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2/22/2003 Mordacc: Martial Arts
In TFOB, i assume there will be some coverage of oriental martial arts, however i have some specific questions about the applications of specific types of martial arts to the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Ashren Va'Hale, Bankuei, tauman, arxhon, Drew Stevens, Enoch, Shadeling, GreatWolf, Michael Tree, Brian Leybourne, Jon the Bastard, wpbarr, Thalaxis, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Mokkurkalfe, Sneaky Git, MrGeneHa, Bob McNamee, svenlein, Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

2/22/2003 Mordacc: Insight question
Ok this is a question about spending insight points on a new character. Lets say that bob has 50 insight points and he dies, so the new character fred beginsplay…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Noon, spunky.

2/22/2003 James V. West: The Pool Variations Are Up
Hey I finally got around to posting some of the variations on The Pool. Check it out here! If I've left some out please don't be shy. Let me know…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: James V. West, Cassidy, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

2/22/2003 arkcure: Artwork for RPG in design Phase
Hello. This is my first post on this Forum so bear with me. Right now I am in the first stage of writing an adventure RPG and am approaching the…
In Connections
Participants: arkcure, greyorm, Valamir, Scorpio.

2/21/2003 Jonathan Walton: Storypunk and Transparency
So I was writing the introductory "What is a Roleplaying Game?" section of Storypunk in my head today. It started out by talking about different types of social contracts: those…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Is meaningless detail really meaningless?
I'm going to talk a bit about one aspect of my friend's game that I just don't get but since we really won't be discussing it with him, let's address…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Gordon C. Landis, Mike Holmes, Ian Charvill, clehrich, contracycle, greyorm, Bob McNamee, b_bankhead, M. J. Young, weeble, Johannes, Thierry Michel.

2/21/2003 TomJustTom: Behind The Door?
Umm, the link about the new book has been up for a VERY long time... and well, I've been itching to get my little hands on it... is there any…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: TomJustTom, Jason L Blair.

2/21/2003 jdagna: What should I charge?
Hello everyone! I've had an unusual offer recently from an old high school friend who currently works as an editor for a company that has been very successful with manga.…
In Connections
Participants: jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, philreed, Jack Spencer Jr.

2/21/2003 marknau: Thinking about Rules
I have a ball. I bounce it against the wall. There is a rule that states that a ball thrown against the wall will bounce back. My 3-month-old daughter sees…
In RPG Theory
Participants: marknau, Le Joueur.

2/21/2003 clehrich: Shadows in the Fog: New Stuff
[size=14px][b]Session Structure[/b][/size] A number of people have suggested that I put in something about session structure, and this is more or less a sketch of the piece to be inserted.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: clehrich, Spooky Fanboy, Le Joueur, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Piers Brown.

2/21/2003 wyrdlyng: FYI: New Distributor for Hero Wars stuff
[b]February 19, 2003: SJ Games To Distribute Issaries Line[/b] Steve Jackson Games will take responsibility for sales and distribution of all Issaries releases, effective immediately. All existing Issaries back stock…
In HeroQuest
Participants: wyrdlyng.

2/21/2003 Paka: Riddle Adventure Trailers
I posted this thing on RPG.net and since the Riddle is on my mind lately many of my adventure seeds have concered this game. A campaign trailer is what I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Paka, arxhon, Drew Stevens, Jake Norwood, Vanguard, Brian Leybourne, Sneaky Git, Bankuei, Wolfen, Morfedel, Kaare Berg, Jasper the Mimbo, Draigh, Mayhem1979, Caz, Ashren Va'Hale.

2/21/2003 reptile2k1: DECAY: Status update?
So how far is DECAY? Can we see some playtesting snippets? Just interested...
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: reptile2k1, Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/21/2003 Cryostorm: Union-TOS: Check This Out, Please
Uh, Hi! My name is Cameron Harsh, and I just found this site two nights ago. I was impressed and thankful to find it. You see since last night when…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cryostorm, quozl, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Harsh Attack, clehrich, Valamir.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: School & Publishing
My admissions officer confirmed with me today that I will begin taking online classes at Devry Univeristy's business school on April 28th. Anything that helps me become a better entrepenuer…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Scorpio, Valamir, Treves, wyrdlyng, Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 Mordacc: Thoughts on d20/DnD
Ok, since im assuming im not the only one who has..."evolved" shal we say, from d20 or DND to TROS, im curious as to your reasons for switching systems. My…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Brian Leybourne, prophet118, Bankuei, Valamir, Mokkurkalfe, cresotko, Mike Holmes, spunky, arxhon, Jim DelRosso, Vanguard, Jake Norwood, Noon, contracycle.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Day jobs for a publisher
What is the best kind of day job for a publisher/business student to be looking for at this time (given that there is essentially no economy in Oregon, where I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, greyorm, Paul Czege, geekspeakweekly, Darklance, Clay, abzu, clehrich, Dav, Chris Passeno.

2/21/2003 b_bankhead: Never Enough Rules:Manifesto of a rules-lite convert
Taken together the two actual rulebooks (PHB &GMG) of 3ED&D are about half the length of Lord of the Ring or Atlas Shrugged. This mind you is for a GAME.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: b_bankhead, M. J. Young, Valamir, Thierry Michel, quozl, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, clehrich.

2/20/2003 Jonathan Walton: Initial Thoughts on Paladin
Hey Clinton et all, Just bought Paladin a couple days ago, planning to use it to run an Engel game at an upcoming con. Anyway, I absolutely love the concepts…
In CRN Games
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Clinton R. Nixon, iago, Paul Czege, Ben Morgan.

2/20/2003 cusidhe: Drought of Refersing Rain
Greetings all, First time poster, long time lurker. I have been followingthe development of four willows weeping's game Refreshing Rain for some time. I have noticed that little has come…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: cusidhe, Shreyas Sampat.

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2/22/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday design log
For the last month, I've been working on a new game entitled The Shadow of Yesterday. I detailed a bit about the setting in this earlier post, but wanted to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Spooky Fanboy, Matt Wilson, Blake Hutchins, Jared A. Sorensen, heldenhammer, szilard, DaGreatJL, ethan_greer, Valamir, Ben Lehman, John Harper, Drifter Bob, rafial.

2/23/2003 cruciel: The FooFoo Factor
The FooFoo Factor is my pet name for measuring how "heroic" a game's system is. I'm primarily talking about the damage system, but rules for things like fear, pain, and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: cruciel, RobMuadib, clehrich, contracycle, Ian Charvill, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Thierry Michel, Marco, b_bankhead, Fletcher, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Bankuei, erithromycin.

2/23/2003 Jon the Bastard: Howdy All. New Guy with Some Martial Stuff Experience
I just love TRoS. If only I could convince the D&D players I game with to let me run a game. Or hell, play a game. TRoS really appeals to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jon the Bastard, Salamander, Spartan.

2/23/2003 krang: DOMINATION - testing
You are the leader of a territory on a post apocalyptic planet. You know your neighbours want your land and to remove you as well as your people from this…
In Connections
Participants: krang.

2/23/2003 Mordacc: Sniper Scopes
WHat would the appropriate adjustment for a primitive sniper score on a crossbow be. This is assuming that it utilizes maybe two crystals that magnify the range. Would making the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mordacc, Mokkurkalfe.

2/24/2003 SleeplessNightsofRPGs: hi, I need some information
Hi, I am a 3.5 + GPA high schooler, and I want to get into the video game world for a job, especially RPGs (Squaresoft is my dream). I would…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SleeplessNightsofRPGs, Dave Panchyk, Kester Pelagius, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

2/24/2003 arxhon: There's no Research Skill description....
I'm looking through the skill section, and i noticed that while Research is listed in the Academic skill packet, and in the list of skills, there is no such skill…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood.

2/24/2003 SleeplessNightsofRPGs: my game: Clash of the Worlds
Hi, I am currently in the process of making a RPG series called "Clash of the Worlds". I am running the first two chapters of "CotW: From Past to Present"…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: SleeplessNightsofRPGs, greyorm, Drew Stevens, Mike Holmes.

2/24/2003 Paka: Turning it Over to the Players (at times)
My Sunday D&D game just hasn't been popping. I have a lovely group, a lovely set of alternate games that feed my other gaming needs. It has occurred to me…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka.

2/24/2003 svenlein: shied walls
One idea i had (untill we get flower of battle): when you have 2 lines of people face off, NOTE; assuming hallways or some other reason to be cramped (like…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: svenlein.

2/24/2003 saint ash: the hosts and animals...
ok my fellow gamers... I have 2 questions for you. what have you done with the hosts in you games? and what have you done with animals? they seem to…
In Key 20 Publishing
Participants: saint ash.

2/24/2003 Durgil: Authentic Thaumaturgy
I went out a few days ago and bought Authentic Thaumaturgy by Isaac Bonewits after it was briefly brought up on a different Forum, and was wondering if anyone else…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Durgil, Stephen, tauman, svenlein, contracycle, Irmo.

2/24/2003 dunlaing: Early Donjon Thoughts and Questions
I recently bought Donjon and think it's very cool. I'm just waiting to actually run it and have lots of fun with it. I did have a couple of questions…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, Zak Arntson, Wulf, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

2/24/2003 Colin Chapman: Feral Kid
Hey, Yeah, I know it's an obvious Role, but one of my players wanted to be the Feral Kid ala Mad Max II. As I worked it up for him,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Colin Chapman, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, hardcoremoose.

2/24/2003 Mike Holmes: The Forge's Reputation on the Line
So over on RPG.Net there's this monumental discussion about how the Origins Award is messed up that turned into a war about the quality of HackMaster. Anyhow, if you look…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Dave Panchyk, C. Edwards, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, clehrich, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Kuma, Jeffrey Miller.

2/24/2003 Kester Pelagius: Holographics: A Possible Future Evolution of Gaming?
Greetings All, While reading the thread on Historical Wargaming I was suddenly struck by a very interesting thought and was wondering what your opinions of it might be. My thought…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Drew Stevens, contracycle, Walt Freitag, Jack Spencer Jr, RobMuadib, greyorm, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2003 dunlaing: There (to the Donjon) and Back
I read the rules for There and Back at http://www.anvilwerks.com/docs/thereandback and thought "these sound cool and would be a very good solution for my Friday night group if I could…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

2/24/2003 contracycle: RPG as set text
I just wanted to canvass opinions on this thought, an approach to sim gaming. It's inspired by my current reading, The Isles: A History, by Norman Davies. Bity of a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: contracycle, clehrich, greyorm.

2/24/2003 Nev the Deranged: Chicagoland area Sorcerers?
Hi there. I'm a recent initiate, who thinks Sorcerer probably kicks a lot of ass but would like to find out firsthand. Is anyone running or thinking about running a…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

2/24/2003 Nev the Deranged: Masks of the Sorcerer
Not long ago I read a good novel by... um... dammit I forget who by and I don't feel like getting the book out of my trunk right now. Anyway,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis.

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