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5/15/2003 Mike Holmes: Power Level of Allies
OK, Josh's character is a member of an organization. That organization has members that are much more powerful than he is. His relationship with the org is 17. Now, through…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2003 Tywin Lannister: Arranging an (in-game) tournament.
In a few sessions' time, my players' characters will take part in a grand tourney, arranged by the local lord in honor of his recently deceased son and heir. From…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Tywin Lannister, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes.

5/15/2003 Irmo: Stahl
I realize the first issue has been discussed in a previous thread on philosophies, but being back in Germany and pondering on Stahl a bit more, I'd like to discuss…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Irmo, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Nick Pagnucco, A.J., Jake Norwood.

5/15/2003 [FHE]dave: A tactics question, Or: The solution for poor Morgan
Hi! I have a simple but serious question: My character Morgan had to do some training fight against the Character of another Player, Corwyn. Both were in leather armour; Morgan…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: [FHE]dave, Overdrive, Mortaneus, Wolfen, Bankuei, Ashren Va'Hale, Mokkurkalfe, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

5/15/2003 hatheg-kla: My Game: Middle Earth my way..
Hi all. This is my first post but I've been lurking around The Forge for number of months now. I've been trying to design a game that me and my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: hatheg-kla, deadpanbob, Mike Holmes, taalyn, Jeph, simon_hibbs.

5/15/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Technocon website up -- sort of
A Placeholder Website for Technocon 2003 is now up. I encoruage you to visit and see who's signed up so far. We also ahve an e-mail form for suggestions, a…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/14/2003 AmazingJake: Resident Feeble - Squeam3
Resident Feeble A group of teenagers volunteer to help out at the local old folks home. In the middle of their shift, all of them fall unconcious. They awaken in…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: AmazingJake.

5/14/2003 AmazingJake: Jurassic Deliverance - Squeam3
Jurassic Deliverance A group of teenagers take a class canoeing trip down the Southern Muskogee River, which is heavily wooded and the object of much speculation. Dinosaurs from a nearby…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: AmazingJake.

5/14/2003 Jake Norwood: TROS Supers
So this came up really briefly at RPG.net, but it got me going... TROS converted for super-heroes. Now in truth a lot would have to go--the whole "gritty and real"…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mayhem1979, Stuart DJ Purdie, szilard, Mortaneus, Ashren Va'Hale, Blake Hutchins, Nick Pagnucco, prophet118.

5/14/2003 AmazingJake: Squeam3
Howdy. Big Squeam3 fan, for some reason. I hang out with a group of people who really dig all the dead teener movies, and I've written a few really weird…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: AmazingJake, Jared A. Sorensen.

5/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Sponsorship deadline approaching for HQ Diceless
The HeartQuest Diceless book is almost ready, so if you're still unsure about sponsorhip and want to be listed as a sponsor in the book do not hesitate -- act…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/14/2003 Ron Edwards: [Pace] Some actual play
Hello, We played Pace, the 24-Hour game by Fred Hicks, at the campus group meeting. Check out Pace at this download page; I also considered a lot of the points…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, iago, Nev the Deranged.

5/14/2003 Jonathan Walton: Nobilis: The League of Extraordinary Americans
So, after seeing the trailer for "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" during one of the early showings of X2, I decided to finally pick up the infamous graphic novel by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jonathan Walton, clehrich, sdemory.

5/14/2003 Mortaneus: Faster Ranged Attacks
I've been thinking about how missile combat (bows and such) work in TROS. Currently, it's quite realistic, true, having to take a prep time, then wait a round or two…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mortaneus, Brian Leybourne, Ben, Wolfen, gmouser, Aaron, Ashren Va'Hale, Eamon Voss.

5/14/2003 Emmett: Character improvement (split from older thread)
Story models aside, (I don't agree that the intent of an RPG is to emulate a novel, although they have some simmilarities) without an advancement mechanic, or a overly limited…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Emmett, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, Balbinus, arxhon.

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.

5/14/2003 Ron Edwards: More D&D history help
Hello, I have acquired a wealth of information regarding the history of Dungeons & Dragons publishing from about 1982 through 1995 or so, but very little of it is rock-solid…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, efindel, Jeff Klein, Gordon C. Landis, Caldis, talysman, jrs, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Rob MacDougall, Jack Aidley.

5/14/2003 Brassel: Question about the Beat Maneuver
Hello out there, I am new to TROS, maybe the first german member of this forum(?) and I got a question about Beating. Is the beat maneuver not too good?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Brassel, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Prince of Thieves, Bomilkar, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne.

5/14/2003 Prince of Thieves: A question about: Pain. From a new poster
I purchased Riddle of Steel quite a few months ago and was so busy over the holidays I had no time to read it, much less consider running it. But…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Prince of Thieves, Salamander, Wolfen, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne.

5/14/2003 John Harper: Ancient Greece Uni stories
Bob's posts about Trollbabe Demigods reminded me that I haven't posted the write-ups of my first few Uni games here in the forum. I'm hosting a come-one-come-all Uni game every…
In Universalis
Participants: John Harper, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

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5/15/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Discussion of marketing strategies.
From the d20 Push thread, I've been thinking a bit about how RPGs are produced and marketed and what works or not. Currently what seems to be the main strategy…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, samdowning, busling.

5/15/2003 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds intro & layout-in-progress
I've been working more on Nine Worlds. Specifically, I've been working on the book layout, which is coming together quite nicely. Here's a sample of the work-in-progress: Layout-in-progress It's about…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Spooky Fanboy, Kester Pelagius.

5/15/2003 Simon W: Lashings of Ginger Beer layout/design help
I admit it, I'm stuck. I've decided to go the whole route with Lashings of Ginger Beer, probably through RPG.Mall or similar. I have got an artist on board (Allan…
In Publishing
Participants: Simon W, rpghost, Jonathan Walton, Michael Hopcroft, max.lambertini.

5/15/2003 Mike Holmes: TROS Handicap
[quote="I"]For example, I don't want to face Brian unless he's got a character with at least... 4 CP less than I have. [/quote] I was thinking. We could all rate…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Fallen_Icarus, Bankuei, Mayhem1979, Wolfen, Jake Norwood.

5/15/2003 Mike Holmes: What's up cat?
Calling Unodiablo. Calling Unodiablo. Come in Unodiablo. Working on anything new lately, Sean? Mike
In Destroy All Games
Participants: Mike Holmes, unodiablo.

5/16/2003 Evan Waters: Another format idea- ensemble play
Here's another weird play-variant thing. It occurs to me that some of the more popular cartoons- notably TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE- had or rapidly acquired casts of characters that were…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Evan Waters, Bull, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

5/16/2003 Emote Control: Pscience: Rough Draft
This is a very rough draft for a part of the "supernormal" in my nascent modern-weirdness setting "Conspiracy Practice". This weekend I'll put up another section on strangeness and an…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Emote Control, Mike Holmes, Jeffrey Miller.

5/6/2003 Bob McNamee: Marvel RPG publication date
What's the release date on the game? Bob McNamee
In Publishing
Participants: Bob McNamee, Evan Jones, Michael Hopcroft, rpghost, efindel, Adam, Ron Edwards.

5/16/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: the prolific nature of TROS
Just wondering if we could do a roll call for all board members, basically state where you are currently playing TROS. I am curious to see how far and wide…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Bomilkar, Wolfen, Mike Holmes, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Draigh, Rattlehead, Eamon Voss, Salamander, Tuomo Aimonen, SheWolf, Tywin Lannister, prophet118, Thorbrin, kanseg, gmouser, Russell Hoyle, Jasper the Mimbo, Tim Falkenberg, LordFly, sirjaguar, Sneaky Git, kenjib, toli, Malechi, Darth Tang, ashampine, adamsmith, arxhon, AnyaTheBlue.

5/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Should we start a Forge 'zine?
Greetings All, Just had a thought while PMing Mr. Holmes. What with all the wonderful talent here at the Forge- just look at the Iron Game Chef challenge: Tiki Gods,…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr, clehrich, Matt Snyder.

5/16/2003 Bankuei: Xuphia in play
Played us some S&S last night via IRC and had a good time! I'll comment on my experience in brief, and let Rod break off the main dealies about our…
In Adept Press
Participants: Bankuei, Mike Holmes, Rod Anderson, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Nev the Deranged.

5/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Setting up a small-press 'zine. . .?
Howdy, Does anyone here know how hard it would be to do? What sort of capital/licenses does one need going into such a venture? Is it even worth considering in…
In Publishing
Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Matt, jrs, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Adam, Clay, Christian Walker.

5/16/2003 Fallen_Icarus: Looking for good medieval history sites
'Ello, I'm trying to run a very realistic TRoS game in Weyrth and so I'm pulling in a lot of actual history from about 1066 to the 1200s. Does anyone…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Fallen_Icarus, deltadave, Salamander, Spartan.

5/16/2003 DaGreatJL: Looking to buy
Hey, this is my first time posting to this particular forum, so I apologize is there is something that I should know yet don't. Anyways, I am interested in buying…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: DaGreatJL, Jason Kottler, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, arxhon.

5/16/2003 Le Joueur: Vive La Resistance or System Doesn't Matter
Pretty much all of the below grows out of an understanding of the many works of Ron Edwards...and dissent from them. System Doesn't Matter As far as I can tell…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur, greyorm, Garbanzo, M. J. Young, clehrich, Bankuei, Gordon C. Landis, damion, Mulciber.

5/16/2003 Jeph: Valley of Shadow: Gettin' Gritty in the City
Valley of Shadow is a game that is set in The City. What is They City? Dunno. But it's got skyscrapers, streetgangs and black tie balls. Maybe its New York,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jeph, Brian Leybourne, Jeffrey Miller, ethan_greer.

5/16/2003 Bankuei: Super Happy Game Ball
Here's an idea in the forming...we'll call it the Ball for short. The Ball, represents input into "what happens next" in a game by the group. This input, is not…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Bankuei, Emily Care.

5/16/2003 Le Joueur: Mike - DO NOT READ Until After the Judging! - The Critique
The Critique of "In Your Element, Out of this World" (or IYEOW) I'm attempting to show how to use the 'tools' from the "Deliberateness and Elegance" thread in the making…
In Scattershot
Participants: Le Joueur.

5/17/2003 Jeph: Does anyone else distinguish between System and Mechanics?
System is defined as the means by which the group agrees to imagined events during play. Or at least, that's waht Vincent, Ron, and everyone else seems to agree on.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jeph, Le Joueur, Valamir, jdagna, M. J. Young, Jared A. Sorensen, Alan, lumpley.

5/17/2003 Emote Control: The Supernormal
I very recently started work on a surreal espionage setting called Conspiracy Practice, but hit a artistic quandary when thinking about the more "exotic" elements. I wanted to preserve the…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Emote Control, Jeffrey Miller, Mike Holmes.

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