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8/25/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Scale
On the scale chart, you have Scale 1 = Person or Small Group. I wonder why you rolled these two into one - I quite like the idea of a…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

8/11/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Using Traits
Can a single player, in a single conflict, use multiple Traits. Example: if the player could someho justify it, could Nate Spisak use both of his Trained Paramedic and Underworld…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson.

8/5/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Conflict: Differences From Trollbabe
First, thanks for the opportunity to take part in the playtest. Now on to the nitpicking :) I notice a few differences in the way you do conflicts. One I…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

7/28/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Relationships and Players
In trollbabe, the text says players get to describe what relationship-subjects do, and then the GM handles the nuances of that declaration. Does this apply strictly within conflicts, or completely.…
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Alan, Ron Edwards.

7/28/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Timing
In a typical session of 3-4 hours, with 4-5 players, how many scenes can I expect to get through? How many times will the Producer get a scene (that is,…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Alan, Jasper Polane, Frank T, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Dust Devils] The Hanged Man
I'll be running the Hanged Man adventure from Dust Devils this week or the next. This adventure has four PCs - I have five and one of them is female.…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Snyder, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy.

7/15/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Multiple rolls in a conflict
Here's something that has been giving me problems. I have two questions. First, the stupid question: When you do a Conflict that isn't the One Roll type, do you roll…
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Alan, Ron Edwards.

7/4/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Opposed Goals
Is it okay to have a conflict where one side has one goal ("Reach the waterworks before Brother Artax dynamites it") where the resistance is provided by a third party…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, TonyLB, Simon Kamber.

7/4/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] Divination!!!
At the end of the last session, my players through me for a loop. In the town they are in, the Steward is demonically obsessed with building an irrigation system…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, TonyLB, lumpley, Simon Kamber, sirogit.

6/24/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] Light and Dark
About half my players seem to have a problem with the religious overtones in the setting. They don't care about religion, they want to play bad-ass cowboys, dammit! Now, I…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, sirogit, Ul, nikola, pete_darby, lumpley.

6/24/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] Cotton Creek
This post is a description of a town. I'll post the play report in a day or two. Cotton Creek This town was meant to be heavily based on Dust…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

6/19/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] The Law
I'm a little unclear on the ramifications of the Territorial Authority, and having Sheriffs that don't answer to the Faith. I can see the potential for conflict between Dogs and…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ul, sirogit, lumpley, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB, James Holloway, GB Steve, Warren.

6/13/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] "Cool Applications Of Conflict Resolution"
I have a couple of questions about this section of the rulebook (see subject title). First an unrelated question, expect that it is a potentially cool application of conflict resolution.…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, nikola, lumpley, Blankshield, sirogit, Technocrat13.

6/12/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] GM Starting Conflicts
Is the following okay: GM: "Brother Jacob tries to persuade you to marry him to Sister Amelia." PC: "Nope, I won't do that." GM: "He's insistent - we have a…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ul, Simon Kamber, lumpley.

6/11/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] Stillwater Branch
It's our first time playing Dogs In the Vineyard. We expect to be playing for 6-8 weeks, and I hope to do 4-6 towns. This is the second session -…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, immlass, Wolfen, Ben Lehman, nikola, Eric Minton.

6/11/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Out of Dice
Here's a question. I use my last dice to Raise, and you use your last dice to See (successfully Blocking). Neither of us have dice left, so who wins? I'm…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Technocrat13, Wolfen, Simon Kamber, lumpley.

6/6/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] What The Demons Want...
One thing I'm about shaky about. Hopefully there's a simple answer. Several Towns on the net have something like: "The Demons want the Dogs to acknowledge and confirm..." But if…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, Technocrat13, lumpley, sirogit, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, Mike Holmes, Eero Tuovinen, Simon Kamber, TonyLB, Brand_Robins.

5/15/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Starting Skills
When we designed characters yesterday, something struck us as odd: Players can then choose all abilities that fall into A-rated categories, 5 abilities that fall into B-rated categories, and 3…
In CRN Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, KingstonC.

5/14/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [TSOY] Starting Gear
Am I reading the text correctly that the only way to start with equipment that gives a bonus, is to buy the secret of imbuement? I was planning to give…
In CRN Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, James_Nostack.

5/5/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [DitV] Relationship Dice
In this old thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=10953 Vincent suggests a rule for replenishing Relationship Dice over time. Between towns, choose 3 dice, roll 'em, 1-3 you get it, as above. To be…
In lumpley games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Valamir, cdr, nikola, Technocrat13, TonyLB, ptikachu, Ben Lehman.

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8/27/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Post-Playtest comments
My playtest is up. I've concentrated on the events of player over there; here I'll give feedback about the actual playtest document. Read the playtest first :) I was surprised…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, rafial.

9/4/2005 demiurgeastaroth: CoS Companion
Are there any plans to make a PDF available of the Companion for those of us outside the states and don't want to pay huge shipping costs, and almost as…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Bob Goat.

9/5/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Producer Scenes and Big Groups
Let's say you have 6 or 7 players (inc. Producer). Would it make much difference (a bad difference, that is) to give the Producer a scene every time half the…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

9/6/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] New Horizons
In this post I'll discuss the campaign setup session, or Pre-production as we called it. In the next post, I'll describe the imaginary events of the first session which we…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

9/14/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] Scope of Narration, Scene Requests, and other questions
In our recent play, we experienced a few problems. The game was still fun, but questions were raised. Scene Requests: how much authority do the players have here? Can they…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, Lisa Padol, iago, Rob Donoghue, Blankshield, Alan, John Harper.

9/15/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [The Pool][Questing Beast] Experience
I'm not sure if this is the right place, but the Random Order forum is inactive. I'm running a game of the Pool, with the addition of the Monologue of…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

9/16/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] Entering a Scene
You can join a scene in progress by spending a fan mail. At one point in our first session, we were just beginning a conflict (that is, we were about…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

9/17/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] More Scene Requests Questions
Leaving the thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16833.0 to focus on the question of narration & stakes, here's a couple of quick questions on scene requests. Scene Requests: how…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, John Harper, IMAGinES.

11/17/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Six Players
Over on: http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/pen/vpost?id=694535 someone said the Polaris is meant for 4 players, and Ben (!) said, "As a counter-point to Paul's view, I actually prefer 6." What rules do you…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Eric Minton.

11/20/2005 demiurgeastaroth: TSOY 2nd edition, creative commons
I notice the 2nd edition has made it into text file form on the website. I noticed something missing: Character advancement ---------------------- <snip>Each advance that you get can be…
In CRN Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, MetalBard.

11/21/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Guidance in conflicts
One thing I'm a little unclear on. The Moons have guidance over characters in, say, hierarchical or romantic relationships. The Mistaken makes conflict statements. What happens when a character's lover…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, LordSmerf, Victor Gijsbers, Frank T.

12/8/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [tSoy] Alternative settings?
Does anyone know of any webpages containing guidance for running TSOY in alternate settings - things like Keys, Secrets, etc?
In CRN Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, Kaare Berg (Old), Paka, MetalBard.

12/13/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Polaris Setting Introduction
Has anyone wrote up an introductory summary of the Polaris setting - say, 500-1000 words or so? I'll be playing the game next week, and would like something like that…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Frank T, Victor Gijsbers, Sydney Freedberg, Arturo G., Brand_Robins, Bret Gillan, Bankuei, GreatWolf, Valamir.

12/21/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Polaris] The Fifth Remnant: Southfork
Our group got together on Monday night for the first of a 3-4 session run of Polaris. I have a few questions about the game and our session, which will…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Hermes3.

12/21/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Polaris Meets Amber
After our first play session, one of the players (Stuart) observed, "you know one setting this system would work well for? Amber." This got a pretty vehement denial from the…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Sydney Freedberg, xenopulse, Hermes3, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Rob Donoghue.

12/29/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Polaris] Problems in Play
My group played Polaris a couple of weeks ago (as detailed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18088.0) and some questions were raised. Our next session is on Monday, so I hope people aren’t put…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Frank T, Hermes3.

1/19/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Stunning display of honesty - a tale of dysfunctional gamers?
This isn't so much an Actual Play, as a Dysfunction Between Play tale. Something happened recently which left me feeling stunned and a bit betrayed. You tell me if this…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Paka, Bankuei, Joshua BishopRoby, cpeterso, Frank T, Elindryn, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: [Legends Never Die] Design Goals: The Power 19
I'm about to start asking for help with a game I'm developing, especially regarding my conflict system. But first, I’ve had an attempt to answer Troy’s Power 19 questions (see…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Troy_Costisick, Graham Walmsley, IagainstI, dindenver.

3/12/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Doom: must be relevant
When you invoke your doom, the text says "Throughout the game a Player may call upon his character’s Doom to automatically end a Conflict in his favor; however, he must…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Keith Senkowski.

4/13/2006 demiurgeastaroth: [Stranger Things] Playtest
Me and two other players (Jim & Helen, husband & wife team) got together to play Stranger Things a few weeks ago, and the other thread on this game provoked…
In Playtesting
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.

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