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3/19/2003 dunlaing: armor chart
Is there a chart somewhere of what specific locations armor does and does not cover, or are you just supposed to rule by *gasp* common sense? By specific locations, I…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: dunlaing, Brian Leybourne, Salamander.

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.

3/6/2003 dunlaing: Broadening Abilities
I've seen a lot of posts about magic being over-powered, but I didn't find it to be so in my own game. I did find it to be quite versatile,…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, anonymouse, jdagna, Wulf, Mike Holmes.

2/27/2003 dunlaing: First Donjon Game
I ran a game of Donjon last night for my Wednesday night group, which is taking a break from Amber. Amber was the Town for this adventure, although it was…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/25/2003 dunlaing: Questions about Hero Wars/Quest
When my group played Hero Wars (soon after it came out) we had a lot of fun with it and a few issues. Mostly fun. I'm wondering if anyone else…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand.

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 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.

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5/2/2003 dunlaing: HeroQuest weapons and armor
I heard a rumor that in HeroQuest, Edges will go the way of the dodo.* This led me to wondering how weapons and armor would be represented in HeroQuest, since…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Ian Cooper, Mike Holmes, Palashee, Peter Nordstrand.

5/14/2003 dunlaing: Level of Opposition
If a party of starting level characters (17 to 5W in the appropriate abilities) are all going to have to perform a contest against one opposition, how high should the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, epweissengruber, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, MrWrong.

5/21/2003 dunlaing: Question on Shamans in HeroQuest
Does anyone know how they've changed Shamans in HeroQuest? For the detailed tradition in the Imperial Lunar Handbook, awakening one's fetch is the Secret of that tradition (and thus unavailable…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Nick Brooke, Mark Galeotti, Ian Cooper.

5/28/2003 dunlaing: It's available for pre-order now
http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?ISS1001
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Ian Cooper, simondale, Bankuei, Valamir, Magnus widqvist.

8/19/2003 dunlaing: Usefulness (or uselessness) of Sample Heroes
As Peter requested, I made this a seperate thread. I took the title from his post, I don't mean to imply that I think they're useless. I found the sample…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Nick Brooke, Bankuei, Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins.

8/22/2003 dunlaing: HeroQuest Character Creation
My group would like to start up a game of HeroQuest as soon as possible. Does anyone here know how character generation works in HeroQuest? I'm just talking about from…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Mark Galeotti, Peter Nordstrand.

8/22/2003 dunlaing: My order just shipped
According to the Warehouse23 order status page, my copy shipped on August 22nd! Yay!
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing.

10/31/2003 dunlaing: Gamma World HQ
It sounds like Gamma World D20 is bad (seperate from the "D20" part even). What would Gamma World HQ look like? Would you define Homeland keywords? Would there need to…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, Scripty, RaconteurX, Mike Holmes.

11/20/2003 dunlaing: What should I do this week?
My players are playing a bunch of monster race characters. One of them has an order of priests* that he's feuding with. I decided that they had hired a sorcerer/demon…
In HeroQuest
Participants: dunlaing, pete_darby, simondale, Mike Holmes.

12/17/2003 dunlaing: Some Trollbabe Questions
I had been somewhat skeptical of Trollbabe for quite some time, owing to the Troll part and the Babe part of the title. My friend Jim (he goes by Supplanter…
In Adept Press
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Supplanter, rafial.

12/22/2003 dunlaing: HeroQuest -> Donjon
I realize this may be crazy, but I'm considering converting a HeroQuest campaign into a Donjon campaign. I was thinking of doing something like this for the Spirit Magic Practitioners…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Catalyst.

1/8/2004 dunlaing: Shapechanging in Donjon
I have a player that wants the Supporting Ability "Shapechange Self." He wants it to work in such a way that if he rolls it and gets successes, he can…
In CRN Games
Participants: dunlaing, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Catalyst, jdagna, Christopher Weeks.

9/8/2004 dunlaing: With Great Power Arrived Yesterday and Boy Is My Wrist Tired
With Great Power... showed up yesterday. Fortunately it was small enough to fit in my mailbox. Thank you for the extra-speedy order fulfillment. I did have a few comments/questions that…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: dunlaing, Michael S. Miller, Alan.

9/13/2004 dunlaing: A Cool Idea From Hero Wars
Hero Wars (and the revision HeroQuest) has a cool idea for players that don't know what character they want to play yet. You define one keyword and start playing. The…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: dunlaing, Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller.

9/16/2004 dunlaing: Trollbabe role/goal II (split)
Sorry to resurrect this but,... I'm thinking about starting a Trollbabe campaign in early November and I thought that I had seen a post where Ron had agreed that it…
In Adept Press
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

10/6/2004 dunlaing: Pacing
[quote="Michael S. Miller"]IIRC, Spider's battle against the Smiler could be seen as one long, slow Story Arc--or perhaps several. Perhaps you could place a limit like "only one card may…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: dunlaing, Mike Holmes, Michael S. Miller.

11/30/2004 dunlaing: [Trollbabe] A Question of Scale, or The Last Boy
I am planning to start up a Trollbabe campaign and was thinking about using the following set of Stakes and Circumstances for the first adventure. Once I started thinking about…
In Adept Press
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards.

12/2/2004 dunlaing: I ran [Trollbabe] last night for the first time!
We had a good time, although the majority of the session was spent introducing Trollbabe to two of the three players and character creation. I'll post the recap of the…
In Adept Press
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards.

1/13/2005 dunlaing: Why I am going to buy Burning Wheel
In this thread, Thor Olavsrud wrote: It sounds like instincts are macros. And action-oriented play targets. Absolutely, that's one level. I think of that as the Mechanical level. In…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: dunlaing, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, mrjam, Roger Eberhart, Paganini, joshua neff.

2/2/2005 dunlaing: [Trollbabe]
I might be running Trollbabe tonight for three players (well, four if you count me). We finished up an adventure last session (the Trollbabes scared off the Troll shaman who…
In Adept Press
Participants: dunlaing, Ron Edwards, Alan, joshua neff, Bret Gillan.

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