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12/6/2003 Ian.Plumb: Manoeuver Declarations during Combat
Hi, I am unfamiliar with TRoS and I am trying to gain an understanding of the combat sequence and the design philosophy behind it. I've been playing with the combat…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Draigh, Ingenious, Ashren Va'Hale, Anthony I, Salamander, Jake Norwood, StahlMeister, Wolfen, The Flashing Blade, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman, Camillus, Caz, Bastoche, Ian Charvill.

12/14/2003 Ian.Plumb: Compulsory SAs for Characters
Hi, SAs are an interesting idea that really do have the capacity to reinforce role-playing through in-game benefits. A really great design idea. I have a couple of questions that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Ingenious, ZazielsRephaim, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

12/28/2003 Ian.Plumb: Demonic Possession
Hi, I'm in the midst of writing a small scenario that involves one of the player characters becoming possessed by a demon. I intend handling this through the character's SAs.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Ingenious, Bob McNamee.

1/6/2004 Ian.Plumb: The Circle of Protection
Hi, TRoS doesn't seem to have much detail on the concept of passive defensive magics. In fact the sorcery system doesn't seem to have much detail on defensive magics. The…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Ingenious, ZazielsRephaim, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, kenjib, Vanguard.

1/13/2004 Ian.Plumb: Atrophying Skills
Hi, What mechanic would you suggest using for indicating that a skill is getting worse through lack of practice? Over what period of time would you suggest the skill degrade?…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Ingenious, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter.

1/29/2004 Ian.Plumb: Testing SAs (Split from "Negative Review")
Hi, I've read JD's review of TRoS and a fair amount of the mudslinging that resulted in the RPGnet forum. The review is not well written, seemingly designed to be…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, bcook1971, Malechi, Alan, Jaif, Tywin Lannister, kenjib, Pyske, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, toli, Trevis Martin, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Bob Richter, Morfedel, Brian Leybourne, Bob McNamee.

2/27/2004 Ian.Plumb: Miniatures, TFoB, and Line of Sight
Hi, A couple of years ago... ... I actually discourage using miniatures except for the most basic understanding of a scene, and using terrain rolls whenever movement is a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Wolfen, Malechi, Dain, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Muggins, November Kilo, Dan Sellars, Tash.

3/25/2004 Ian.Plumb: GNS -- Is that pronounced Genius?
Hi, I have recently read Ron's article on the GNS model. What an eye-opener! Having played one RPG (Chivalry & Sorcery) in one campaign setting (Middle-Earth) for nearly twenty years…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Ian.Plumb, Shreyas Sampat, Alan, Valamir, montag, Noon, clehrich, Ron Edwards, Trevis Martin, Rob Carriere.

2/27/2008 Ian.Plumb: Archiving
Hi, Back in its glory days The Riddle of Steel had an amazingly active forum on The Forge. There is a wealth of material here on TRoS in particular its…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ian.Plumb, lumpley.

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