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5/8/2004 C. Edwards: GenCon Indy: Sunday Night Crash Pad
Hey all, Thanks to the cool True Dungeon folks, I have my room taken care of for Wed-Sat night. I'd really like to stay Sunday night also though, for various…
In Connections
Participants: C. Edwards.

5/8/2004 Ravien: [Eclipse] Gender and Social Class
Before I continue, I want to keep this topic strictly within the bounds of mechanical discussion. "X won't work, or won't correlate with your goal", that sort of thing. Discussion…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ravien, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag, Valamir, btrc, contracycle, John Kim, Mike Holmes, Maarzan, Lxndr, cruciel, Andrew Norris, NN.

5/8/2004 bcook1971: [Sorcerer] Damage Effects and Demon Abilities
Below is a copy of an e-mail I sent to one of my players explaining damage effects and how demon abilities impact them. It's pretty straight forward and brings to…
In Adept Press
Participants: bcook1971, Doyce, Ron Edwards.

5/7/2004 Eero Tuovinen: [IGC book project] The triad prepares
(Incidentally, my first thread on this forum; I had promised myself to come here with a game to be proud of... but, well, these babies actually need it.) The Iron…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes.

5/7/2004 bergh: undeads in TRoS?
Hmmm, what about stats for undead like Zombies and Skeletons? anyone have any sugjestions?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: bergh, Jaeger, Wolfen, Caz, Tash, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, nsruf, Bankuei.

5/7/2004 Christopher Kubasik: Why Am I Not a Woman?
Okay. Chadu posts a thread on his Dead Inside games talking about differences he's noticed between his male players and female players. Here's a sample: * On the average, women…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Paka, rafial, quozl, Ravien, Garbanzo, chadu, Wolfen, AnyaTheBlue.

5/7/2004 angelfromanotherpin: [Inside]How special is a Hacker?
I recently ran a one-shot of Inside, and the question came up: When your character is not Inside, are they a Sorcerer at all? The specific issue was whether or…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Mike Holmes.

5/7/2004 Dev: Sorcerer questions: martial arts, dices, "game balance&
There's a chance of getting some friends to try Sorcerer out, in an "intense blood opera wish-I-was-Tarantino" way. So, some minor questions. (My search-fu turned up nothing, even though I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Dev, Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes, Henri.

5/7/2004 quozl: Icebreaker RPGs
An icebreaker, for those unfamiliar with the term, is an activity done among people who want to get to know each other better. Often, some type of game is used.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: quozl, Andrew Morris, BPetroff93, xiombarg, Trevis Martin, M. J. Young.

5/7/2004 Dav: Iron Game Chef -- The Publication!
Mike Holmes and I have been working through a plan to publish the current Iron Game Chef games in a single tome. While there are likely a few kinks to…
In Connections
Participants: Dav, Shreyas Sampat, Rich Forest, quozl, Eero Tuovinen, Mike Holmes, talysman, Christopher Weeks, Zak Arntson, Asrogoth, C. Edwards, Simon W, hanschristianandersen, Jack Aidley, Lxndr, Ben Lehman, greyorm, Walt Freitag, Palaskar, xiombarg, abzu, JamesSterrett, dalek_of_god, timfire, Dev, Jonathan Walton.

5/7/2004 dragongrace: Spell Checker
I'm not sure if this topic has been broched as doing a search ont he terms pulls up numerous off topic posts but I have a suggestion, and that is…
In Site Discussion
Participants: dragongrace, Shreyas Sampat, Silmenume, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/7/2004 Ryan Wynne: Comedy Games- Are Lite rules the way to go?
I am creating a comedy game called Hillbilles deluxe and I am thinking that rules lite is the way to go. It would involve D6 + Stat + skill vs…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ryan Wynne, quozl, hanschristianandersen, ethan_greer, Valamir, timfire, Lxndr, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, semprebon, Jack Spencer Jr, Simon W, Ben Lehman, pete_darby, btrc, Latigo, Olibarro, Noon.

5/7/2004 Paka: Birthright via Sorcerer
[i]"...Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown..."[/i] Shakespeare Henry IV- Part II [b]Sorcerers [/b]are kings and queens. They bind their subjects to their throne, crown and scepter, thus awakening…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, kwill, Brand_Robins, greyorm, Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, DannyK.

5/7/2004 Mayhem1979: Weird Character ideas...
Hi, in an effort to "break" a supplement / expansion I'm working on, I need to you to give me ideas for a whole lotta different characters/races. So ideas people...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mayhem1979, kenjib, Fizban, Krammer, Jake Norwood, sirogit.

5/7/2004 Zathreyel: [Bruise] character personality rules
okay, one more little bit of help to ask of you guys for my game, and then i'm done for the day, i swear! in my game bruise, a sci-fi/fantasy-ish…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zathreyel, Loki, Shreyas Sampat.

5/7/2004 Jack Aidley: [Great Ork Gods] Scenario Playtesters wanted.
Hi, I've written a new scenario for Great Ork Gods, and I'm looking for a few folks to playtest it for me. Just drop me a PM if you're interested.…
In Connections
Participants: Jack Aidley.

5/7/2004 Zathreyel: [Bruise] Skill and Combat question
okay, i'm making this rpg with a sort of epic style of gameplay, as was argued to death in the rpg theory section here. the game has a framework for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zathreyel, Nathan P., Shreyas Sampat.

5/7/2004 Ravien: Mechanical Gender Differences
Up front, I am completely aware of the 'controversy' that building mechanical gender differences into a game entails. People may be offended/disgusted/whatever, and I accept this. I ask that if…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ravien, John Kim, clehrich, Christopher Kubasik, Silmenume, beingfrank, Shreyas Sampat, contracycle, xiombarg, Walt Freitag, simon_hibbs, quozl, Valamir, Halzebier, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, redivider, dragongrace, talysman, Russell Impagliazzo.

5/7/2004 xiombarg: King of Life and other stupid questions
Okay, I've finally gotten around to starting to read the rules, and possibly run a game of this. I have two stupid questions: 1) What's the "King of Life"? Is…
In lumpley games
Participants: xiombarg, lumpley, bluegargantua.

5/6/2004 DannyK: Demons are people too (split from Sorcerer in Prison)
[quote] [b] Ron Edwards said: [/b] I guess I need a little bit more understanding. I'm playing a character, and we use the Summoning rules. In-game, what just happened? Is…
In Adept Press
Participants: DannyK, Mike Holmes, Paka, The_Tim.

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5/8/2004 Doyce: [Sorcerer] MacGuffin Brainstorm
Full-disclosure: the following is sort of a lame question; I acknowledge this and accept that I suck for not coming up with something better on my own. THE SHORT VERSION:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Doyce, Lxndr, Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin, DannyK, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson.

5/8/2004 Doyce: Sorcerer: When does Vitality Kick In?
Reading the recent post on Damage Effects and Demon Abilities reminded me of a question I keep forgetting to ask. The situation: 1. I have Vitality conferred on myself. 2.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Doyce, Eric J-D, Nev the Deranged, bcook1971, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

5/8/2004 frictorious: die mechanic
I've been lurking here for a while, and I've learned alot from the threads and essays. So here's my first post: I have a couple of die mechanics I want…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: frictorious, Eero Tuovinen, Artanis, timfire.

5/8/2004 ZenDog: Inserting R-Maps into an already up and running game.
I haven’t got sorcerer yet (too many games, not enough cash, I’m tempted to get Sorcerer & Sword first anyway, but that’s another story), but I have a vague idea…
In Actual Play
Participants: ZenDog, ScottM, Roy, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2004 Jason Petrasko: [NEW RPG] A Thousand Suns
I was just recently thinking about how I would have done exalted, and came up with a nifty game idea. I really would like input on what I have churned…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason Petrasko, Shreyas Sampat, Spooky Fanboy.

5/9/2004 frictorious: die mechanic
I originally posted this to Game Design, but I've posted it here since I've learned that Theory is a better place for it. I have a couple of die mechanics…
In RPG Theory
Participants: frictorious, timfire, Mike Holmes.

5/9/2004 Roy: Starting A Local Role-Playing Club -- Need Advice
I live in Northwestern Arkansas (near the University of Arkansas) and it's very difficult to get a gaming group together in this area. The few gamers I know are always…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Roy, C. Edwards, Malechi, Noon, Ron Edwards.

5/9/2004 Roy: Starting Local Role-Playing Club--Need Advice on Newsletter
I'm starting a local role-playing club, as described in this thread. To promote the club, I'm going to give away a free newsletter through the local game shops. Nothing fancy,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Roy, Mike Holmes.

5/9/2004 Kcasar: oBaM...?
was looking over the site, and oBaM looks intersting. I have a small amount of extra cash this month, and it might go to this book. i'm really enjoying running…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Kcasar, bergh, Wolfen.

5/9/2004 nsruf: Buying Initiative and Perception
The cost of buying initiative depends on the opponent's Per. But as Seneschal, I don't usually tell my players the attribute values of npcs. So how do you handle it?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: nsruf, bergh, Tash, Wolfen, bottleneck.

5/9/2004 Doyce: Forge Presence at San Diego ComicCon?
I was wondering if any Forgeites are attending SD ComicCon in August or if GenCon Indy is going to be the place to be.
In Conventions
Participants: Doyce.

5/9/2004 Nero's Boot: TRoS game mechanics; game worlds other than Weyrth
I've recently been cruising the forums at RPG.net, and I've seen some threads about using TRoS with other, established game settings (i.e., Greyhawk, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, etc). What worlds from…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Nero's Boot, nsruf, Malechi, Tash, bergh, Edge, Turin, Paka, Wolfen, Stephen, Mike Holmes, Sigurth, Valthalion, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Valamir, Fleinhoy, Emiricol.

5/9/2004 Ron Edwards: Mechanical gender differences II [Mongrel]
Hello, I'd like to receive some comments which compare Ben's (Ravien's) game design to my proto-game for the Simulationism essay, Mongrel, in terms of character-gender-based rules in character creation, somewhat…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, neelk, rafial, quozl, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, Ravien, Walt Freitag, Christopher Kubasik.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Doyce, ScottM.

5/9/2004 John Kim: Forgeites at KublaCon '04 in SF Peninsula
So who is attending KublaCon? It will be May 28-31 in Burlingame on the SF Peninsula. I'll be there and running two events. Neither of them will be Indie RPGs,…
In Conventions
Participants: John Kim, Michael Hopcroft.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

5/10/2004 Clay: A simple tool for RPG sites
This last week I put a little time in building an ingenious tool for maintaining web sites. It's has the features that I think a little independent game publisher needs:…
In Connections
Participants: Clay.

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.

5/10/2004 Pan Bohun: Finding Others to Play
Man, that's seriously my main problem! I can get like my little brother and his friends but they're constantly screwing with the game and making their characters do really stupid…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Pan Bohun, bcook1971, Tash, Wolfen, Salamander, Edge, Mike Holmes, Ashren Va'Hale, Malechi, Spartan, Valthalion, James Buchanan.

5/10/2004 Jack Aidley: [Chanter] Spit & Polish
With upcoming plans to publish the current crop of Iron Game Chef games, I want to brush up Chanter a bit for it. Couldn't have it going out without the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Aidley, Ben Lehman, Mike Holmes.

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