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7/11/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: a sad moment in role playing
ok, so im in the campaign as I type this and the company hired a kick ass sell sword with a death wish and a cp of 22 so we…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

7/11/2003 Little_Rat: Playtesters Available (maybe)
Hello. My friends have coerced me to try (again) to run a RPG this summer. While, yes, we can all sit down and crack books open and such, the problem…
In Connections
Participants: Little_Rat, Green, roleplyr4ever, xiombarg, flobby77, RaconteurX, Gazoo.

7/11/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Kudara
Hey, Im not sure if there has been a previous post on Kudara, the country/territory south of Tzaul and east of Otamarluk with no description in the book, but have…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Bankuei, Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes.

7/10/2003 Alan: Content Classes and GNS
Hi all, I believe there's a quote somewhere that says a model (or theory) is just a tool for understanding. The more tools you have, the better you can approximate…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Alan, Paul Czege.

7/10/2003 pete_darby: Approaching the mundanity levels of TV drama
this is followoing on from the Laser Shark thread... also references This RPG.net thread, which references a discussion on the Herow Wars mailing list, and a huge amount of fantastic…
In RPG Theory
Participants: pete_darby, Bruce Baugh, Ron Edwards, John Kim, gobi, Comte, M. J. Young, contracycle, James Holloway.

7/10/2003 Mike Holmes: Empty Slots
In response to a question about what could fill the racial pref list holes...And I, for one, would LOVE to see those two gaping holes filled. They just bug…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, Ashren Va'Hale, Morfedel, Nick Pagnucco, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Lxndr, Brian Leybourne.

7/10/2003 Paul Czege: incubating a GenCon demo
Hey Mike, Paul, are you coming up with a demo pack for this? That is, pregens and master and all worked out before hand? This is what I want…
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Paul's Girl, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

7/10/2003 DarkKingdoms: Dark Kingdoms RPG
Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know about an RPG that I have recently self-published entitled Dark Kingdoms. I have also created my own small publishing company that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: DarkKingdoms, Dave Panchyk.

7/10/2003 Ben Lehman: Additional Race Priorities -- Exemplars
Edit: ***I have merged this thread into Mike's "empty slots" thread*** Please do NOT reply here. When working out race priorities for my China setting, I stumbled upon an interesting…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman.

7/10/2003 Eddy Fate: Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Z-Man Games (Mahopac, New York) Spectrum Game Studios (Pittsburgh, Kansas) July 10, 2003 After These Messages #1 Available Now, and More News After a severe production delay,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Eddy Fate.

7/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Binding someone else's demon
Can you bind a bound demon? Jake
In Adept Press
Participants: Jake Norwood, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, jrs, Ron Edwards.

7/10/2003 Jake Norwood: Driftwood Mini-con
Some friends came up over a few days and we played a bunch of games. we didn't actually finish any of the stories we started (too bad), but we did…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, jburneko, Bankuei.

7/10/2003 Christian Walker: RPG Zine Exchange
Christian here, I ran this post by Clinton before posting, just to make sure it was ok. Basically, I'm trying to give RPG print zines a kick in the pants.…
In Publishing
Participants: Christian Walker.

7/10/2003 redivider: Paper Worlds- long and short versions of concept
Hi, I'm posting short and long versions of a concept for a game framework. (Not a specific game and not a universal system; more of an approach and rules for…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: redivider, WDFlores, Mike Holmes, Hunter Logan, Jeph, talysman, Kester Pelagius.

7/10/2003 WDFlores: Indie Web Portal, Anyone?
Hi all, Emmet first posed a suggestion for what might be called an Indie Games Web Portal on this thread. I've quoted the relevant posts below: Maybe a mall of…
In Publishing
Participants: WDFlores, ethan_greer, Clay, Emmett, Simon W, Paul Czege, rpghost, HinterWelt, quozl, Ron Edwards.

7/10/2003 Nicolas Crost: Serious Donjon Reloaded
Hi all. We started playing Donjon a short while ago and after the prototypical dungeon crawl with rather low seriousness, we started with new characters and had a serious adventure!…
In CRN Games
Participants: Nicolas Crost, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, Lxndr, Sadric.

7/10/2003 Peter Nordstrand: Show Me Scene Framing!
Hi, I am looking for threads/discussions about Scene Framing. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance. Best, /Peter N
In RPG Theory
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, jrs.

7/10/2003 Spooky Fanboy: Disposable Heroes: a setting for Schism
While I wait for the streamline and hopped-up version of Schism to hit the streets, I came up with a setting imminently playable for Schism, either version. Basically, it's a…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Jared A. Sorensen.

7/9/2003 taalyn: Conflict in Crux
hey guys and gals and various werebeasts, I'm starting to think about Crux conflict, and have discovered a wall I'm bouncing on. I'm hoping some of you could help me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: taalyn, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, MathiasJack, Thomas Tamblyn, ross_winn, cruciel.

7/9/2003 abzu: Orcs Hate
I've just posted a short chapter that discusses Orc Hatred, a new attribute for Orcs that is similar to Elves' Grief or Wolves' Taint. Also included are revised Servant lifepaths…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, rafial.

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7/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How to deal with a PDF pirate
This happened to another company, not to me, but I was wondering how best I shjould deal with it should it happen to me. As you know, Guardians of Order…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Reimer Behrends, gobi, Adam, greyorm, Bruce Baugh, rpghost.

7/11/2003 mythusmage: On Ron's GNS Article Part One
[quote]My straightforward observation of the activity of role-playing is that many participants do not enjoy it very much. Ron Edwards, 2001 (Introduction)[/quote] I'm in the process of formatting the article…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: mythusmage, Marco, Hunter Logan, Cadriel, Valamir, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Thomas Tamblyn, Gordon C. Landis.

7/11/2003 Matt Wilson: Danger Patrol to the Rescue
Last night began a three-game playtest of ShootingIron Design's upcoming game, Danger Patrol. You can see some cool stylin's and art for the game at www.dangerpatrol.com. Danger Patrol is a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, DaR, Ron Edwards, John Harper, ejh, Andrew Martin.

7/11/2003 Cadriel: Something by way of a counterpoint.
Sorry, I'm a bit on the edge about game stuff this morning. And I downloaded the free Tri-Stat DX core rulebook, and the first thing I saw was the following…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cadriel, Valamir, Bruce Baugh, Marco, Matt Snyder, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes, greyorm, Thomas Tamblyn, cruciel, jdagna, efindel, Bankuei, ross_winn, M. J. Young, Gordon C. Landis.

7/11/2003 Piers Brown: More Errata(?) for Sorceror
So, having just gotten the books, and plunged straight through them, I have a couple of questions. These aren't so much queries about how the rules work--reading through the back…
In Adept Press
Participants: Piers Brown, Ron Edwards.

7/11/2003 Marco: Continued Play as a goal
A msg I saw on another board got me thinking. The post said words to the effect of "PC's should never die--setbacks are fine. Take all the gear. But don't…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Marco, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young, Thomas Tamblyn, Comte, ScottM, contracycle.

7/11/2003 Caz: Mordschlag stats
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but I made it up after running a few fights in full plate armour in the game. I don't see how…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Wolfen.

7/11/2003 John Kim: How to Handle Legal Dramas
The sharks-with-lasers thread is getting pretty excessive, so I've decided to split off a particular subtopic: The question is, how do you game a legal drama in a satisfying way?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: John Kim, Marco, Ron Edwards, Ian Charvill, contracycle, pete_darby, James Holloway, gobi, WDFlores, M. J. Young, ScottM.

7/11/2003 Caz: Jousting
How do you guys run jousting? The tournament kind. Considering all things equal. Same length lances, both guys of course are attacking at once, giving little or no thought to…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Caz, Jake Norwood.

7/12/2003 Paul Czege: the Master is in transit...
...on his way from Nashville to Livonia by next Tuesday. Be very afraid. Paul
In My Life With Master Playtest
Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes.

7/12/2003 Ben Lehman: Homebrew Setting (long)
You (by which I mean Mike) asked for it. Please note that this is in the very early design phases. Props go out to John Major's excellent and sadly out…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ben Lehman.

7/12/2003 Lxndr: Silly Question
On p. 102, the sorcery pool "FORM" is calculated as "(WT + PER)/2". Now, there's "Wit" (abbreviated Wit) and "Willpower" (abbreviated WP) but there's no "WT" that I've found used…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lxndr, Jake Norwood.

7/12/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Passion Switches
Hey all, what do you think about the idea of instant switches of one passion to another, more specifically along the lines of love to hate. Heres an example: Jehereth's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Bankuei, Lxndr, Ron Edwards.

7/12/2003 Dumirik: The Last Bastion RPG - an almost completed draft
For those that have read my other thread (Need feedback on my RPG concepts), and those who haven't, I have been working on an RPG which I have dubbed The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dumirik, rafael, Shreyas Sampat, Mike Holmes, WDFlores, permacultureguerilla.

7/12/2003 Spooky Fanboy: EAK text question
Hey, will the text version of EAK have the Hubris rules? As well as more rules for character advancement and long-term play?
In Mystic Ages Online
Participants: Spooky Fanboy, buddha, Nathan, Jason L Blair.

7/12/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Art
Hey all, Im looking for sites that have some good fantasy art. Ive already cheked elfwood and i dont like it too much. Some ones ive already looked at and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, J. Backman.

7/12/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Half-Fey
Just wondering why non-magical half-fey are priority C and magical are priority B. Their bonuses, even with the extended lifespan dont seem to warrent priotity C IMO. I think priority…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Salamander, Jake Norwood.

7/12/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Really Creative Adventure Starters
Hey all, This is just a post for people to post any really creative/interesting/original ways theyve started their adventures in games. Although im not at a complee loss for good,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Ron Edwards, Ben Morgan, Alan, Mike Holmes.

7/12/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Gift/Flaw List
Hey, I was skimming through the post with links to previously discussed topics and came accross the one about gifts and flaws. Somewhere in that thread the idea of having…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, Mokkurkalfe.

7/12/2003 Cadriel: In the beginning, there was dysfunction...
This is split from the thread Something by way of a counterpoint because, well, I got intrigued by one of the thoughts that was going on. Specifically, in Justin Dagna's…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Cadriel, Bruce Baugh, Marco, Comte, Dr. Velocity, Bankuei, Andrew Martin, hyphz, cruciel, efindel, jdagna, Tony Irwin, Jack Spencer Jr, talysman, Mike Holmes, Lxndr, Green, Jack Aidley.

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