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3/31/2003 [FHE]dave: Fey Statistic
hello, I'm new to TROS and next week we have our first gaming session with chargeneration. So I'd like to know a thing: I want to play a Fey; what…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: [FHE]dave, Wolfen, Valamir, Shadeling.

3/31/2003 anonymouse: [Donjon] Setting: Hyrule.
Been playing a lot of Wind Waker recently, so a Donjon-themed Link was on my mind. As a variant, it'd be interesting to turn an Attributes dial and use -…
In CRN Games
Participants: anonymouse, greyorm, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes.

3/31/2003 taalyn: Aisling - mechanic review, please? <LONG>
Hey all, Here's my writeup for the Aisling mechanic. Would anyone be willing to critique it? How To Do It Whenever a charactert attempts an action whose outcome is significant…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Wolfen, greyorm.

3/31/2003 RamblingMan: Dice Less Task Resolution
I was just wondering what sorts of things people may have tried for resolving tasks without using as many dice as needed. I don't have very many dice, or an…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, anonymouse, Mike Holmes, quozl, Scripty, Dev.

3/31/2003 Dr O: Universalis site down
Hi All, I don't really know where to put this but it is somewhat related to publishing . . . The Universalis website is down, and has been down for…
In Publishing
Participants: Dr O, Valamir.

3/30/2003 Brian Leybourne: Actual Play: A Social Experiment...
A couple of my players couldn't make it to yesterdays game, so I decided to try a bit of a "social experiment" with the 3 who made it. My goals…
In Actual Play
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, arxhon.

3/30/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Storyteller Heartbreakers
This idea recently occured to me. I'll see if I can express it properly. With the fantasy heartbreaker articles, there has been some discussion over whether there are other types…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Lugaru, ThreeGee, Paganini, Rob MacDougall, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, cruciel, greyorm, szilard, Valamir, Paul Czege, Blake Hutchins, John Kim.

3/30/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Randomized Character Creation: a good thing for beginners?
It was a long time since I GM:ed a total beginner, and a solo adventure at that. I was running a really old Swedish RPG which had a lot of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Mark Johnson, Jack Spencer Jr, Lugaru, ThreeGee, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2003 JamesDJIII: Sorcerer by Gaslight!, Part 2
An actual transcript of actual play. Things get ugly. http://thejeffers.dyndns.org/~jjeffers/Games/Sorcerer/Gaslight/ Enjoy!
In Actual Play
Participants: JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2003 Sneaky Git: The Fate of the Fey
I can't remember which thread it was, but it got me thinking... I went back to the rulebook, flipped through, and then re-read the section detailing the Fey and the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sneaky Git, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Amy1419, Ashren Va'Hale, Shadeling, PAD the MAD.

3/30/2003 taalyn: Rulebook outline?
I've been collecting together my Aisling notes, and have sat down to actually write out the rulebook. I've run into a problem: I'm rather vague on how to arrange things!…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Shreyas Sampat, brainwipe, JSDiamond.

3/30/2003 Sneaky Git: Explaining Sorcery in Game Terms
I know that there has been a ton of talk about how magic works, how to make speels, and whatnot... And I know that the rules suggest that "as a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sneaky Git, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen.

3/29/2003 Matt Wilson: Playtesting strategy
I'm currently playtesting a game, and I wondered if anyone has any thoughts on strategy based on experience or otherwise. I've been taking the laboratory approach of focusing on one…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Marco, Bruce Baugh, Walt Freitag, Sylus Thane, Othyem, Valamir, M. J. Young.

3/29/2003 Jonathan Walton: In Search of a Metagame
So, mechanically, Storypunk is almost finished (though some playtesting still needs to happen, and then I have to sit down and write the damn thing), and I was discussing a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Spooky Fanboy, szilard, RobMuadib, deadpanbob.

3/29/2003 Jonathan Walton: Narratology & Roleplaying
I was in the college library doing some research for Storypunk when I stumbled across the academic discipline of narratology. I suppose I was vaguely aware that it existed, but…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Johannes, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/29/2003 talysman: Gamist/Narrativist hybrid: possible or impossible?
I thought I'd throw out some thoughts/questions that have been churning in my mind for a while and see what other people concluded. a lot of these questions have surfaced…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: talysman, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

3/29/2003 xig: introduction & thank you
I just want to say hello, and to thank The Forge, Ron and Clinton for setting up this forum. I also want to thank everyone who likes, bought, or supports…
In XIG Games
Participants: xig, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, rafial, Jürgen Mayer.

3/28/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH in my hands!
I've waited almost 17 years for today. You see, today marks the day when I first held a full-fledged, honest to gosh published RPG that I designed (or helped design)…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, gunsel.

3/28/2003 Bruce Baugh: Preliminary thoughts: Real Souls In A Fake World
Szilard's comments about magical difficulty based on plot significance went pinging around my skull and brought together some stray elements. Let's see... This game is about characters who discover that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Bruce Baugh, Shadeling.

3/28/2003 taalyn: Scott Knipe's Wyrd
Does anyone have a copy? Was it free, so you could forward a copy to me? Or is anyone willing to tell me about it? It no longer has a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, hardcoremoose, James V. West, Jere, szilard.

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3/31/2003 prophet118: Combat..
i like the system... really i do... im just thiking about what i can do to stream line things a bit more... (note, that doesnt mean making anything d20 based..lol)...…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: prophet118, Valamir, Alan, Mokkurkalfe, Shadeling, Amy1419, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss, Noon, spunky.

3/31/2003 cruciel: Rules-lite = story? (split from Storyteller Heartbreakers)
[quote="Jack Spencer Jr"]Or basically games that claim a focus on story yet have little if anything in their system to fascilitate the creation of a story.[/quote] I don't get it.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: cruciel, Jack Spencer Jr, Paganini, Lugaru, Valamir, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Matt.

3/31/2003 Spooky Fanboy: So, how's it going?
Saw the new web page, looks nicely organized. Definitely gets the feel of the game across. How's the game itself coming along?
In Orbit
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, JSDiamond.

3/31/2003 Paganini: Horror Games
So we're playing SQUEAM again over at Indie Net-gaming. So far it's going real well, I learned a lot about how to use it in the last game we did…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Paganini, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, hardcoremoose, Christoffer Lernö, talysman, dragongrace, Bob McNamee, M. J. Young.

3/31/2003 Eamon Voss: TROS black powder guns?
Matchlocks and wheellocks. Any stats for those handy? What about the damage tables? Will this be in the Flower of Battle?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, Shadeling, Thor Olavsrud, murazor, Valamir, Nick Pagnucco, Sneaky Git, Mike Holmes, arxhon.

3/31/2003 Matt Wilson: the order of story elements
This is half baked, but I thought I'd serve it up for thought. There's different orders of resolving fortune, like FitM and so on. What about moving other pieces of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Paul Czege.

3/31/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Riptide--where did it go?
Just curious: Did this get put on the back burner? Or did it get put away more permenantly? I remember it being mentioned, and discussed on this list, then it…
In CRN Games
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/31/2003 Thor Olavsrud: First tRoS Session -- A Diabolical Scheme
So I ran tRoS for the first time last night, and I hate to sound like a broken record but SAs rock! We decided to play a one-shot because one…
In Actual Play
Participants: Thor Olavsrud.

3/31/2003 Hannu Hurme: Inspiration: let's break some eggs
Hi all! First let me introduce myself, my name is Hannu Hurme and I’m from Finland. I’ve been lurking here, on and off for some time now and I’ve found…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Hannu Hurme, Spooky Fanboy, Brian Leybourne, Mark Johnson, Jonathan Walton, Shreyas Sampat, ScottM.

3/31/2003 RamblingMan: Magic: Buffing Spells
Has anyone had characters that used "buffing" spells? Like, spells that add to their strength? Or create effective strength (like Telekinesis)? I'm trying to figure out a way to represent…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, Chris Kucsera, anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/31/2003 bladamson: Mirima Tyalie core system
Hi. We've been working on a system for a few months. It's almost finished, and I was hoping we might be able to get some constructive criticism on the game.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: bladamson, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, Kester Pelagius, ThreeGee, Mark Johnson, greyorm, Garbanzo, Valamir, Thomas Tamblyn.

3/31/2003 Ron Edwards: Local forum policy questions
Hi Jake, Seems as if some concerns have arisen regarding TROS forum policies. Since, as Shadeling rightly points out, all moderation here is yours, and since this forum is the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

3/31/2003 Simon W: DisasterQuakeFireFlood
Disaster movies are a poular draw at the cinema. Role-playing games often try to emulate the movies. However, I am not sure that I have seen any disaster based role-playing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Simon W, Shreyas Sampat, talysman, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Maurice Forrester.

3/31/2003 Brian Leybourne: Forge Software capabilities?
Is there any way to set up my account (or the Forge itself) so that every time I visit a thread, it resets the "new since last login" for that…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Brian Leybourne, Clinton R. Nixon, Stuart DJ Purdie.

3/31/2003 Bleys: Experience Freelance Illustrator
Hello! My name is A. Bleys Ingram, and I am an experienced freelance illustrator who is always in the market to work on cool RPGs. I generally do fairly stark…
In Connections
Participants: Bleys, Valamir, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

4/1/2003 Rekar: Mechanics
I am currently throwing around ideas for a future based RPG. It will not contain any classes, but skills that would be part of a class. This eliminates the fustration…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Rekar, Mark Johnson, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/1/2003 taalyn: Difficulty levels
How do you folks determine difficulties? How do you decide what's a reasonable difficulty for any given task? Do you use probabilities at all, i.e. figure out what the average…
In RPG Theory
Participants: taalyn, Mark Johnson, bladamson, Wolfen, RobMuadib, Thomas Tamblyn, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh.

4/1/2003 ethan_greer: Forge Bookshelf
Hi there, site admins. Why isn't there a link to the Forge Bookshelf from the Forge? It's my feeling there should be. Just a thought... P.S. If it does exist…
In Site Discussion
Participants: ethan_greer.

4/1/2003 Jonathan Walton: Microfiction-Style Roleplaying
Hopefully, most of you are familiar with the relatively recent writing form known as "microfiction." I don't mean the stuff that's just really brief short stories, but the stuff that's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jonathan Walton, Jack Spencer Jr, Stuart DJ Purdie, szilard, Bob McNamee, ScottM, talysman, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Ron Edwards, ThreeGee.

4/1/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CAH for Slayers?
I'll know more when I have access to the book again (it's a long story, involviong moving, an overzealous housecleaning and a massive collapse of an entire book collection stacked…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Spooky Fanboy, Eddy Fate, Wulf, Slant, Derek Devlin.

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