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2/6/2003 Andy Kitkowski: We're Live!
I'm going through all my Indie RPG Awards-related threads and letting everyone know who subscribed to them that we're live! http://www.rpg-awards.com If you released a game last year, REGISTER IT!…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft.

2/6/2003 Matt Snyder: Avatar-13
I've been working on a new game design (in addition to working on Nine Worlds! Phew!). After some discussion about character creaiton in the Indie Game Design forum, I decided…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon, Balbinus.

2/6/2003 Mordacc: Spiritual Attributes
One question i have about spiritual attributes is what happens when they are spent? Lets say that Bob has 2 Drive, 2 Passion, and 3 Destiny. Over the course of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Jim DelRosso, Ville, Stephen, Ron Edwards, Ashren Va'Hale, Valamir.

2/6/2003 Mordacc: House Rules
Im new to these forums so sorry about clogging them up with all my posts but Im pretty much in love with TRoS since i picked it up so im…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Michael Tree, Valamir.

2/6/2003 Mordacc: Alternate Advancement Rules
Ever since i switched from DnD to TRoS, all of the flaws of DnD have become more and more apparent to me. Now I cant put down TRoS. However, one…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, szilard, Valamir.

2/6/2003 Brian Leybourne: Invalid Session?
Ever since the upgrade (well, it seems that they coincide, anyway), I seem to occasionally get an "invalid session" error when posting a message. It doesn't happen all the time,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Valamir, greyorm, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/5/2003 Bankuei: Pandora's Thoughts
I'm starting up a PBP game of Sorcerer, called Pandora's Thoughts, with a couple of my friends, I thought I'd share this after checking out the Not Here thread. Basic…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

2/5/2003 Mordacc: What do you think the Riddle is?
What do you think the Riddle of Steel is? I think it is that your mind and you are the most dangerous weapon and that Magic and weapons are only…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Jim DelRosso, Stephen, Brian Leybourne, Bob Richter, Ron Edwards, Darth Tang, Fallen_Icarus, John Resotko, Jake Norwood.

2/5/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Funny stuff, now over [split from GenCon 2003]
[quote="Ron Edwards"]You, Matt, are a freakin' great demo-er and closer. If we farm people to you, Kayfabe gets played and gets moved. Hence, we work toward your strengths and get…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Jürgen Mayer, Jeffrey Miller, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2003 Tar Markvar: Where is "Not-Here"?
A question arises: What defines Not-Here as mentioned above? One situation occurred that I was wondering about. A demon is Contacted, Summoned, and Bound. Its Master dies, so it's still…
In Adept Press
Participants: Tar Markvar, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, jburneko, Le Joueur, Bailywolf.

2/5/2003 Cassidy: Trait question
One of my players posed this to me at the end of last session. Vlesic is... A former capain of the guard and seasoned veteran of the Drenai wars (+1)…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Cassidy, Paganini, Bankuei, James V. West, Mark Withers.

2/5/2003 Tim C Koppang: "mysteries of the human spirit" in rpgs
[i]My focus here is on the construction of literary character, and my general argument is that characterization is achieved not through a “pinning down” process but rather through a process…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tim C Koppang, Bankuei.

2/5/2003 Tony Irwin: Theme-Chaser rewrite
I've rewritten my text for Theme-Chaser. It was from reading (and rereading) the rules for Universalis and Paladin that I think I've gleaned a few tips for how better to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tony Irwin, ThreeGee.

2/5/2003 sirjaguar: Weapon advantage transition
In TROS it states that the weapon length advantage switches once the smaller weapon has dealt a damaging blow. Let's say Joe has a dagger and Mike has a spear…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirjaguar, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Irmo, Brian Leybourne.

2/5/2003 xiombarg: Death
Okay, even if you haven't before, please take a look at Unsung. In addition to the optional Enemy system, I've added a section entiled "Death" I particularly want comments on,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2003 Paul Czege: brighter color for links?
Hey Clinton, Can we get a slightly brighter color for links within posts? The current dark red is damn near invisible amid surrounding black text. Paul
In Site Discussion
Participants: Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/5/2003 Michael S. Miller: Booth notions
Another booth idea hit me in the shower. As Ron said, there was a bit of a problem with "Which guy belongs with which game?" While I fully support mingling…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, Paul's Girl, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, philreed, Valamir, GreatWolf.

2/5/2003 xiombarg: web site
Okay, am I correct that the following is the Dark Omen Games web site? http://darkomengames.mysticages.com/ Given that, it seems there is something wrong with the Alyria link from that page:…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: xiombarg, GreatWolf.

2/5/2003 Shade Cydel: GenCon Questions
Hey All, Well second post, and second question.... I suppose I could read and catch up on all the posts, but I would have to isolate myself from the outside…
In Publishing
Participants: Shade Cydel, Michael S. Miller, Jürgen Mayer, quozl, Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/5/2003 Cadriel: sketch for an anime-cyberpunk style game
A lot of this is just the thoughts that I had during a long walk I took today; it's nowhere near ready for even the most basic testing. The design…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cadriel, Andrew Martin, szilard, scobie, gizem.

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2/6/2003 RHJunior: Size-to-strength ratios
Lord almighty. I've been hunting all over the web for information on size-to-strength ratios--- trying to find out how much, for instance, a 3-ft tall human should be able to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: RHJunior, Psycho42, marknau, dalek_of_god, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Andrew Martin, Gwen, b_bankhead.

2/6/2003 talysman: Iron Game Chef?
with all this talk about Simulationist games, I've been wondering: is Mike Holmes about to run an Iron Chef Simulationist competition? it's been almost four months since the last one...…
In Site Discussion
Participants: talysman, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Maurice Forrester, Shreyas Sampat, Dave Panchyk.

2/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Kevin & Kell
Seraphim Guard is sponsoring the february 25th, 2003 strip of Bill Holbrook's popular online comic Kevin & Kell. Kevin & Kell is the story of a rabbit who married a…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/6/2003 The8thKing: A Few Basic Little Fears Questions
Hi All, I have a couple of questions regarding little fears... (great book btw, shame my access to independent rpg's is somewhat limited in sunny old England). Just humour me…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: The8thKing, Jason L Blair, Little_Rat, Comte.

2/6/2003 Mark Withers: Another Anti-Pool variant.
I'm really sorry, I can't help fiddling with things! Here's how I play the Pool nowadays! Your Character Write a story about the character that you’re going to play. The…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Mark Withers, James V. West, Cassidy.

2/6/2003 ethan_greer: Toast: Kewl Powerz
So, as some may be aware, the magic system for my pet game Toast (the greatest role-playing game of all time) is "pending." I have some ideas, and I'm wanting…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss.

2/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: New Donjon review
Everyone, There's a great review of Donjon up at RPG.net. For a non-actual play review, I thought it was great.
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Wulf, Ron Edwards.

2/6/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Ah, this explains Sorcerer
[quote="In another thread Ron Edwards"]Let's say, for sake of discussion, that you and I agree that "demons" in the common superstition/religion sense of the word do not exist in real…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Tar Markvar, ejh, Le Joueur, Nev the Deranged.

2/6/2003 James V. West: Call for Variations of The Pool
If you have created a set of variant rules for The Pool and wouldn't mind having them posted on my website (linked from the actual The Pool page), please email…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West.

2/6/2003 James V. West: R.O.C. Update
What I'm up to, rpg-wise: 1) The Pool This one has been covered by many people here and I feel like the game is pretty solid. I won't be doing…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Paganini.

2/6/2003 Valamir: Event Planning Forum
With all the discussions going on about Gen Con and later they'll be some about Demon Con and various different projects and what not...I had a thought that having a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Valamir, xiombarg.

2/6/2003 Matt Snyder: Character Improvement, taken for granted?
I'd like to question something that I think is often taken for granted, or at least not spefically addressed often: Character improvement. Is character improvement (improving character effectiveness, as Ron…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, contracycle, szilard, M. J. Young, Walt Freitag, clehrich, Jack Spencer Jr, Andrew Martin, xiombarg, Emily Care, cruciel, ADGBoss, John Kim, Valamir.

2/6/2003 Sylus Thane: Defining the different Verses
Over the last couple of days, especially after the various discussions on defining the differences between the different game engines, I think I have come up with a reasonable set…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, Mark Johnson.

2/6/2003 Timothy Moerke: Character Creation for a One-Shot
I'm planning on running a one-off game of octaNe using the Blood & Steel supplement at an upcoming con. I'm not sure, though, about how to hande the character generation.…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Timothy Moerke, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/6/2003 jburneko: Setting-Premise Nar. vs. Setting Exploration Sim.
Hello Again, Very simple question. I really like this passage from Ron's latest essay: The simple one: Consider the behavioral parameters of a samurai player-character in Sorcerer and in…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, clehrich, contracycle, Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, John Kim, Paganini.

2/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Donjon Pak B1: Men of Steel and Beasts of Terror!
I'd like to announce that the first Donjon supplement, the Donjon Bestiary, will be available within the next week or two, so save up those nickels. For $5, the Bestiary…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Bailywolf, quozl, John Harper, Ron Edwards, James V. West, Spooky Fanboy, sben, Wulf, anonymouse, Chris Kucsera.

2/7/2003 Drew Stevens: Shipping alerts?
Okay, Universalis sounds more cool than English contains words to readily express. Like, whole barrels of fun. So, I ordered it (yay me! yay second printings!) Question, thus- are there…
In Universalis
Participants: Drew Stevens, Valamir, Paganini, James V. West.

2/7/2003 Stuart DJ Purdie: High school cheerleading squad (Sweet Valley High style)
Well, after an interesting discussion with a friend, during which the subject of RPG's came up, she mentioned that she was not aware of any RPG's that interested her, in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Paganini, ethan_greer, szilard, Mike Holmes, Jeph.

2/7/2003 Paka: Welcome to Marsui ([b]TROS[/b])
We made up characters and all agree that the character generation system makes a whole lot of sense and was fun. Beginning the process as an e-mail asking the players…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paka, Jim DelRosso, arxhon, Jake Norwood, Bankuei, hyphz, Ron Edwards.

2/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Droids & Ewoks
Does anyone remember a pair of cartoons aired together that Lucasfilms licensed from the original Star Wars trilogy? Evdiently they pulled the licence, because they haven't been seen in years.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Slant, Madcat, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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