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9/9/2003 Kad Aradan: Riddle of Steel artist with some New Stuff.
Hello all. I was a contributing artist and writer in the TRoS handbook. I have been working hard over the past year and wanted to let Jake and others know…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Kad Aradan, Brian Leybourne.

9/9/2003 russ_cole: Spirit Combat
Animists Practitioners and Shamen gain the magical ability of 'Spirit Face' which as well as allowing them to better sense the Otherworld, can be used as a defence skill against…
In HeroQuest
Participants: russ_cole, dunlaing, simon_hibbs.

9/9/2003 Nicolas Crost: HeroQuest - Buffy
I remember reading something about a Hero Wars - Buffy conversion in some thread some time ago. But I can´t seem to find it again... Could the someone who did…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Nicolas Crost, Brand_Robins.

9/9/2003 mythusmage: [HotNW] Stray Thoughts and Unusual Inspirations.
I must confess, Gareth's Heroes of the New Wave has me jazzed. Just the idea alone is pregnant with such possibilities. Consider the villains, fell fiends and foul fellows such…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: mythusmage, Lxndr, Valamir, GMSkarka, TSL, AnyaTheBlue, VAXJedi.

9/9/2003 Christopher Kubasik: And now, Plato
The dead man wrote: "And a third kind of possession and madness comes from the Muses. This takes hold upon a gentle and pure soul, arouses it and inspires it…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Cemendur, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Valamir, John Kim, Gordon C. Landis, Matt Snyder, ejh, Walt Freitag, cruciel, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/8/2003 Pilgrim: Order of the planets
Dumb question - what is the order of the worlds? I know they rotate around Earth in this setting, but what is the sequence of the rest? Also, aside from…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder, Lxndr, Valamir, ejh.

9/8/2003 kenjib: Suggestions for TROS play-by-post or email?
Can anyone recommend a place to find a TROS game via play-by-post or email? Thanks in advance!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: kenjib, Enoch, mrgrimm.

9/8/2003 Camillus: The Riddle of the Sands
I know that using TRoS to run games in the Dune universe has come up a few times. I was just wondering if anyone had got anywhere with an adaptation?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Camillus, lemmiwinks, prophet118, Lxndr, Brian Leybourne, Snikwas.

9/8/2003 Tim Alexander: Dust Devils: Assigning Difficulty
Hey Folks, In the text it makes reference to the Narrator of a given conflict being able to have even losing hands give difficulty to the winner, but there's not…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Tim Alexander, Matt Snyder, Overdrive, Valamir, Ron Edwards, HMT.

9/8/2003 Paul Czege: reviewed at RPG.net
SteveD reviews My Life with Master. Paul
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir.

9/8/2003 GMSkarka: Heroes of the New Wave
I just wanted to extend a welcome to all new posters coming here from the design column for Heroes of the New Wave, at http://new-wave.blogspot.com Discussion for each weekly entry…
In Adamant Entertainment
Participants: GMSkarka, Stephen, godfather punk, mythusmage, xiombarg, Jason L Blair, Eddy Fate, Theron, peteramthor, Jeff Klein, gamerguy, Little_Rat.

9/8/2003 JSDiamond: Orbit is ON SCHEDULE!
It's a GO! The printers just emailed to assure me that Orbit is on schedule to roll off the presses on the 10th, this Wednesday!
In Orbit
Participants: JSDiamond, Ron Edwards, Catalyst.

9/8/2003 KingOfFarPoint: Narrative Rights In HeroQuest
Does anyone have any comments on how to handle who has narrative rights in HeroQuest? I ask as a result of some of the comments made in the thread 'Some…
In HeroQuest
Participants: KingOfFarPoint, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Nicolas Crost, simon_hibbs, pete_darby, RaconteurX.

9/8/2003 Christopher Weeks: Who cares?
In a current thread: but what I care is secondary to what the character cares Sorry. Characters are pencil scribblings on a piece of paper. No RPG character…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Jack Spencer Jr, Marco, Valamir, Ron Edwards, John Kim, ejh, MachMoth, kalyptein, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, contracycle, Gordon C. Landis, jdagna, erithromycin, pete_darby, cruciel, lumpley.

9/8/2003 Aelios: Money is Currency?
I appologize if this has been discussed before; if so could somebody please show me where? Last night I was searching through all my RPG books looking for different ways…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Aelios, Jack Spencer Jr, bigsimon, Ron Edwards, gentrification, M. J. Young, contracycle, Walt Freitag, MachMoth.

9/8/2003 KingOfFarPoint: More about west/east play of RuneQuest (split)
[quote="Ron Edwards"] One difficulty here is that I'm not really talking about freeform vs. rules-heavy at all. [/quote] When Simon mentions that the Tales/Unspoken peoples stuff is 'freeform' he means…
In HeroQuest
Participants: KingOfFarPoint, Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Bankuei, contracycle, joshua neff, simon_hibbs, pete_darby, Nick Brooke.

9/8/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] The case of the unwilling players
First things first: Current playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found here. Although I don't know how useful this link will be for this thread, since we didn't…
In SimplePhrase Press
Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, Lxndr, Jeph, Andrew Martin, David Chunn.

9/8/2003 raga: looking for game references
Hi all, long time reader, first time poster. anyways I'm a big fan of the martial arts genre and I've been thinking about a game focusing on this. The mechanic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: raga, Bankuei, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, anonymouse, roleplyr4ever, Michael S. Miller, Andrew Martin.

9/8/2003 Anthony I: split from played d&d 3.5 thread
[quote]Tell me some things about the group in general (especially the DM): 1) What are their general reactions to other non-DnD RPG's? Especially ones they HAVEN'T played yet. [/quote] I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Anthony I, MachMoth, Bankuei, David Chunn.

9/8/2003 kwill: representation at Imbolcon 2003 (October 4/5)
dear all, I will be selling books at Imbolcon, our local con, and am happy to promote Forgite games while I am there, you will need to send me the…
In Conventions
Participants: kwill.

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9/9/2003 ethan_greer: I'm pissed off
So, over in this thread we're talking about my recent playtest of my game, Thugs and Thieves. This is a somewhat related yet stand-alone thread, hence the link. The reason…
In Actual Play
Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, MachMoth, Marco, inthisstyle, David Chunn, Simon W, Ben Lehman, bcook1971, gobi, cruciel, Bankuei, RaconteurX.

9/9/2003 Ron Edwards: My current Sorcerer game - modern necromancy
Hello, I've been holding out on everyone, because for months, I've been running a Sorcerer game and not discussing it here. The players include our own Nev the Deranged and…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, galex, jburneko, Tim Alexander, Ben Lehman, ejh.

9/9/2003 TSL: Paging Valamir
Everybody else can ignore this: Ralph, I been busy, act is back together now though. I just sent you a e-mail with my address for R&R. If it don't show…
In Universalis
Participants: TSL.

9/9/2003 Ben Lehman: Sorcerer Gedankensetting
Yes, I'm going to get back to work on 15 minutes one of these days. I've been drowning in work. However, Chris K's quote, below (from the thread in RPG…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ben Lehman, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Cemendur, AnyaTheBlue.

9/9/2003 rafial: Frightening the Horses
There have been numerous postings lately from folks who have become frustrated in trying to introduce "Forge ideas" into their regular play group, whether it be new games, GNS terminology,…
In Actual Play
Participants: rafial, John Kim.

9/10/2003 lumpley: Character and Our Weird Gamer Friends
At the risk of bringing the Forge's fearsome analytical powers to bear on, y'know, us: Read this thread: Who cares? and this one: And now, Plato. Know what I think?…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley, MachMoth, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Weeks, pete_darby, cruciel, C. Edwards, Ron Edwards, Wormwood, Ben Lehman, M. J. Young, Jack Spencer Jr.

9/10/2003 BPetroff93: alternatives
Hey Matt, Check out Heroquest (formally Hero Wars) for a similar technique to your "card" method....my vote would be to import Heroquest into a D&D setting but, well, that's just…
In Actual Play
Participants: BPetroff93, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2003 realms_creator: Time for freedom.
This is just a little of what we have writing so far for our game. Please post your comment on it. Thanks.. If this is the wrong place sorry.. I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: realms_creator, Ben Lehman.

9/10/2003 M. J. Young: My Character Would
In Who Cares? before Ron declared it finished,It may just be the groups that I play with, but I only encounter "my character" when people are objecting…
In RPG Theory
Participants: M. J. Young, Gordon C. Landis, Cemendur, erithromycin, jdagna, cruciel, Lxndr, MachMoth, Jack Aidley, pete_darby, Christopher Kubasik, Valamir, John Kim.

9/10/2003 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils PDF button fixed
W.D. Flores brought to my attention that the Dust Devils PDF version button was not working. This has been fixed. I'm very sorry for any delays, confusion or inconvenience this…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Catalyst.

9/10/2003 Bloodstryke: The Riddle of Kushiel (long)
This isn't exactly my first post, but it is my first topic here at the Forge. (I've been lurking for a while) I got my book about a week ago,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bloodstryke, toli, casinormal, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Stephen.

9/10/2003 lumpley: Soothsaying
So it's a few Julys ago and I'm at an enormous pagan festival on the NY-PA border. Ellen Kushner is soothsaying. She's in the center of a circle of us…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, ethan_greer, John, Perrina, Cemendur, ejh, MachMoth, contracycle, Meguey.

9/10/2003 Overdrive: Oldskool revisited
Tonight I had a chance to see how our group had been gaming for ages. We played Warhammer FRPG, a campaign that started some 5 years ago, very high power…
In Actual Play
Participants: Overdrive, Anthony I, Ola J., Catalyst.

9/10/2003 jammmer81: Significators: cartomancy-based character creation
This is a little side project I'm working on. Significator A character’s significator describes the type of person that he or she is. Kings and Queens typically represent men and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: jammmer81, Jasper, Ben Lehman, taalyn.

9/10/2003 Matt Snyder: Muses rules developments
I've been giving myself time to "stew" some thoughts regarding Muses and their role in regards to the Nine Worlds setting. I've made headway, but there are, as he poet…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Matt Snyder, Pilgrim.

9/10/2003 Wormwood: Traditions of the Flesh: Open Design Notes
First, some ground rules: 1) this is soft sci-fi, with some vague merging into fantasy, but the key point is I don't care if it's scientifically feasible, or exactly why…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Wormwood, Jasper, Little_Rat, taalyn.

9/10/2003 cruciel: Characters as Therapy (split)
Over in Vincent's Character and Our Weird Gamer Friends thread Clinton raised the idea that a character is in some way an expression of an issue you need to work…
In RPG Theory
Participants: cruciel, M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, Daredevil.

9/10/2003 Ola J.: [My Life With Master] Lord Blackwell
Hi. In my first ever thread in my first ever post at the Forge (here ) I asked a question about My Life With Master, and got some every good…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ola J., Mike Holmes, Bryant, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

9/11/2003 Pilgrim: My readthrough and commentary
Matt, I'm going to do this as a series of posts, one topic apiece, summarized in the subject line. I hope this makes things easier to work with and I…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder.

9/11/2003 Amy1419: Blindness
I was looking at amputee and saw the effects that happen when missing a leg, arm, hand, etc.. But what about a blind character or rather a character that has…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Amy1419, Brian Leybourne, Shadeling, Caz, Raymond Caleatry, Lxndr, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Pvt Kastro, Swordmagnet.

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