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6/4/2004 Bailywolf: For demons- why not ditch all scores but Power?
Hey gang- it has been a while since I posted hereabouts. I searched for this topic, but didn't see it anywhere, so I'll post my question/idea/thingy. A Demon's Power is…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Doyce, Ron Edwards, greyorm, stingray20166.


10/6/2003 Bailywolf: Juxtaploitation- odd couple & buddy gaming
I was thinking about group structures I have experienced which ran amazingly well, and one I remember most fondly is the one GM, two player model. Real odd couple stuff-…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bailywolf, Ben Morgan, LordSmerf.


8/26/2003 Bailywolf: The Hulk, and my new urge for URGE
Well, The Incredible Hulk is playing again on the Sci-Fi channel. 6:00 eastern. I get to catch it a couple of times a week now, and it’s been quite a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, John Harper.


7/2/2003 Bailywolf: A great story, chock full O werid
Anyone read anything by Mick Farren? Writer, reporter, & musician- Mick wears many hats. I've been reading his stuff for years, and his sci-fi remains some of the odd writing…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf.


6/20/2003 Bailywolf: More Real World Sorcery
Does this not soundl like a cool twisted Sorcerer game to you: http://www.metro.co.uk/metro/weird/live/index.html?in_page_id=4 Girl marries dog A NINE-YEAR-old girl has married a stray dog in front of more than 100…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Bankuei.


5/12/2003 Bailywolf: Donjon Ability Help- Disbelieve Illusions
I've got a potential player- an old-school D&D player- who wants his character to be able to 'disbelieve illusions'... fine I think, right along with a classic theme (I remember…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob McNamee, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Mike Holmes, zmook, anonymouse, Ratpick.


5/5/2003 Bailywolf: Name That Demon- building difficult demons
As per Mike's suggestion, here is a thread to post difficult-to-stat demon concepts & solutions. Here is one which has been niggling with me- Need: Sorcerer's love and affection Desire:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, Zamiel, Fabrice G., Rod Anderson, Michael S. Miller, Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin.


4/24/2003 Bailywolf: Multi-axis Die mechanics
OK, I was playing with d6's yesterday, and I decided to see how many different kinds of information I could pull out of a pool of plain white sixers in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bailywolf, szilard, Jay Turner, Matt Wilson, talysman, dragongrace, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes.


3/11/2003 Bailywolf: Onion interview with Cronenberg
The Onion online's AV section has an interview with body-horror master Cronenberg... since he is so figural to Schism, I figured I'd provide a link where it would do the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.


3/9/2003 Bailywolf: Upcoming Sorcerer movie- Willard
The upcoming remake of the 1971 film Willard (staring freakin Crispen Glover!!!) strikes me as a very good literal Sorcerer film... what with the evil intelligent rat Ben who causes…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, John Harper, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, urbwar, Maurice Forrester, szilard, Spooky Fanboy.


2/19/2003 Bailywolf: Sorcerer for driven, tortured, conflicted super heroes
OK, don't have much time but wanted to throw this topic out while it was figural. I've been on a supers kick of late. Green Ronin's excelent point-build supers game…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.


11/19/2002 Bailywolf: An rpg inspired by... Bewitched?
OK, caught an episode of Bewitched the other day... the one where Tabitha starts teleporting the people she wants to see into her room... you know, big laughs. Anyhow, how…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bailywolf, JMendes, talysman.


10/19/2002 Bailywolf: ...When you see the RING
This movies scared the living shit out of me. I saw it last night, and I still feel nervous and itchy. The scariest movie I have ever seen... and as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Bankuei, Fabrice G., hardcoremoose, Andy Kitkowski, urbwar, Christopher Kubasik, ethan_greer, Jack Spencer Jr.


10/15/2002 Bailywolf: artist advice: too old to learn?
I have the vision... what I lack is the ability to put it onto paper as an image. I can write it... but couldn't draw it to save my life,…
In Connections
Participants: Bailywolf, ethan_greer, Jeremy Cole, Tim C Koppang, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan.


10/13/2002 Bailywolf: Maths request- the odds on a mechanic
OK, here is the die mechanic I'm working with: You have a pool of dice ranging from 2 to 10. To get a result, you roll your dice, and subtract…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bailywolf, DaR.


10/9/2002 Bailywolf: Somewhat OT-Site host recomendations
I'm sorry for the misplaced post... I couldn't figure out where to best ask this question. I've finally reached critical mass- I need a website to host and distribute my…
In Publishing
Participants: Bailywolf, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, Clay, Nathan.


10/4/2002 Bailywolf: gods & demons & group binding
I've recently been thinking about Zelazny's Amber books. Amber's Pattern can be thought of- in pretty clear terms- as a sorcerer-style demon. It is intelligent, clearly has a Desire (to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir, greyorm, Ron Edwards, talysman.


10/1/2002 Bailywolf: Alternate Humanity check rule idea
I didn't want to start a new thread for this little thing I was considering, so I'll drop it here. I like how Unknown Armies maps a character becoming more…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Fabrice G..


9/28/2002 Bailywolf: combat question: multiple actions
I have a question about multiple actions taken in a round of Sorcerer combat, and to a lesser extent the Fast demon ability. On page 112 in the MRB, there…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards.


9/25/2002 Bailywolf: Alternate Demon power calculation
This is just a quick question... Ron (and any others willing to take a shot at this), I understand the basic 'formula' for demon Power. # of Abilities +1 (=…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards.


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7/8/2004 Bailywolf: [Trollbabe] How versatile is it?
From what I have heard about Trollbabe’s mechanics and metagame system, It strikes me as something I might want to get in on… but the whole ‘Troll+babe’ thing leaves me…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, b_bankhead, Andy Kitkowski, Paganini, xiombarg, ethan_greer, montag, sirogit, Tim Alexander, C. Edwards, 8bitjunkie, Mike Holmes.


7/12/2004 Bailywolf: [Trollbabe] First run advice
I'm planning on running Trollbabe for my lovely and indulgent wife this week. I just downloaded the game, so haven't fully read it yet, so I don't have any specific…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards.


7/15/2004 Bailywolf: [TROLLBABE] Lillian and the Sacred Peaches
I ran Trollbabe last night for my wife while the Challah baked in the oven. She is pretty much a non-gamer who rarely ‘gets’ the experience, but I thought Trollbabe…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards.


8/2/2004 Bailywolf: Bonus on 1-die defense (split)
I have a question for everyone... can you use creative description or currency to boost your 1 die Hail Mary defense action? For example, say a clever player describes his…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, sirogit.


8/6/2004 Bailywolf: Dreamspire?
I know between Nine Worlds and Dust Devils, things have been pretty busy at Chimera Creative, but is there news on Dreamspire? Since I heard about this project, I have…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Bailywolf, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.


8/10/2004 Bailywolf: Very very very powerful demons (and how to keep them)
I'm almost done with Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore- a quirky, funny, quick read. The Demon is a bastard thing named Catch- a full-bore-monster-from-hell kinda demon. Catch likes to destroy…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Doyce, bcook1971, Paka, DannyK, Valamir, stingray20166, angelfromanotherpin, Mike Holmes.


1/24/2005 Bailywolf: [Hungry Desperate and Alone] A couple of questions
I glanced at this gamelet a few months back, but didn't really read it. Over the weekend, I actually read it and thought about the crunchy bits presented in the…
In lumpley games
Participants: Bailywolf, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Victor Gijsbers.


1/26/2005 Bailywolf: [M&M + Noir] The Aeon Detective Agency
I'm running a M&M game set in the mean streets of Freedom City in 1929, and trying out some homebrew rules inspired by several of my favorite indie games. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bailywolf, Dantai, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, James_Nostack.


2/4/2005 Bailywolf: [FADE] Prelimary concepts & riffy early work
I've had this thing klunking around in my head for a couple of years now. A game of modern magicians- seers- who by nature of their awareness of magic are…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, gains, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy.


3/16/2005 Bailywolf: [FADE v0.1] First Playest Doc available very soon
My working Doc for FADE (as detailed in the thread linked below) will be more or less complete in the next day or so. I’m giving it a final read…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Doug Ruff, gorckat.


5/6/2005 Bailywolf: [Terminal Velocity] Rules, Fic, and Riffs
I've been incubating a stupid violent little game over on rpg.net for a month or so, but beyond the initial riff I’m not getting any kind of decent feedback on…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, BrennaLaRosa, FzGhouL, Jason E Leigh, Spooky Fanboy.


5/10/2005 Bailywolf: [HEX] A good but hard to find Sorcerer TV show.
So in my random web surfing, I stumbled upon a television show called HEX , produced for the Brit satellite network Sky one. Being neither British or with access to…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, urbwar, Miskatonic.


2/7/2006 Bailywolf: [THRESHOLD] Developments on the Gamer Formerly Known as ‘Fade’
This is a game that’s been simmering on my back burner for a goodly long while now, and one I’ve discussed earlier on the Forge in this thread and in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Dreez, Doug Ruff.


2/17/2006 Bailywolf: [At the Threshold] Formalizing the Community
For Threshold, all the action takes place in or around (either literally or thematically) the shared Community that all the player characters serve and inhabit.  I wanted a different word…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Arturo G., dindenver.


3/10/2006 Bailywolf: [Stealing Heaven]- a game of occult initiation and human limitations
Modern occult games are one of my favorite types of design.  I loves ‘em.  Anyhow, here’s another. I’m re-reading Barker’s Great and Secret Show (and recalling other Barker novels and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, simon_hibbs, Graham Walmsley, anders_larsen, TroyLovesRPG, Spooky Fanboy, Danny_K, Certified, charles, Doug Ruff.


3/28/2006 Bailywolf: [Threshold] Basic mechanical refinements (d10 roll under but high as possible)
  I have made some basic mechanical refinements to the game detailed in this earlier thread. Basic recap- Threshold (or rather On the Threshold is my modern magicians game dealing…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, anders_larsen, Spooky Fanboy, Danny_K, dindenver.


4/17/2006 Bailywolf: [Stranger Things Bootleg] ‘City of Lost Wolves’
To do something different for a good friend’s birthday, I decided to try and cobble together the rules for John Harper’s fecking awesome Stranger Things from his blog posting and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Bailywolf, John Harper, philaros, Dreez.


5/4/2006 Bailywolf: [Maestro Mago] Basic Concepts & Themes
I was thinking… I love Doctor Strange- he’s my favorite Marvel character by miles.  I like the whole mojo of the character- the brownstone, the funky companions, the mystic origins,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, chris_moore.


5/5/2006 Bailywolf: "Transhuman Contact"- Breaking the Ice for posthuman relationship woes?
After reading the novel Mindscan - a fascinating book dealing with consciousness, uploading, and the legal and social ramifications of that kind of thing- I got to thinking about a…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Emily Care.


5/5/2006 Bailywolf: [Strange Alias] Being human is hard
Oddly enough, this game idea came from my efforts to learn Photoshop.  I was compositing and image… here, : this one Basic image concept- ‘when cheap holographic projectors and flash…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Bailywolf, c, Castlin, knicknevin, TonyLB, cognis, Mike Holmes, ironick.


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