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1/13/2004 Michael S. Miller: Going Outside the Village II
On the drive this morning, I came up with something appropriate to Going Outside the Village, but since the thread is old, I started a new one. My Life with…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/13/2004 sirogit: How do you make a situation a character cannot walk out of?
I'm very intereasted in capturing what Valamir calls in a RPG.net post: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88152&perpage=10&pagenumber=1 Situation-driven play. I read the thread a few pages across but it seemed to be very largely…
In RPG Theory
Participants: sirogit, Paganini, pete_darby, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Noon, John Kim.

1/13/2004 timfire: Can I order TROS through Borders?
Can I order TROS through Borders (or other major bookstores) or is it only available directly through the TROS website? Thanks!
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: timfire, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Paganini, Wolfen, Loki.

1/13/2004 sirogit: Bad uses of Spiritual Attribuites
Been theorizing of the biggest things that you want to avoid in setting Spiritual Attribuites... Keep in mind this is all subjective. 1. Passion for Material Goods. This hits me…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: sirogit, Valamir, Stephen, Ingenious, Half-Baked, Andrew Mure, Wolfen, Pyske, Paka, ZazielsRephaim, Bob Richter, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, Thanaeon.

1/13/2004 Brand_Robins: 9 Worlds Questions
While going on to a friend about how cool Dust Devils was, I got pointed to 9 Worlds as an even better game. I downloaded the playtest and am loving…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Brand_Robins, Matt Snyder.

1/13/2004 Heraldic Game Design: [LUNA] Simplifying Traits. Is it necessary?
Luna uses a semi-freeform Trait system for in character creation. In order to give them some kind of structure, I've got it so that a Trait is assigned one of…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Heraldic Game Design, Andrew Martin, Knarf, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

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.

1/13/2004 Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro: Character Creation
I have discovered an interesting, and as far as I know, unique (surely it’s been done before) form of character creation that could be used for many RPG’s – especially…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, Andrew Martin, xiombarg, Lxndr, The Benj, Jeph, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson, Maarzan, inthisstyle.

1/13/2004 Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro: Character Creation
I have discovered an interesting, and as far as I know, unique (surely it’s been done before) form of character creation that could be used for many RPG’s – especially…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro.

1/13/2004 Lxndr: Swordsman Question
Okay, this has been bugging me for some time: why are swordsmen so pitifully, horribly bad at Body Language? They get the Body Language skill at +3 as a part…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Lxndr, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Paganini, Salamander, Wolfen, toli, Jake Norwood, Jaeger, Bob Richter.

1/13/2004 Gwen: Unnamed System
This is a link to the PDF for my unnamed system. I will be using this system for a few of them longer games I have thought up and just…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Gwen, Andrew Martin.

1/13/2004 realms_creator: Armor rating
I would like to have some imput on the armor system for our game setting. Please post only honest replies. Thanks Protection Type Armor Rating Armor Points Leather Armor 30%…
In RPG Theory
Participants: realms_creator, Andrew Martin, Calithena, Jack Aidley, Gordon C. Landis, Drifter Bob, Dr. Velocity.

1/13/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Simple sorcery/combat questions
Ok, this should be a no-brainer, but I haven't run sorcery in TROS before, really. Here's the setup: - A sorcerer is casting a spell with CTN 2. - A…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Ingenious, Brian Leybourne, Wolfen, Salamander, Ben Lehman, Poleaxe.

1/13/2004 Paganini: TROS musings and questions and stuff...
So, I finally got it. Bad stuff first... I was kinda disappointed with the editing. Bad grammar, misspellings, too wordy, and stuff. Better than a lot of indie publications, true,…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Paganini, Brian Leybourne.

1/13/2004 John Burdick: DeepWood Realms
My Exalted game is on hold while we wait for one of the players to read the book. In the meantime, we're playing another game. The DeepWood Realms A Light…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Burdick, Mike Holmes.

1/12/2004 John Harper: [Pool variant] The Poodle
We just started a new game series (set in Joss Whedon's Firefly universe) and we're using a Pool variant that I developed. It's working pretty well, so I thought I…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: John Harper, Matt Wilson, Cassidy, James V. West, Mike Holmes.

1/12/2004 Mouse: My Game: Tactiturn
I’m in the middle of completing a game system that’s based around realism (at least on the non-fiction part of it). I’ve been out of touch with the latest RPG’s,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Mouse, Zathreyel, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

1/12/2004 Calithena: RPG/CCG hybrid scam; Monetary Awards in RPGs more generally
In another thread, Mike Holmes wrote: "The one thing that I always bring up regarding that we have this scorekeeping device…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Calithena, MachMoth, Andrew Martin, contracycle, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, Drifter Bob, damyano.

1/12/2004 adamsmith: [Adventure!] Real world prejudice in games
I'm gearing up to run the now iconic adaptation of CoC's Masks of Nyarlathotep using the Adventure! rules. Given the setting and content, I'm trying to work out to what…
In Actual Play
Participants: adamsmith, Zathreyel, Technocrat13, Matt Wilson.

1/12/2004 Mikko Lehtinen: Re: Demon Abilities in Combat
I've been wondering whether using the demon power Cover causes fatigue or not. Let's consider two cases: 1) A demon sword makes the wielder a mighty warrior. I'd judge that…
In Adept Press
Participants: Mikko Lehtinen, Ron Edwards.

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1/13/2004 Balbinus: Historical HeroQuest actual play
Hi, I posted this originally on rpg.net in response to a query there but thought that it would be of interest to folk here as well. Rather than go into…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Balbinus, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Thierry Michel.

1/13/2004 Harlequin: Forum setup help wanted
I'm looking for someone who can, if provided with webspace (also working on that), help me to set up a PhpBB forum akin to the one Clinton has managed here…
In Connections
Participants: Harlequin.

1/13/2004 Kryyst: Forged RPG
First I'd just like to say hello as I'm new. I've been browsing this site in particular this forum and the theory forum and there are plenty of great ideas…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kryyst, Mike Holmes, Shreyas Sampat, Jack Aidley.

1/13/2004 Krammer: tfob
Recently Ive noticed that Jake's signature says, "the flower is in bud..." I was just wondering how much it is in bud. Is it just beginning to bud, or is…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Krammer, Jake Norwood, kanseg.

1/13/2004 Krammer: observation on magic
now, I know that the magic is meant to be powerful, but I never really knew just how powerful it was until recently. in a recent scenario, the seneschal decided…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Krammer, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Rico, Ingenious, kenjib, StahlMeister, Morfedel, Lxndr.

1/13/2004 Drifter Bob: Initial impressions
Ok, I have finally been able to have a tantalizing taste of TROS, and we are on the verge of starting our first campaign. Let me say first of all,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Drifter Bob, Ingenious, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Wolfen, Mokkurkalfe, Vanguard, Jake Norwood, Deacon Blues, bcook1971, Salamander.

1/13/2004 dyjoots: Probability Help
I'm again reworking the resolution system for my little RPG, and I was wondering if any of the math wizards here could help out with an equation or chart. The…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: dyjoots, M. J. Young, bluegargantua, Lxndr, Brian Leybourne.

1/14/2004 Kilor Di: Recruiting for RPG
EDIT: Moved this to the proper forum. The moderaters can delete this at any time.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kilor Di.

1/14/2004 Lara: 2D Role-play game in development (press release)
Portals Interactive Entertainment announces their first game, Sanctuary Portals. Sanctuary Portals is a 2D MMORPG, billed as a MMOCIG.The term is being coined to emphasize the focus on role-play and…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Lara.

1/14/2004 Kilor Di: Science in PnP
As stated here http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8979 I use sciences in the game I'm working on. Just to get an opinion on how some of these ideas could work. With most of these…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kilor Di, Matt Wilson, Ben Lehman, Jasper.

1/14/2004 Kilor Di: Recruitment Drive (Magic-Techno RPG)
With my workload being what it will be this semester (BTW I'm a college student), I think I might need some help on that game I keep talking about. If…
In Connections
Participants: Kilor Di.

1/14/2004 LizardLips: The foundation of my game.
Love this site. I've learned a ton from you guys in the last few weeks. I was hoping you wouldn't mind looking at this basic mechanic. I want to start…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: LizardLips, Umberhulk, Mark Johnson.

1/14/2004 xiombarg: [Unsung] Half an Episode, Out of Order
You might want to freshen up with the previous thread. This session had a lot more Gifts, in part because we "skipped ahead". http://ivanhoeunbound.com/unsung6_nar.txt http://ivanhoeunbound.com/unsung6_ooc.txt As before, the first link…
In Actual Play
Participants: xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

1/14/2004 Brian Kittrell: Beat the Streets: A Police Simulation
Well, I took some time of from the vampire game and decided to do a little concept work on a game called Beat the Streets, where players play as police…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Brian Kittrell, montag, Mark Johnson, Wolfen, sirogit, xiombarg, anonymouse.

1/14/2004 bcook1971: [TROS] A Sequence of Events OR a Series of Episodes?
[quote="Guest"]So many of the things mentioned on this thread are just two different roleplaying styles: 1) one player basically has a complete storyline prepared for his character, even to the…
In Actual Play
Participants: bcook1971, Jake Norwood.

1/14/2004 Jack Aidley: Advice on Web Hosting
I'm hoping to be releasing Great Ork Gods as a free .pdf in the near future. To do this I'll require a website. However some time spent searching for good,…
In Publishing
Participants: Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, Matt, ADGBoss, Christopher Weeks.

1/14/2004 Ron Edwards: [ReCoil] Preparation questions
Hello, I'm prepping for a session of ReCoil for the campus club group, and I've come up with a number of questions for you, Lance. If anyone else has read…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen.

1/14/2004 bluegargantua: Providing Challenge in Adventures
Hi, So I'm assembling a quick one-shot for our local gaming group to test out the HQ system. We're just curious to take the system out for a spin and…
In HeroQuest
Participants: bluegargantua, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, RaconteurX, Scripty.

1/14/2004 Matt Wilson: The Frankenstein System
This might be too daydreamy a post for the design forum, but I've been thinking about this other iron I have in the fire, and which elements of which systems…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, John Harper.

1/14/2004 Ron Edwards: Sorcerer as teaching text
Hello, In Naked helpless sacrifice story, I wrote, What's very hard to explain is that I don't make any distinctions between "obvious" and "not obvious." You're not supposed…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards, Lxndr, jburneko, greyorm.

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