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5/31/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Paladin
Man, it's just new game day at The Forge, ain't it? Anyway, I wrote this over the last couple of days and really like it, but that's little indicator of…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Paganini, Blake Hutchins, Zak Arntson, Reality Aberrant, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, rafael.

5/31/2002 JSDiamond: Critical Hits and other hoary rules of the ancients
Since Orbit recognizes degrees of success (previous thread) it follows that a stupendous result should equate a stupendous effect. This occurs on a die-roll that results in a (51+) degree…
In Orbit
Participants: JSDiamond, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, JohnK.

5/31/2002 xiombarg: Draconic
I wanted to split off and talk about Draconic, which got mentioned in passing in another thread... I like the looks of Draconic, and the mechanic is similar to Otherkind,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, hardcoremoose, lumpley, Bankuei, Zak Arntson, DaR.

5/31/2002 JSDiamond: Orbit's Core Mechanics
Orbit has undergone some changes, -a lot of them with many thanks to Ben Baugh. Here is the system: 2d10 That's it for dice, you'll need no more. All skill…
In Orbit
Participants: JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, JohnK.

5/31/2002 Stivven: Theme as character for 'GMs'
This is sometihng of a passing though that stuck me after my ongoing game last night - when there's a stong theme embedded in a game (formally or informally) it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Stivven, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

5/31/2002 lumpley: OtherKind
Hey. So I'm working on this fantasy game, and it's in a good shareable state: OtherKind My goal was to make a fantasy game where the fantasy peoples mean something,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Jake Norwood, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Andrew Martin, Xeno, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg.

5/31/2002 contracycle: Wielding the Axe
OK, so I downloaded the charsheet and took a look. My first response is "too many attributes". This means I'm probably going to have a go at a TROS Lite…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: contracycle, Bob Richter, Jaif, Jake Norwood.

5/31/2002 Adam: Little Fears mentioned in Out of the Box
Don't know if anyone else noticed this, but Ken Hite did a little roundup of some of the Origins Awards categories, and had the following to say about Little Fears:…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Adam, Ron Edwards, Seth L. Blumberg.

5/31/2002 Julian Kelsey: Reading Recommendations
I'm enthused by the noise being made about The Riddle Of Steel, and looking forward to getting a copy when I can. In the mean time I'm thinking about the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Julian Kelsey, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jake Norwood.

5/31/2002 turgon: Insight Points and Bonus Priorities
From the rules, it says that "Higher Insight grants bonus Priorities" (pg. 68). If taken litterally, this would indicate that you gain additional Priorities. So if you had 76 Insight…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: turgon, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Jaif, Lyrax, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne.

5/30/2002 Cadriel: A Psionics-oriented game and Surrealism.
Hi. My name's Wayne, and you may have seen some of my posts on the RPGnet GNS thread. I think I've mentioned this game in this forum before, but it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cadriel, Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon, Tim Denee.

5/30/2002 Valamir: octaNe
Any update on when I can get my grubby paws on a copy?
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg.

5/30/2002 turgon: proficiencies, defaults, and the starting character
I have a question involving the above. I created my first character last night and it went a little haywire. Specifically, I put priority A into proficiencies (probably a mistake).…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: turgon, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Wolfen, The_Fey, Bob Richter, Jaif, Furious D.

5/30/2002 jburneko: Relationship Maps - Book Plundering Technique
Hello All, First of all, I was going to send this to Ron privately because of this reason: THIS POST CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR JAMES ELLROY'S THE BLACK DAHLIA. Then…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2002 Paganini: Marketing
So, the publisher for my cinematic action game was the same as Sidhain's and I've got a bunch of comments and reports and an unedited manuscript sitting around on my…
In Publishing
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Michael Hopcroft.

5/30/2002 Bob Richter: Fireballs
One of the things that's bothered me about tRoS sorcery is it says THERE ARE NO FIREBALLS, and yet there's an easy (at least as easy as Armor of Air)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Wolfen, contracycle, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Lyrax, WhistlinFiend, Jaif, Julian Kelsey, Rattlehead, Bladesinger, Ace, Thirsty Viking, Apprentice of Steel.

5/30/2002 Jake Norwood: Download Update
There's a new Download on at www.theriddleofsteel.com. It's a "Sorcerer's Reference Sheet" with room for spells, vagaries, etc. Jake
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, ReverendCuster187.

5/30/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Avoiding the Retail Channel
Having just got off the phone with one of the main providers to the retail channel, it became apparent that he would want me to brint at least 3,000 copies…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

5/29/2002 Gordon C. Landis: Film vs. Novel as N-model
Over in RPG Theory, I read: (This, by the way, works great for the introverted medium of the novel -- you create it alone, you consume it alone, and…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

5/29/2002 Brian Leybourne: Quick favor
Hi all. I don't have a rulebook at the moment (stolen, as some of you know), can someone give me a quick heads up on a couple of things I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Mokkurkalfe, Shadow.

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6/1/2002 Bob Richter: The masculine flaw (and a tangent about magic)
The other night, Ulrich took a thrust to the groin (thanks, Wolfen.) Getting hit isn't normally a problem for the Stahlnish tough guy, but take one hit to the groin...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Bailey, Lyrax, Bankuei, Shadow, Reprisal, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Psychopompous, Ace, Jaif, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/2/2002 Moochava: Broken Space: Space Opera with a Lemon Twist
Hello all. Time to help an aspiring game designer whose ideas are too big for his britches, if he were wearing britches instead of plaid comfy pants. I have here…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Moochava, Ben Morgan, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt.

6/2/2002 ks13: another fantasy RPG - destined for failure?
Hello all! Let me say that this forum would have been a great thing to have 12 years ago when I got into RPGs (and game design). I started working…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ks13, Jack Spencer Jr, Walt Freitag, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Bailey, Valamir, Paul Czege, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

6/3/2002 Valamir: Age of Empire
Not precisely on topic, but I just discovered this game in a used book store. It's a really slick game. Were there ever any supplements for it, as suggested in…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: Valamir, GMSkarka, Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt, Mike Holmes.

6/3/2002 Paganini: Good vs. Evil
One of the other threads got me thinking about this. So, it's a cliche, yeah, but IMO it's a good one. The simple idea of "good vs. evil" is great…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, Eric J., C. Edwards, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, mahoux, ks13, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, Tim Gray, contracycle.

6/3/2002 Eric J.: Potential hypocrite is now GNS elitism bustin
The title was misleading, but I'm not shure what to make of this. I have viewed others trying to look on gamism and simulationism as detrimental and even one person…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Eric J., Tim Denee, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins.

6/3/2002 Ron Edwards: locking things
Hi there, Over in the RPG Theory forum, Eric (Pyron) asked a good question: "... Ron, why bother moving everything from the first tread to a new one, if you…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/3/2002 Jason L Blair: Master List: Available Key 20 Products
For Little Fears: Little Fears rulebook When The Monsters Came Santa Claws: A Merry Old Soul (free 40k PDF) Cry Havoc: A Sci-Fi Setting! (free 417…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair.

6/3/2002 Ron Edwards: Demon Con I!
Hello, Hey, we did Demon Con! It turned out successfully. I'll run down some of the stuff about it. THE GOOD PARTS The room was set up just how we…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, xiombarg, joshua neff, Mike Holmes, Tim C Koppang, furashgf, Buddha Nature, Jürgen Mayer, GreatWolf, Mike W.

6/3/2002 Jason L Blair: Cartoon Action Hour
Man... I gotta buy this game.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Jason L Blair, WildElf, Wolfen, J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Mark Bruno, mahoux, Matt Snyder, Jason Sartin, Adam.

6/3/2002 Paul Czege: spare not thy protagonists from the vagaries of tWtFatD
The designer is playtesting his own game rules this evening. And this afternoon, upon reviewing the discussion about what Trials should be like on the thread about the one-sheet,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paul Czege.

6/4/2002 Jack Spencer Jr: Amateur RPG Design Manifesto
Over in this thread I started drifting way off topic about the difference between professional, especially indie RPG design and amateur design. Ron suggested that I should start a new…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Clay.

6/4/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Ygg Magic (and wake me up someone!)
Ok, Ygg stuff has been kinda dead lately. Not very surprisingly considering I've been extremely busy this last month. I do want to get myself started again though, so I'm…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin, Wolfen, Le Joueur, Valamir.

6/4/2002 WildElf: Methods of Adult Obliviousness?
I have an idea for a story that would include steadily vanishing children. Everything seems like a good plan...except for all the adults. I know that I could set it…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: WildElf, Fabrice G., Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, magistrate, Comte, Mike Holmes.

6/4/2002 Bob Richter: Height, Weight, Wrestling.
You've already met Mallory, my Naked Pictish Archer (tm), and you know she's short. You also probably know just how unreasonably light she is. (an 80lb woman, no matter how…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Furious D, Jaif, Psychopompous, Bankuei.

6/4/2002 Jaif: A magical tangent
I wanted to share some thoughts on the evil sorcerer NPC I ran in my last adventure. Sorry this is so long. 1) My friends and I are all in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaif, Jake Norwood, Psychopompous, Claymore, Atomic Requiem, Bob Richter, Lyrax, Ben, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2002 rafael: Dread
I've been working on Dread for some time now. Playtesters have pointed out a bunch of flaws that I've tried to remedy, and I've also had some time to reflect…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: rafael, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/4/2002 Bob Richter: Draw.
I must be missing something terribly important. Where is the Draw attribute used? it says "The rate at which...replenish his vagaries." Vagaries are depleted? I'm confused.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

6/4/2002 Christopher Kubasik: Two Hour Sessions
Hi, For those who were at Demon Con: Can someone review the styles/habits/techniques/tools/whatever that folks at DemonCon used to run effective games in two hours? How did this style of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2002 Claymore: Newbie Question reguarding bonus Dice in the Sorcery Pool
Hello there! I just got my copy of Riddle of Steel the other day and I am quite impressed with the game mechanics. I had one question (although I'm sure…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Claymore, Brian Leybourne, Jaif.

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