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3/12/2003 Aleolus: HELP!!
I am planing on making my own RPG, based on Warcraft III, and need some help. If you think you can be of help, please let me know by either…
In Connections
Participants: Aleolus.

3/12/2003 ThreeGee: Slayer mechanics question
Hey all, I am revising Slayer of Dragon RPG with the intention of finishing it in the for-real, no-kidding sort of way. After six years, the mechanics are showing their…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ThreeGee, szilard, Christoffer Lernö, Mike Holmes.

3/11/2003 Bailywolf: Onion interview with Cronenberg
The Onion online's AV section has an interview with body-horror master Cronenberg... since he is so figural to Schism, I figured I'd provide a link where it would do the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Bailywolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Spooky Fanboy, Ron Edwards.

3/11/2003 JamesDJIII: Co-GMing
Just to put my $0.02 in: I used to play with a group in which I was the youngest and newest player. All previous RPG experiences were pretty good, but…
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Simon W, arxhon, Ben Morgan, Dr O.

3/11/2003 xechnao: Need some critics over my new project
I want to present you the setting I am creating and have you tell me what you think about it. This setting is intended for playing games.Here is the deal:…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: xechnao, Jasper, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, richks, Ron Edwards, Valamir, dragongrace, greyorm, Palaskar.

3/11/2003 Ron Edwards: Back to The Ring
Hi there, This is a follow-up to the ... when you see the RING thread, as I've finally seen the movie. I haven't seen the original version or anything else…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, rmansperger.

3/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When your manuscript is too short
I came up with a manuscript for the Ghost Tamer Miyaki sourcebook for HeartQuest, and have run into two problems. The first is that it's short -- about 25,000 words.…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xiombarg, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Adam, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Jeph.

3/11/2003 Paganini: [Indie-netgaming Elfs] Lord of the Rings
We played Elfs. Lord of the Rings. That's all I'm gonna say. Transcript is here. Read it. Unless you're faint-hearted. Especially Ron. Remember those predictions about Granny the Green? ;)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Paganini, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Ace, C. Edwards, Walt Freitag, efindel, James V. West.

3/11/2003 Stuart DJ Purdie: Unknown Armies in Kilts
With the start of a new game, I thought I'd take the opertunity to introduce a new concept to the group - namely the group chracter gen session. Previously the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Stuart DJ Purdie, Ian Charvill, Paul Czege.

3/11/2003 Bankuei: Choke up and reverse grip...
Just got back from some serious training, and two pretty common manuevers came to mind... Choke up(if someone's got a better name, please suggest...) Used for stuff like staves, spears,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bankuei, Shadeling, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Enoch.

3/11/2003 Zak Arntson: Donjon Pak B1 - Monster Stat Calculation
I've got a question on how you determined your monster stats. As an example, the Dragon Wizard. It's an 11th level creature, so it should get 15 + (5/level) points…
In CRN Games
Participants: Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna, Bob McNamee, John Harper, TAROT, Matt Wilson.

3/10/2003 Paka: Overbrewing the Homebrew World
I am most certainly a GM who is a frustrated writer and enjoys creating worlds in order to creatively stretch my toes in the sand. However, I find that the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paka, Jack Spencer Jr, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Paganini.

3/10/2003 timczar: The Pool/Puddle with different genres
I haven't read through all the posts concerning the Pool and it's variants, but I'm curious what genres it's been used in successfully, and if it's really tanked when using…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: timczar, Bob McNamee, Cassidy, James V. West.

3/10/2003 clehrich: Bug or Feature?
One odd thing seems to be happening since the Forge web revision. At least for me, when I close the browser and go do something else for a bit, every…
In Site Discussion
Participants: clehrich, ThreeGee, Le Joueur, M. J. Young, JMendes, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/10/2003 Clay: Some lessons for Internet Publishing
I just put a new article up at Lazarus Notes that I think is directly relevant to people publishing on the Internet. The article, "How Not to Publish a Product,"…
In Connections
Participants: Clay, Marco.

3/10/2003 Jason L Blair: Looking for info on the following games
Can someone hook me up with some info on "My Life With Master" and "Ghost Light?" A link or something would be great. I see on the review page that…
In Connections
Participants: Jason L Blair, Paul Czege, GraveyardGreg.

3/10/2003 ace pilot: Size of the RPG Market?
Hey All, Does anyone have any idea about the size of the RPG market? Guessing conservatively, I would say based on my own experience that RPG players constitute about 0.1%…
In Publishing
Participants: ace pilot, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Pramas, b_bankhead.

3/10/2003 Le Joueur: Setting, Information, and Suspense Don't Matter* [long]
We had an epiphany last night. My wife and I were gearing up for yet another one-on-one game and there was some confusion over a discussion of such from the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Le Joueur, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Sylus Thane, ThreeGee.

3/10/2003 Ryuuko: TROS Issues!
Ok I have found one bad thing about TROS! Whenever I go to play any other roleplaying games now I start comparing it to TROS and ALL of them fall…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ryuuko, Paka, Salamander, Mike Holmes, Tancred, Vanguard, Shadeling, Wolfen, Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Durgil, Noon, arxhon, Jon the Bastard.

3/10/2003 Wulf: Getting the Sorcery urge
I've finally decided what sort of Sorcerer game I want to play, and I want to use this opportunity to think the idea out loud and get some responses and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Wulf, Mike Holmes, jburneko, szilard, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, joshua neff, greyorm, clehrich, dunlaing, Valamir.

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3/12/2003 arkcure: EU States: Writers Block
I Have recently come across a bad case of writer's block and can't seem to get through it. I have finished my backstory, my histories, my timelines, various characters (although…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: arkcure, clehrich, Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards, bibbouk.

3/12/2003 Paka: Universalis World Building
Has anyone ever built a world with a a copy of Universalis, some tokens and a blank map? Ideas, suggestions, thoughts?
In Universalis
Participants: Paka, Mike Holmes.

3/12/2003 Alan: Challenges: cost up front or afterward
Hi all, In a recent game, we ran into a question about Challenges. Here's the scenario: The acting player declares something. Another player challenges immediately. The Question: has the acting…
In Universalis
Participants: Alan, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

3/12/2003 Jake Norwood: Layouts
Okay...so I'm working on OBAM layouts right now, getting things finalized. Some people aren't happy with the core TROS layout, and so I want to know what you all think…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Chris Passeno, sirjaguar, Shadeling, Bankuei, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, arxhon, Noon.

3/12/2003 rafial: Group Traits & Master Components
I've been studying the example at the bottom of page 70/top of page 71 in the rule book, which shows two shock troopers (which draw from a master component), which…
In Universalis
Participants: rafial, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/12/2003 Johannes: Access to the inner world of characters
The inner world (knowledge, desires, fears, moral etc.) of characters plays crucial role in most litterature. In litterature the reader is often given access to these inner worlds by some…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Johannes, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, clehrich, Ian Charvill, talysman, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/12/2003 Spooky Fanboy: More Decay info...
RE: Decay Since I've read the thread again, and I still can't figure out quite what it's all about, could you, now that it's near completion, give us an expanded…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

3/12/2003 dunlaing: Dardanet vs. Otamarluk: huh?
I was reading the Weyrth chapter and settled on Dardanet. It sounded like an interesting place for a campaign, what with the religious tensions and the threat of Otamarluk. I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: dunlaing, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, contracycle, Mike Holmes, MrGeneHa, Valamir, Wolfen.

3/12/2003 WRPIgeek: cross-promotion idea for small games
Hi there everyone. I work with (or, more accurately, I am) Valent Games, and I'm going to be at ConBust at Smith College and OurCon at UMass Amherst next month.…
In Connections
Participants: WRPIgeek, ThreeGee, brainwipe.

3/12/2003 wyrdlyng: Corel Procreate Painter
I've heard bits and pieces about this piece of software but never anything solid. Since I'm an art student now I can qualify to pick this software up at a…
In Connections
Participants: wyrdlyng, Drew Baker, Trevis Martin, laine, J. Backman, Bob McNamee.

3/12/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: weird bug?
I am currently experiencing a weird bug. I'm not sure how to describe it, so I'll have to do a play by play. I come to the site, and see…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, iago.

3/12/2003 Ron Edwards: You'd tell the retailer ...
Hi there, I'm looking for constructive suggestions for what you think a game-store retailer ought to know about Sorcerer. Blurbs are best - one or two lines. Remember, these guys…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, dunlaing, GreatWolf, Sidhain, Gordon C. Landis, jburneko, Paul Czege, szilard, Le Joueur, Bankuei, M. J. Young, Wulf, Spooky Fanboy, Christopher Kubasik.

3/12/2003 Airshipjones: Show don't tell?
So, how do we reconcile the old writers adage of 'show don't tell' with the basic RPG idea that we are often describing our characters actions? I find that much…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Airshipjones, ThreeGee, Ron Edwards, Nathaniel, Walt Freitag, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr, Johannes, Marco, epweissengruber, clehrich, M. J. Young, Tim C Koppang, efindel, erithromycin, quozl.

3/12/2003 jburneko: Birthroot Ending
Okay, so I've finally seen the Birthroot ending. In a word: "GAH!" What is that; somekind of freaky Trollbabe-Sorcerer cross-over ending? That was definitely the best story and most certainly…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

3/12/2003 Ron Edwards: Moderation issue - open discussion
Hello, Today, I moderated a thread in the Indie Design forum, EU States: Writers Block, which has turned into a difficult moderation problem. I don't plan to lock the thread.…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Paganini, iago, lumpley, clehrich, Bankuei, Jack Spencer Jr, ethan_greer, Piratecat, Clay, Tar Markvar, Mytholder, Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, cruciel, Marco, M. J. Young.

3/12/2003 Brian Leybourne: Actual Play: The Spin System
This is an actual play report for The Spin System. It's a bit long, sorry about that. I'm going to start with the "story" of the session, and then follow…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Jeph, Mike Holmes.

3/12/2003 Nathaniel: Intro and Rewards Discussion
Hello all. Name's Nathan. I've read all the articles in the articles section and a good number of the recent posts and figured I'd have at it and post my…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Nathaniel, iago, ThreeGee, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, szilard.

3/13/2003 stingray20166: Current link for Swashbuckler?
OK, I know the review was done in 1999 -- I'm a little late to the party! Anyway, the link for Swashbuckler is 404 and darn it, I'd like a…
In Site Discussion
Participants: stingray20166.

3/13/2003 arxhon: Character Generation Quick Reference Package
Hey everybody, I have completed an 8 page character generation and quick reference package that includes everything a player would need to put together a character. Here is a detailed…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: arxhon, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Noon, Wolfen, Shadeling, Mokkurkalfe, jllama.

3/13/2003 Noon: Still not sure about shields
I did a search for shields, couldn't find more info, so... I'm not sure what benefits larger shields give. Bucklers and medium round shields are different, but heaters and kite…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Noon, Durgil, MrGeneHa, Sneaky Git, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Ashren Va'Hale, Jaeger, Brian Leybourne, contracycle.

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