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2/7/2005 ShaneNINE: Banish the ignorance, please
Someone who know what they're talking about, please, please, banish the ignorance over at this this thread about dice pools vs. linear models on the Hârn Forum. Sorry if this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ShaneNINE, Bankuei, Walt Freitag, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Noon, John Kim, Paganini, NN, M. J. Young, clehrich, inky.

3/17/2004 ShaneNINE: [dice pools] - swapping 10 dice for Y # of successes
Say you have a game that uses d10 dice pools and a fixed target number of 7 ::cough::exalted::cough:: Now suppose you had a rule for large die pools that basically…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ShaneNINE, Valamir, HMT, M. J. Young, Christopher Weeks, Lxndr, Thierry Michel, John Kim, Jaik, JamesSterrett.

3/14/2004 ShaneNINE: Fate & Exalted
[quote]Zaal sayeth[/quote] I'm eager to run ... Exalted (with the goal of making a mythic story) games with Fate rules. [/quote] Me too! Well, sort of. What I'd like to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ShaneNINE.

3/9/2004 ShaneNINE: Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium
Where/how can I get this game? Sorry, I didn't really know where to put this post.
In Publishing
Participants: ShaneNINE, Trevis Martin, rafael, ethan_greer.

3/2/2004 ShaneNINE: Suggest a game system for me PLEASE!
First, I'm not a regular here so I'm not up on all the vocabulary and lingo y'all use. So bear with me. Please, please, please, for the love of all…
In RPG Theory
Participants: ShaneNINE, ethan_greer, John Kim, HMT, Mike Holmes, RaconteurX, Nuadha, cruciel, adamsmith, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, clehrich, Peter Nordstrand.

12/6/2002 ShaneNINE: Missile Pool
Do I have this straight? The more dice you have in your missile pool the longer it takes to get to your full potential? That doesn't seem right.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, prophet118, Jake Norwood.

12/6/2002 ShaneNINE: House Rule Question
Will a house rule like the following screw up the game? If you have x amount of dice in your pool (this isn't for combat, btw, but other skills) you…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, prophet118, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, MrGeneHa.

11/25/2002 ShaneNINE: Initiative question
My understanding of TROS initiative (corrections, please: 1. Combatants declare offense or defense. 2. Combatants who are attacking get a turn in reverse order of Reflex. How, if at all,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Valamir, Bob Richter, Wolfen.

11/25/2002 ShaneNINE: Initiative
Just want to make sure I got this right: when you roll initiative the number rolled doesn't actually come into play. The only thing that matters is whether the die…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

11/25/2002 ShaneNINE: Cloak?
The book mentions a weapon called a cloak? What is that?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, ethan_greer, MrGeneHa, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

11/22/2002 ShaneNINE: Dark Ages: Mage / Exalted
[puts on flame proof bunny suit] Do you think it's feasable to convert Dark Ages: Mages spells and/or Exalted charms and sorcery for use with TROS? Just wondering since they…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Sneaky Git.

11/22/2002 ShaneNINE: Great Taste, Less Deadly
Ok, no denying TROS is way super keen. Haven't had a chance to play it yet, but we've run a few mock combats and stuff. Very cool. Lots of fun…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, toli, Lucien Black, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Rattlehead.

9/5/2002 ShaneNINE: Indulge me for a minute
My gaming group is currently playing Exalted. I think it's cool. The other players and the GM are giddy stupid happy over it. So when it's my turn to run…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

9/3/2002 ShaneNINE: Why die pools?
I haven't played TROS yet, but I've recently started playing Exalted. It's my first die-pool game. I think the idea of die pool mechanics is pretty neat and you can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Spartan, contracycle, Enoch.

8/19/2002 ShaneNINE: Sorcery: Something from Nothing
The rules say you can't create something from nothing or turn something to nothing, but isn't that what the example shrink/enlarge spells do? Seems a catch 22 to me. You…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bogie_71, Unsane, Wolfen, Bob Richter.

8/19/2002 ShaneNINE: Math Help
I need some help figuring out how changing the number of dice in a die pool, or changing the TN, affects the % chance of success. In other words, I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Mike Holmes, Jaif, Durgil, Wolfen, Thirsty Viking.

8/15/2002 ShaneNINE: The simple TROS rules
I read somewhere that you can opt for basic, simple rules in TROS instead of the full fledged combat system. Can't remember where, exactly, and I don't have my book…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Spartan.

8/2/2002 ShaneNINE: Which proficiencies existed in Britain between 200AD & 8
My campaign setting is based on dark ages britain, roughly between 200AD and 800AD. It's NOT set in Britain, just modelled after the Celt/Saxon time period - anyone read Katherine…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Valamir, Lyrax, Jaif, Jake Norwood.

7/30/2002 ShaneNINE: Will this stuff be in Flower of Battle?
Will armor have different armor values vs. different weapon aspects (edged, piercing, bludgeoning)? More armor types? Peicemeal armor? (chain over leather, plate over leather, leather over quilt, leather plates over…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Sneaky Git, Rattlehead, Riddlemaster, Furious D, Lyrax, Bob Richter.

7/29/2002 ShaneNINE: Proficiencies and armor
Some questions: 1. Are you only supposed to put points in more than one melee proficiency? I understand that if you put points in one proficiency you can then put…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: ShaneNINE, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon.

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