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4/13/2004 cruciel: Missing Lobe Shift as Gamist Tell
Wow, that subject title doesn't make any sense, does it? (Everything contained herein subject to the disclaimer that I am not a neurologist, psychiatrist or anything else remotely knowledgeable in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: cruciel, Eero Tuovinen, montag, beingfrank, Rob Carriere, John Kim, M. J. Young.

4/13/2004 cruciel: Conflict Resolution and Gamism
This is a lot of junk all strung together. Hopefully it'll make sense at the end. ***** Once upon a time I started to shift my play more towards conflict…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: cruciel, coxcomb, M. J. Young, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards.

4/13/2004 Lxndr: Character Improvement in Sorcerer, or What Is Lxndr Missing?
Reading through the Sorcerer main book, character improvement seems to be tied to "the end of a story" (which may or may not have anything to do with a kicker).…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Sean, jburneko.

4/13/2004 Zak Arntson: Design - What does the player/character/gm do?
Just in case someone isn't familiar with it, I'll open with one of the standard questions you give a designer: The idea's great and all, but what do you do?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Zak Arntson, Astrivian.

4/13/2004 ulfhiden: Destiny!
I have a question about Destiny. Do these dice get to be used in situations were the destiny might fail. For instance lets say you have the Destiny become a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ulfhiden, Mike Holmes, Stephen, Valamir, Wolfen, Lxndr.

4/13/2004 Paganini: Pag's Standard Rant - Scene Framing
It seems like we're always getting posts in the various forums about Scene Framing. What it is, how to do it. These questions are invariably met with links to old…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, coxcomb, FredGarber, C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

4/13/2004 Doyce: [Paladin] Where do you drift (or do you)?
Hi all. I'm involved in Brian Bankhead's nascent Paladin game on IRC (see his recent post in this forum, and I highly recommend stopping in and joining play if you're…
In CRN Games
Participants: Doyce, Trevis Martin, tetsujin28.

4/13/2004 Lxndr: GenCon Business/Tax Questions
If I go to GenCon as "Alexander Cherry, Sole Proprietor of Twisted Confessions" instead of as "Private Citizen Alexander Cherry", what sorts of things are generally considered deductible? (Yeah yeah,…
In Conventions
Participants: Lxndr, Valamir, Bob Goat, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege.

4/13/2004 ethan_greer: PDF articles
You know what would be cool? If the Forge articles were available both as HTML (as they appear now) and as downloadable, printer-friendly PDFs.
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer, xiombarg.

4/13/2004 montag: [Whispering vault] unsatisfying first session
Short-version: So I ran my first game of Whispering Vault and it sucked. IMO that is, players said it was ok. I take most of the blame, though I think…
In Actual Play
Participants: montag, Valamir, GreatWolf.

4/13/2004 GreatWolf: [InSpectres] Winging InSpectres, Part 2
Well, the third session of InSpectres went much better. The advice from the previous thread helped greatly. In addition to rolling up the client for the week, I came up…
In Actual Play
Participants: GreatWolf, ScottM, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/13/2004 The Fiendish Dr. Samsara: Contest Checks: 2/3rds of a Mechanic
Hi all. Long-time lurker; first-time poster. I’d like to post, for general review and comment, the very basics of my system. If there’s any interest (and I mean “any”), I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: The Fiendish Dr. Samsara, coxcomb, BPetroff93, Mike Holmes.

4/13/2004 Der_Renegat: Modern Firearms in HQ
Im still working on how to use HQ for a cyberpunk setting and started with the obvious: combat and modern weapons, because most of the rest is pretty obvious. Vehicular…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Der_Renegat, Donald, soru, Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, MikeSands, buserian.

4/12/2004 jburneko: Small Sorcery Question
Hello, I've owned TROS for some time now and I've read parts of it in bits and pieces but only recently took the plunge and read the entire book cover…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jburneko, Edge.

4/12/2004 Peter Nordstrand: GothCon Report
I ran HeroQuest at GothCon (Gothenburg, Sweden). A drop in event. I had brought a number of different scenarios, but I ended up running mostly The Assassin (described very briefly…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Henrix.

4/12/2004 TonyLB: Cascading ambiguity
Okay, so I'm running a game where I've give folks the right to write for the NPCs, and to frame and describe scenes their character would know nothing about. Additionally,…
In Actual Play
Participants: TonyLB, clehrich, Bob McNamee, Paganini, StalkingBlue, Mike Holmes, Peter Hollinghurst.

4/12/2004 signoftheserpent: wargame design
I know this is an rpg design site, ostensibly, but do other types of design get a look in (such as the subject)? thanks
In Site Discussion
Participants: signoftheserpent, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, quozl.

4/12/2004 Dev: Ross Perot / Slander
Supposing I wanted to publish a setting around the suggestion that Ross Perot's election in 1992 led to a nationalistic (near-fascistic) atmosphere throughout the 90s. How much danger am I…
In Publishing
Participants: Dev, Mike Holmes, Christopher Weeks, Clay.

4/12/2004 bergh: New Prioritization table for creating character
i have made a new one. www.fflr.dk/tabletop/TROS/TRoSPri.pdf Rate it and give me a comment.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Ian.Plumb, Bob McNamee, Edge, Lxndr, Stephen, Krammer, Ingenious.

4/12/2004 Mike Holmes: Son of Iron Game Chef!
The Chairman enters the arena once again. The light's come up. He's carrying a fist full of d10s. He rolls them and considers the results as a strange grin comes…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mike Holmes, Eero Tuovinen, ethan_greer, John Harper, Jonathan Walton, Mark Johnson, Jack Spencer Jr, Piers Brown, Zak Arntson, Dav, Bill_White, Jack Aidley, Alan, gobi, bluegargantua, Shreyas Sampat, hanschristianandersen, Ron Edwards, Marhault, Sydney Freedberg, talysman, Lxndr, Paul Czege, lumpley, Crackerjacker, Rich Forest, Dev, anonymouse, Spooky Fanboy, Darcy Burgess, Walt Freitag, Valamir, timfire, Asrogoth, Matt Snyder, C. Edwards, Ben Lehman, redivider, Emily Care, quozl, greyorm, dalek_of_god, xiombarg, JamesSterrett, Bob McNamee, Palaskar, Christopher Weeks, hardcoremoose, Designer X.

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4/13/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Various Questions
Good news! My group has agreed to let me run a four-session Sorcerer campaign. Now the pressure's really on to understand the wormy details. Or at least be 70%+ settled…
In Adept Press
Participants: bcook1971, Ron Edwards, kwill.

4/13/2004 Tomas HVM: Force, feeding techniques and scene framing
Walt Freitag wrote: I'm one of the Forge's most outspoken advocates and (if I do say so myself) innovative practitioners of high-Force techniques. I'd love to participate in discussion such…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tomas HVM, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei, hanschristianandersen.

4/13/2004 Tigerclaw: Few things. (Everyone, please HELP. esp historical fencers)
First, let me tell you guys how glad I was to find Riddle of Steel game. I was always a big fan of realism and combat, and this game delivers…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tigerclaw, Jake Norwood, Emiricol, tauman.

4/14/2004 bergh: Merits/gift and flaws collection project.
Sorry yet another idea of mine just came up! I wanna be inspired to make a complete merit/gift and flaws list. What i need you to do, is to make…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Ingenious, [MKF]Kapten, Stephen.

4/14/2004 sirogit: Episodic, Nonepisodic, or combination plots?
For my Demon Cops game, I'm not quite sure how to treat the plot. Initially, I'm quite attracted to the idea of Episodic self-contained stories per session, as is recommended…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

4/14/2004 Ingenious: Split upon the alternate priority system for Middle Earth..
Okay.. now that I've sorted out reality at the present time... I can move on to my point, if I ever had one. An alternate priority system as it pertains…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ingenious, bergh, Krammer, Jake Norwood, Kaelin, Tash, bottleneck, GaGrin, Caz, Sneaky Git, Turin.

4/14/2004 Tash: Rapier vs. Chain/Plate?
After our first session of sparring duels my group and I learned some interesting things about the system. One of these is that rapiers are ungodly....ATN5, STR+2 damage (on a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tash, Caz, Wolfen, [MKF]Kapten, Salamander, tauman, Ashton, Sneaky Git, Richard_Strey, Dain.

4/14/2004 abzu: NPA Art -- Time's Up!
So I did the preliminary layout last night for Snowball and Discernment in the NPA. It looks good. All I need in order to get this ball really rolling is…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, xiombarg, Ben Lehman, Jeph, Matt, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

4/14/2004 eldaen: Ethelea - a simple little game
Greetings, all! I would like some of your appreciated feedback on the rules for my own system. These are still drafts and not finished by far. Maybe you would care…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: eldaen, montag, Ravien, RaconteurX, Juicetyger.

4/14/2004 Alan: Big always on
Hi all, Last year, when I played Charnel Gods, I had to come up with several beasts (Imanent Demons) for the game. When I read Ron's comment about Sorcerer powers…
In Adept Press
Participants: Alan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/14/2004 Bob Goat: [Conspiracy of Shadows] Looking for Playtesters
Hello all, We just finished our 1st go round of edits for the game I wrote, Conspiracy of Shadows and are looking for playtesters and second opinions. It is a…
In Connections
Participants: Bob Goat, Peter Nordstrand, TonyLB, Ville Takanen, Maelstrom, Neylana.

4/14/2004 ptevis: [Unknown Armies] Am I driving with Bangs?
So recalling that Bangs are Introducing events into the game which make a thematically-significant or at least evocative choice necessary for a player, I'm wondering whether or not I've…
In Actual Play
Participants: ptevis, Ron Edwards, DannyK, Lisa Padol, TonyLB.

4/14/2004 Prothall81: Username Troubles
Hello there; when I tried to register for the Forge previously, I had a little trouble with the registration email; that account has remained inactive to this day, and I'd…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Prothall81, Shreyas Sampat, Steve Samson.

4/14/2004 Palaskar: The next stages in RPG evolution? (longish)
After reading the post on game evolution at rpg-create, I've tried to extrapolate the next stages in RPG evolution. I would appreciate it if people could critique and help me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Palaskar.

4/14/2004 Palaskar: Playtesters still needed for Signature RPG (long)
Signature is a generic RPG. It uses neither point-based nor random character generation. Instead, you simply describe your character and assign appropriate Traits. Traits can be attrbutes, skills, perks, disadvantage,…
In Connections
Participants: Palaskar, Juicetyger.

4/15/2004 Lisa Padol: Artemisian Bangs?
So, Avram, who plays Laura, technoshaman recently become a werewolf, decided to give me a heads up about what he's planning next session. He told me that Laura is going…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, TonyLB, clehrich, contracycle, Storn, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2004 Dev: [PUNK] CyberBiblePunk in Judea:20X6!!
I sat down with three friends, we played PUNK. (This post is a ruse to distract Gobi from Iron Game Chef.) Picking Genre: First, we picked the genre. Biblepunk won…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dev, gobi.

4/15/2004 Thagorod Alynsson: Stats for a swordbreaker - anyone?
In our campain I recently bought a swordbreaker (at the GMs permission), but I have some problems figuring out the stats for such a weapon. I use the "cut and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thagorod Alynsson, bergh, Caz, Salamander, Wolfen, Blankshield, Jake Norwood, ulfhiden.

4/15/2004 BPetroff93: Sorcerer and Sword
Hi Ron, I'm prepping for my first S&S game. Do you recommend using R-maps for S&S prep, or just Sorcerer Prep?
In Adept Press
Participants: BPetroff93, Ron Edwards.

4/15/2004 Ron Edwards: [Great Ork Gods] Gunch! Squish! Arrgh!
Hello, This time it was with the campus group, including a new fellow. Same scenario, from the current rules. 1. Much to my pleasure, the players didn't notice the halfling…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Seth L. Blumberg, Ben Morgan, Jack Aidley, MattIndeed, Paul Czege.

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