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4/1/2003 Nathan: New EAK Site: EAK Revised Is Imminent (Seriously)
Howdy, The new site is up, although I will still be adding and modifying things for the next couple of days. When EAK revised is ready (which it already sort…
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Nathan.

4/1/2003 Green: creating a game about "real" fae?
I've been a fan of Storyteller games for a while, and recently I've been deeply interested in modern fantasy. After reading Emma Bull's War for the Oaks and Terry Pratchett's…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Green, Sidhain, John Kim, taalyn, clehrich.

4/1/2003 szilard: User profiles
I don't know how easy (or desireable) this would be, but would it be possible to expand the user profiles to include "Games Designed" and/or "Current Projects" blurbs? Would this…
In Site Discussion
Participants: szilard, Jack Spencer Jr, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/1/2003 Eddy Fate: Online Ordering!
I'm sure Cindi will put up a full announcement (since I'm not an administrator, I can't), but online ordering is active! Here's the direct link to buy it online: http://www.shadowfist.com/html/store_CAH.htm
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate, Shadeling, Valamir, The Spoken Name.

4/1/2003 deltadave: TRoS combat
What is the rationale for using the weapon to determine the attack TN as opposed to using an AC type system? As an example, in my (heavily modified) D20 game…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: deltadave, Eamon Voss, Sneaky Git, Mokkurkalfe, prophet118, Valamir, Ashren Va'Hale, Thor Olavsrud.

4/1/2003 Matt Wilson: The Shadow of Yesterday
Never mind that my character spent a good half hour of the game wearing only a shirt. And never mind that during that time he was bitten in the nether…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, rafial.

4/1/2003 Eamon Voss: A few questions about TROS
I picked up the full version of the game on sunday. So far I think it great! I am planning to run a test game set in 'Generica', a French…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, Ryuuko, Mokkurkalfe, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Noon.

4/1/2003 Thierry Michel: Character Generation and Literary Portrait
I'm aware of a few systems (for instance HeroWars or the Pool) that allow players to write a short portrait of their character and use it to derive traits and…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Thierry Michel, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Paganini, Bruce Baugh, Mike Holmes, szilard, M. J. Young, bladamson.

4/1/2003 Ziggy: 1001.indie-rpgs.com
-none of the links are working. Just a note, Ziggy
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ziggy, Jonathan Walton.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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4/2/2003 Grex: CAH dead tree edition spotted in Copenhagen!
Hi Cynthia, I just thought I'd inform you that CAH has made it to Copenhagen, Denmark -- this afternoon I walked into my FLGS and spotted it on the 'new…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Grex, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/2/2003 Christoffer Lernö: Agonizing over margin-based effects
I keep coming back to writing good rules for "limits" to narration based on fighting margin. One method would simply be to have a list over moves allowed for every…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Thomas Tamblyn, Sidhain, Valamir.

4/2/2003 redcrow: Applying Modifiers
Recently while writing up some situational modifiers for combat and difficulty levels for skills I came up with a bit of a conundrum. Is it better for a modifier to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: redcrow, Bruce Baugh, szilard, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Jason Kottler, M. J. Young.

4/2/2003 GameAddict224: Here is a good RPG
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630
In RPG Theory
Participants: GameAddict224, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2003 GameAddict224: Is this Indie?
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630
In Indie Game Design
Participants: GameAddict224, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2003 GameAddict224: Be a Gangster
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630
In Actual Play
Participants: GameAddict224, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2003 GameAddict224: Anyone want to join my crew?
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630 http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630 http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630 http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=101630 Awesome game if you like RPG's
In Connections
Participants: GameAddict224, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

4/2/2003 Eamon Voss: More questions from a newbie
Last night we made up characters for tomorrow night's playtest in the fictional European fief of 'Generica'. And we noticed that to have full plate armor, including the helm, causes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Eamon Voss, Thor Olavsrud, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Dave Turner, Wolfen.

4/2/2003 Zak Arntson: Deplorable - Source Material
While Deplorable concentrates on a Victorian society and the literature of the late 1800's, I am looking for any material that depicts the themes in Deplorable. You can read the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Zak Arntson, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, redcrow, kregmosier, iago, b_bankhead, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, simon, simon_hibbs, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/2/2003 Green: ideas for working title
The story-based RPG I've created, Kathanaksaya, is going through its next revision phase. For the most part, it is cleaning up the text, making it clearer and more precise. In…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Green, Paul Czege, ethan_greer, Thomas Tamblyn, iago, Rich Stokes, RobMuadib, Shreyas Sampat.

4/2/2003 RamblingMan: [Donjon] Animal Companions
Any thoughts on how to make an ability to get animal companions, without being overpowered? I'd like to have a way to use abilities like this, but not sure how…
In CRN Games
Participants: RamblingMan, Mike Holmes, b_bankhead, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/2/2003 Jürgen Mayer: Starchildren supplements?
Now that you're here, you gotta spill the beans... what is the future of Rock'n'Roll & Starchildren?
In XIG Games
Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Rich Ranallo.

4/2/2003 Sindyr: Is the "Great Impossible Thing" truly impossible?
I have a question about a phrase I have recently been exposed to. Let me repeat the phrase in context: "All of these games are based on The Great Impossible…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sindyr, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, DaGreatJL, Paganini, M. J. Young, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Bruce Baugh, Marco, John Kim, bladamson.

4/2/2003 dunlaing: Problem with Shadow of Yesterday
ok, so it's a really small problem, but Nutria aren't " the largest of the rodents", Capybara are. Nutria are nearly as large as a beaver.
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, Mike Holmes, ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/2/2003 Ron Edwards: SJG and independence (reply to Jason Kottler)
Hello, In the thread Applying modifiers, Jason Kottler asked this question, which belongs in this forum. Completely off topic: If the definition of indie around here is "Creator Owned", does…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon.

4/3/2003 arxhon: Finally played The Riddle of Steel: demo session
Actually i played on monday night, but have been too busy to post until now. The setup: I only managed to round up two players for the game, which makes…
In Actual Play
Participants: arxhon, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

4/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: On to my second copy
Well, I had to do it. I couldn't find my copy anywhere, so i ordered a second copy of the Dead Tree Edition from Z-Man games, paying full price. The…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, The Spoken Name, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Jason L Blair.

4/3/2003 DaGreatJL: Cheezy Cracksmoking
Something I've noticed y'all like to do a lot/ have done a lot in the past is dissect popular terms and ideas in gaming. Therfore, I'm going to through one…
In RPG Theory
Participants: DaGreatJL, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Bruce Baugh, ThreeGee, Ben Morgan, Jack Spencer Jr, John Kim, Othyem, deadpanbob.

4/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: 100% Subjective Character Creation
I was wondering if anyone can recall a game in which charatcers were created using neither dice nor points. How would someone make that work?
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, RpgAlexWyld, Alan, Mark Johnson, b_bankhead, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, The_Confessor, M. J. Young.

4/3/2003 anonymouse: [Paladin] Legacy: a Vagrant Story
So, here's the setting my sibling and I are going to be playing Paladin in. It's based on the Playstation game Vagrant Story, which we're both extraordinarly fond of. There…
In CRN Games
Participants: anonymouse, Clinton R. Nixon, Blake Hutchins.

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