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12/2/2005 Lisa Padol: Animal Passers and Bows
A couple of questions: 1. If I create a demon passing as an animal and give it the Cover ability, does this mean that I can dispense with buying things…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

11/29/2005 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our first session: Part One: Player Characters and Demons
The actual write up will follow in the next post on this thread. Character: Andreas von Ouranenburg Player: Dave Demast Appearance: Normal, Average, Perfectly Non-descript Telltale: Small animals flee or…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen.

11/12/2005 Lisa Padol: Odd Sorcerer Twink
While working on character generation, Josh noted that it's usually better to croc stats for faster advancement, e.g., going for a 1-2-7 or 1-3-6 spread, rather than a 3-3-4. This…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Ron Edwards, mneme.

11/12/2005 Lisa Padol: Calibrating NPCs
I need a bit of advice on NPCs -- not so much examples of individual NPCs, though those will be appreciated, as the principles to bear in mind while creating…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

10/28/2005 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Beginning Character Creation
Table of contents for this rambly post: 1. Meeting, with notes about food 2. Characters 3. One sheet, third and current draft (with thanks to Jesse, Josh, Julian, Dave, and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Trevis Martin, mneme, Ron Edwards.

10/24/2005 Lisa Padol: Questions after looking at Quick Ref
Nev very kindly sent me his Quick Ref. I emailed him a couple of questions, and he suggested I post them here, as he'd like to know the answers as…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2005 Lisa Padol: Is a Good Town a Good Idea?
I had an idea for a town pop into my head, and I'm wondering how viable it would be. Okay, I know 99% of the towns the Dogs visit should…
In lumpley games
Participants: Lisa Padol, Everspinner, Vaxalon, two_fishes, TonyLB, Wolfen, Pol Jackson, lumpley, Falc, Neal, Joshua BishopRoby, Ben Lehman, nikola, Andrew Morris, Brian Newman, Paka, dunlaing, Danny_K, Tindalos.

10/16/2005 Lisa Padol: Sorcerer's Skull
I picked up a copy of The Sorcerer's Skull on Ron's recommendation. It's basically what he said it was, decent pulp, from the day when you could get a novel…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

10/14/2005 Lisa Padol: Munchkiny Play?
I'm not actually sure this is a problem, but I'm curious to know what folks think. In the second session of Keruton, Matt Stevens joined up and we worked with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Chris Goodwin, BlackSheep, Matt Wilson, Bret Gillan, MarcoBrucale, John Harper, Valamir.

10/13/2005 Lisa Padol: Bang Map?
I grok R-maps, or at least, I think I do. Bangs and Kickers, not so much. That is, I think I get it, and I'm not worrying about the details…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Mike Holmes, Paka.

9/26/2005 Lisa Padol: [PTA] Keruton Pilot
KerutonPilot PTA Write Up: Magical Undying Demon Hunter Keruton Background: In 1991, I started running a campaign I dubbed "CthulhuPunk". It ran for a while, maybe 8 years? Maybe 10?…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol.

9/20/2005 Lisa Padol: Getting Started
One of the games I want to get good at running over the next year is Sorcerer. (Josh was like, "Well, duh, of course it should be on your list.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Andrew Norris, Paka, Peter Nordstrand, cvandelinde, James_Nostack, Valamir, droog, jburneko, avram, Nev the Deranged, angelfromanotherpin, joshua neff.

9/6/2005 Lisa Padol: More Questions
Okay, so, Avram, Beth, Josh, and I played 2 pilot eps of PTA this past weekend, with me as the producer both times. When 2 or more people have their…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson, mneme, demiurgeastaroth, MarcoBrucale, John Harper, Blankshield, Rob Donoghue, Landon Darkwood, iago, Andrew Norris, Alan, avram.

8/31/2005 Lisa Padol: Demo How-To?
Okay, I've bemoaned the lack of longer-than-a-quick-demo things for me to get into. I'd like to be part of the solution. Picking just five games, I want to focus on…
In Conventions
Participants: Lisa Padol, Munkholt, TonyLB.

8/29/2005 Lisa Padol: Questions on Revised PTA
I picked up a few copies of 2nd ed PTA at GenCon and emailed Matt a couple of questions which he said to post here. (Note that my experience with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson, demiurgeastaroth, ricmadeira, Chris Goodwin, avram, John Harper.

8/1/2005 Lisa Padol: Shopping List
I'm heading off to Scotland tomorrow, flying in the Wednesday of GenCon, then heading out for GenCon on Thursday. Having polled my friends, here is the Forge portion of my…
In Conventions
Participants: Lisa Padol, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards.

7/28/2005 Lisa Padol: DexCon Everway Game
This is appearing in Alarums & Excursions #360, the 30th AEnniversay issue. My apologies for any inaccuracies or misspellings -- if folks who were there tell me what I got…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Nev the Deranged, daMoose_Neo, Michael S. Miller, Kat Miller, mneme.

7/28/2005 Lisa Padol: DexCon MLWM Game
This write up is appearing in A&E #360, the 30th AEnniversary issue. My apologies for any inaccuracies and misspellings -- if folks who were there let me know what they…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Andrew Morris, GB Steve, Michael S. Miller, John Kim, Eero Tuovinen.

7/28/2005 Lisa Padol: DexCon PTA Game
This is appearing in Alarums & Excursions #360, the 30th AEnniversay issue. My apologies for any inaccuracies or misspellings -- if folks who were there tell me what I got…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Andrew Morris, RobNJ, Shawn De Arment, Paka.

7/4/2005 Lisa Padol: DexCon Larp
Josh and I continue to take courses in larp creation under Stephen Tihor. Last year, we worked with Stephen and with Beth Bartley, fine tuning Jamais Vu for DexCon. This…
In Conventions
Participants: Lisa Padol.

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12/16/2005 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our second session
Write Up of Second Sorcerer Session The description of the characters and the write up of the first session are here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17765.0 Demons are limited to Passers (in animal form)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Julian, Trevis Martin, Eero Tuovinen, Victor Gijsbers, Bret Gillan, joshua neff, Valamir, mneme, Calithena, rafial, coffeestain, demiurgeastaroth.

12/20/2005 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our third session
Sorcerer: Third Session The description of the characters and the write up of the first session are here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17765.0 The write up of the second session is here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18035.0 Demons…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, droog, Julian.

1/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Gearing up for a new session
I'm hoping to have a 4th session of Sorcerer next Tuesday, January 31st. This is assuming all goes well, and we don't get another strike, what with the union members…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka, Valamir, Eric J-D, Iskander, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2006 Lisa Padol: Contain / Banishment question
In last night's session, Niccolo failed to Banish a demon. Unknown to him, Andreas put the demon in a Contain. Okay, a snapshot Contain, which may not hold up when…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, Julian.

2/6/2006 Lisa Padol: Bang Musings
I think I have stumbled on a truth about bangs, or about a type of not-bang. Last session, I confirmed that Dave's character, Andreas, once again spent his evening having…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, Paka.

2/10/2006 Lisa Padol: Contain Question
So, Dave's character, Andreas, put a Possessor demon in a Contain. He instructed another Possessor demon, this one bound to him, to force a sedative down the throat of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Mister Six.

2/14/2006 Lisa Padol: Demon-Human Crossbreeds
I'm likely to just wing this, should it come up, but I'm curious to know what others might do and if there's an actual rule I'm missing. In our Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, Julian, preludetotheend.

2/16/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our Fourth Session
This was the January 29, 2006 Session. We've since had another one. The description of the characters and the write up of the first session are here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17765.0 The write…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards, mneme, Peter Nordstrand.

2/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our Fifth Session: Part One
Fifth Sorcerer Session -- February 14, 2006 The description of the characters and the write up of the first session are here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17765.0 The write up of the second session…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Peter Nordstrand, cmnash, mneme, Ron Edwards, Trevis Martin.

3/2/2006 Lisa Padol: Duelling Imperatives
Let me see if I can explain the confusion I have had with elements of Sorcerer. I've tried to explain before, in AP write ups and at Dreamation, but I…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Eric J-D, Trevis Martin, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, Julian, The_Tim, Peter Nordstrand, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

4/4/2006 Lisa Padol: [Cantarella] Possible Sorcerer source material
Hi. My name is Lisa, and I'm a manga addict. So, I picked up volume two of a manga called Cantarella. It's about Cesare Borgia, and how his father agreed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, mneme.

4/30/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Link to Seventh Session Write Up
I've posted the write up of the seventh session of our Sorcerer campaign here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/10758.html#cutid1. For any who missed the link and want to read it, the write up of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, Paka.

5/10/2006 Lisa Padol: Humans with Desires and Needs
Judd recently asked me what we talk about after a Sorcerer session. Last night, we were really jazzed after the session, so there was a lot of talk about the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ron Edwards.

5/14/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our Eighth Session: Part One
I've posted this write up to my livejournal, http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/11558.html#cutid1. I'm expecting to break it up into several posts here, as the Forge has a very limited word count per post,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol.

5/25/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Link to Ninth Session Write Up
I've posted the write up of the ninth session of our Sorcerer campaign here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/12699.html#cutid1 One more write up is in progress, and we're hoping to have another session soon.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol.

6/6/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Link to Tenth Session Write Up
The link to the tenth session write up is here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/13720.html#cutid1 -Lisa Padol
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol.

7/12/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Our Eleventh and Final Session
I've posted the write up of our campaign's final Sorcerer session here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/16245.html#cutid1 I'll post the post-mortem to my 'blog when I've finished writing it. -Lisa Padol
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, jburneko, Andrew Norris.

7/12/2006 Lisa Padol: PTA at GenCon?
I'm probably not making GenCon, but a friend has offered to do my shopping via proxy. Will PTA be available there? I want to buy a copy for Lee Gold.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson.

8/5/2006 Lisa Padol: [Sorcerer] Post Mortem
Okay, the post mortem is finally up on the 'blog, here: http://community.livejournal.com/labcats/18839.html#cutid1 The post immediately preceding it is my getting the obligatory buddha-killing out of the way. And, that's a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Lisa Padol, pfischer.

1/19/2007 Lisa Padol: [Polaris] Starting to Click
(Possibly to be crossposted on my 'blog.) We finally had our fourth session of Polaris, so long after the third we were reminding each other what had happened. I think…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Lisa Padol, Ben Lehman.

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