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4/17/2004 sirogit: Kinship/Sex as ideal relationships for Story purposes.
At first when I read Ron's insistance for story-important relationships to based on Kinship/Sex to be rather limiting. But just now I realize a great reason for the distinction. Alligince,…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

4/16/2004 sirogit: Steps to addressing premise?
What do you do in your Narrativist games to encourage the addressing of a specific premise? I'm being abit critical of my own attempts to brainstorm premise-addressing techniques as to…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Ben Lehman, BPetroff93.

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.

4/12/2004 sirogit: What does and doesn't constituite "Force"
I'd like to include the paragraphs in which Force is discussed in Ron Edward's Narrativist Essay as a basic definition. Force: the final authority that any person who is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Andrew Martin, Henri, Ron Edwards, clehrich.

4/11/2004 sirogit: Scenario for my Demon Cops game: Better to Burn Out
This is a scenario I'd like to include in my Demon Cops game, though It still has a few rough edges. ---- Calista Stocker was one of the most successfull…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

4/10/2004 sirogit: Creating characters as relationships
I'm considering using this technique during my next character creation session. Give players the details of what is expected of their individual characters(Combat readiness, likability, protagonist-material), but tell them to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards, neelk.

4/10/2004 sirogit: Using teamwork as carried over bonuses.
When I run Demon cops, I'd like to encourage people to make ample use of the ability to give bonuses to another person's action through your own. An obvious example…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

4/7/2004 sirogit: [Demon Cops]Decorated the handout.
With a few pictures I grabbed from Elfwood and a few other places... you can see a intentionial resemblance more towards modern anime than the source material. So, I was…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit.

4/4/2004 sirogit: [Demon Cops]Great lil' book, a few questions.
Just received it and I have to say I'm quite pleased. Right now I'm planning on my next campaign to be based on it. A few questions I have: I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, DannyK, Valamir.

3/30/2004 sirogit: Perception narration: Authorship & Honesty
In TroS game, I've noticed myself accidently using the phrases "You see..." "You feel..." "You know..." etc. as a result of, say, an inspection of an object or a character…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Valamir, Blankshield, clehrich, WDFlores, Rich Forest, M. J. Young.

3/24/2004 sirogit: Narrativism, the juicy parts of the system and Risk
It occured to me that a complaint I hear sometimes against TROS is that the most intereasting part of it's system, the combat system, is wasted because players playing it…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Gaerik, Andrew Norris, Rob Carriere, pete_darby, Jack Spencer Jr, RDU Neil, Alan, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young, Storn, montag.

3/22/2004 sirogit: [TROS]Sea of Fallen Gods: coming up with bangs.
It's been about two weeks since my last TROS game, due to Spring Break, and when it restarts this wednesday, I want this session to go with a BANG So,…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, ZenDog, Malechi, John Kim.

3/2/2004 sirogit: Frequency of sorcery action.
Would you think that Sorcerer loses something if there isn't a consistant occurence of Sorcery? Like Containing, Contact&Summoning, Punishing, Banishing. Obviously, it denotes that players aren't being challenged too much,…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

3/2/2004 sirogit: Suggestions for making the best possible SAs.
Next wednesday, chargen should be completed in my Riddle of Steel game(The game was unfortunately delayed when I lost my book.) Two characters are -very near- complete, with the thid…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, bcook1971, Ingenious.

2/28/2004 sirogit: Using a Gamist engine for Narritivism
The initial thought that brought on this idea was, "What situations cannot be used for Narrativism?" A self-challenge of sorts. I considered the situation of a deathmatch FPS: You and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Blankshield.

2/27/2004 sirogit: Obtrusive mechanic details?
It's to my understanding that several games have considering using certain mechanics, but didn't include them in the game as it would slow the game down to a certain degree.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Doctor Xero, Harlequin, Mike Holmes, John Kim, coxcomb.

2/26/2004 sirogit: Tros CCG?
I seem to remember reading about this in TROS. I could be wrong as I don't have the book with me at the moment due to losing the bag it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Edge, Hereward The Wake.

2/22/2004 sirogit: TROS game: The Sea of Fallen Gods
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9688 for a little bit of info on the game. I had the first session of this game this saturday and it was great, even if it was just prepatory…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, Brian Leybourne.

2/22/2004 sirogit: Two questions
Do bludgeoning, cutting or puncturing type attacks have any effect on how much armor they're able to get through? Also, is there any rule I skipped in which you can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, Bob McNamee, Brian Leybourne.

2/17/2004 sirogit: Choosing a demonic weapon.
So, after some talks with a player, I wanted to include a demonic, stormbringer inspired weapon into my game as a possible plot device. Except it's done to death with…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, kenjib, Ingenious, Salamander.

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4/19/2004 sirogit: A few random rules questions.
1. Is there any point to group-banishing? The way I read it, in order for the group to confer bonuses to the main sorcerer, they would have to make the…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

4/23/2004 sirogit: The end of my campaign and Armor/Blood Loss tokens
My Riddle of Steel campaign is coming to an end after next session. It was a satisfying if bumpy ride. The parts where the game faltered I learned alot about…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, Kcasar, Tash, Emiricol.

5/6/2004 sirogit: For Ron: How would you do Sorcerer differently?
Ron, I've read a smattering a posts where you poisited minor design flaws with Sorcerer. This seems very curious to me as I find Sorcerer the epitome of an advanced…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

5/10/2004 sirogit: Walk-by Sorcerer
Me and my brother were going on a 4 hour walk for some Real-Estate deal, we were bored and thought, what they hey, why don't we try to run an…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Doyce, b_bankhead, Mike Holmes.

5/15/2004 sirogit: 100% Blood and Sex... Relationship Maps.
Is a relationship map in which ALL of the characterss are connected through blood or sex ties more, less, or not conducive to play? It sounds implausible on paper, but…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Paka, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller.

5/15/2004 sirogit: Hunter Logan: "Dice-driven railroading"?
In that Bleeding Edge thread, Hunter Logan said Parts of it are flat-out fucking brilliant. But other parts are not quite so brilliant, and it seems to me that…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Hunter Logan, greyorm, Ian Charvill, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2004 sirogit: Another new Demon Ability
I came up with the idea for this ability while watching B:TAS's Two-Face episode. It breaks alot of the fundamental rules of the game so I'm not sure how disruptive…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, DannyK.

5/24/2004 sirogit: (Sorcerer) Alchemist
Before my Demon Cops game this fall, A friend and I wanted to get together for a game over a month or so, and something I definately want to run…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Paka, b_bankhead, Nev the Deranged, Solomon.

5/28/2004 sirogit: Group social dynamics similarity to sexual social dynamics?
It's been floating around in my head for awhile that many of the game groups, paticularly ones which emphasis social basis rather than creative, operate in social dynamics similar to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, lumpley, Noon, Ravien, Bankuei, Doctor Xero.

5/28/2004 sirogit: Creating the sensation of hope.
It occurs to me that a sensation I never here people trying to create in an RPG session is "hope", and yet I find it a very essential part of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, montag, Paul Czege, neelk, Doctor Xero, SlurpeeMoney, Andrew Martin, TonyLB.

6/1/2004 sirogit: Elfs would do a Slayers game incredibly well.
(As much as I hate to admit it, as I hate slayers and find Elfs much funnier. But I could be coerced to run it like that as I know…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, xiombarg.

6/13/2004 sirogit: Thoughts on poor taste.
I've been thinking over an idea in my head and wondering if it is's good taste. Not that it's offensive, because I am most sure that it would offend somebody.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Eero Tuovinen, Henri, ethan_greer, Tomas HVM, Andrew Morris, MarktheAnimator, lumpley, Doctor Xero, M. J. Young.

6/15/2004 sirogit: Highschool Automatons.
I just came up with this today so it's kind've sketchy. It's more or less a weird, arty one-shot game that I thought would have a neat aesthetic. It's one…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, Doctor Xero, Jasper, Tobias, sergeant_x.

6/25/2004 sirogit: Hooray[Sex&Sorcery]
Yay! I just got this in the mail. I'm at a loss for words. That Death/Madness/Sex thing just blows my mind, I'll have to give it some serious thought on…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, DannyK, Henri, Christopher Weeks.

6/25/2004 sirogit: the Seas of Let's Fiddle.(Very weird.)
I'm working on something that's a chimera of a parody of Furry characters and a game with the premise of What Would You do For Love? It's nearly complete. right…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: sirogit, deidzoeb.

6/30/2004 sirogit: Community-circle based Descriptors.
I'd really like to try out this idea for descriptors based on the different circles of communitys listed in Sex&Sorcery(Such as family, self, community etc etc.) Here's a rough model…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards.

7/12/2004 sirogit: Moral differences around the table?
In a group for sorcerer that I'm assembling, something has crept into my mind as a concern: Since the game is about stories with moral judgement(Not preachy stories, but good…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

8/2/2004 sirogit: Customized Sorcerer Character Sheets
Usual warnings blah blah using possibly copywrited images, for personal use only, blah blah blah, mostly taken from the rasputina website, blah blah, geocities goes down alot. http://www.geocities.com/judasvisc/Smallcharactersheet.JPG http://www.geocities.com/judasvisc/diagrambw.JPG
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, ScottM.

8/4/2004 sirogit: Getting bonus dice but not wanting them?
What are the ramifications in Sorcerer if a player is purposefully setting their characters up to lose in a conflict? Specifficly, I was thinking about bonus dice. What if a…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, joshua neff, greyorm, Mike Holmes.

8/6/2004 sirogit: Success with RPGs under an hour?
I've always wanted to run a game at the same speed as a tv show. In my expierince, gaming was always very slow. Too much looking up rules, arguements, over-elaborations,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Dev, Mike Holmes, Ravien.

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