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5/17/2002 Ace: Learning to play and Run the riddle (and a humorous bit)
[quote="contracycle"]I agree with the above - when weapons are actually dangerous, much of the positive feedback powergamers seek vanishes.[/quote] That quote above got me to thinking how hard it is…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Jaif, jburneko, Wolfen, Rattlehead, contracycle.

5/17/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS T-Shirts
We've had growing interest in TROS t-shirts (hell, we want 'em). So here's my question... What should it look like? How much would you pay for them (so I can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Ace, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, Henry Fitch, Wolfen, Casey Goddard, Rattlehead, Jhilahd, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Shadow.

5/17/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Metagame in theory
On a base level, RPGs have two types of mechanics. The first is character-centric. The player's character is broken down into traits, a set of numbers. The play environment, including…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, lumpley.

5/17/2002 Petter Sandelin: Sorcerers in the forest
Yesterday I finally got to play Sorcerer for the first time and I'm going to put up some general thoughts about the session. Our game is pretty close to the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Petter Sandelin, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

5/17/2002 Rattlehead: Getting together online
This might be bad form, but here goes... Lance (Wolfen) and I have been using OpenRPG, a free program, to stage duels, chat, and spread the word about TROS. Others…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Rattlehead, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Draigh, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Lyrax.

5/17/2002 Joe Murphy (Broin): My Sim experience: Emmet
Since coming to The Forge, I'd assumed that most of my previous gaming experience sat well in the proto-Narrativist camp. As a GM, I wanted players to cooperate in support…
In Actual Play
Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

5/17/2002 Ian O'Rourke: Hero Wars and Pendragon
Someone else may have already made the comparison but Hero Wars seems like a perfect match with Pendragon. It would allow for the characters to express relationships, emotions and squires…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ian O'Rourke, contracycle, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Jonas, Norbert Franz, Ian Cooper.

5/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Book Size?
My manuscript has finally gotten to its near-finished state of about 50,000 words. My typesetter just suggested printing at 6x9 instead of 8.5x11 like most RPG books becaue of the…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2002 Bankuei: ROS: Free Artis!
Tonight we began Clinton's ROS campaign and had a great time. We also ran an entire session without combat. Yes, I said both of those in the same breath, for…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

5/17/2002 Atomic Requiem: Balance
Hi there. I guess I'm committing an horrible breach of etiquette or else jumping into the midst of things, depending on how you look at it, by starting a new…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Atomic Requiem, Rattlehead, Bankuei, contracycle.

5/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon
It's big, to the point of almostg ebing bloated. It has that huge castle in the middle of the dealers room. But GenCon is still THE big RPG show and…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2002 rabidchyld: About to start first Sorcerer game..Humanity question
So I'm about to start my first Sorcerer game. My players and I have come up with the following: Setting: present day, mid sized city. Characters: Katie (yet to be…
In Adept Press
Participants: rabidchyld, Fabrice G., Clay, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan.

5/17/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Have a little class, people.
Okay, trying to get the ball rolling from a comment made by Herr Edwards in the colorfully named Erm...Hello. Character classes. There's been some talk on RPG.net lately about…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, Andrew Martin, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, :: Declare ::, leomknight, unodiablo, xiombarg, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg.

5/16/2002 malum: riddle masters and attributes
two questions, and sorry if i ask something already posted, or in the book somewhere, for i havent got to read every word of it yet. first, if a character…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: malum, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Rattlehead.

5/16/2002 malum: siehe characters
i am a little confused about how to make individual siehe characters. the book gives them all the same bonuses, but it mentions there being many different kinds of seelie…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: malum, Nick Pagnucco, Jake Norwood.

5/16/2002 Jake Norwood: TROS Contests
I'd love to run some contests on the forum at some point, rewarding folks for particularly insightful or meaningful posts and threads. Any ideas on how?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

5/16/2002 xiombarg: Elfs Metaplot (long)
Okay, I'm re-animating the end of this thread, now that I've finally managed to grab a copy of Elfs. If people are no longer interested in a metaplot parody for…
In Adept Press
Participants: xiombarg, Henry Fitch, Ron Edwards.

5/16/2002 Le Joueur: Ideal to Application: Examining a Technique [Long]
How about another 'ideal game' example? For the sake of brevity, I'll use the movie Ghostbusters as the in-game dialogue of play (saves you the trouble of having to read…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Le Joueur, Mike Holmes.

5/16/2002 Le Joueur: Emergent Techniques: Mystiques and Intrigue
What is a Mystique? The definition is "an aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it."…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

5/16/2002 Ron Edwards: got my shirts!
Hey everyone, A while ago, Raven posted here about the Sorcerer t-shirts he put up at Cafe Press. I just received my two that I ordered, and they look great.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.

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5/18/2002 Michael Hopcroft: USing Open Licenced Systems
I'm wondering how many people prefer to deesign their own systems from scratch and how many prefer to use systems with open licences that have already been designed. MY upcoming…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Bailey, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Adam.

5/18/2002 Jaif: Defending against Sorcery
Ok, I mentioned this in another thread, so I'd like to pose a question to the viewing audience. 1) How do sorcerers defend themselves from other sorcerers? Let's be clear,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Ian O'Rourke, Shadow, Christopher Kubasik, Atomic Requiem, The_Fey, Jake Norwood, Lyrax.

5/18/2002 Jake Norwood: Who's gonna be at some Cons this summer?
I'm going to be at Origins and GenCon, as well as some smaller Con down in Phoenix at the end of July...any chance I'll get to see some of you…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Jürgen Mayer, Valamir.

5/18/2002 Shadow: TROS Weapon Statistics (ATN, DTN, & Damage)
(*Long post, mainly focused on damage rating of the rapier) From my reading of the game rules, I find that TROS uses a (very impressive) combat system in which the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadow, Jake Norwood, Casey Goddard, Jaif, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2002 Ian Cooper: In the Long Run: Hero Wars actual play
Following from the prep for play thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2154 here is what happened in actual play. My apologies as its long – I’ll be interested to see how it relates to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards.

5/18/2002 Jhilahd: When is the site coming back up and...
is there any other sites on the web that sell RoS? Or how about fan sites. After reading all of the goodies on this forum and then all the thread…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jhilahd, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, ReverendCuster187, Ian Cooper, Rattlehead.

5/19/2002 Zak Arntson: Everett, WA - Sorcerer Sighting
Two copies of Sorcerer in the Everett Mall's Wizards of the Coast store. I grabbed Munchkin and a Nocturnum (Call of Cthulhu) trilogy (50% off). Anyhow, I was very glad…
In Adept Press
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ace, Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Christopher Kubasik, epweissengruber, Russell Hoyle.

5/19/2002 rabidchyld: Sorcerers seeking the Truth - My first game
Well it wasn't a complete disaster, but sometimes it came pretty close. I had redrawn my relationship map, and spread out my NPC's and their revelations, I opened up the…
In Actual Play
Participants: rabidchyld, Christopher Kubasik, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

5/19/2002 Lina: Great Game!
I just have to say that Little Fears is incredible! I just love it! I live in Sweden and I read about the game on the internet, it has just…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Lina, Jason L Blair.

5/19/2002 Atomic Requiem: Technical Questions Regarding Simultaneity
So I advanced to Step 2 in experiencing TROS (Step 1: Read about it on the Forum; Step 2: Read Rule Book and Duel Characters; Step 3: Play actual game…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Atomic Requiem, Wolfen.

5/20/2002 malum: permanent spells
can someone point me to the pages in the rulebook where it talks about how to make a spell permanent? i have heard it can be done, but dont see…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: malum, Casey Goddard, Jake Norwood, Atomic Requiem, Wolfen, The_Fey, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Bankuei, Silanthous.

5/20/2002 Ace: Things for the Flower of Battle
I know I am jumping the gun a little on this (game isn't really out yeet, 2 supps in the pipe line before it) but I still would like to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Jake Norwood, Atomic Requiem, Wolfen, Julian Kelsey, contracycle, Valamir, The_Fey, Bankuei, Shadow, malum, Rattlehead, Mokkurkalfe, Salamander, arxhon, tauman, Noon, Brian Leybourne, Aaron, Bob Richter, Todd M. Sullivan, Vanguard, MrGeneHa, Ashren Va'Hale, Eamon Voss, Ben Lehman, kanseg, Ryuuko, svenlein.

5/20/2002 Eric J.: Classes Vs. Reality
In my experience, classes only serve to steriotype characters and limit abilites, in creativity and realism. Their intrensic function in many RPGs is simply based off of their use in…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Eric J., Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Fabrice G., Blake Hutchins, lehrbuch, Andrew Martin, Seth L. Blumberg, Ian O'Rourke, Bankuei, leomknight, contracycle, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob McNamee.

5/20/2002 Bailey: Viability of E-mail at the beginning
Right now I'm putting the final touches on Men of Teak's text, but am lacking in art and a decent layout program. What I want to know is if Ron's…
In Publishing
Participants: Bailey, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Nathan.

5/20/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Developing the other stuff.
[i][size=9px]Note: I agonized a bit over whether to post this in Design or Theory. There is cross-pollenation, as there should be. In the end, I decided to post in Design…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng.

5/20/2002 Ron Edwards: More prep help requested
Hello, After some delays, my ROS play begins this week. Here are some more questions that have arisen as I've prepared for it. ONE Anyone with knowledge of Hungarian or…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Christopher Kubasik, Rattlehead, Clinton R. Nixon, Jasper.

5/20/2002 Michael S. Miller: Combat, penalties, and Sorcerer
Okay, I may have bought it nine months ago, but I'm only test-driving the Sorcerer combat system now. I've hit some small but snags and am looking for help. I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards.

5/20/2002 furashgf: Deamon Cops at Hexaon
There's an RPG convention coming up in June here in Phoenix (AZ). I was thinking of trying to run some demo "Indie" games. I just got my copy of Deamon…
In Adept Press
Participants: furashgf, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

5/20/2002 Jake Norwood: The size of the Forge
It seems to me that the Forge has grown a lot in the last month, going from 460-ish to now about 510. Has the Forge always been pretty small and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir.

5/20/2002 efindel: Questions on Fast and Parasite Stamina
I'm getting ready to start running a game of Sorcerer, and have been re-reading the rules in preparation for it. In doing so, I've come up with a couple of…
In Adept Press
Participants: efindel, Ron Edwards.

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