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4/19/2004 Nev the Deranged: Couple of questions...
I've been going through the Sorcerer books, page by page, trying to put the information in an order I can more easily reference while running or playing a game... sort…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, 6inTruder, Ron Edwards.

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.

6/26/2003 Nev the Deranged: the Continuum
If this post is in the wrong place, feel free to move it to wherever is appropriate, with my apologies! Thanks! I've ressurrected the Continuum at the following addy: www.lostthoughts.org/thecontinuum…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Christopher Kubasik, Lxndr, efindel.

6/5/2003 Nev the Deranged: International Gamer's Day
Saturday the 7th is International Gamer's Day! Go ye forth and patronize all manner of Gaming Establishments, regaling their proprieters with praise and adulation (and money) for their continuing contribution…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, M. J. Young.

5/18/2003 Nev the Deranged: MATRIX RELOADED (may contain spoilers)
Wow. Wow. I had heard plenty of rumors about the movie (and has anyone but me noticed that there was very little commercial hype? I don't watch much tv so…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, wyrdlyng, Le Joueur, Valamir.

5/10/2003 Nev the Deranged: The Dead Are Too Much With Us...
Alright. I was stoked to be playing in this campaign, until our chargen session last night. Now I'm on fire. Next weekend can't get here fast enough. Even though I'm…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

5/2/2003 Nev the Deranged: Dusi's Wings
I just read a short story in Realms of Fantasy magazine (April 2003) by Maya Lassiter called Dusi's Wings. It's pretty cool Sorcerer material. It concerns a young street performer…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

4/30/2003 Nev the Deranged: Pointers please?
Hey! I have given some thought lately to publishing a miniatures game I have written in PDF form, possibly making it available via website or submitting it to a major…
In Publishing
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Michael Hopcroft.

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.

3/7/2003 Nev the Deranged: FiTM??
I'm unfamiliar with this phrase, and therefore likely ignorant of the underlying concept it represents. Please enlighten? <chuckles at Ron for mentioning Grendels in the other thread... heh heh... Legacy…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

3/4/2003 Nev the Deranged: Question
If I have game designs that are non-RPGs (say, board games, card games, live action games, tile games, miniatures games, etc.) where would it be appropriate to post about them?…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nev the Deranged, ghoest.

3/1/2003 Nev the Deranged: Asian Cult Cinema Sorcery
I regularly read a magazine called Asian Cult Cinema, and sometimes pick up other similar magazines. Unfortunately I have yet to scrounge enough cash to order any of the DVDs…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, hardcoremoose.

3/1/2003 Nev the Deranged: Demonic Voices
I was thinking about demonic voices. Would demons speak in the ur-tongue that anyone can understand? Or do they have their own infernal language? I think it would be cool…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, greyorm, John Harper, Ron Edwards.

2/28/2003 Nev the Deranged: Character ideas
Alright, since I don't know when I'll get to play, my brain has been brewing up character ideas on its own. I know that when I finally do play I…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Bankuei.

2/26/2003 Nev the Deranged: Blood Relics
I was thinking about cool Sorcerer ideas and came up with one that's pretty cliched, but still cool. Demons are bound into ancient relics. The blood of their master is…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2003 Nev the Deranged: Masks of the Sorcerer
Not long ago I read a good novel by... um... dammit I forget who by and I don't feel like getting the book out of my trunk right now. Anyway,…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.

2/24/2003 Nev the Deranged: Chicagoland area Sorcerers?
Hi there. I'm a recent initiate, who thinks Sorcerer probably kicks a lot of ass but would like to find out firsthand. Is anyone running or thinking about running a…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

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5/3/2004 Nev the Deranged: Idea, free to good home
Just a throwaway idea that ran through my head that I thought someone might make use of. It's probably been done a few times, but I can't think of any…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

5/5/2004 Nev the Deranged: Contain
Okay, the rules for Contains are pretty vague. No actual mechanics in there aside from something nonspecific about Lore rolls or something. The actual line (p89) says: "The sorcerer must…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..

5/6/2004 Nev the Deranged: Initiative tweaking...
Alrighty, I was running through some quick scenarios in the shower (no, the scenarios were not set in the shower, I was in the shower while thinking of them). And…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, bcook1971, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, sirogit.

5/9/2004 Nev the Deranged: Conflict Resolution, questions and confirmations
Alrighty. I'm going through the Combat section of the book (which as Ron mentioned somewhere might be better labeled "conflict resolution"), and before asking any questions I ran a search…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Doyce, ScottM.

5/10/2004 Nev the Deranged: Sorcerer setting idea, free of charge
Just a quickie Sorcerer setting idea that tumbled out of the dark closet in the back of my brain the other day. I'm dropping it here in case it strikes…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

5/18/2004 Nev the Deranged: &Sword Price/Goal Trading
I was thinking about the Goal/Price trading mechanic in &Sword, and wondering how others have handled it in play. Frex, if a character were to swear an oath of vengeance…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, sirogit, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2004 Nev the Deranged: Quick thought on Guns and Will
I was thinking... about guns. Seems to me there are some situations in which it makes more sense to roll Will to fire a gun than Stamina. Say, for instance,…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, DannyK, Dev, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2004 Nev the Deranged: Some ideas for feedback
Everybody's been talking about how Descriptors really contribute to setting. Dammit. Now I don't feel right about just using the standard Descriptors from the book for my game. Thanks a…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

5/25/2004 Nev the Deranged: Wannabe Sorcerer scores
So, if I wanted an NPC who was a hardcore wannabe occultist, who stumbled into a real sorcerer coven and got apprenticed to a powerful adept.. who has devoted himself…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Henri.

5/31/2004 Nev the Deranged: Gretchen Helfrich raps about motherhood in cinema
www.odysseyradio.org click the link to Maternity in the Movies, for Friday the 28th of May. A truly interesting discussion on the roles of mothers in various genres of film, as…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, ethan_greer.

6/1/2004 Nev the Deranged: A few really stupid questions
These are probably dumb questions, but I don't have my books handy and can't remember anything relevant. So I beg your forgiveness in advance. 1) What do demons use Lore…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Doyce, Ron Edwards.

6/27/2004 Nev the Deranged: [GenCon 2004] Info mailings?
Just wondering if/when those of us who signed up through the booth can expect convention guides and such, or if we will be picking them up onsite. I know they…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

6/27/2004 Nev the Deranged: Newbie question
I just got MLwM in the mail and read through it. I'm jazzed to play, but as usual, will have a devil of a time finding players, especially for something…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, vhirvela.

8/11/2004 Nev the Deranged: Sorcerer Boot Camp? / Forge non-booth events?
Wandering around some old threads, I ran across this: 3) You should operate a Sorcerer bootcamp (or something). I wonder: a)if anyone but me would actually attend such a thing,…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Bob Goat, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

9/1/2004 Nev the Deranged: Universalis - The World's Biggest Theme Park, session 1
Finally got to run/play Uni at my FLGS. Wee! Playing are myself, Shannon, and Todd, a recent graduate of the 8th grade. Tenet Phase: 1. Worlds Biggest Theme Park 2.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Christopher Weeks, Vaxalon, Valamir.

1/11/2005 Nev the Deranged: Universalis - as yet unnamed story
So I finally wrangled my friend Shannon into playing Uni again. I'd hoped for a third player but none was available, so I was like "screw it- we're playing something…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, ScottM, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

4/16/2005 Nev the Deranged: The Melancholy (and funny) Adventures of Zebra Girl
One woman's quest to cope with being turned into a demon: www.zebragirl.keenspot.com I found this one while reading Wapsi Square (www.wapsisquare.com) which someone else on this forum suggested, because it…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, erithromycin.

7/21/2005 Nev the Deranged: Dave's Sorcerer quickref project continues (long)
Hello! Been a while since I've posted anything here, or even been trying to keep up with the forums. Sometimes I just don't have the time, or other things take…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Miskatonic, Justin A Hamilton, droog, ScottM, Karl.

7/27/2005 Nev the Deranged: May
I was thinking about one of my favorite movies today, namely May (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303361/) Fantastic film, I recommend it to any horror / creepy / sorcererish movie enthusiast. The link pretty…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, jrs, Justin A Hamilton, hardcoremoose.

7/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: NPA Character Records, courtesy of Dave
I threw together some character sheets for Pretender a while back, which I'd like to offer for general use, but they won't post here via cut and paste. Anybody got…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Andy Kitkowski, Trevis Martin, Matt.

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