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9/28/2003 Nev the Deranged: The Dead Are Too Much With Us (II)
I was one of the players in the game Ron was running, which we just wrapped up last week. After the second to last session, I wrote up a few…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

9/27/2003 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer & Sword printing news
Hello, Sorcerer & Sword sold out from the warehouse yesterday. I still have a handful of copies left over from GenCon and will be fulfilling orders myself with those. But…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, b_bankhead, Valamir, arxhon, joshua neff, Mike Holmes.

9/25/2003 Christopher Weeks: Humanity and Protagonism in difficult settings
[b]How can I establish protagonism for characters in a setting that by modern western sensibility admits mostly of evil?[/b] I have been playing with Sorcerer settings as an exercise. Most…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Tim Alexander.

9/22/2003 Ron Edwards: The necromancy game continued
Hello, I'm starting a new thread from My current Sorcerer game - modern necromancy, just to break things up a little. I'll start by making all the remaining material available:…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Kubasik, Christopher Weeks.

9/22/2003 Tony Irwin: 4 possible outcomes
Hi folks, I have a question related to a very early thread on this board, where Ron mentions 4 possible outcomes in Sorceror scenarios. You can see the thread here…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

9/21/2003 DaGreatJL: Reluctant Sorcerers
I ran my second session of Sorcerer yesterday, as well as the first game with play time. Both the original char gen and last night went really well; however, there…
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Participants: DaGreatJL, sirogit, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, A.Neill.

9/15/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: A couple more rules questions
I have a couple more questions. Hold Let's see if I'm right on how the Hold ability works. The demon attacks using its Power. The target can defend normally using…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards.

9/15/2003 lumpley: Trollbabe Comic continues to rock
Just thought it worth mentioning. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, jburneko, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/15/2003 Paka: I wince as I type - Sorcerer for Harry Potter RPG
I am sure someone must have said this already but I haven't been watching the site as closely lately. Anyway, here's my swing. Humanity - Living up (or down) to…
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Participants: Paka, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

9/12/2003 jburneko: The Asylum: A First Pass Sorcerer One Sheet
Hello All, My Sorcerer ideas are a dime a dozen and I generally don't post them here unless I think I might actually get a chance to develop them. Well…
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Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Ben Morgan, Christopher Kubasik, Lxndr, Nev the Deranged.

9/12/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: When Sorcery Goes Poof
Following the general "nothing never happens" policy, when a player fails a sorcery roll, the ritual shouldn't just fizzle out. A failed contact gets the wrong demon; a failed summon…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Mikko Lehtinen, Mike Holmes.

9/11/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: Dealing with wonky character concepts
Hey folks, This is in reference to Ron's comments here, specifically in regards to character creation. One thing that interests me is his comment that he did not challenge Frank's…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, erithromycin, Ron Edwards.

9/9/2003 Ben Lehman: Sorcerer Gedankensetting
Yes, I'm going to get back to work on 15 minutes one of these days. I've been drowning in work. However, Chris K's quote, below (from the thread in RPG…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Cemendur, AnyaTheBlue.

9/9/2003 Ron Edwards: My current Sorcerer game - modern necromancy
Hello, I've been holding out on everyone, because for months, I've been running a Sorcerer game and not discussing it here. The players include our own Nev the Deranged and…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, galex, jburneko, Tim Alexander, Ben Lehman, ejh.

9/5/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: Lemuria - &Sword one sheet
I've got a few friends who want to try out Sorcerer & Sword with me. I've put together a basic setting. It's very generic S&S, which is what I wanted.…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards.

9/3/2003 Jeffrey Straszheim: More on initiative and aborts
On page 105 in the Sorcerer text we have ... if a character is acted already but is then hit in combat, he or she simply rolls full Stamina…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ron Edwards.

9/3/2003 Mikko Lehtinen: The Wrath of Gaia
Hello. I've been lurking in the Forge for a while, and the discussions here have changed my views about what roleplaying can be at its best. I have GM:ed Amber…
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Participants: Mikko Lehtinen, Tim Alexander, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/2/2003 Jason L Blair: A Li'l Sorcerer One-on-One
I'm cooking up some Sorcerer goodness for a one-man game and am curious if there's been any discussion/tips regarding this? Could someone post links, if so? Much appreciated,
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jeffrey Straszheim, Fabrice G..

8/29/2003 ejh: Penny Arcade comic for Sorcerer players
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-8-29&res=l :)
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Participants: ejh, Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2003 Bailywolf: The Hulk, and my new urge for URGE
Well, The Incredible Hulk is playing again on the Sci-Fi channel. 6:00 eastern. I get to catch it a couple of times a week now, and it’s been quite a…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, John Harper.

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9/29/2003 jburneko: On Telltales
Hello, Telltales are conceptually very awkward things for me. I have a particularly difficult time understanding the relationship between Telltales, Lore rolls, and non-Sorcerers. Consider this telltale: In my Space-Western…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

9/30/2003 MonkeyWrench: Some advice please.
I love Sorceror. I treated myself to Sorceror and Sword and Sorceror's Soul for my birthday and I devoured both of them. However I have a problem....I have never actually…
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Participants: MonkeyWrench, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Tim Alexander, greyorm, Alan.

10/2/2003 kwill: child sorcerers: amulet of samarkand
in addition to Harry Potter and Sabriel mentioned previously in this forum Sorc GMs may be interested in The Amulet of Samarkand (Stroud), published by Doubleday, which is coming out…
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Participants: kwill, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

10/3/2003 sirogit: My/JL's game("The Abyss Chronicles"?)
(Note, I was sort've waiting for JL to do this, as he's more talented at not confusing the hell out of people. So I'd invite him to post about the…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

10/6/2003 Paul Czege: some kind of celebrity, it seems...
[A HREF="http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Diner_Wrapper&file=index&req=ShowFile&file_wrap=html/Top10Results.htm"]GamingReport.com: Top Ten Game Designers/Writers[/A] Paul
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Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Fabrice G..

10/7/2003 Ben Lehman: Stretching
This post is a little off the wall, but I've been stretching Sorcerer inside my head recently, and I've come up with an "interpretation" which I find interesting enough to…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, sirogit, AnyaTheBlue.

10/8/2003 sirogit: A test for determining Scores in Sorcerer
While I understand that this could be overly complicated to solve a simple problem, I personally had a spot of difficulty in selecting a way to distribuite scores definitively, so…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

10/10/2003 sirogit: Sorcerer with emotions as demons?
It seems like such a straight-forward idea, I'd be surprised if someone didn't write it up already. The way I'd have it: The setting is modern, with no supernatural undertones.…
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Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

10/13/2003 jburneko: Trollbabe Comics Musings
Hello, After today's strip I feel like doing some trollbabe musing... I don't think I will ever adjust to the tone of the comics. It's like the strips keep landing…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Valamir, James V. West, ejh.

10/14/2003 JamesDJIII: A Question about Sorcerer, Demons, and Humanity Loss
Forgive me if this material is covered elsewhere but in re-reading and re-reading Sorcerer, I think I understand the concept of humanity loss, but I'd like to hear from you…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

10/15/2003 sirogit: A play by message board sorcerer game(Uninmaginitive title)
I plan to run a sorcerer game on a message board. The basic setting is a world similar to just before the reveloution russia, with demonic undertones to backdoor dealings.…
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Participants: sirogit.

10/15/2003 Ron Edwards: Elfs revisions
Hello, I went through Elfs with a very harsh pen today. 1. Degrees of success are to be handled differently. From now on, one success is sufficient to perform an…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Alan, GreatWolf, Paul Czege, Tim Alexander, greyorm, Ben Morgan, Rich Forest, jburneko.

10/19/2003 JamesDJIII: When Demons Scheme
Here's another question for Sorcerer GMs out there: The Sorcerer rules mention that sometimes its good to know, as a GM, what the demons are up to or aiming for.…
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Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

10/20/2003 lumpley: Trollbabe Tragedy!
My workplace's netnanny, Websense, just put the boot on Trollbabe: The Websense category "Sex" is filtered. My Mondays are gonna be even lamer than before. Have you ever considered an…
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

10/20/2003 jburneko: Elfs and Modules
Hello, Ron, have you considered opening up a mini-supplement program for Elfs? I was thinking that having a supply of modules for sale would not only allow people to profit…
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Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Rod Anderson, Paganini, greyorm.

10/23/2003 arxhon: So now i have Sorcerer...
...to go with Sex and Sorcery and The Sorcerer's Soul (yes, i owned them first). I may even be able to get a game running shortly (time to crack out…
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Participants: arxhon, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2003 sirogit: Chick comics headlines as Sorcerer campaigns
I think I might want to do a series of thse someday. From "Stairway to hell" What REALLY happens when you get high? What is rock music's hidden danger? How…
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Participants: sirogit, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2003 Calithena: [Charnel Gods] Vanye's Demon
It occurred to me that while the world of Morgaine's saga is fundamentally different in character from Naur Tier, there is a kind of isomorphism between Morgaine's and Vanye's quests…
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Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards, David Chunn.

10/23/2003 Calithena: [Sorcery & Sword] Query for R. Edwards re: Fantastic Fic
Ron, I loved your take on the different genres of fantastic fiction in Sorcery and Sword. You have exquisite taste, which as F/SF editor and critic Don Herron once noted,…
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Participants: Calithena, Ron Edwards, greyorm, joshua neff, David Chunn, Rod Anderson, Ian Charvill, Heraclitus.

10/24/2003 Michael S. Miller: Talking Points for Sorcerer
As Luke Crane mentioned, I'll be helping him pitch games at Lollagazebo in two weeks. There's been a thread on talking points for My Life with Master, and I'm pretty…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

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