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6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Use Terrain
When facing more than one opponent and having to deal with slippery/troublesome terrain, do you treat these as separate tasks (allocate CP to both, separately), or do you make just…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Valamir.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: First Session Experience
Well, we played our intro session today. I took the caravan idea and changed it to: The King of Gelure has just declared himself emperor and attacked Ouestenreich. The players…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Morfedel, prophet118.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: First Session Experience
Well, we played our intro session today. I took the caravan idea and changed it to: The King of Gelure has just declared himself emperor and attacked Ouestenreich. The players…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth.

6/7/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Half-sword questions
Under the half-sword manoeuvre, it says: damage is Thrust +3 v armour, ATN 5 and DTN 6. The Estoc is listed as having a length of half-sword: does the damage…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Alan.

6/6/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Does anyone know the fonts on rossheet_form.pdf?
Does anyone know what the fonts are on the "rossheet_form.pdf" file from the website, and if freeware - where I can get them?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Poenz.

6/6/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Defaults and SA expenditure
Say you have Sword and Shield proficiency at 7, and choose to increase Greatsword which defaults to S&S at -2. So for 5 SA points, you now have Greatsword 6.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, toli, arxhon, kenjib.

6/5/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Give me your SAs!
As a new GM, I don't feel I have a handle on SAs yet - what sort of scope or flavour they should have, that kind of thing. One thing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Overdrive, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, kenjib, arxhon, Agnar, Bob McNamee, Ashren Va'Hale, Morfedel, Ashton, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Tywin Lannister, Spartan, Bomilkar.

6/4/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Help: New Game Advice
It's my first TROS game next Sunday. Can anyone offer advice on the best way to introduce the system to the players? I'm planning to get them to design characters…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, ethan_greer, Salamander, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne.

6/4/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Fiddling About with Stats (long)
First - I don't know if the following is of any interest to anyone else. But I can hope :) I've read about the problems some people have with STR…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, gmouser, Morfedel, Wolfen, Noon.

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6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Perception
Let's say your travelling along the road minding your own business, and the bandits are about to launch an ambush. The GM is a generous sort and decides there's a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Wolfen, chade0, Ashren Va'Hale.

6/8/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Merchant Skill Packet
Has anyone designed a Skill Packet list for Merchants?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Spartan, Salamander, Mayhem1979.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: 10 Assorted Rules Questions
After my first session, a few questions came up. Hopefully, people have answers to one or more of these questions. 1. Hard Armour Certain weapons get a damage bonus to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Eamon Voss.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Hook, Toss, Stop Short, etc. (Long and maybe rambling)
During my first session, one of the players used the Stop Short move, and its mechanics puzzled me a bit. It is a little strange, in that the dice committed…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Spartan, Wolfen, Morfedel.

6/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Character Power and Advancement
In my perhaps futile quest to rack up a higher word count on the site than Mike Holmes' word count in the Taveruun thread, here's another question. Advancement in this…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Amy1419, Jake Norwood, Overdrive, Wolfen, Morfedel, Jasper the Mimbo.

6/11/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Hit Location CP penalties
I can understand the CP penalties for thrusts to certain locations, but the swing modifiers have me confused. If you swing attack the arms/hands, you gain +1 CP. Swing attacks…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Morfedel, Bankuei, Ashton, Jake Norwood, Piers Brown, Wolfen, Salamander.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Initiative Ties
You and your opponent have both declared attack. According to the rules, manoeuvres are declared in reverse order of Reflex. But, you make a reflex roll to see who goes…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Use Terrain and Hostages
Had an interesting event crop up tonight. One of the players chased a villain who was trying to grab his ward (a girl) and run off with her to use…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Salamander, Jake Norwood, Morfedel, Overdrive, Wolfen, Bankuei, kenjib.

6/12/2003 demiurgeastaroth: What other settings would suit TROS
The recent discussion with Nick about games or settings being suited or unsuited to TROS made me wonder, what other settings would provide changes to the core rules or game…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eamon Voss, Wolfen, Draigh, adamsmith, Poenz, Malechi, Bankuei, Ilvarin, Morfedel, arxhon, Anthony I, Jake Norwood, buddha, Bomilkar.

6/13/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Languages and Names
Does anyone have a master list of the languages used on Weyrth (and where they are spoken)? Also, what sort of Earth-style names should be used for people of Gelure…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Wolfen, arxhon.

6/13/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Two handed mass weapons
Which skill do you use for, say, two handed axes (that aren't poleaxes), mauls, hammers, and so forth? Also, do flails and war flails not deserve their own skill? I'm…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Morfedel.

6/17/2003 demiurgeastaroth: A question about Initiative
I have initiative and attack. My opponent blocks and strikes. I miss him, and he hits me. Do I still have initiative? What if I hit him, and he hits…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Malechi, Jake Norwood, Wolfen, Spartan.

6/17/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Gaining Reach
The rulebook says that you gain the Reach advantage if you score a "damaging" hit on your opponent. Does this mean you have to penetrate armour, or just score a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Durgil, Wolfen, Nick Pagnucco.

6/17/2003 demiurgeastaroth: Anti-Gamist, or Pro-what?
I enjoyed the gamist essay, but one thing Ron said puzzles me. And, completely differently, "balance" is often invoked as an anti-Gamist play defense, specifically in terms of not permitting…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Bankuei, jdagna, Ron Edwards, John Kim, Wormwood.

10/10/2003 demiurgeastaroth: HeroQuest Extended Contests
Is there any difference in the way extended contests work between Hero Wars and HeroQuest? For example, more mechanistic ability to tell what's exactly happening between the beginning and end,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Peter Nordstrand, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, dunlaing, Brand_Robins, joshua neff, GB Steve, Bankuei, RaconteurX, Mike Holmes.

4/3/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Error in text?
Page 17, column 2, paragraph 2, of the text says: The player may check off another item and get a second re-roll. If it succeeds, the trollbabe succeeds, although her…
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Paganini, rafial, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Player-created conflicts
I'm comfortable with the idea of players calling for conflicts, and by that process adding extra elements to the campaign, but I'm having some conceptual problems with the following: …
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, rafial, Alan, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Mike Holmes.

4/4/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Trollbabe] Injuries, and Error in text 2? :)
On page 20: An injured character ignores the “discommoded" step and proceeds to further injury right away on a failed roll; therefore she is limited to a total of two…
In Adept Press
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, rafial.

4/25/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Donjon] Attack 'Facts'
My first Donjon question. I'm comfortable with the way the Law of Successes works outside of combat, but I'm looking for guidance in combat uses. On the forum, Clinton has…
In CRN Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jason, jdagna, Christopher Weeks.

4/25/2004 demiurgeastaroth: [Donjon] Healing potions and other items
How would a healing potion, or other item that produces a spell-like effect, work mechanically? the cost is 1 worth per one-time magic bonus. My ideas: a) potion heals 1…
In CRN Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Jason, jdagna, Christopher Weeks.

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