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8/30/2011 johnford19: [Sorcerer] Grimoires and Sorcerer
Hi everyone, new to the forums, I look forward to exploring Sorcerer with many of you considering it isn't as popular as I wish it was! My dad use to…
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Participants: johnford19, Finarvyn, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2011 Klaus_Welten: Rapunzel is a sorceress (Disney's "Tangled" references inside)
Rapunzel was born with a knack for sorcery due to her mother eating a magical flower's extract while pregnant. An Immanent* demon named Mother Goetel, whose Need was the magical…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, Ron Edwards, Roger, The Dragon Master.

8/18/2011 Jaakko Koivula: [Sorcerer] Deeper Underground
So, got a group formed, sat together for an evening, ironed out the setting, the characters and demons. First play is in couple of weeks. I had a hand-out, but…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, Ron Edwards.

8/17/2011 Paka: Una the Blade, webcomic with a Trollbabish feel
http://unatheblade.tumblr.com/ I saw this and immediately thought of ya, Ron. The idea of a woman swords and sorcery barbarian with a dash of Lone Wolf and Cub makes me hopeful.
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Participants: Paka, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

8/16/2011 Fabien Hildwein: Trollbabe order and S/Lay w/Me
Dear Ron, I am writing here because it seems that none of my emails reach you. Did you get my last email, dating from the 16th of July, from my…
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Participants: Fabien Hildwein, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2011 Ron Edwards: GenCon 2011: at the booth
Hey everyone, It's going to be a little lonely at GenCon for me - not too many indie companies, and Vincent won't be there to share with me either. So…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, JamesDJIII, Paul Czege, Artanis, ejh.

7/22/2011 ADGBoss: [Sorcerer & Space] A Discussion on Posthumanity
I apologize in advance as I have a feeling this is going to be a bit of a maze in terms of discussion and because currently my own thoughts are…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Ron Edwards.

7/21/2011 Ron Edwards: Hard core Sorcerer talk
Hi everyone, As I talked about a while ago, I'm preparing to publish an anniversary edition of Sorcerer. It's composed of exactly the same internal text as the existing core…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Roger, Finarvyn, hix, James_Nostack.

7/12/2011 Jaakko Koivula: [Sorcerer] Also spielte Zarathustra, thoughts
Hi, I got an idea for a Sorcerer and would like to showcase it a bit. Basically, I read Nietzsche and Sorcerer at the same time and realized, that Nietzsche's…
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Participants: Jaakko Koivula, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, wholeridge, The Dragon Master.

7/3/2011 Yragael: Re: Buying my games
Hi, I ordered Trollbabe abd S/lay W/me last week and I haven't heard anything from Ron Edwards yet. Is it how it usually happen? Will I happyly find the books…
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Participants: Yragael, Ron Edwards.

6/8/2011 Paul Czege: anxieties about death at the core of Ophite
Ron, Now seeing the text of Ophite again I remember what I wanted to say about it. As a former, more anxious than inspired Catholic who's now an atheist of…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

6/8/2011 Ron Edwards: Upcoming: a few weeks in Sweden
Hi everyone, Again, I'm planning for a big trip to Sweden with my family, this time from about June 22 through July 12. For those of you who don't know,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, John Stephens.

5/26/2011 Aetius: [Trollbabe] "Aestethic" Magic
Hi to all. Recently, on GenteCheGioca, we are discussing about magic and its uses in Trollbabe, and I've decidede to come to the origin, to clarify some of my doubts…
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Participants: Aetius, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

5/14/2011 James_Nostack: Rick Jones, Sorcerer
For anyone who doesn't know who Rick Jones is, fie and for shame.  In the very earliest issues of The Incredible Hulk, which lasted for all of 6 issues in…
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Participants: James_Nostack, 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.

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.

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 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.

4/11/2011 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.

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.

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9/4/2011 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] One Sheet (help needed): Season of the Witch
In a few days I'll be meeting with some friends to play Sorcerer.  My goals are (1) to confirm everyone's got the necessary agenda, (2) seed the discussion of setting…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

9/27/2011 AXUM: (SORCERER) A few questions about the Shapeshifter Demon Ability
Hiyas! Stumped - please help! Questions about the Shapeshifter Demon Ability (if these have already been answered, please point me in the right direction - thanks): 1-In the…
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Participants: AXUM, Karl, pfischer, Ron Edwards.

10/7/2011 Paka: Gone, gone, oh form of man...
http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3339692.html#cutid1 I haven't read the Demon mini-series in years but have fond memories of it. I thought these pages were neat from a Sorcerer point of view.
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Participants: Paka, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

10/7/2011 Ron Edwards: Trollbabe: in print, in English, updated text, for reals
Hi everyone, The past year has been a constant logistic nightmare to get Trollbabe finally back in print. My plan was November 2010, and that was itself a back-up, emergency,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Neil the Wimp.

10/10/2011 AXUM: Alas! The demon in the book has played my for a fool again...!
Hi: Can you "spot" a sorcerer via rolls (player: "Is she a sorceress?" GM: "Roll Lore"), & how, if so?  Is this explicit in the rules' text? (That darn demon…
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Participants: AXUM, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2010 Finarvyn: Re: Buying my games
Hey, Ron - I stopped by the Un-Store to pick up another copy of Trollbabe (dead tree version this time, not PDF) and when I clicked on the "buy now"…
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Participants: Finarvyn, Ron Edwards, The Dragon Master, RBjakeSpecial.

10/17/2011 charlesperez: Demons everywhere: Jennifer's Body
The movie 'Jennifer's Body' is good fun - 'Heathers' meets 'Evil Dead'. An 'Evil Dead' t-shirt even becomes a minor bone of contention in the movie itself. The movie is…
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Participants: charlesperez.

10/29/2011 Frank Tarcikowski: Setting and emergent stories
Hi Ron, as James pointed to your new article over in his actual play thread, I figured I'd just start talking about it here. When I was reading your step-by-step…
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Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards, Paka.

11/4/2011 Eliarhiman6: Story before: the real culprits?
Hello! In a email to Ron, I wrote something about his selecting Shadowrun as the cause of all evil (as in "story before" evil) in the thread Setting and emergent…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

12/6/2011 Ron Edwards: [Sorcerer] First annotations available
Hey everyone, I thought you might like a sneak peek of the annotations I'll be publishing with the new print version of Sorcerer. It turns out I didn't make it…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Roger, jburneko, Paul Czege, Chris_Chinn, pfischer, James_Nostack, greyorm.

12/8/2011 Low: [Sorcerer] Q's about perception and helper rolls
Hi, my first post at the forum! So, a little about my experience with roleplaying before I get to the meat of the post. I've played strictly traditional, simulationist games…
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Participants: Low, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, Spooky Fanboy.

12/25/2011 Finarvyn: What happened to the Mini Supplements?
First, let me mention that I'm re-reading Sorcerer & Sword. It really is one of the best Swords & Sorcery references ever, particularly chapter 2 dealing with the literature of…
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Participants: Finarvyn, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, Frank Tarcikowski, The Dragon Master.

3/7/2012 ckucsera: Re: Buying my games
What is the turnaround time for orders of Sorcerer+? Placed an order on Feb 27th. I did receive an email from Paypal that the payment was received, but I haven't…
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Participants: ckucsera, greyorm, Ron Edwards, David Artman, chrishen.

4/24/2012 epweissengruber: Back to Basics: Relationship of Commitment to Initial Intent and Defections
I had a good run of Sorcerer games.  But I still do not have the relationship of the mechanics down; this, despite Christopher Kubasic's notes on playing Sorcerer. Bear with…
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Participants: epweissengruber, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

4/26/2012 jburneko: Full defense debate (split)
A Note For Erik: What I'm about to say will likely muddy the waters a bit.  Feel free to ignore everything in this post for purposes of "how it works".…
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Participants: jburneko, greyorm, Frank Tarcikowski, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2012 kragar00: Recent Purchase?
I purchased Sorcerer and Sex & Sorcery from the unstore back in March. I received my receipts from PayPal, but haven't heard anything since. I've sent a few emails to…
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Participants: kragar00, Ron Edwards, bobertelsen, legopaidi.

5/15/2012 thousandheads: Baby's first Sorcerer campaign + tequila
Hi all, Longtime lurker, recent joiner. I finally have the right players to put together a Sorcery game and I want to make sure I've prepped right. I've been reading…
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Participants: thousandheads, Roger, Ron Edwards.

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