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1/7/2011 Trevis Martin: [Sorcerer and Sword] Trading Victories Question
Okay.  So I get that you can choose to knock down your own victories all the way to a tie.  I assume that means you can choose to save only…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

1/6/2011 Bret Gillan: [S/lay W/Me] Singly or In a Group
For the Monster and how it kills you, does Singly or In a Group refer to it being a group of monsters, or to the monster killing groups of people…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards.

1/4/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe GM prep: public, private or neither?
Hi! I am posting this in a different thread because I think it merit a separate discussion. I was asked recently if the map the GM create in preparation of…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

12/14/2010 Artanis: [S/lay w/me] Questions of a swiss rules lawyer
Hello Ron I've been playing S/lay w/me with my girlfriend Sylvie over the last few months (interspersed with some Breaking the Ice and soon Sweet Agatha). We've played two adventures…
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Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards.

12/5/2010 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Goal questions
More questions from some actual play of Trollbabe's Print Edition. (1) Can either side say, at the outset of a Conflict, "Hell, dude, there's no Conflict here!  I give you…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

12/4/2010 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Harm questions
Questions from actual play with the Print Edition of the rules.  (1) If a Trollbabe gets injured in a social conflict, and then, without a recovery scene, gets into a…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

12/2/2010 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Harmed relationships - pg 61
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but page 61 of the print edition of Trollbabe says, in effect, IF (Goal fails) AND (Trollbabe ends at inconvenienced) THEN (any relationships invoked the…
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Participants: James_Nostack, John Stephens, Eliarhiman6, Gregor Hutton, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

12/1/2010 Eliarhiman6: GM-full Trollbabe
Hi! Recently, my gaming group played Trollbabe again. I wanted to play a trollbabe this time and another player wanted to try play in the GM's role. But to avoid…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

11/30/2010 Aetius: [Trollbabe] A New Map
Hi to all. I'm going to play some Trollbabe at a con near Milan. I would like to draw a new map of the world for my games... just because…
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Participants: Aetius, Ron Edwards, Markus.

11/26/2010 Ron Edwards: Dragon penis / Shambling mound
Hiya, Back in 2002, someone started an RPG.net thread called "Do dragons have penises?" Much like Superman responding to a cry for help, I swooped to contribute. The thread also…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Eliarhiman6, Noon, Adam Dray, Marshall Burns, Chris_Chinn, John Stephens.

11/23/2010 Ron Edwards: [The Walking Eye] An interview
Hi there, Kevin Weiser wanted to interview me about the Forge Winter dustups on other sites, and although I really don't have much interest in What The Great Big Internet…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn, Melinglor.

11/10/2010 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe barrage of questions: help!
Hi! The Italian edition of Trollbabe was published ten days ago, translated by me, and now people are asking all kind of questions in our forum about the rules. Some…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

10/29/2010 lopes-gabriel: [S/Lay w/Me] AP - O herdeiro e a prometida para o rei dos vermes [Portuguese]
This is an AP of S/Lay w/ Me in Portuguese and small review of the game http://www.paragons.com.br/slaywme-heroimonstroamante/ I would like to have time to translate it. Sorry :)
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Participants: lopes-gabriel, Ron Edwards.

10/14/2010 Artanis: Demoing Trollbabe
Hello Ron and other Trollbabe aficionados I'll be attending Spiel Essen, slavishly monkeying for Eero. The booth will be offering Trollbabe and we'll be demoing it. Except, I just read…
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Participants: Artanis, Ron Edwards.

9/28/2010 lumpley: A Sorcerer PSA
To whom it may concern, If you ever have the chance to play Sorcerer with Julia Bond Ellingboe, I recommend it. She's very cheerful. She says, "my demon's need is…
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Lance D. Allen, hardcoremoose, Paul Czege, Paka, James_Nostack, Roger, Chris_Chinn, Simon C.

9/19/2010 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Sorcerer's In Suburia : Prep
As usual I put off prep till the last weekend figuring it'd be fine as is. Until I ran across a reminder that I hadn't yet really nailed down the…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards, Vortigern, Paiku, Roger.

9/16/2010 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Demons, Sorcerers, and multiple targets...
This is about handling attacks that should (logically) injure multiple parties, so let's handle it one example as separate entities rather than as a single issue (which I did in…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko, John Stephens, Marshall Burns.

9/16/2010 The Dragon Master: [Sorcerer] Fast and Multiple Actions. An epiphany... I think
While working up a character who was meant to be a berserker, it occurred to me that the rules don't support a character who's noticably faster than the other characters…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, Paiku, Ron Edwards.

9/13/2010 John Stephens: [Sorcerer] How to play a sorcerer
So, we had another session on Friday continuing our adaptation of the Training Run scenario. Afterward, we had a long conversation about the adversity and intensity of the session. Steve…
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Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Paiku.

9/13/2010 The Dragon Master: Bound Possessor Demons...
A few things have led me to consider the notion of a Possessor Demon that is possessing the Sorcerer that Bound it. In Sorcerers Soul it talks about the possibility…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, jburneko.

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1/17/2011 Paiku: [Sorcerer] Dictionary of Elric
Hi folks, I am writing a mini-supplement for Sorcerer that enacts the novels of The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock.  If you have read Sorcerer & Sword then you know…
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Participants: Paiku, 5niper9, Chris_Chinn, Finarvyn, Paka, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2011 jburneko: Doctor Chaos Thoughts and Questions
Hello, So, I might have a chance to play Doctor Chaos this weekend and if I don't then I'm thinking of putting it on the schedule at OrcCon in February. …
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

1/29/2011 konratius: Order problems with Adept Press
Ron, I tried to get in touch with the email listed at your site, but kept getting my messages returned, saying that I couldn't reach you. I thought about joining…
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Participants: konratius, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

2/6/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe barrage II (split)
New questions! 1) A Trollbabe can be harmed only by a failed reroll. But what about a Relationship? Can the well-being (or even the liberty or the life) of a…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/6/2011 Tveir: [Sorcerer] concidering demonification, among other things
I was reading 3x3 Eyes the other day. I always felt like it seemed sorcerer material, existing somewhere inbetween vanilla sorcerer and sorcerer and sword, with a strong indian/chinese/tibetan flavour.…
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Participants: Tveir, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.

3/9/2011 Troy_Costisick: Updated Sorcerer
Heya Ron, I know you're neck deep in Ronny games right now, but I was wondering, are you still thinking about doing an updated Sorcerer like the one you menationed…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, Melinglor, Finarvyn, The Dragon Master, Russell Hoyle, John Stephens.

3/9/2011 Natespank: [Elfs] damage to the PCs
I read the Elfs book and have a question about monsters being able to hurt the PCs. From the look of things, the only way a PC can get hurt…
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Participants: Natespank, Ron Edwards.

3/11/2011 Motipha: [Sorceror] interesting take on demons
So I was listening to this podcast called RadioLab.  They talk about inspiration, and it immediately made me think of Sorceror, so I thought I would share. http://www.radiolab.org/2011/mar/08/me-myself-and-muse/ Kind of…
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Participants: Motipha.

3/16/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe Barrage of Questions III: backstory and content authority
Hi Ron! I am still mulling over the last reply in the "Barrage II" thread, but meanwhile, let's attack the backlog of question that surfaced in play... In this thread,…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe Barrage of Questions IV: places, scenes and turns
New questions! Places: 1) What IS the map of Trollabe? It's the map of the entire world? So the entire world is made "of fjords, mists, twisted trees, and frozen…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe Barrage of Questions V: conflicts and authority
Other questions! (I used two thread to be able to use a more descriptive thread subject) 1) Often, it' not simple to judge the right Action Type.  Sometimes there is…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/20/2011 jenn: Anyone playing Sorcerer online?
Are there any online Sorcerer games I could look at or join?  PBEM, forum, or even a MUSH/MUD based on Sorcerer would be interesting.  Thanks!   - Jenn
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Participants: jenn, Trevis Martin.

3/22/2011 Eliarhiman6: Trollbabe vs Trollbabe
A question that did come up in the Italian forum: Two Trollbabes are fighting against each other. The situation is the one addressed in page 83 (page 132 of the…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2011 Mauro: [Trollbabe] Fighting without hurting?
This is a doubt coming from Gente che Gioca, where Moreno said that "it's not mandatory, in a Fight, hurting or killing someone"; this somewhat startled me, because I remembered…
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Participants: Mauro, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2011 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Miyazaki + Wuxia + Westmark = Druids! (one-sheet help)
Though I haven't played Sorcerer in four years, it remains one of my favorite game, and periodically I get the urge to run it again.  Now's such a time, and…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

4/11/2011 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer & Sword] Prep Time!
Doing Sorcerer again; hopefully it'll last more than a few sessions this time!  We had the first pre-play session last night, and I think it went very well, but I…
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Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Roger.

4/28/2011 BeZurKur: [Sorcerer] How Do You Handle Failed Contacts and Summons?
So the player does the cool narration, is moving the story forward, and engages the mechanics by having the character drop some LSD... picks up a bucket of dice when…
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Participants: BeZurKur, jburneko, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin, John Stephens, Paka, James_Nostack.

4/28/2011 BeZurKur: [Sorcerer] Please Explain the 'Big' Ability
The text says Stamina is increased for purposes of resisting damage and makes it clear this is not for attack or defense rolls.  What damage roll does it mean?  Is…
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Participants: BeZurKur, jburneko, Karl, Klaus_Welten, pfischer, Ron Edwards.

4/28/2011 John Stephens: [Sorcerer] Actual demon: The Willbreaker
This is not from actual play, but something I have an ongoing relationship with now that I realized is demonic. The Willbreaker Type: Object (small fleece blanket) Telltale: A creature…
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Participants: John Stephens, Ron Edwards.

5/4/2011 Paka: Moorcock on World Building
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/05/mind-meld-lessons-learned-from-master-world-builders/ Reminded me of Sorcerer & Sword. I hardly know what this means. I used to draw a rough map if the story was a 'journey' adventure and made up…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards.

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