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2/6/2002 Bailywolf: Historical Sorcerer
Another new post. Anyone mess with running Sorcerer in a historical setting? I've toyed with a sort of Pulp Sorcerer (inspired in no small part by Hellboy) in which an…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Blake Hutchins, Uncle Dark, Fabrice G., contracycle.

2/6/2002 Bailywolf: Combined Sorcerer and S&S games... and the Dreamlands
I just found out the CoC folks are producing a new (and quite heafty) Dreamlands book... which is suposed to have excised most of the Lumbly tot and gotten back…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Doc Midnight, Mike Holmes.

2/5/2002 Bailywolf: More groovy sorcerer anime
Over the weekend I did one of those, "oh jeeze, I knew this already!" things... I binged, rewatching most of the anime run of 3X3 Eyes- a top-flight anime series…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf.

2/5/2002 Bailywolf: Ran into a problem...
Ran into a problem trying to convince my regular group to give U a try. They like a fairly bread and butter, mule-kick the orcs, goal-oriented game. They have a…
In Universalis
Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

2/4/2002 Bailywolf: Homebrew Charms
Anyone come up with their own Charms for their UW game? I put together a few based on breath. Catch Your Breath A mystical gesture- made while making a snatching…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Bailywolf, GMSkarka, Matt, Torrent, David Howard, Peter Hollinghurst, Noel, Lxndr.

1/25/2002 Bailywolf: Narrativist Mages
OK, we did it for vampires... so how about mages? Ron has pretty much created the definitive 'what will you do for power' game... and his sorcerers have such a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Laurel, mahoux, Mike Holmes, Bailey, Valamir, Uncle Dark.

1/24/2002 Bailywolf: First Read, First Impressions, First Questions
I'm all over the place right now. I'm going to riff for half an hour, then go to bed. Please forgive the mess this post will certainly turn into. I…
In Universalis
Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Andrew Martin.

1/23/2002 Bailywolf: Beans
I have a system mechanic/paradigm I'd like to hit yall with: Beans Every character has a pool of Beans- these can be anything from a number written on a napkin…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf.

1/23/2002 Bailywolf: Let the CAT out of the Bag
First off, I'm so so sorry for the title of this post... but someone had to do it. Secondly, please do it. I'm not too keen on another fantasy game,…
In Wicked Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Blake Hutchins, tbrierly.

1/17/2002 Bailywolf: Sorcerer to Supers- an unholy transformation
No one slap me, please. I'm going to work some mojo here. The other night I went a bit nuts until about 2 in the morning. I was thinking about…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Bankuei, Jared A. Sorensen.

12/29/2001 Bailywolf: Ofuda, Blue Seeds, and Sorcerer Anime
Perhaps this is Demon Cop stuff, but I was watching an episode of the anime 'Blue Seed', and couldn't help but think of sorcerer... the whole thing seems like a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Bankuei, Ron Edwards.

11/27/2001 Bailywolf: Harry Potter meets Animal House
I posted this over at RPG.net... then realized- this is perfect Sorcerer material! I wish my brain could sit still long enough for me to acualy finish something... so here…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

10/31/2001 Bailywolf: Short term bindings, invocations, favors...
Binding is a pretty permenant thing... A sorcerer could go his entire life with a single well cared for and bound demon without having to go through the time consuming…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, furashgf, Ron Edwards.

10/17/2001 Bailywolf: Octane
Hey, just some mindless adoration... When Octane Premium Unleaded is finished... I WILL BUY IT. It needed to be said.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, hardcoremoose, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/10/2001 Bailywolf: Alternate Demons
Anyone play with alternative demon ideas? Ron suggests some intresting ones in the ole' tome itself, but I came up with a few... Wuxia: based on a mini-suplement I'm working…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes.

9/14/2001 Bailywolf: Why no mind control?
I'm curious why sorcerer includes no mind control or mind reading type powers in the basic set of demon abilities... These would seem to offer some intresting new complications... and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, Blake Hutchins, Jared A. Sorensen, Wart, Tar Markvar, contracycle.

8/22/2001 Bailywolf: Something a bit... lighter
I want to run Sorcerer for a small group of non-gamer friends, but don't want to freak them out too much. Those who've read some of my ideas in the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, jburneko, kwill, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/21/2001 Bailywolf: High School Was Hell
Has anyone toyed with running a High School sorcerer game? You've got a huge pimple. The girl you love doesn't even know you exist. You have a biology test on…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, jburneko, Paul Czege, furashgf.

8/9/2001 Bailywolf: some conceptual stuff
Hey all. I may be a bit premature here, seeing as how I don't even have the book yet, but let me run some conceptual stuff by you for a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan.

8/8/2001 Bailywolf: New to Sorcerer..
Howdy all. Glad to see some familiar names from rpg.net. Longstoryshort- I found the sorcerer Aprentice version on my local drive on sunday... and afterlooking at it wondered why the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Valamir.

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2/10/2002 Bailywolf: Personalizing Humanity
Something occors to me. Much is made of defining Humanity for a given setting of sorcerer, but what I've come to think is more importiant is defining Humanity for each…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Clay, Ron Edwards, contracycle, Valamir.

2/15/2002 Bailywolf: Demonic Roll-call
Hey, why arn't there more sorcerers and demons online at the sorcerer rpg website? Come on you slackers! Post your best. You, there in the back of the room! No…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Paul Czege.

2/22/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Heist!
Ocean's 11, The Sting, Snatch. Ever want to run a Caper Film game but couldn't find the right system? It's Donjon Heist! Make that roll, and you see the guards…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Kenway.

2/27/2002 Bailywolf: Donjon Characters & Monsters
Hey, everyone who has had a chance to play Donjon, please post some characters in this thread. I haven't played it, but would love to see what others have done.…
In CRN Games
Participants: Bailywolf, Tim Denee, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, James V. West.

3/14/2002 Bailywolf: A dice-heavy Gamist romp
I've been toying with a conflict engine involving dice pools for a month or two, and just looked back over my notes. I've posted some of the proto-ideas hereabouts before,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, contracycle.

3/16/2002 Bailywolf: Eidolon- a sorcerer concept
Ok, I decided to call this idea riff eidolon. The definition seems to fit. The Way of Things The world is not as simple as it seems to mortal eyes.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir.

3/18/2002 Bailywolf: More Sorcerer Anime + a new line of thought
I just rented the Shamantic Princess complete DVD. It had all 6 episodes of the OVA... and I've got to say, I don't think I've seen a better example…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Bankuei, Clay.

4/17/2002 Bailywolf: Check this out
I've read a bit about this game, but after looking over this rpg.net review: http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_6192.html I'm convinced that it would make a great model for a running Sorcerer campaign. It…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf.

4/19/2002 Bailywolf: Some vague ideas for a sorcery inversion
Please stick with me... I feel a riff coming on here. Sorcerer assumes that the basic, un-sorcererified state of humanity is something better than what happens after Sorcery violates the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, J B Bell, Mike Holmes, xiombarg.

4/21/2002 Bailywolf: looking for some help with several small ideas
I've had little flashes of ideas over the mast few days- nothing intresting enough to account for a whole thread, but combined might fill one out. These things are pretty…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, leomknight.

4/28/2002 Bailywolf: Managing Need as GM
As a GM, how do you handle a demon's Need during play? Ron has already well covered the off-screen-on-screen issue ("But I'm sure I would have fed Burdox his live…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

4/30/2002 Bailywolf: Overt Sorcery
Most implementations of Sorcerer share the common element of secrecy. Whether by hook or by crook, sorcery, demons, and sorcerers do their thing in secret. Even the nature of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Joe Murphy (Broin).

5/1/2002 Bailywolf: Descriptors (split from Demon Cops)
Ron, Whoh. ::sound of brakes screeching:: I was given to understand (and in fact have told my players) that Descriptors were to be made-up to better suit character concept... I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, Petter Sandelin, Uncle Dark.

5/6/2002 Bailywolf: Crazy, funny, sick, stupid- Chick does Sorcerer
check this out. I spat yohoo all over my keyboard. http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/5012/5012_01.asp If only D&D and harry Potter gave geeks like me real magic powers....oh, there would be some kind of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Clay.

5/9/2002 Bailywolf: Sacrilicious: Star Wars as Sorcerer
I've been reading spoiler reviews on the new SW film, and as any good geek worth his comic books, I'm sweating to get into the theater and see this thing.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Russell Hoyle, AndyGuest, Manu.

5/13/2002 Bailywolf: Quick problem: spells as demons
Good news! I think I've got my D&D sodden regular group to take a serious shot at Sorcerer. It will favor a buffyverse style more than a little, and I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Clay, Mike Holmes, Uncle Dark, greyorm, leomknight.

6/20/2002 Bailywolf: InSpectres Throwdown Dustup and Slugfest
I reread the two Hellboy comics they had at Borders last night, and started watching the complete second season of Buffy on DVD (oh, the sublime pleasure, my heart trembles).…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/24/2002 Bailywolf: InScoobies
I spent nearly the whole weekend curled up in front of the TV- Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the Complete Second Season) on DVD. With only a brief break for some…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf.

6/25/2002 Bailywolf: octaNe- the skinny please
Hey Jared, How about a quick lowdown on what the new octaNe looks like. As I understand, it will be using a variant on the system you used in InSpectres.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/28/2002 Bailywolf: Anachronistic SciFi - the beginings of an idea
I was musing on re-reading DUNE for the 8th time, when I began to consider how to best bring such an Anachronistic SciFi setting to life throuh an RPG. This…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bailywolf, Valamir, Bankuei, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, damion, Matt, C. Edwards, Ring Kichard, Bob McNamee, amiel, Le Joueur, Balbinus, Walt Freitag, gizem, contracycle.

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