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9/27/2002 svenlein: weapon lenght after bash
Lets say i'm fighting someone with a greatsword, I bash it successfully, does his weapon lenght become 0? Scott
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein, Lyrax, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Vanguard, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Mokkurkalfe, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne.

9/27/2002 Jake Norwood: Setting the Mood
In our discussion of FVLMINATA in actual play wyrdling identified the use of Tali dice and Latin names for game elements as sample reasons that led him to believe that…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Jake Norwood, deadpanbob, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng, contracycle.

9/27/2002 Alan: Core Premise Trait
Hi, I was just reading the material about premises for RPGs on the Universalis website (http://universalis.actionroll.com/StoryElements.htm) and had a revelation. As I understand it, a good narrativist premise is expressed…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Alan, contracycle, mahoux, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/27/2002 Steve Dustin: Combat mechanic
I'm not sure how this idea plays out, but I thought I'd see if people could poke holes in it. I'm trying to get away from an initiative-you hit-I hit…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Steve Dustin, Christoffer Lernö, M. J. Young, Jeremy Cole.

9/26/2002 Bob McNamee: Add-on idea
Its Better to Create than Destroy This is an add-on similar to "PC Plot Protection", but with more far reaching effects. All aspects of the game require double the number…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes.

9/26/2002 Jabberwocky: Well, not exactly an RPG, but...
... this seemed as good a place as any for constructive criticism of my current project; A.I. - Armoured Intelligence. This is basically a war-game, designed to simulate combat between…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jabberwocky, Andrew Martin, Walt Freitag.

9/26/2002 Jason L Blair: Little Fears & Kleine Aengste: German and French edition
Just an update to let you all know that Little Fears will be available soon in both French and German. The French edition by 7eme Cercle is at the printers…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: Jason L Blair, Adam, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, Ninchen, Comte, Minx, puck, GreatWolf, Jan_Schattling.

9/26/2002 Mokkurkalfe: *realistic* armor penalties
Jake! (or anybody else qualified to answer) You've said a few times yourself that the armor penalties in tRoS are a bit to hefty. If I wanted more realistic penalties,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, svenlein, Thirsty Viking, Vanguard.

9/26/2002 Jason L Blair: Just in case you missed it (Out of the Box)
http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php Nothing too supercool, yet, but check out the very last paragraph.
In Universalis
Participants: Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

9/26/2002 simon_hibbs: Diceless resolution mechanic
I wrote up a diceless swords 'n sorcery game system a while back, but never actualy used it. Since Hero Wars came out, I haven't realy seen the need. Recently…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes, Bailywolf, JMendes, Bob McNamee, GB Steve, Le Joueur, RPGuru59, RaconteurX.

9/26/2002 GB Steve: The Evil Powers of Rock & Roll
I was at a gig last night, the Supersuckers (self titled 'Greatest Rock and Roll band in the World). They rawked! Also last week at SteveCon, Steve Darlington ran a…
In CRN Games
Participants: GB Steve, quozl, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/26/2002 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Indie Game Night: FVLMINATA and Kickers
Tonight we played FVLMINATA, the number one game I've been itching to play since we returned home from Gen-Con. I think it counts as "indie" as well, though I confess…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng.

9/26/2002 deadpanbob: Incarnate: Revised Premise and a discussion of Paradigm
The Economics of Dissonance, Resonance, and Paradigm among Inheritors & the Incarnate A restatement of Premise, Part I The Incarnate are incredibly powerful beings – some of them quite old…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: deadpanbob, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, wyrdlyng.

9/25/2002 The Lady Fate: Cheap Binding
Hello. I was directed here by a friend who told me this was the place for a hopeful small publisher to go and ask questions. Well, here I am, there…
In Publishing
Participants: The Lady Fate, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, quozl.

9/25/2002 Bailywolf: Alternate Demon power calculation
This is just a quick question... Ron (and any others willing to take a shot at this), I understand the basic 'formula' for demon Power. # of Abilities +1 (=…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards.

9/25/2002 Paul Czege: on NPC Minions
Hey Mike, BTW, I mentioned to Josh that I thought that we should work up the other minions. I've mentioned this before. I felt during our test that it…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

9/25/2002 Jeffrey Miller: Genre Knobs
I'm sure y'all will find a link here at The Forge to point me at... ;) ...but has anyone worked with the concept of "genre knobs" in their games? That…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, wyrdlyng.

9/25/2002 Clay: Dust Devils arrived
I picked up my copy of Dust Devils last night. The rules expansions and the appearance of the printed product are great. It's great to find a game this complete…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Clay, Tim Denee, Matt Snyder.

9/25/2002 brainwipe: What do you want from an RPG site?
Hi all, As not-a-big-poster, I was hoping that you lend an ear (or eye) and describe what you are looking for in an RPG website. To be more specific, I…
In Publishing
Participants: brainwipe, Ron Edwards, JSDiamond, Adam, Matt, Clay, Valamir.

9/25/2002 deadpanbob: GNS Behavior Mapping (Covering old ground, I'm Sure)
In the thread about GNS Intent and Motive we have a discussion going on between essentially 3 camps: I actually see three sides to this debate. The…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: deadpanbob, Mike Holmes, Seth L. Blumberg, Paul Czege, MK Snyder.

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9/27/2002 Eric: The Lighthouse Campaign – a Sorcerous BtVS Riff
FWIW, here is the one sheet for the one on one campaign I'm going to try. My wife is going to play the watcher/lighthouse keeper and she's going to be…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eric, Bailywolf, Clay, Ron Edwards.

9/27/2002 mahoux: My dilemma mechanics for Future Perfect
Okay, in a thread about Core Premnise Trait at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3613, Mike Holmes made a great point about the use of dilemma in Narrative terms. So, from there I present my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: mahoux, Mike Holmes, JSDiamond.

9/27/2002 bts: Donjon Starting Equipment
I've looked through the rules a few times, and I don't see how a character is supposed to select his starting equipment. Do you start with none, and go shopping…
In CRN Games
Participants: bts, Clinton R. Nixon, ejh.

9/27/2002 Bob Richter: The Return of Bob...
...The Shock! The Horror! The HUMANITY! Bob Returns! *insert screaming* heyy'all. I'm back. What's been going on? Tested an early Alpha of Riddle of the Force. It seems to be…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking.

9/28/2002 Ashren Va'Hale: books and or movies with that TROS feel
Hey, just wondering here, but what books and / or movies strike you guys as having that TROS feel to it? for example, GRR Martins books (Game of thrones etc)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Shadeling, Vanguard, Apprentice of Steel, Jake Norwood, Chris Passeno, Blake Hutchins, Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne, qirien, Bankuei, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Mokkurkalfe, Ville, Thalaxis, Irmo, luke, spunky, hix, Adrian Werner, Jon the Bastard, Bob Richter, Wolfen, Amy1419, Jason Kottler, Eamon Voss, tauman, Paka, deltadave, Sneaky Git, arxhon.

9/27/2002 greyorm: RPG Hate Issue - important
Well folks, don't think it can't happen to you. I just lost my job over the issues being discussed here. Not because my boss wanted me gone, not because we…
In Site Discussion
Participants: greyorm, Wart, Jeremy Cole, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, C. Edwards, M. J. Young, Clay, Christoffer Lernö, Zak Arntson, Gordon C. Landis, Blake Hutchins, xiombarg, Matt Gwinn, Dr. Awkward.

9/28/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Simplifying and unifying dice mechanics for Ygg
I'm currently in the process of writing down Ygg. I'm taking all the ideas I worked out and write them out and putting them together. It's maybe not surprising that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö.

9/28/2002 KAR 120 C: Traditional Call For Commentry
This is incomplete, and I seem to be having difficulty updating the damn thing atm, but I'm looking for commentry on a game I'm kicking around ideas for atm. It's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: KAR 120 C, contracycle, Paul Czege.

9/28/2002 Bailywolf: combat question: multiple actions
I have a question about multiple actions taken in a round of Sorcerer combat, and to a lesser extent the Fast demon ability. On page 112 in the MRB, there…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bailywolf, Ron Edwards.

9/28/2002 contracycle: micro-mechanic opinion
Hi, I came across a wargame emchanic I want to steal but am curious to know what the statisticians think of it. It is a penalty die added to a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, Bailywolf, Christoffer Lernö, Bob McNamee, mahoux, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Sparky.

9/28/2002 SiliconMessiah: Dystopia: America 2155
New from PIGames; Dystopia. For a free download visit www.pigames.net or digitalrpg.org This is dark future roleplaying at its deadliest.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SiliconMessiah.

9/28/2002 Claymore: Some Problems with TRoS Combat=Comments Appreciated
Hello All, I've been running a RoS campaign for about a month now. It's a converted older Gurps campaign that I’ve run over the last two years. The campaign takes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Claymore, Jake Norwood, Thirsty Viking, Bob Richter, Brian Leybourne, Lyrax.

9/27/2002 Eddy Fate: Angels
I'm still a bit behind, but I'll try to keep up. :-) As requested, I'm taking a private conversation open here. I offer up "Angels and the Second War of…
In Scattershot
Participants: Eddy Fate, Le Joueur.

9/29/2002 Jeffrey Miller: Sending it off to playtesters
I'm curious as to what the general experience of people here has been regarding playtesters? I've been involved in my fair share, and as a playtester I've had both good…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Bailey, Mike Holmes.

9/29/2002 Thirsty Viking: Magic ITEM: The Black Arrow of Bard
[quote="Claymore"] [quote="jake"]Finally, what do you mean by "one-shot dragon kill," so that I don't answer off-base? [/quote] A one-shot Dragon kill refers to Bard in the Hobbit, who slays Smaug…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Thirsty Viking, Brian Leybourne.

9/29/2002 Sykora: Riddle of Birthright
Just picked up TRoS this week and I'm very impressed. While reading through it, I kept getting this Birthright vibe, which leads to the inevitable conversion. Social class is built…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sykora, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Nick Pagnucco, Lyrax.

9/29/2002 SiliconMessiah: Wanted: Dead or Alive. Dystopia: 2155
I am looking for a few good people to run a game based solely on the free shareware download of the full game. I would like to know, from an…
In Connections
Participants: SiliconMessiah.

9/30/2002 Bob McNamee: Temple of Bast - Session 2 - Narrative
Temple of Bast – Universalis Game – Session 2 Players: Bob, Pat, Sue (visiting player) Scene 4 Location: The Temple of Bast Time: immediately following Scene 2/3 Characters present from…
In Universalis
Participants: Bob McNamee, Valamir.

9/30/2002 James V. West: The Pool in print in new comic zine
Hey! My new comic zine Random Order Comics and Games is now available and it features the first ever printed version of The Pool. This newest…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

9/30/2002 GreatWolf: All right! All right! Jurgen, you win!
Just a quick note. I was working on a section of the Alyria manuscript that gives examples of setting improvisation. I included some random ideas that I had been planning…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer.

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