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1/8/2003 Drew Stevens: Ponderings on Game Balance
Question: Is game balance an important issue in your games? And if so, what is game balance? Is it neccesary that characters within a party be balanced against one another?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Drew Stevens, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Sidhain, Marco, Bankuei.

1/8/2003 feanor: Question About 1st Aid
I just read the rules again caus I am starting a campaing using The Riddle of Steel system and one thing is bothering me...first aid. Rules say that you can…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: feanor, Bob Richter, Durgil, Jake Norwood, Jasper, Brian Leybourne, Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, toli.

1/8/2003 Shadeling: Poleaxe with blunt head and spike tip?
The proficiency says Poleaxes are often adorned with a blunt head on the side or spike on top or both. What would these do in terms of damage and what-not...
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, toli.

1/8/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When Real Life Shoots You in the Foot
It's kind of hard for me to concentrate on publishing right now. I just lost my day job after only three months, my rent comes due on the first of…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Andrew Martin, J. Backman, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2003 Michael S. Miller: Hamlet, I, iii, 78 -- Towards a Sorcerer Scenario
OK, so Lincoln High, 15th year Reunion kicked my butt. I did not enjoy running it (far, far too many things to keep track of) and, although my players were…
In Adept Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, jburneko, Spooky Fanboy.

1/7/2003 Brian Leybourne: Search/Display features?
Hi all, Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but I couldn't see a better place to post this question than "Site Discussion". When I first came to the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/7/2003 toli: Problem viewing pages
Just a quick question... Does anyone else have a problem viewing the posts? I get the index page but often get only blank posts no matter what I do (that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Brian Leybourne, prophet118.

1/7/2003 Clay: Toys for Websites
For those of you who run your own web sites, I have a new tool at Lazarus Internet Development which you may find useful. Newsreel lets you keep one of…
In Publishing
Participants: Clay.

1/7/2003 Paganini: Indie Net-gaming Theory Chat (Long Post)
So last night's Indie Net-gaming session got off to a late start (We made some Torchbearer characters, but Shreyas didn't get there til later). While we were waiting for more…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Le Joueur, Emily Care, Gordon C. Landis, J B Bell.

1/7/2003 Scorpio: Morningstar Maps Cartographic Services
Hello all, If you need any style of maps or diagrams,stop by www.morningstarmaps.com .We can provide you with profesionally designed maps of Worlds, regions, battles, cities, whatever you need, for…
In Connections
Participants: Scorpio, quozl.

1/7/2003 Russell Hoyle: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina edited by Kevin J. Anderson This book was a series of short vignettes regarding background characters in the cantina from StarWars Ep IV -…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Russell Hoyle, Eric J., Uncle Dark, quozl, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee.

1/7/2003 xiombarg: Web Site Down?
Hey, I can't get to the Seraphim Guard website... "This website www.seraphimguard.com is currently unavailable. Please visit again later." Is something wrong?
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: xiombarg, Michael Hopcroft.

1/7/2003 quozl: Winning
Since Universalis rules can be developed in play, has anyone devised a rule that would allow a player to "win" a game of Universalis? My wife enjoyed The Extraordinary Adventures…
In Universalis
Participants: quozl, Valamir, Michael S. Miller.

1/7/2003 rafial: Ronin: Stone Hearts, Stone Memories
Well, here it is, what I believe is the first actual play report for Ronin (the feudal Japan adaptation of the Dust Devils rules). I'll try to play to all…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, Ron Edwards, J. Backman, Jason L Blair.

1/7/2003 Zebigone: InPotter's
Hi, I'm thinking about adapting InSpectres to a Harry Potter game. I think most elements are already here. Players would be students at Hogwarts (probably belonging to the same house),…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Zebigone, Jared A. Sorensen, gospog.

1/7/2003 Shreyas Sampat: Torchbearer Character Creation: Observations.
So far, I know of 7 characters created for Torchbearer. 4 of these characters have been disgraced (most of them used that precise word, too) in their past. One will…
In Actual Play
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2003 Shadeling: What type of horse is a Stahlnish Shire Horse?
I was just curious if it was a Charger or Destrier...
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, toli, Jake Norwood, Akuma, Warboss Grock, Wolfen, Draigh, Valamir, Irmo, Farseer415, Mike Holmes, Crusader.

1/7/2003 M. J. Young: Unified Truth and Diverse Religions in Game Worlds
Ron twice has attempted to close the thread entitled The Mechanic of "Religion" in Role Playing Games; yet the topic is hot, and there seems much to be said…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Ted E. Childers, Uncle Dark, Kester Pelagius, Eric J., simon_hibbs, contracycle, Jack Spencer Jr, Bob McNamee, Gordon C. Landis, epweissengruber, damion, clehrich, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, greyorm, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, John Kim.

1/7/2003 Brian Leybourne: The riddle of sorceror?
Hmm.. now that's an interesting thought. The Riddle of Steel is a cool game. Sorcerer (the Ron Edwards one; I'm not talking about the White Wolf game) is also a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jake Norwood, Henry Fitch, Asaraludu, rikiwarren.

1/7/2003 Kester Pelagius: What makes an RPG work for you?
Greetings, Hope you all had a good holiday season. That said, there was another thread here in which I was hoping to get some feedback about what other gamers thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Uncle Dark, clehrich, Jeremy Cole, Thierry Michel, simon_hibbs, Blake Hutchins, Le Joueur, erithromycin.

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1/8/2003 Cassidy: MOVers and Shakers
Hello James, One of these days I think I'm going to dip my toe in the Pool. Before I do, I'd like to ask a couple of questions if I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, James V. West, Paganini, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee.

1/8/2003 xiombarg: Unsung and Jared
Okay, in preparation to actually running it in a couple of weeks, I've re-organized and updated Unsung: http://ivanhoeunbound.com/unsung.html I've moved some of the sections around so they make more sense,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/8/2003 Brian Leybourne: My game: Invasion (working title): Dice Mechanics (long)
Hi all. I could do with some help regarding a game I've been working on, on and off for several years now, but have recently been encouraged to get back…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Drew Stevens, Andrew Martin, Eric J., Paganini, Jake Norwood, Henry Fitch, Steve Dustin, contracycle, clehrich, szilard, Spooky Fanboy.

1/8/2003 Drew Stevens: Magic Speculation
So, in my ongoing Quest of Thinking, I thought a thought. Specifically about magic/super powers/psi abilities in a game. I'm a Mage player of old, and so will fall back…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Drew Stevens, clehrich, M. J. Young, cruciel, Tony Irwin, Ron Edwards, Sidhain, contracycle.

1/9/2003 Michael S. Miller: The Meta-Metagame Level of Sorcerer
Okay. Something just clicked in my head. Maybe this is something that’s been turned over elsewhere, but it’s a new thought for me. In what follows, “you” means “a player…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

1/9/2003 Tor Erickson: Spartan Sorcerer
Hi all, The Iliad. The Odyssey. The Aeneid. Medea. Oedipus Rex. Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire. Inspired by the above works I'm about to start a Sorcerer game set in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tor Erickson, Thierry Michel, Ron Edwards, Mithras, Clay, erithromycin, clehrich, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead.

1/9/2003 Jake Norwood: OT: ARMA seminar in Utah
Okay, so this is only sorta on topic, but bear with me. Driftwood Publishing is helping sponser a hands-on Longsword seminar here in Provo with John Clements, director of the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood.

1/9/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Heliopolice
I had a dream. Last night, I mean. In the dream, I was a forensic investigator...kinda like CSI or something. 'Cept instead of investigating crime scenes in order to determine…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Derek Devlin, Maurice Forrester, jburneko.

1/9/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Effectiveness, Resource, Metagame: Is there an M?
I've been going of the GNS essay lately. I'm pretty sure that I had gone over this before, but from the examples given in the essay, it is unclear to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

1/9/2003 Paganini: [Cornerstone] - Theory Results
Okay, so Cornerstone is back, kind of. The name is, anyway, and just a little bit of the content. If you saw the old game, you might recognize a few…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Paganini, ethan_greer, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards.

1/9/2003 Nick Pagnucco: got Sorcerer & Sword, what next?
Hiya A few months back, I bought Sorceror, and thought it was a great read. At the time, I wasn't sure if I'd ever have an opportunity to play in…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Ron Edwards, Uncle Dark, Gordon C. Landis.

1/10/2003 Morrius: My insanity: OtherWorlds
Hello, Over the last year or so I've been working on a project which I call "OtherWorlds", an urban fantasy game. The original idea for this game came to me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Morrius, Dev.

1/10/2003 Shadeling: T'zaul, Kudara, Shiragi
Will there be anything written about these nations, at all?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Jake Norwood.

1/10/2003 Bob Richter: Take a Philosophy...
...and make a character. :) Interesting idea I had. I was working with a character concept, and I came to the philosophy part. I came up with a (what I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, spunky.

1/10/2003 Shadeling: Glamour query...
A Glamour spell could effectively make the illusion of no sound, right? Kind of like the Disappear spell, but in regards to sound. Targets variable only truly comes into play…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Shadeling, Jake Norwood, prophet118.

1/10/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: New site design
Just a head's up that the Memento Mori Theatricks website has been re-designed. It's not 100% done...but when have I ever finished something?* Thanks to Zak Arntson for invaluable coding…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, gospog, Jürgen Mayer, Zak Arntson.

1/10/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Yet more Cartoon Action Hour pics
Check out this week's offerings, straight from the upcoming Cartoon Action Hour rulebook!
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Clinically Insane.

1/10/2003 svenlein: broken blade was it a fumble?
in the link Jake gave: http://www.thearma.org/Videos/NTCvids/testingbladesandmaterials.htm they broke a sword and a spike. The spikes quality was suspected. The sword came from a reputable company. Was this just a fluke?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein, Jake Norwood, Akuma, MrGeneHa.

1/10/2003 Arashi: Hey!
who wants gum!?
In Connections
Participants: Arashi.

1/11/2003 Cadriel: Using Sorcerer bits in Over the Edge...
Hey. I haven't posted on the Forge in months and months, but I have lurked and, as it is, I could use some input on a concept I have. I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Cadriel, Ben Morgan, Ron Edwards.

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