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8/27/2002 Shadeling: Conscience Spiritual Attribute
Ok, here is my question- Is Conscience always defined as do the right thing, or can it be modified based on characters?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Unsane, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Mokkurkalfe, Nick Pagnucco, Jaif.

8/27/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Allowing Others to Publish Supplements for Your Game
I was considering allowing other people/companies release supplements for CAH, since I feel the game has a strong enough fan following to make it a credible approach. So far, I've…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael Hopcroft, pigames.

8/27/2002 Blake Hutchins: X-Games and the Dying Earth
Okay, I'm in crunch mode here at work, so can't put as much time as I'd like into this, but we just played a pick-up game of Dying Earth this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blake Hutchins, GB Steve, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

8/26/2002 Paul Czege: In Utero con play recap
Hey Ron, I'm interested in any responses from people who got a chance to play the In Utero scenario at GenCon. I have a question. How many times have…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller.

8/26/2002 Jasper: Backed into a corner... request for help
Hi, everyone. I ran my group's first full adventure with TRoS last night (they chose it, of their own accord, over Orkworld and Ars Magicka, which pleased me no end).…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jasper, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Lyrax, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Thirsty Viking.

8/26/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: Getting up to speed with InSpectres
Finally getting around to posting about the InSpectres game I ran a few weeks ago. I've been too busy until now. Everybody enjoyed it, and agreed that they'd gladly play…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes.

8/26/2002 Seth L. Blumberg: octaNe character advancement
Okay, so you can spend Plot Points for new Skills. Is there any way to add Style Points? (I ask because the section on Styles in character creation says that…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Seth L. Blumberg, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/26/2002 Flash: Ambidexterity
Got a quick question about Ambidexterity. I don't understand what the last sentence of the Ambidexterity Gift is trying to say. "Other uses for this Gift are outlined in the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Flash, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Wolfen.

8/26/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: The grand new Forge plan
Hey, everyone. It's Clinton, your beleagured administrator, having a cup of coffee. Gather 'round. So, here's my semi-annual State of the Forge, as it were: Last week (19-24 August 2002),…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Jabberwocky.

8/26/2002 unodiablo: Playtesters for Dead Meat v2 sought!
Hi Forgites, I'm nearly done with a new Dead Meat v2. I scrapped all the previous version 2, and wrote most of the latest version this past weekend... What I've…
In Destroy All Games
Participants: unodiablo, Arashi, Demonspahn, Mike Holmes.

8/26/2002 Paul Czege: broken thread
Hey Clinton, The "Dice roll : an attempt at something new " thread in Indie Game Design seems broken in a weird way. There are more posts to it than…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/26/2002 Fabrice G.: Boiscastel Sorcerer game.
Hi, The last Two Sunday I finaly had the chance to run a Sorcerer game. The preparation phase Inspired by Jesse’s Gothic Fantasy game, I was seduced at the idea…
In Actual Play
Participants: Fabrice G., Ron Edwards.

8/26/2002 Tim Gray: Legends Walk! - ancient and modern superheroes
Legends Walk! is now finished and available as a 1.5MB shareware pdf (169 pages, no art) at www.legendswalk.co.uk. It's a supers game where powers come from the gods, heroes and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tim Gray, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Bob McNamee.

8/26/2002 Rod Anderson: Thoughts on Inspectres
(Also posted at RPGnet) Hi everyone. Me and some friends of mine played 3 games of InSpectres a couple weeks back, and since then I've been sorting thru my thoughts…
In Actual Play
Participants: Rod Anderson, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/26/2002 kaworuiskool: Question about precursors of my idea?
First of all, any of this may have been done before, and in a way that isn't so hideously impractical. In fact I would prefer if that's so, and then…
In RPG Theory
Participants: kaworuiskool, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/26/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Blood & Steel is now available!
Check out the octaNe site for this free download. http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/kustom.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Blake Hutchins.

8/25/2002 Zak Arntson: Paladin - Inquisitor Setup
I'm not sure if this belongs in Anvilwerks or Actual Play, since it's setting up for Actual Play. I figured I'd pull out Sorcerer & Soul, since I want to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn.

8/25/2002 Zathreyel: Science fiction/ fantasy in the Metal Hurlant mold
Hey everyone. "long time listener, first time caller." I've been lurking this message board for the past month or two, reading all of the incredible insights that you guys have…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zathreyel, Ron Edwards, Valamir, ks13, Evan Waters, Mike Holmes.

8/25/2002 S.Lonergan: Inquiry re: Rocktown
little more info?? :p
In Indie Game Design
Participants: S.Lonergan, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur.

8/25/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Contest Winners!!!
The voting is over for the "Create-A-Series" conest and it was very close all the way around, with quite a few series going nose to nose in the final stretch.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evilschemer, James_Stubbs.

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8/27/2002 Ben: Book 5, what's that?
Hi all, Sorry I haven't actually been around like Jake promissed. I've been busy with the move and all. For those of you who have no clue as to who…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben, Jasper, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git.

8/27/2002 Jaillir: TROS in Germany??
Hi! I´ve been trying hard to find TROS here in Germany. The German distributor listed at the official site (Ulysses) doesn´t answer to emails, nor does any of the local…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaillir, Jürgen Mayer.

8/27/2002 C. Edwards: Username
Hey Clinton, Could you change my username to C. Edwards? I would appreciate it. BTW, were there ever any Forge hoodys at CafePress or am I just imagining that? Chris
In Site Discussion
Participants: C. Edwards, Demonspahn, Clinton R. Nixon, mahoux.

8/27/2002 Jürgen Mayer: the stock number thingy
The abbreviations of the company name at the beginning of stock numbers or product numbers, e.g. Key20's Little Fears: KYP1000, Issaries Inc.'s Hero Wars: ISS1101, or Driftwood Publishing's Riddle of…
In Publishing
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, mahoux.

8/27/2002 Jürgen Mayer: the index thingy
What's the recommended approach to generating an index for an RPG book? What to do (i.e. what should be in the index) and also how to do it? (We're using…
In Publishing
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Demonspahn, Clay, Eugene Zee.

8/27/2002 Overkill: Holding Victory Dice
I'm having problems understanding how the rules on holding back victory dice for later use as explained in the Sorcerer & Sword supplement work. How can you cancel or give…
In Adept Press
Participants: Overkill, Clay, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2002 Matt Gwinn: Welcome
Welcome to the Errant Knight Games forum. Feel free to discuss different aspects of all of my games including Kayfabe, Cats and Mind Body and Soul. They can all be…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, x0x_Armani_x0x.

8/27/2002 Matt Gwinn: Promotor's Handbook Ideas
Well, I've finally gotten started on the promotor's handbook and I have a few ideas I'd like to run past everyone to kind of gauge interest. I'm working on adding…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, cerebralassassin, mahoux, hardcoremoose.

8/27/2002 Paul Czege: character vs. character: dealer-room demos at GenCon
Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about the demos I played at GenCon over the past couple of days, the ones with pre-generated characters, Jake's Riddle of Steel demo,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Rich Ranallo.

8/27/2002 mahoux: KOTR is on line
Just to let the other Forgites know, Knights of the Road, Knights of the Rail is available on-line at http://home.earthlink.net/~knahoux/KOTR_2.html I have the lite version as well as the PDF…
In Publishing
Participants: mahoux.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Articles of General Support
In going over the types of articles I see "Support for Indie-RPGs" What about articles of general use, not just applicable to a specific game. I had an idea for…
In RPGevolution Contributors
Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Out of the Box Redux.
Well Ken didn't get to review Dust Devils this time around. But he promises next week for "his other favorite game from GenCon" http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Valamir, Matt Snyder.

8/27/2002 Mike Holmes: Status
Hey Nathan, Considering that you've rolled out a new site, I was just wondering what the status of Mysticages was. Has it's scope changed? If so, how? How do the…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Mike Holmes, Nathan, Paul Czege, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Out of the Box
Ken Hite had some great things to say about RoS in this weeks column http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Mike Holmes.

8/27/2002 jeff8448: PlayThings -- 'machiavellian Toy Story'
Hey everyone. I've been lurking around here for a couple days, since Jared Sorensen told me about this site. Anyway, in my RPG, you get to play a toy. (The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jeff8448, Demonspahn, soundwave, mahoux, Le Joueur, Christoffer Lernö, Paka.

8/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Is this ghost too much?
I was just testing out the ghost-generation system for the upcoming Ghost Tamer Miyaki sourcebook and came up with something that frightens even me. I was wondering what some of…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/28/2002 xiombarg: rules question
Okay, I've been reading the game with the intent of running it, and my first question is: When adding the d6 or d8, do only 1s and 2s still count?…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: xiombarg, hardcoremoose, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege.

8/28/2002 contracycle: Polearms
Well, I went to visit Warwick castle last weekend, and quite entertaining it was too. There was a brief bit of jousting and so forth, and more interestingly, a short…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: contracycle, ShaneNINE, Jasper, Mike Holmes, GhostShip Blue, Lyrax, Wolfen, Durgil, Mokkurkalfe, Valamir.

8/28/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Trying to avoid currency issues
Something I don't want get into with Ygg is currency issues, so where it's possible I've tried to avoid them. For example you roll stats, don't place points. Another thing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Jasper, Matt, Valamir, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, Marco, Mike Holmes, damion, M. J. Young.

8/28/2002 wyrdlyng: Digital Publishers Group
FYI, off of d20 Weekly: PDF Publishers Unite Recently, a group of like-minded adventure gaming e-publishers have formed a consortium dedicated to the continued development of PDF role-playing games and…
In Publishing
Participants: wyrdlyng, Michael Hopcroft, pigames, Ron Edwards, Ferry Bazelmans, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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