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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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, jrs, Justin A Hamilton, hardcoremoose.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Trevis Martin, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Miskatonic, Justin A Hamilton, droog, ScottM, Karl.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, erithromycin.

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…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, ScottM, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

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.

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,…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Bob Goat, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards.

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…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Paul Czege, vhirvela.

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…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

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

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, ethan_greer.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Henri.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

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,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, DannyK, Dev, Ron Edwards.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, sirogit, Ron Edwards.

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.

5/9/2004 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.

5/6/2004 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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, bcook1971, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, sirogit.

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Fabrice G..

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…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

5/2/2004 Nev the Deranged: Questions I already sent Ron when the Forge didn't like me..
*** The Forge decided to be kind to me today, so I am able to ask these questions to the masses, so that Ron can attend to the myriad of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, clehrich.

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7/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Pretender Actual Play: Peculiar People
So. Just finished GMing my first session of Pretender. The players: Myself as GM Cat, playing Gaia Manning, acting Spirit of Gaia (as per Pier Xanthony's Incarnations of Immortality)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

7/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Quick Reference Guides and Character Sheets now available in PDF.
Okay, I got fed up with the back and forth with other people trying to figure this stuff out, (not their fault, I'm just impatient and have other things on…
In Publishing
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

8/13/2005 Nev the Deranged: Skeleton Key
So I saw Skeleton Key tonight. Pretty decent movie. Not exactly fitting in the Sorcerer mold, no demons per se. But still coll and still with that sort of vibe.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

8/25/2005 Nev the Deranged: GenCon 2006 Suggestion
After trying to use my cell phone as a communications tool at the Con and mostly failing, I was thinking. I have a set of 2 way radios. Maybe one…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Andrew Morris, Paul Czege, Christopher Weeks, Kat Miller, M Jason Parent.

8/26/2005 Nev the Deranged: (PTA GenCon) Hinky Milennium Hospital GO!!
So, PTA once again proves as flexible and robust as any group of players could hope for. I am waiting for the amazing Meguey's AP post, but in the meantime,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Meguey, Andrew Morris.

8/28/2005 Nev the Deranged: Overheard at GenCon '05
The best comment I overheard all Con, was from a customer at the racks. Having just participated in a demo or two, he was deciding which games he was going…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ben Lehman.

8/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: Sky High
So I picked up Sky High at GenCon, I'd heard good things about it. Watched it tonight. Wow. There may not be any actual demons in it, but the Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, John Harper, rafial.

8/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Come Play With Me
Josh has apparently never heard ICP's Play With Me, which is perfect for UTB. Here are the lyrics, but I totally recommend listening to the song, which can be downloaded…
In glyphpress
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Adam Dray, nikola.

9/11/2005 Nev the Deranged: Just think...
This is totally offhand, but I was wondering what might have happened if they'd had a copy of Uni back in Lord Byron's infamous swiss chalet on that dark and…
In Universalis
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Mike Holmes, Arturo G..

9/24/2005 Nev the Deranged: [DitV] Sister Deborah's Initiation
Wow. So, totally by accident, I ended up running Shannon through chargen for DitV tonight. A bit of background: I've been trying to convert Shannon to indie games since I've…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nev the Deranged, droog, jasonm, Meguey.

9/24/2005 Nev the Deranged: Couple questions
Okay, so I finally got to actually play some Dogs tonight. Just an Initiation, but she's psyched to get a group together so it just might happen. I posted about…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola.

9/25/2005 Nev the Deranged: Jedi in the Vineyard
[quote][quote] what kinds of changes aside from Lightsabers instead of guns did you make? What kind of principles are the Jedi sworn to uphold, and what authority do they act…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Charles Nicholls, nikola, lumpley, John Harper.

9/26/2005 Nev the Deranged: When/who decides when a Town is done?
It occurred to me to wonder what happens if the Dogs decide their work here is done... but still leave the Town in sin, according to the Faith. Like, I've…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola, lumpley.

9/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: Question about Dogs other duties
Listed among the Dogs duties is carrying mail, news, and dissemination of new interpretation of scripture. Has anybody actually used these as part of a Dogs game? Also, these somewhat…
In lumpley games
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Wolfen, jrs, ironick, Vaxalon, olleolleolle, jasonm, nikola.

10/13/2005 Nev the Deranged: Need some advice on terminology
Okay, recently I've been working on an arena combat system for a MMORPC that I am sometimes on. I've run a few previous versions of the system there, this particular…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nev the Deranged, WhiteRat, SPDuke, Dev, ironick, Trevis Martin, Mike Holmes.

10/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Forge Frappr
So, I started a Frappr for Forge people. A Frappr is a Google map that you can add yourself to and stuff. Check it out at http://www.frappr.com/forgizens That is all.
In Connections
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Andy Kitkowski, Andrew Morris, Victor Gijsbers, Matt Snyder, nikola, timopod, Clay, reaction.

12/28/2005 Nev the Deranged: GenCon 2006 Rooms (yes, already)
Heyas. I am looking to reserve a room at the Courtyard Marriot for GC'06. I figure I might as well do it now while I have some extra cash rather…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged, joepub, Andrew Morris.

1/2/2006 Nev the Deranged: (UTB) - Brom's _The Plucker_
http://www.theplucker.com/stuff.htm Oh hell yes.
In glyphpress
Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola.

2/10/2006 Nev the Deranged: Capricon
I have some friends marginally involved in Capricon, who have urged me to attend. Anybody know if  there will be any Indie stuff going on there that would entice me…
In Conventions
Participants: Nev the Deranged.

2/17/2006 Nev the Deranged: Dave's MLWM Quickref
Hiya. My quick-referencing ways continue with My Life With Master. I am submitting this for critiquing and troubleshooting before finalizing it. Please let me know if anything needs correcting or…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, RdGkA.

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