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3/13/2003 Daredevil: Self-Revelation in Role-Playing (or Educational RPGs)
This thread came to my mind after I tied a few danglings threads together. First there was this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5118 which was actually a follow-up to http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=5031 and then this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Daredevil, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, greyorm, Paul Czege, M. J. Young.

3/13/2003 Paul Czege: where do sales come from?
Hey everyone, On the Most popular RPG genre... thread there was some discussion of whether a designer should concern himself with the popular interests of the gamer public. Kirt…
In Publishing
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards.

3/13/2003 Palaskar: Need help reducing handling time in my Signature RPG
The bit about reducing handling time has oddly coincided with my own concerns over my game's own resolution systems handling time. The system is very flexible and comprehenive, but there…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Palaskar, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes.

3/13/2003 Paganini: Charnel Gods - Fell Weapons
Charnel Gods has been bubbling away in the back of my mind for a while, and I got it out again today to have another look. There's one thing I'm…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, Ben Morgan.

3/13/2003 GreatWolf: Alyria downloads
Okay, here are the downloads available for Legends of Alyria, all gathered into one place. Thanks to Jason Blair for providing hosting for these files. Alyria Quick Start rules This…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: GreatWolf, Spooky Fanboy.

3/13/2003 Lugaru: Newbie looking for critizism...
What do you think of this setting? Please tell me if you've seen this done before or executed better. As a note the system Im using is a fast and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lugaru, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Paul Czege, Mark Johnson, Christoffer Lernö, Valamir, Brian Leybourne.

3/13/2003 Tor Erickson: Robin's Laws?
Okay, I did a search on this one and didn't come up with anything... if this has already been discussed, I apologize: Over in Actual Play Ben Morgan made a…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tor Erickson, Johannes, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, jrs, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Wulf, Ben Morgan, woodelf, talysman, clehrich, M. J. Young, Thierry Michel.

3/13/2003 woodelf: social-centric mechanics
Ok, don't shoot me, but this is, loosely speaking, a D20-based discussion. Specifically, for our setting, Ogalepihcra, we want to include 3 complete sets of rules, each designed for a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: woodelf, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Valamir, szilard.

3/13/2003 wyrdlyng: Artwork: Digital vs Traditional
Consider this two questions, one for artists and one for publishers. Firstly, do you a an artist (aside from Greyorm who already responded) work exclusively in digital media? Meaning no…
In Publishing
Participants: wyrdlyng, b_bankhead, Jon H, Drew Baker, philreed, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Scorpio.

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.

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 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.

3/12/2003 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.

3/12/2003 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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3/13/2003 Mike Holmes: Mike's Standard Rant #1: Designers! Know your hobby!
Well, Chris Passeno, recently asked me where Mike's Standard Rant #1 was. I informed him that I had numbered them sorta randomly, and had not gotten around to number one.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Mike Holmes, DaR, wyrdlyng, RobMuadib, Jonathan Walton, Rob Donoghue, Sylus Thane, lumpley, Valamir, clehrich, cruciel, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, M. J. Young, Kester Pelagius, efindel, Bankuei, Pramas, Stuart DJ Purdie, rdl, Andy Kitkowski, Bruce Baugh, szilard, J. Backman.

3/14/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Permanent possessions at character creation?
I'm sure I read somewhere in the book that you don't start with any; one friend says you start with one weapon -or- armor, plus a miscellanous, and another says…
In CRN Games
Participants: anonymouse, Ben Morgan, Chris Kucsera, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/14/2003 Jon the Bastard: New unified skill system
Let me just say that I love TRoS. That is right off the bat. But it's big weakness is that it was obviously made as a combat game first, and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jon the Bastard, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Mokkurkalfe, Paka, MrGeneHa, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jaeger, Spartan, szilard, Durgil, Brian Leybourne.

3/14/2003 iago: So you have something you want to sell...
Where do you go from there? I see that Clinton has recommended PayPal, and RPGNow has certainly gotten some press in past posts. Which method have you (or would you)…
In Publishing
Participants: iago, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Jeph, Valamir, Clay, rpghost.

3/14/2003 Jake Norwood: OBAM Press Release
[b]Of Beasts and Men,[/b] our first supplement, was officially announced today in a press release that can be found in a way-too-big download (5M MB, for resolution) [url=http://www.theriddleofsteel.net/riddlefiles/PR-OBAM.pdf]here[/url]. The release…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Wolfen, arxhon, Mainboard, Jürgen Mayer, Sneaky Git, Rattlehead, Furious D, Bladesinger, Draigh, r_callen221, deltadave, Darth Tang, Durgil, Claymore, kanseg, kenjib, Valamir, Shadeling, Morfedel, turgon, Chris Passeno, Salamander.

3/14/2003 signoftheserpent: old characters
does anyone know characters such as sherlock holmes are still under copyright. if i wanted to include them in an opriginal rpg what would i have to do. interestingly, while…
In Publishing
Participants: signoftheserpent, Lugaru, Psycho42, Le Joueur, Eric Kimball, talysman.

3/14/2003 Paganini: Realizing Charnel Gods
[i]Ack! I had a whole bunch typed up, and my computer crashed. Time for the short short version.[/i] The myths are all reall. Evidence: the Carion Fields and the Fell…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paganini, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, b_bankhead, hardcoremoose.

3/14/2003 jburneko: Questions About How To Read The Descriptions of Demon Powers
Okay, so in another thread Ron wrote this: "Consider Perception, Transport, and Psychic Force, and you can actually bring people, unwillingly, to yourself from afar, striking them unconscious." This is…
In Adept Press
Participants: jburneko, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Bankuei, Tor Erickson, Bailywolf, Jeffrey Straszheim.

3/14/2003 Matt Wilson: FYI: GenCon Hotel
In choosing to buy my GenCon pass via the Forge, I painted myself into sort of a corner, as GenCon hotels are only available via the registration site. However, I…
In Connections
Participants: Matt Wilson.

3/14/2003 WildElf: Sorcerer at Orccon - followup
Sorry, to dredge up an old topic, but how did the Con game on Friday go? I tried to get into the Saturday game, but it looks like it must…
In Actual Play
Participants: WildElf, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Noble, Valamir, Christopher Kubasik, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

3/14/2003 Pyske: Campaign Assistance: Tears of the Prophet [LONG]
I am presently working on a new campaign for TRoS (albeit with a variant magic system), and would love any input and suggestions you folks have to offer. Premise: The…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Pyske, Bankuei.

3/14/2003 xechnao: 2 PM email notifications but only 1 message.
Yes, that's right. Today I ' ve got in my email inbox 2 "PM has arrived" notifications from the forge. But only one PM was in my inbox folder over…
In Site Discussion
Participants: xechnao, Walt Freitag.

3/14/2003 Dotan Dimet: Two Hour Demo Games? How? Explain!
I've seen posts here about demo games and cons with two-hour long slots, and since my only experience is with the standard 4-hours-dragging-on-to-6 convention rounds, I'd really like to hear…
In Actual Play
Participants: Dotan Dimet, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Jake Norwood, jdagna.

3/14/2003 Kester Pelagius: How much would you want to know?
Greetings All, Say someone was working on a minigame that was a melding of Ptolemaic and Medieval cosmology ala Spelljammer, but that this project was not directly based off of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Sylus Thane, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, M. J. Young, Le Joueur, Jack Spencer Jr.

3/15/2003 deltadave: Spirit points?
TRoS Pg 66 refers to Spirit points and promises to explain them below then never does. Are spirit points the same as Insight?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: deltadave, arxhon.

3/15/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Yggdrasil thoughts
I was thinking of waking up Yggdrasil again. I still don't have my original notes, so I'll work from what I remember. Maybe it's a good thing. After all I'd…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, greyorm, Bob McNamee, Shreyas Sampat, Lugaru, Le Joueur, talysman, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Tar Markvar, Peregrine.

3/15/2003 Jaeger: 8 stats vs. 10
In the time honored tradition of second guessing the game designer. (A favorite pastime of players who have never, and will never, design a rpg themselves). I had the following…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jaeger, Mokkurkalfe, Wolfen, arxhon, MrGeneHa, Michael Tree, Brian Leybourne.

3/15/2003 philreed: The Whispering Vault
As many of you probably already know, Christopher Shy and I recently purchased this property. I've always been a fan of the game and I'm excited about the chance to…
In Publishing
Participants: philreed, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/15/2003 Dotan Dimet: The Forge dialectic - how do I boil this down?
Hi, The community wherin I operate (organized Israeli gamerdom) has a strong simulationist-illusionist attitude. They've read the books, they believe in The Impossible Thing Before Breakfast, Deep Roleplay and GM-as-Storyteller…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Dotan Dimet, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Bankuei, Marco, Mike Holmes, Emily Care.

3/15/2003 Allan: Frontier discussion (split)
Hey Sy, I just find the name G.O.D. distracting. It doesn't seem to relate to your setting (which is pantheistic, so there are gods in the game, and a GOD…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Allan, Demonspahn, Ron Edwards, Sylus Thane.

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