msg269224 date=1252092700] [quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=28641.msg269167#msg269167 date=1252008861] However, it's also the case that every version of Sorcerer opened my own eyes in playtest, to the extent that through…
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Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Artanis.

9/8/2009 Neon White: [Sorcerer] Will in combat and rollover of successes
Hi all, I have two rules issues on which I could use your thoughts. 1) Roll over of successes in extended conflicts: Let’s say PC Phil is in a fist-fight…
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Participants: Neon White, The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2009 AXUM: Seems olde D & D just got "Sorcered"
Hi: Hmmm... Interesting new sword & sorcery supplement for 1974's Dungeons & Dragons. http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14486.phtml Some of the ideas are superb, IMHO - ripe for the taking! Sorry if…
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Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn.

9/16/2009 weaselheart: Sorcerer & Space?
I was reading through The Sorcerer's Soul, and came across a mini-supplement I'd not seen before, called "Sorcerer & Space". Now this is very relevant to my interests because I'm…
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Participants: weaselheart, 5niper9, greyorm.

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