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3/25/2003 Jürgen Mayer: Sorcerer reviews (german)
I just found those two online reviews of Sorcerer and Sorcerer & Sword - they're both very positive, but in german. How do the spin-doctors say it? "For your convenience",…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2003 jvines: how do you die?
How cad you die in sorcerer? the main book seems unclear it states that over 2xstamina will mean you are badly hurt but nothing beyond that.
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Participants: jvines, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

3/23/2003 Jake Norwood: Revisiting Willard
Okay, if you haven't seen the movie and care about spoilers, then stop here. So I saw the new Willard movie last week. I enjoyed it a lot, and it…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Mike Holmes.

3/22/2003 greyorm: Dungeons & Demons
So, while pounding out the final touch-ups to theImmortal: Revelations Sorcerer-adaptation I've been working on, and hammering away at "Temple of Elfemental Evil" while giggling insanely, I was also thinking…
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Participants: greyorm, DaR, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Rob MacDougall, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Nev the Deranged.

3/21/2003 Mike Holmes: Demon Antagonism
OK, I've noted a possible problem with some GMing of Sorcerer. And I'm not sure how to adress it, so I'm chucking it out here. Sorta important to me right…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, szilard, jburneko, hardcoremoose, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Nev the Deranged.

3/20/2003 Fabrice G.: Sorcerer at the Grenoble con -22/03/03
Hi all, this is a last time check up before packing for saturday con. (Well, I still have a day and a half to rectify things if I need to).…
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Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards, Tor Erickson.

3/19/2003 Ron Edwards: Fourth Trollbabe story's begun!
Back from GAMA! The site text still needs tweaking, but the fourth story's first strip is up! At the ever-lovin' Trollbabe site. The story is "A Day at the Circus,"…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

3/18/2003 hardcoremoose: Problems at the Sorcerer website?
I just tried to go to the Sorcerer website and got a message that read like this: You are not authorized to view this page You might not have permission…
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Participants: hardcoremoose, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2003 J B Bell: "Baby Ghosts": Real-life Sorcerer fun in Singapore
I don't read it for this kind of thing, but recently I read a thread on www.buddhistboards.com that can only be described as fucked. Up. Also, really really cool inspiration…
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Participants: J B Bell, Bankuei, Nev the Deranged.

3/14/2003 jburneko: Questions About How To Read The Descriptions of Demon Powers
Okay, so in another thread Ron wrote this: "Consider Perception, Transport, and Psychic Force, and you can actually bring people, unwillingly, to yourself from afar, striking them unconscious." This is…
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Participants: jburneko, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Tor Erickson, Bailywolf, Jeffrey Straszheim.

3/14/2003 Paganini: Realizing Charnel Gods
[i]Ack! I had a whole bunch typed up, and my computer crashed. Time for the short short version.[/i] The myths are all reall. Evidence: the Carion Fields and the Fell…
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Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, b_bankhead, hardcoremoose.

3/13/2003 Paganini: Charnel Gods - Fell Weapons
Charnel Gods has been bubbling away in the back of my mind for a while, and I got it out again today to have another look. There's one thing I'm…
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Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Ben Morgan.

3/12/2003 jburneko: Birthroot Ending
Okay, so I've finally seen the Birthroot ending. In a word: "GAH!" What is that; somekind of freaky Trollbabe-Sorcerer cross-over ending? That was definitely the best story and most certainly…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

3/12/2003 Ron Edwards: You'd tell the retailer ...
Hi there, I'm looking for constructive suggestions for what you think a game-store retailer ought to know about Sorcerer. Blurbs are best - one or two lines. Remember, these guys…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, dunlaing, GreatWolf, Sidhain, Gordon C. Landis, jburneko, Paul Czege, szilard, Le Joueur, Bankuei, M. J. Young, Wulf, Spooky Fanboy, Christopher Kubasik.

3/11/2003 Ron Edwards: Back to The Ring
Hi there, This is a follow-up to the ... when you see the RING thread, as I've finally seen the movie. I haven't seen the original version or anything else…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, rmansperger.

3/10/2003 Wulf: Getting the Sorcery urge
I've finally decided what sort of Sorcerer game I want to play, and I want to use this opportunity to think the idea out loud and get some responses and…
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Participants: Wulf, Mike Holmes, jburneko, szilard, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, greyorm, clehrich, dunlaing, Valamir.

3/10/2003 lumpley: Trollbabe Comic, probs?
Yes, it's only 9:30 Monday morning, and yes, I could wait and check back later in the day to see if it's all fine, and yes, I expect Ron you…
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, talysman, ejh, Valamir.

3/9/2003 Bailywolf: Upcoming Sorcerer movie- Willard
The upcoming remake of the 1971 film Willard (staring freakin Crispen Glover!!!) strikes me as a very good literal Sorcerer film... what with the evil intelligent rat Ben who causes…
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Participants: Bailywolf, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, urbwar, Maurice Forrester, szilard, Spooky Fanboy.

3/8/2003 greyorm: Eureka Moment: Combat & Bonus Dice for Description
I had the chance to play The Questing Beast two Sundays ago with Mr. James West himself, and it was a blast. The reason I'm bringing it up here is…
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Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, James V. West.

3/8/2003 Paganini: More Elfs Questions
Couple of things that aren't clear to me from the game text: Armor Page 21 is a little unclear about armor. It says "a single success has no effect…
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Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

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3/27/2003 jburneko: More Sorcerer Questions Prompted By Willard
So, last night I saw Willard. I saw the original a LONG time a go and frankly, I don't remember it disturbing me as much as this version did. I…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2003 ethan_greer: Trollbabe delivery question
So, on the Trollbabe site, it says it gets delivered via Anvilwerks bookshelf. But I thought that was switched over to the Forge Bookshelf. Well, which is it?
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Participants: ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/5/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: I want a little history
If it's OK with Ron, if anyone has a copy of the original text file version of Sorcerer, I would consider it a great favor to send it my way.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, greyorm, M. J. Young.

4/7/2003 Bryant: Death (split from Dungeons & Demons)
Idle thought which may or may not be useful, regarding death in D&D vs. death in Sorcerer: In my D&D experience, once a PC gets to a certain level death…
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Participants: Bryant, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Rob MacDougall, Kester Pelagius, Nev the Deranged.

4/8/2003 Alan: Beastmasters and Three Beast for Charnel Gods
I'm GMing a Charnel Gods game based on the Sumeria of Gilgamesh with Clinton and Wilhelm (Rafial) as players. As Sumerian myth features some interesting beasts, we've had quite a…
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Participants: Alan, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Valamir, Ron Edwards, rafial.

4/8/2003 ADGBoss: Sorcerer - Priest
I was brainstorming a bit and I was wondering about Sorcerer in a god heavy setting. Something very Ancient Sumeria, Egypt, glorantha etc... Now of course the game could be…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Ron Edwards, Valamir, greyorm, Spooky Fanboy, Nev the Deranged.

4/8/2003 Slant: QUICK QUESTION
How do I get my hands on a copy of ELFS? It sounds great and I would love to play it, but nobody in my area seems to have heard…
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Participants: Slant, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/10/2003 ethan_greer: I want a hardcopy of Trollbabe
I like Trollbabe, and I wanna give it a good print treatment for use at my table. Ron, or anybody, any recommendations? It's a 45 page PDF, 8.5x11 sheets. What's…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Tundra, Blake Hutchins, Fabrice G., Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy, rafial, Bob McNamee, James V. West, Tim C Koppang.

4/13/2003 Bob McNamee: The indie-netgaming folks are playing Trollbabe
Two fairly short sessions of Trollbabe so far last Mon and Tues, over IRC chat. I've got a combined synched up log of the Narration channel and OOC channel in…
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, rafial, Bankuei.

4/14/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Some retro-FRPG Sorcerer (comments highly desired)
On Monday nights in Seattle, Alan Barclay and I run what we call "Indie Game Night," a session where usually enough people for two groups show up and we run…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

4/17/2003 Ron Edwards: Guest of Honor at GenCon 2003
Hi there, That would be me, among a bunch of other people whose names are probably more widely known. I have no idea why or how I was selected for…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Valamir, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Matt Snyder, Nev the Deranged, Andy Kitkowski, ejh, James V. West.

4/17/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Keys of Uriel - a Sorcerer adventure
I just released a free Sorcerer (& Sword) adventure meant for convention or introductory play. It's a weird fantasy scenario with definite western elements to it, set in the town…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Ace.

4/19/2003 John Harper: Sorcerer fan art
I recently put together an entry for the Universalis art contest, and then decided to do a few more pieces in that style, starting with my take on the covers…
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Participants: John Harper, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Fabrice G..

4/21/2003 WhistlinFiend: Ravenloft-esque Sorcerer...again
Just got done reading Sorcerer's Soul....very nice, very deep stuff. I kicked my wife out of the bedroom and put SoS and Charnel Gods on her pillow. I pretend they…
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Participants: WhistlinFiend, jburneko.

4/22/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Running survivalist scenes in a Sorcerer ("N") gam
Hey all- had a quick question, which may help me develop some quick mechanics or new modes of play for sorcerer. In most of the games of Sorcerer I've run…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose, talysman, Nev the Deranged.

4/23/2003 greyorm: RPG-Index: Sorcerer included
There's a new site trying to index all the games ever published since D&D first came out. On a lark, I checked to see if Sorcerer was included in this…
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Participants: greyorm, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Andy Kitkowski, Thalendar.

4/23/2003 John Harper: Trollbabe Desktop: Who ordered the cheesecake?
Take one naked woman, a big horn sheep, and a website for ren-fair accessories and what do you get? No, not that you sick monkey! You get the Trollbabe Desktop…
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Participants: John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes, greyorm, jrs, Nev the Deranged, Solomon.

4/24/2003 Nev the Deranged: Sorcerer's Soul
Well, I have (at least temporarily) completed my Sorcerer ouvre, with the recent purchase of Sorcerer's Soul. It's pretty intense. Really really has me jazzed to play. The example plots…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

4/25/2003 Andy Kitkowski: [Sor, Dice] "Levelling" dice for dif power levels.
Sorry- I didn't se anything discussing this in the few searches I ran here, so if it's been discussed already, a point towards relevant links would be appreciated. So I've…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, szilard, Ron Edwards, jburneko, greyorm, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen, Nev the Deranged.

4/26/2003 Spooky Fanboy: The Fallen: a Trollbabe offshoot (long)
I like Trollbabe a lot. IMO, if done right, it is the best game for portraying Lone Wanderer/Man with No Name/Sword&Sorcery protagonists. This is the character; these are the journeys.…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Bob McNamee, John Harper.

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