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12/8/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: anti climactic endings
I have found that what makes a good climactic battle in tros is not thelength but the setting and sa's, the fights themselves tend to be less flashy and moreanti…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Draigh, Wolfen, Jake Norwood, Jasper the Mimbo.

12/4/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: Pc cP's
Whats the max cp you have developed for a pc? Max I built a pc up to is 23 so far, my goal is to reach thehuman max for him.
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Krammer, Ingenious.

12/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: I need stats for...
a messer.... now that I have played with one in real life I want one for my character but I cant make up my mind on the stats, I was…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Draigh, Jake Norwood, Ingenious, Salamander.

10/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: slang question
Ok, what does "ymmv" mean? this has been bugging me all day!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, MonkeyWrench, 6inTruder, Brian Leybourne, dragon_of_colour, Richard_Strey, Camillus.

9/28/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: a mean combo
tonight my character pulled a great move in a series of fights. In the first he pulled a great defensive duck and weave after rolling for both acrobatics and body…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

7/30/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: mass combat
I was wondering what people might think of my current method of dealing with mass combat. First I decide the numerical values of each forces manpower and weapons. I do…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Ben Lehman.

7/23/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: doing things wrong to get it right
I just now learned that I was fubarring a basic rule for the last year and whatever that I have been playing, and the game was still damn fun and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne.

7/11/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: playing with major blood lust flaw
I just found out how fun it is to play a character looking for a fight....I have a guy who is seeking revenge against all gelureans and the church of…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Morfedel, Sir Mathodius Black, Ron Edwards.

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.

7/8/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: a useful tool
I just bought hans talhoffers manual off of amazon used for dirt cheap and I was planning on using it to study great sword and rondel while away from the…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

7/8/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: stuck on the xanarium empire mini supp
Hey all, I posted a while back (a long time back.. I have been away for a while) that I was working on a mini supp for teh empire and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood, Lebo77, Nick Pagnucco.

6/14/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: the virtue of a conman
I love my rad conman from farrenshire with a social of 8. this guy bought a riding horse and then sold it as a courser for about 20 gold. he…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

6/13/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: SEAT OF THE EMPIRE SUP
Ok, heres what I have gone and done, I went and made a supplement for the seat of the empire whe I was bored Lastweek. its mainly justth capital city,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, demiurgeastaroth, Jake Norwood, Nick Pagnucco.

6/4/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: vagary swap
ok, I decided to do a little vagary swap, basically I FOUND IMPRISONMENT TO BE A LITTLE WEAK AD CONQUER UBER SO I DECIDED THAT FOR IMBEDDING SPELLS YOU NEED…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, kenjib, arxhon.

6/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: weapon grabbing
How would you mechanicallyaccount for grabbing a weapon? right now I treat it as grappling to trap but you are grappling the weapon but maybe there are som better ideas…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Ashton, Jake Norwood, MrGeneHa.

5/24/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: new skill- teaching
I found in my game I ran tonight that it would be appropriate for a character and a key npc to be very interested in imparting their knowlege to others,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, Brian Leybourne.

5/21/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: really really wierd thing happened to my post
I was just reading the thread that was closed and I made a comment on it this morning that only showed up way later this evening and now it looks…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, Balbinus.

5/17/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: Evolution of Weyrth
I was wondering what changes and evolutions have occured in your versions of Weyrth... In mine, savaxen became independent under its own high king, Stahl had a nasty civil war…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Mayhem1979.

5/17/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: pc's getting injured/killed
I was wondering, how often in your campaigns do your players have charcters get seriously injured or killed? It rarely happens in my games and I tend to be a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Bob Richter, Draigh, Vanguard, Jasper the Mimbo.

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.

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1/4/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: Magic tweaking
I am trying to make magic a bit more manageable in my campaigns, basically make it so that the magic using player doesn't end up as the solution to all…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Jaeger, deltadave, Paka, kenjib, Ingenious, Pyske, Dave Turner.

4/30/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: combat monsters
I was wondering if people wouldnt mind posting their most wicked combat monster PC's. Include the CP, str, To, what weapon and armor they use, reflex, knockout and knockdown, relevant…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Salamander, Tash, Krammer, Mayhem1979.

5/4/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: a new TROS Yahoo Group/ E-List
I just started a new yahoo group for TROS players. I figured it could be an effective way for peopel here to RP or just shootthe breeze in a format…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

6/23/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: Sword myths, help me out
I went to an RPG site and they had a little FAQ about swords that was so horrid that I have decided to compile an essay about swords and teh…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Tobias, WyldKarde, Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Valamir, timfire, toli, Jake Norwood, Salamander, Tash, Tom, Brand_Robins, tauman, Ben Lehman, Turin, CPXB, Paganini, Bankuei, Kaelin, Muggins, Eamon, Emiricol, Vagabond Elf, Mike Holmes, Dain, Richard_Strey, Irmo, Drifter Bob, coryblack_666, Andrew Mure.

6/23/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: an essay on realism and fantasy in story telling roleplaying
I wrote this essay for a different RPG site and I thought I should post it here too. It was aimed more at writing fiction but it applies very well…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Irmo.

6/28/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: I need help creating random magic items and crap
Ok, first of all, if you are a player in my campaign, dont look here. Stop reading. If you keep reading I will break out the GM stick of smiting,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Stephen, Salamander, Tash, bottleneck, Jaeger, Silanthous, hkdharmon.

8/2/2004 Ashren Va'Hale: My mini supp draft is finally done
I have finished my mini supp draft for gelure. Saddly it is handwritten at the moment so it needs to be ported to softcopy but once that is done it…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, Claymore.

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