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3/9/2004 RPGuru59: Diceless Combat Resolution
I am designing a storytelling game called SAGE (Story Advanced Game Engine) that uses diceless combat resolution. I use a point based system, allowing the characters to give away points…
In RPG Theory
Participants: RPGuru59, M. J. Young, Michael S. Miller, RaconteurX, simon_hibbs, Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

3/9/2004 Dain: Main Gauche
I posted this in the Dagger Stats topic, but due to the extended discussion there I'm afraid it's going to get lost in the wash...so I thought I'd start a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Dain, Caz, toli, Salamander.

3/9/2004 Bob Goat: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Introduction Part Deux
After getting the good advice earlier I went back to the drawing board and deconstructed by own game to get to its core premise. It is a bit shorter, which…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bob Goat.

3/9/2004 O. Rodriguez: Spiritual Attributes - What are they?
Hello everyone, My group just started a tRoS game and after our first session we had a number of questions. After a search of the forums I found the answers…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: O. Rodriguez, Valamir, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Malechi, Bob McNamee, kenjib, Stephen, Ian.Plumb, bottleneck, Ante, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 Nuadha: Narrativist or not?
Hello everyone, (I apologize if this post rambles a bit, but I've just finished reading several of Ron's GNS articles and I have a lot of jumbled thoughts.) I'm pretty…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Nuadha, hix, Jack Spencer Jr, John Kim, Scourge108, bcook1971, Andrew Norris, Ron Edwards, RDU Neil, Ben Lehman.

3/9/2004 Matt Wilson: Peregrine - mixing rpg and boardgame
There's been a few games I've seen recently that have made cool use of visual aids like a map, and they got me thinking about this vague concept I've had…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Mike Holmes, johnzo, xiombarg.

3/9/2004 thelopez: Dynamic Character Missions
In the MORPG that I want to design I want to include missions that characters can attempt. There are several problems, IMHO, with the mission systems that have been implemented…
In RPG Theory
Participants: thelopez, Peter Nordstrand, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Tavish, Doctor Xero.

3/9/2004 Thierry Michel: (anti)HeroQuest: the count must die!
I finally ran a one-shot historical HQ last week - it was my first GMing in 15 years or so. I had made pre-gens for the 3 players (ruthless warrior,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thierry Michel, Brand_Robins.

3/9/2004 Ilvarin: TRoS Programs for Linux
Is there a chance of seeing the character generator or combat sim in a Linux-native version? I'm not crazy about using WINE. I hate to sound selfish because I know…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ilvarin, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 Grex: Calvinball rules
This may well be completely irrelevant to the Forge -- and if so, I apologize in advance -- but here are the rules for Calvinball: http://www.solitaryway.com/calvin/cb_rules.htm Is it even possible…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Grex, Walt Freitag, Valamir, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, gobi, Eero Tuovinen, Varis_Rising, clehrich, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, taalyn, Ben-Ra.

3/9/2004 Dregg: Publishing just to Publish
I have been looking at alot of stuff on RPG now as of late. I don't mean to sound too high and Mighty but some of the quality of product…
In Publishing
Participants: Dregg, Ron Edwards, matthijs, Jack Spencer Jr.

3/9/2004 Jack Aidley: [Great Ork Gods] Final (?) Polishing
Yes, it's another thread about Great Ork Gods. Those of you who haven't been following the earlier threads may wish to look in here. I've put a second playtest release…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Valamir, GreatWolf.

3/9/2004 lokdu: come on for a knight contest !!
I'am very interested by other people fight and will be very happy to see combat screen shot with 2 knights with same skill , 1h sword or axe , full…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: lokdu, Overdrive, Blankshield, Mike Holmes, Jaeger, Valamir, Gideon13, [MKF]Kapten, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 nsruf: Sorcery and Conan
I just picked up Mongoose's Conan RPG, but intend to use it only as background material for a TROS game. The feel and mechanics of TROS, especially the combat system,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: nsruf, Edge, buddha, Alan, Brian Leybourne.

3/9/2004 Eero Tuovinen: My Life with Master movies
In short: I'm currently organizing a little MLwM review/promotion here in Helsinki, and was thinking about arranging a movie night. It's somewhat of a tradition with Helsinki university students to…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, Mike Holmes, Valamir, jrs, joshua neff, hix, Sean, mattwbrooks, C. Edwards.

3/9/2004 cappadocius: Help w/ My Life With Batman
Hi all. Did chargen for a new game tonight, and things seem to be on track. Everyone's excited, which is a good thing, and the player of Dogwelder (actual Gotham…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: cappadocius, GB Steve, Mike Holmes.

3/9/2004 Ingenious: Acrobatics/Bodylanguage
Is it reasonable to assume that body language can be used in conjunction with acrobatics? So long as the defensive move falls under an evasion and the character is wearing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ingenious.

3/9/2004 timfire: Using Experience points as a resource for other effects?
This came up in another thread in the indie forum, but I thought it might deserve a little more discussion here. In the other thread, I proposed letting players spend…
In RPG Theory
Participants: timfire, anonymouse, brainwipe, Ron Edwards, komradebob, Valamir, John Kim, Mike Holmes.

3/9/2004 Kaelin: Hello all
Hey there. Just wanted to say "hi" to everyone here, as I am a new member on the forums. My real name is Christopher Wheeler, so Chris, Christopher, or Kaelin…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Kaelin, bcook1971, Uber_Munchkin.

3/9/2004 Eric J.: [FF Legacy] An RPG, yet to be realised.
Disclaimer: FF does NOT mean or indicate, imply directly or indirectly, Final Fantasy. There is no subtle invited assumption that it does or does not. Nope. None. And since there…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eric J., Ben Lehman, Ravien, gabby2600, Mike Holmes.

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3/9/2004 John Kim: Got my Solmukohta Book
I just wanted to say that I got my contributor's copy of the book "Beyond Role and Play" that Jonathan Walton mentioned in this thread. Thus far, I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, Jonathan Walton.

3/9/2004 buserian: d20 vs. 3d6 in HeroQuest?
In the recent Suggest a game system for me PLEASE! topic on the RPG Theory forum, Nuadha said the following: The problem with using Heroquest, is that it only uses…
In HeroQuest
Participants: buserian, Mike Holmes, Mac Logo, RaconteurX, Nicolas Crost, simon_hibbs, Valamir, Paul Watson, Brand_Robins, newsalor, Alai, Peter Nordstrand, Lxndr, lightcastle.

3/9/2004 thomcat: The Riddle of Bronze
(yes, I know there will be *something* in TFOB, but I want rules for today...) Are these assumptions completely off base? 1) Bronze armor -- "softer" than Steel, so roughly…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: thomcat, toli, Caz, Alan, Gideon13, Brian Leybourne, Durgil, Mike Holmes, ZenDog.

3/9/2004 Bob Goat: Recommendations for First Timer
I convinced my normal group of gamers to start playing once a week on a weeknight outside of our two never ending (my kingdom for a conclusion) campaigns. This has…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Goat, Salamander, Edge, Malechi.

3/9/2004 Shadeling: My TROS games
As some of you may remember, I was running TROS games for sometime. They went well, but I decided to shelve them despite the stories being unfinished. To be honest,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Edge, Malechi, Dain, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Tash, MrGeneHa, Farseer415, Ian.Plumb, casinormal, nsruf, Alan, Valamir, Amy1419, bcook1971, Thanaeon, kanseg, kenjib, Muggins, Jaeger, Ben Lehman, silburnl, Starshadow, Ingenious, Emiricol.

3/10/2004 Tash: Terrain roll for an evade?
Can a terrain roll (which I think is used to represent any footwork a character has to do while moving) be used to evade an attack, particularly during a charge…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tash, [MKF]Kapten, Wolfen, Malechi, nsruf.

3/10/2004 Gordon C. Landis: Seeing GNS everywhere
[quote="'JP', in comments to Greg Costikyan's March 4, 2004 blog entry"] Which isn't to say you can't quantify some of the general archetypes, as Mahk LeBlanc and others have done.…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, John Kim, pete_darby.

3/10/2004 montag: [Trollbabe] If my sister 's in trouble ...
I got the chance to play Trollbabe with my girlfriend tonight. In fact, I bought the game especially to play with her, since the game seemed ideal for one on…
In Actual Play
Participants: montag, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Alan, Bob McNamee.

3/10/2004 bcook1971: Picky, Assumption-Teasing Questions
[list=1][*]Do you fumble a strike (pp. 78-9) by failing the roll and having two or more 1's (a la pp. 7-8) or does [i]any[/i] failure to hit draw the 1/2…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bcook1971, Valamir, Malechi, Ingenious, Wolfen, Ian.Plumb.

3/10/2004 bcook1971: [Issues & Impact] DFW Area Playtesters Wanted
I've just completed principal design of I&I and would like to find 2-3 people to help playtest it. I would like to meet once a week for 1 month, 3-4…
In Connections
Participants: bcook1971.

3/10/2004 Asrogoth: Streamlining Design
Since I opened the can of worms regarding "Streamlining the Creative Process" (see this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9943) and have accepted the challenge of making my "vision" come to life, I am…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Asrogoth, thelopez, lumpley, Mike Holmes, andy, Ole, timfire.

3/10/2004 taalyn: Systematic challenge, or "How the party met an untimely
One of the things that really impressed me with Dunjon was the method for gauging how many or what level to make NPCs so that they would be a consistent…
In RPG Theory
Participants: taalyn, M. J. Young.

3/10/2004 thomcat: Serrated edges
Just read about a jagged-edge weapon that would cause extra damage. A disadvantage mentioned was that this weapon catches in the wound, causing difficulty freeing it for the next swing.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: thomcat, Malechi, Ingenious, Wolfen, Richard_Strey.

3/10/2004 Tash: Abusing SAs?
I was discussing character ideas with one of the guys in my group and he mentioned the idea of having "Drive: Hates to Loose" as an SA. Now on the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tash, kenjib, Bankuei, Valamir, Alan, Lxndr, Wolfen, Ingenious, Ian.Plumb, timfire.

3/10/2004 brainwipe: [Icar] Star Enfocer Setting
Last night was the first session of the Star Enforcer Setting. It was going to be the usual fair of character creation and a quick Case. However, many of my…
In Actual Play
Participants: brainwipe.

3/10/2004 [MKF]Kapten: People who knows military tactics, plz look here!
I need someone who knows more about military tactics than me, preferebly ancient tactics. When I created my campaign setting I wanted it to be different from the classic medieval…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: [MKF]Kapten, Valamir, Bob Goat, MrGeneHa, Mike Holmes, Drifter Bob, Tash, Bankuei, Half-Baked, Dan Sellars, Turin.

3/10/2004 thelopez: Elves Comparative Study
It would be interesting to do an average height, weight and age comparison for Elves from a variety of FRPGs or similar styled RPGs as Brian asked for in his…
In RPG Theory
Participants: thelopez, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Scourge108, Ben Morgan, Tavish, Harrek, Valamir, HMT.

3/10/2004 seraphimy2k: a bit of a newbie
hi everyone forgive me if im posting in the wrong forum, but this is my first post :) My question is as follows : i live in the uk, and…
In Publishing
Participants: seraphimy2k, Matt Wilson, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, coolblade.

3/10/2004 Harlequin: Possible solution to Brian's SimB/S issue
This comes from a slightly stale thread, so I'll reopen rather than continuing... Brian raised a point about the simultaneous block/strike, and indeed IMO about all use of attacks in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Harlequin, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Edge, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Richard_Strey, Valamir, Overdrive, Tash, [MKF]Kapten, Gideon13, kenjib, nsruf, Ingenious.

3/10/2004 Bob Goat: SKU Number?
Please forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is a SKU number and where does it come from? Is this a part of the ISBN? I am assuming that these are…
In Publishing
Participants: Bob Goat, jrs, jdagna.

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