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9/8/2007 James_Nostack: Morrison-esque meta-fictional villain?
So I've got this character in my head for the Rogues Gallery, and I'm not sure how to define his super-power, which is, essentially, to perplex the hell out of…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Michael S. Miller.

6/20/2007 James_Nostack: Why no "revised" Sorcerer?
Ron, in a recent RPG.Net thread, you said that if people wondered why there would never be a "revised" Sorcerer they should take it to the Adept Press forum.  So:…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Wolfen, Alan, David Artman, xenopulse, Nev the Deranged, angelfromanotherpin, Brand_Robins, The Dragon Master, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski.

6/12/2007 James_Nostack: [Dictionary of Mu] A Martian Armory
[i]Sorcerer & Sword[/i], on page 71, suggests that in certain contexts, particular weapons should receive tactical advantages.  While as a GM I'm quite happy doing this [i]ad hoc[/i], I felt…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack.

4/24/2007 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Build an Anthology!
I'm constructing a Sword & Sorcery anthology for my girlfriend C.  After months of rolling her eyes when I would suggest it, she started reading Tomoe Gozen a little while…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin, Alan, Christopher Kubasik.

2/8/2007 James_Nostack: Would this [DITV] mod work? (seeking advice)
Hi Vincent & crew, I am tempted to run a science-fiction verison of Dogs.  I've never run or played Dogs before, though, and I want to make sure I don't…
In lumpley games
Participants: James_Nostack, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Falc.

1/6/2007 James_Nostack: serious humanity, but shallow demons?
I'm in the process of getting a game together, hopefully to play in the next couple of weeks; it's got me thinking about the kind of game I'd want to…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, crowyhead.

12/22/2006 James_Nostack: Cooperative Rituals: how often does demon roll?
Let's say three coven members are attempting to contact a demon.  Each coven member rolls Lore + modifiers.  Does the demon roll against each sorcerer?  Or only once? 
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

11/19/2006 James_Nostack: [Sorc] Fancy-Pants Ritual Technicalities
A thread for listing all kinds of crazy exploits of the rituals.  From page 69 of Sorcerer: the GM might…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack.

10/27/2006 James_Nostack: Tomoe Goezen: wow.
There was a thread about a year ago on David Mason's The Sorcerer's Skull, so I hope this thread isn't inappropriate. I just finished it, and the sequels I ordered…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, greyorm.

10/13/2006 James_Nostack: [Mechaton] Do sensors completely ignore armor?
Hi Vincent, I finally got a chance to play Mechaton the other night!  Hooray for me!  I had a question, though: when you paint someone with a sensor tag, does…
In lumpley games
Participants: James_Nostack, lumpley.

10/11/2006 James_Nostack: [Sorc] the vigilante's sacrifice
Here's something I never noticed about Sorcerer before: according to the official errata, if you sacrifice a real scumbag during a summoning ceremony you might actually gain Humanity.  "Hey, demons! …
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

9/22/2006 James_Nostack: Distribution of Drive Strengths?
I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on the topic.  Unless I'm mistaken, a Drive with a Strength of 1 is almost totally useless.  (What good is a Drive @…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: James_Nostack, Vaxalon, Filip Luszczyk, Kai_lord, TonyLB.

9/1/2006 James_Nostack: [Capes] Giant, Incontinent Robot Curmudgeon Ruins USS Intrepid
We played Capes last night.  "We" meaning the group from the "Curse of the Python God!" Sorcerer game and the "Blue Diamond Super-Spectacular Annual #1" With Great Power... game plus…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, TonyLB, Jonathan Hastings, NBraccia, Hans, Kintara.

8/22/2006 James_Nostack: aspects neither transformed nor redeemed?
Hi Michael-- in the end of our WGP game, one my aspects had been devastated, but we defeated the villain and devastated his Plan before I could redeem the aspect. …
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Kat Miller, Michael S. Miller.

8/14/2006 James_Nostack: [mechaton] Strategies? Builder Code?
I've been dying to play Mechaton, and nearly got to play this weekend but some friends punked out on me.  This leads to a few points: 1.  Vincent, I'm not…
In lumpley games
Participants: James_Nostack, ScottM, lumpley.

6/7/2006 James_Nostack: Ranking Card: why's it important?
I am reading the PDF version of "With Great Power..." and did not immediately understand the importance of the "ranking card" in a conflict scene. As I understand it: the…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Brand_Robins, Michael S. Miller.

4/13/2006 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Curse of the Python God!
In addition to an on-line Sorcerer & Sword game, I've started a face-to-face S&S game, set in the same world of crumbling Atlantean empires and resentful barbarian tribes.  This is…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Hastings, Paka.

4/6/2006 James_Nostack: Seaguy... what's up with, well, the whole thing?
So there's already a thread on deciphering Watchmen.  But what about Seaguy, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Cameron Stewart?  Spoilers ahoy! While I enjoyed the hell out of…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: James_Nostack, joshua neff.

4/3/2006 James_Nostack: [Star*Babe] Trollbabe for Space Opera
in 1998, TSR/Wizards published the "Star*Drive Campaign Setting" for their short-lived science-fiction RPG Alternity.  It was, as someone once phrased it, "Forgotten Realms in Spaaaace!" and I hated it for…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Chris Gardiner, Jonathan Hastings, sirogit.

3/22/2006 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Weird Initial Reactions
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18991.0]In this thread[/url], Ron entioned that some people had weird, off-putting reactions to Sorcerer based on the game's aesthetics, or something.  I was wondering if Ron could elaborate on that,…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko.

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4/2/2008 James_Nostack: SIS Control, take 2: Aha, I get it now
In SIS Control Problem: A Concrete Example, way back in 2005 Jesse, Tony, and Ralph were arguing at length about who gets to control the imaginary fiction in Capes.  From…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Keiko, TonyLB.

5/19/2008 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] The Cool Chart in Chapter 7: still cool?
On page 119 of Sorcerer, there is a neat little chart describing a couple of sorcerous traditions, describing typical methods, prices, demon-types, and so so on.  I have a lot…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

5/28/2008 James_Nostack: [Sorc / Mu ] Necromancy on Marr'd
We're gearing up for season 2 of our "Dictionary of Mu" game.  A player is brainstorming character concepts, and says, "Undead Conan..." and everyone around the table says, "Hell yeah! …
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, angelfromanotherpin, Paka, wreckage.

6/1/2008 James_Nostack: [Sorc] How would you implement an Idea demon?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=26299.0]In this thread[/url] we mooted creating a "legend" demon - something manifesting as references, depressing morals, symbolic resonances, and so on.  I'm wondering how to pull this off in [i]Sorcerer[/i]:…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, JamesP, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2008 James_Nostack: [With Great Power] Justice League of America Summer Annual 2008
We played With Great Power... last night, and despite a few qualifications had a pretty good time.  A few panels from the imaginary Justice League of America Summer Annual 2008:…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, cathexis, Valamir.

11/2/2008 James_Nostack: Reading Suggestions for Humanity = Hope for the Future
After a many month hiatus, our gang is gearing up to run Sorcerer again, using Dictionary of Mu.  I'm keen to try some of the Humanity-focused stuff from Sorcerer's Soul,…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

11/13/2008 James_Nostack: How many modes of resolution in Sorcerer?
I'm gearing up for our new game, and thought I'd ask a few really simple questions.  How many broad "types" of roll-worthy conflits are there in the Sorcerer rules? By…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.

2/1/2009 James_Nostack: [Steal Away Jordan] Slaves on Recess
January 31 was Recess, a mini-con for the Nerd NYC crowed.  Matt "Deliverator" W. was good enough to run Steal Away Jordan, which I'd been curious about for a long…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack.

2/28/2009 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Keep on Rockin' in the Troll World
Paul and Dave came over.  We ate some food, we drank some drinks, we talked about all'a you people on the Internet.  And then we broke out some old-fashioned Trollbabe…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Paul T, angelfromanotherpin, davidberg, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Alan.

5/24/2009 James_Nostack: Sorcerer scenario to wrap under 3 hours?
I volunteered to run a Sorcerer "Dictionary of Mu" scenario at NerdNYC's mini-con, Recess.  And then I remembered that what I hate about con games is that we get 3…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Finarvyn, Eero Tuovinen, jburneko, Paka, angelfromanotherpin.

7/12/2009 James_Nostack: [WGP] Problems with a Plan, questions, and comments
I'm running With Great Power... for the third time (I've been a player twice).  I'm currently doing prep, but I have some questions/comments based on earlier play.  I'd especially like…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, InstrallFer, Ron Edwards, Jumanji83.

7/24/2009 James_Nostack: Humanity in the Maltese Falcon?
I'm doing "Sorcerer exercise" with an eye toward later play.  I'm adapting Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon using the relationship-map method from The Sorcerer's Soul.  I'm having a little bit…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

8/10/2009 James_Nostack: [WGP] Marvel Fanfare
As discussed in this thread, I'm running a long-form With Great Power... game.  We had our first session of play this week, and had a blast, and I think I'm…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, jburneko, Caldis.

3/7/2010 James_Nostack: In-Fiction Sexual Exploitation: blarrrrgh
I guess this is a solicitation for similar AP; there's some analysis questions at the bottom.  But mostly I feel like venting a little. The other day I played Champions,…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, CedricP, Noclue, Noon, Jeff B, FetusCommander, Lance D. Allen, JoyWriter, greyorm, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Paka, mark2v, Ar Kayon, Miskatonic, ShallowThoughts, davidberg.

4/5/2010 James_Nostack: [S/ay] What if the match ends in a tie?
The text doesn't say.  I presume we should resort to the fictional events and take it as "facts on the ground" or something, but I figured I'd check.
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

12/2/2010 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Harmed relationships - pg 61
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but page 61 of the print edition of Trollbabe says, in effect, IF (Goal fails) AND (Trollbabe ends at inconvenienced) THEN (any relationships invoked the…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, John Stephens, Eliarhiman6, Gregor Hutton, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

12/4/2010 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Harm questions
Questions from actual play with the Print Edition of the rules.  (1) If a Trollbabe gets injured in a social conflict, and then, without a recovery scene, gets into a…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

12/5/2010 James_Nostack: [Trollbabe] Goal questions
More questions from some actual play of Trollbabe's Print Edition. (1) Can either side say, at the outset of a Conflict, "Hell, dude, there's no Conflict here!  I give you…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

3/28/2011 James_Nostack: [Sorcerer] Miyazaki + Wuxia + Westmark = Druids! (one-sheet help)
Though I haven't played Sorcerer in four years, it remains one of my favorite game, and periodically I get the urge to run it again.  Now's such a time, and…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

5/14/2011 James_Nostack: Rick Jones, Sorcerer
For anyone who doesn't know who Rick Jones is, fie and for shame.  In the very earliest issues of The Incredible Hulk, which lasted for all of 6 issues in…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

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