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6/12/2002 Ace: How do I make a body jump spell?
I was reading Anne Rice's Tale of the Body Thief and it got me thinking Since aging cannot be reversed (Sorcerers can speed up entropy not reverse it) after a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, DaR, Wolfen, Jaif, Lyrax, Ben, J B Bell, Mokkurkalfe, Rick.

6/7/2002 Ace: Ideas for stuff for PDF's only
Just wondering what you all might like to see on Fan Created PDF's. I am not talking about about outtakes from books necessarily but just the assorted rules and varients…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Lyrax, DaR.

5/28/2002 Ace: A new spell
here is a nasty Spell of Three I just cooked up Thundering Throw Spell of 3 CTN 6 if formalized (60 seconds) T)1 R)1 V)1 D)0 Vagaries: Movement3 Summon 3,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace.

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.

5/17/2002 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.

5/15/2002 Ace: Narrative Tool Kit
It occured to me that a lot of Narrative gaming tricks can be used with any system. Things like The Confessional in InSpecters, Directors stance, Scene Bidding and that sort…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Le Joueur.

5/10/2002 Ace: A Mini review on Net Sword
I just posted a mini "review" posting on the netsword forum http://www.netsword.com The review doesn't give a lot of information do to space restrictions but it does discuss the ARMA…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Jake Norwood.

5/9/2002 Ace: Drat No TROS game
It looks like the TROS campaign I was going to join died on the vine However one of the better roleplayers in the group has my copy of TROS and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Nick Pagnucco, Rattlehead.

5/7/2002 Ace: Confession: I really am not much of a gamer anymore
That last thread, Subject Uh yeah, got me to thinking about my own gaming habits I want to say that I find talking about RPG's much more satisfing than actually…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ace, joe_llama, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Valamir, Laurel, TSL.

5/3/2002 Ace: Played the Riddle of Steel combat yesterday(long)
I had a very intersting experience as Senechal of the Riddle of Steel Senechal yesterday. With a bit a luck I managed to get three of the players in the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jaif, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

5/1/2002 Ace: The future of Riddle of Steel. What do you all want
Right now it looks like Jake has enough on his hand to keep him busy for the next year or so. However if TROS catches on (and it has a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Bankuei, Rattlehead, Wolfen, Jaif.

4/26/2002 Ace: Just got Sword and Sorcerer and Sorcerers Soul
I just wanted to let you all know I just got Sword and Sorcerer and Sorcerers Soul on special order from my FLGS. I have only begun to read them…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay.

4/22/2002 Ace: Points for Flaws (from Sorcerer forum)
[quote="Ron Edwards"]Um. The real answer is, "Balancing benefits and limitations is a destructive element of game design." The aspect you are asking for (in retrospect) is not a desirable aspect.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ace, Blake Hutchins, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

4/9/2002 Ace: Problems with getting the players to quip and quote (long)
One of the problems I have been having in my RPG campaigns is been getting the players to put a little dialog into the game, I think it may be…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Eugene Zee, Paul Czege, contracycle, Tim C Koppang, TSL.

3/29/2002 Ace: A conundrum High Magic Low Impact Fantasy
I have a conundrum for you. I would like to convert my fantasy game world Midrea to a "real" flavor. Over the years I have experimented with various RPG systems…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes, Sidhain, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, contracycle.

3/23/2002 Ace: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as Sorcerer
No I am not joking. I was up earlier this morning and for a lark I flipped Power Rangers on. It was some Animal Mech varient of the show called…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace.

3/21/2002 Ace: What games do you think are borderline Indy games?
My guesses on the matter would be Over the edge. It was published by a big (for this dinky industry) company and had a card game. But it was quite…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Valamir.

3/19/2002 Ace: What next on the agenda for books.
I am just curious, what new books and/or PDF's are being considered for Sorcerer.
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay.

3/17/2002 Ace: What else do you like and another question ( alittle long)
I have a question, what do the other folks here on the Forge play? Or maybe what am I missing :) My play/own list Unisystem (All Flesh Must Be Eaten,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Sidhain, hardcoremoose, Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

3/17/2002 Ace: New to the Forge and Sorcerer
I just thought I'd jump into the discussions feet first. I recently picked up Sorcerer at my FLGS (I broke down, it was on sale for $12) and I was…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Bailywolf, Ron Edwards, AndyGuest.

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6/19/2002 Ace: A new use for Destiny SA
I thought of a new possible use for the Destiny SA and wondered what you all think Even the most fatebound adventurer can be the subject of a mishap that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Bob Richter, Clinton R. Nixon, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

6/19/2002 Ace: A question about bleeding
lets say my party member has a serious wound bleeding at a TN of 6 or so. Once combat stops how do I determine I have can apply first aid…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Bob Richter.

6/21/2002 Ace: What happened to Sorcerer and Space?
Just curious, wasn't this supposed to be a PDF download at one time. It sounded pretty facinating and I as wondering if it would become available
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, hardcoremoose.

6/25/2002 Ace: A question about proficiences
A quick rules question My combat monster character has Ag7 Wit5 This gives him a base combat pool of six. Does this mean I have effectivly no defualts? According to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Jaif, Bankuei, Jake Norwood.

6/28/2002 Ace: Printing the Mini Supplement PDF's a question or two
I am thinking of buying some of the mini supplement PDF's in a short. I want them printed and bound. Now I priced this at Kinkos copies and was told…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/29/2002 Ace: The bare bones of a new magic system
Here are bare bones of a new magic system for TROS. This is a system designed as a more conventional "rpg"magic system apologies but this is a very bare bones…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Psychopompous, Brian Leybourne, Jaif, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Ben, Furious D, Rick, Mike Holmes, Lyrax, Bob Richter, contracycle, Clinton R. Nixon, Silanthous.

7/1/2002 Ace: TROS Highlander Immortals
Anyone though how cool using TROS for a Highlander style game would be? Since the focus of Highlander is relationships (aka Spiritual attributes) and swordplay what system would fit better?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Furious D, Brian Leybourne, Rattlehead.

7/3/2002 Ace: Two sites to see TROS weapons in use
Here are a couple of sites with downloadable movies of Rapier, Dagger, Shortsword, Unarmed and Longsword stuff http://www.thehaca.com/Videos/Videos.htm and http://www.the-exiles.org/vid_020609/vid_index.htm both are very cool
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace.

7/20/2002 Ace: Polearm use question (a little OT)
We are debating GURPS 4e changes over in Pyramid and need some feedback on how Polearms work in single combat. Lets say I am armed with a nifty halberd and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Lyrax, Jake Norwood.

7/20/2002 Ace: TROS to GURPS
I am a big GURPS fan from way back, over 100 books plus Pyramid print issues and counting. One thing I don't like about the system is the "minis battle"…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes.

7/21/2002 Ace: Maces and 13th century settings- TROS Lionheart
OK I have on more question, marginally on topic. Someone on the Pyramid boards asked me about the uses of maces in the 13th century We don't have much in…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Lyrax, Mike Holmes.

8/7/2002 Ace: TROS thread on ENWorld
There is a neat Riddle of Steel thread at ENWorld For the moment I am hyping (err explaining) the game to the crowd over there but anyone who cares to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace.

9/19/2002 Ace: Sorcerer Book Size
Just a short "Thank You' for choosing the : 10" high, 6.5" wide size. It is a great form factor for game books especially if you are gaming outside the…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards.

9/19/2002 Ace: A Theory: System doesn't matter for RPing moments
On the whole I agree with Rons thesis that system does matter, but I think there is an overlooked point there when it comes to those who disagree. Ceratinly System…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ace, Marco, Mike Holmes, Valamir, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, contracycle, deadpanbob, Gordon C. Landis, Andrew Martin, wyrdlyng, M. J. Young, Christoffer Lernö, greyorm, Walt Freitag.

9/19/2002 Ace: Thanks to the forge for helping me Enjoy D&D
I just wanted to post a Thank you to the forge for helping me to enjoy the D&D game I am in. Over the years I have gamed I was…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jeremy Cole, Clay.

9/30/2002 Ace: How GNS Failure killed a group (long)
I thought I'd share the recent collapse of my gaming group with folks here. The group I have been playing with is pretty diverse ranging in age from 21 to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Ian Cooper, Eric J..

10/14/2002 Ace: Observations on a very succesfull game group (Long)
Over the last few months I have been keeping an eye on a local game group. This group games in the same FLGS that my group does and they are…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Eric J., Bankuei, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2002 Ace: The Riddle of Power
After OBAM and TFOB and SATF are wrapped up may I suggest the next book The Riddle of Power I will admit to having more than a few simulationist cravings…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ace, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco.

12/8/2002 Ace: Preparing for play, I don't know what (Long)
I wanted to call this post "A funny thing happened on the way to the game store" bt I ran out of room and anyway it happned at the store…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ace, Mike Holmes, LordFly, Ron Edwards.

7/23/2003 Ace: Troubles with getting Sorcerer and Sex
I though I would let everbody know that Alliance distribution isn't quite up to date on Adept Press products Several weeks ago I ordered Sorcerer and Sex from my FLGS…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ace, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Clay, ethan_greer.

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