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1/22/2004 Morfedel: Hedge Magic
I was thinking of creating hedge magic - or, for those not familiar with the term, magic that is very weak. Generally, a hedge magician is far weaker than a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, tauman, MonkeyWrench, StahlMeister, Paka, Valthalion, Dan Sellars, Drifter Bob.

1/22/2004 ADGBoss: Seraphim: Candlebright Alpha Test Posted
This thread is related to yetserday's Devilfyre Alpha Test Thread except this download is the full Seraphim: Candlebright game, with both the Devilfyre System and the Seraphim setting... Confusing…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss.

1/22/2004 Negilent: TROS spiritual attributes in BW
I have both systems, and the thing that drew me to TROS was the spiritual attribute system. But no offense Jake, but along came BW and I fell totally for…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: Negilent, Lxndr, abzu, Valamir, joshua neff, Bracken.

1/22/2004 motherlessgoose: Need good intro to HQ
I am considering buying HQ. I have perused the rulebook in the store and was at first highly turned off by the price. I was also taken aback by how…
In HeroQuest
Participants: motherlessgoose, pete_darby, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Scripty, Ian Cooper.

1/22/2004 Alan: NEW SA Category: Secrets
I was just mulling over the Riddle of Spice and hit on an SA idea I thought appropriate for the Dune universe: The Secret. It would be similar to a…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Alan, Ingenious, kenjib, StahlMeister, Ben Lehman, Valamir, contracycle, Mike Holmes, Jasper.

1/22/2004 doubtofbuddha: Hesitance towards Glorantha as a Setting
AS you may know (See my City of 10,000 Magicians thread), I am working on starting a Glorantha HeroQuest game. Last night a player of mine brought up so concerns…
In HeroQuest
Participants: doubtofbuddha, Alan, buserian, RaconteurX, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Ian Charvill, pete_darby, soru, Kao Nashi, Scripty, contracycle, Bankuei, Emmerson, Deacon Blues, Brand_Robins, simon_hibbs, Christopher Kubasik, joshua neff, Donald.

1/22/2004 Roman: Upon reading Chapter 2 of "GNS and Other Matters ...&qu
Your limerick, sir. There once was a man from Schenectady Who wanted to have a vasectomy. The doc got on a roll Mistook a part for the whole And perpetrated…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Roman, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2004 Valamir: Axes Knives and Swords
Just saw this special on the History Channel tonight. Pretty good accurate information. They had some scenes of sword fighting, and as I'm watching I'm thinking "hey, those guys actually…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Valamir, Ingenious, Salamander, Jake Norwood, toli, Poleaxe.

1/22/2004 Pyske: Improvisational TROS variant
I've been considering running another TROS game for a while now, and tonight on the spur of the moment I volunteered to run a game. We'll be playing this Friday,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Pyske.

1/22/2004 Wolfen: Sorcerous Detection
So I find myself wondering: How do you detect magic? Can a sorcerer detect magic cast in their vicinity? If so, how close? And what is the in-game explanation for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Wolfen, Ingenious.

1/22/2004 Jason Petrasko: Heart & Fire, a 1PG RPG
[b]Concept[/b] A fixed 6d6 dice pool lightweight game system with a focus on character drama. [b]Character Generation[/b] Each character is represented as: [list]a set of Qualities a set of Dramatic…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jason Petrasko, Mike Holmes, Dev.

1/21/2004 Sigurth: Editing Posts
I noticed that there was a time limit for editing posts....I am told 360 minutes by the site when I have tried to edit after a day or so. Does…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Sigurth, Christopher Kubasik, M. J. Young.

1/21/2004 Bob Richter: Ninja vs. Pirate
Bah. Enough with that stale "Knight vs. Samurai" bit. Who wins in a fight between a Ninja and a Pirate?
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bob Richter, MonkeyWrench, Salamander, Deacon Blues, murazor, JESTER, Wolfen, Ingenious, kenjib, Bastoche, tauman, Furious D, Jake Norwood.

1/21/2004 apeiron: LotR RPG Inquiry: What did you think of it?
i recently read through the Lord of the Rings RPG. i am wondering if any of you have played the game. Please share with me your reflections on the game…
In Actual Play
Participants: apeiron, John Kim, Negilent, ADGBoss.

1/21/2004 The big blue ape: A Magicish question
Not to long ago while reading OBAM, I read the humunculus spell, and I thought of a rather odd thing to do, say for example my character created a humunculus,…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: The big blue ape, Brian Leybourne, Krammer, ZazielsRephaim.

1/21/2004 abzu: [Burning Wheel] Under a Serpent Sun
http://www.burningwheel.org/pdf/bw_atg_uass_r1_scrn.pdf Hi all, I would like to use this thread to discuss the (game) design of the above linked pdf. The questions I would like to discuss are: Does it…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: abzu, inthisstyle, Durgil, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

1/21/2004 ADGBoss: Devilfyre Playtest Available
Well its fianlly finished. The game system that is going to power up Seraphim: Candlebright is finally done. I wanted to bring out the system by itself as well…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: ADGBoss.

1/21/2004 Ron Edwards: [ReCoil] Play feedback
Hello, Here's the feedback from our session of ReCoil, played last night at the campus club with me and four players. I'll post the one-sheet and the characters later. 1.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Lxndr, Brian Leybourne.

1/21/2004 Harlequin: Mysterious magic
One completely orthogonal line on the challenge of magic comes in if it's really, really unknown and strange. I don't know that I've ever seen an RPG which handled this…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Harlequin, Ron Edwards, John Kim, M. J. Young, talysman, gobi, Bill_White, inthisstyle, neelk, Calithena, montag, teucer, clehrich.

1/21/2004 Morfedel: Non Game Mechanic Alternatives to Controlling Sorcerers
I had been thinking about controlling sorcerers; some people think they are just fine, but I think many of us have had the distaste of having to watch sorcerers turn…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, De profundis, Mike Holmes, Ben Lehman, Ingenious, Andrew Mure, Lxndr, Stephen, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Thanaeon, Rick, Wolfen, Bob McNamee, Amy1419, Malechi, Pyske.

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1/22/2004 Dregg: [Chapter 13 Press] Card Mechanics
I'm currently working on a game that deals with curing ones phobias by facing them in a face to face manner, but that's not what this post is about. I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Dregg, gobi, abzu.

1/22/2004 Phillip: Duality- a relatively simple RPG about conflicting aspects
Duality is a pretty simple game that revolves around conflicts between a protagonists opposing and often conflicting aspects. It uses polyhedra dice, and borrows the mechanic from BattleBall; the idea…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Phillip, Emily Care, Mark Johnson, Ron Edwards.

1/22/2004 Michael S. Miller: Indie gaming at A Gazebo of Games
A Gazebo of Games is the spring convention from the folks at Wild Gazebo Productions. It will be held April 30 to May 2, 2004 in Edison, NJ. Discussion of…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Dregg, eruditus, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Liz the RPG Chick, abzu, WGPTrey.

1/22/2004 cthulahoops: [MLwM] 200g mixed expectations, 500g fun, 15ml blasphemy
Hi, I'm trying new games at a great rate at the moment, you spend years doing the same things and then lots of new things happen at once. This game…
In Actual Play
Participants: cthulahoops, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, firstagainstthewall.

1/22/2004 Sigurth: Adding or Changing SA's
I really did look at the FAQ on this Forum, but could not find the answer to my quesiton. In character generation the PCs start out with 5 SAs and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Sigurth, Ingenious, The Heretic, Jake Norwood, Alan, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Ron Edwards, Wolfen.

1/22/2004 Ulmo: Running this at DunDraCon
Which is a convention styling towards RPGs in Northern California. I was curious if anyone had any feedback on how to structure the game to run at a convention. I…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Ulmo, Paul Czege.

1/22/2004 PeterAdkison: Gen Con new feature--the "Quiet Zone"
Primarily due to the discussion on this board last November we at Gen Con have decided to try something new at Gen Con Indy 2004: a "quiet zone" in the…
In Conventions
Participants: PeterAdkison, M. J. Young.

1/22/2004 Kilor Di: Priest Problems
In my game, there are seven elements. Time, Space, Light, Sound, Life, and Death. There are also mages that specify in a specific element (ie Chronomancers, Necromancers, etc.). This creates…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Kilor Di, Andrew Martin, anonymouse, Lxndr, teucer, Jasper, Ron Edwards, abzu, Spooky Fanboy, ADGBoss, Jack Aidley, Marhault, talysman, clehrich, greyorm.

1/22/2004 Kilor Di: PDF Posting
I'm planning on converting my notes on the game I'm working on into a PDF file. Where would be a good place to post it (and consequently, how do I…
In Publishing
Participants: Kilor Di, Tim C Koppang, Clay.

1/23/2004 Jim_Hague: CineReality System: First post, Protocol: Zero design goals
Hola all. Longtime lurker, first time poster. I'm currently wrapping up my first major writing project in the hobby for one of the big publishers, and having gotten some confidence…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jim_Hague, Jasper, Jack Spencer Jr, Dev, Doctor Xero.

1/23/2004 jpegbert: Modern combat rules?
I think I remember reading somewhere that the TROS rules were orginally based on a modern combat system. Is this true? Are these rules available? If not, can anyone recommend…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: jpegbert, Jake Norwood, Salamander, OriginalFlash, Thanaeon, chade0.

1/23/2004 Poleaxe: an elf-fey archer/sorcerer
How would you recommend making such a character? My first problem, priorites: A race/magic B either Prof's/Vag's or Attributes C either Attributes or Prof's/Vag's My basic question is this, he's…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Poleaxe, Ingenious, Mantis, Brian Leybourne, toli, Lxndr.

1/23/2004 swdevlin: A Political Game
Hi, I have been pondering running a 'political' fantasy game for a little while now; something feudal, or something clan/viking-esque. But I seem to have some sort of GM block.…
In Actual Play
Participants: swdevlin, pete_darby, Jasper, MachMoth, John Kim, clehrich, Ron Edwards, ks13, Negilent, Loki.

1/23/2004 Bracken: Riddle of Steel Initiative questions
Hi all, It's been a while, but I have some RoS questions about Initiative. Actually more pertaining to group initiative. I like the way RoS handles Initiative once the combatants…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Bracken, Brian Leybourne.

1/23/2004 eruditus: PAGE Game Day March 20, 2004 - Sign up NOW!
GMs wanted for the PAGE Game Day. For more info: http://www.philagamers.org/index.php?module=FormExpress&func=display_form&form_id=3 I know that we BW folk will be around. A showing from the local Forge folk would be GREAT!!!!
In Conventions
Participants: eruditus.

1/23/2004 MrWrong: The Black Ziggurat
The Black Ziggurat, a new scenario from the Ring of HeroQuest Narrators, has been released. This scenario was written as a fairly straightforward introductory scenario for HeroQuest. Aimed at beginners…
In HeroQuest
Participants: MrWrong.

1/23/2004 Morfedel: Sorcerer Stories
Since we have been discussing sorcerers, and debating on whether or not they are too powerful in a game, I thought I'd make this request. I'd like to hear actual…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Morfedel, Lxndr, Wolfen, Bob Richter, Salamander, Ingenious.

1/23/2004 Christopher Weeks: [MLwM] Dr. Sweet's Clinic
We played this game in one sitting. It was on a Sunday afternoon and I think actual play ran from around 1:00 to around 6:00. The Master: Dr. Leopold Sweet—runs…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Weeks, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

1/23/2004 toli: attributes or proficiencies
One of the other threads got me wondering about people's approach to character design and advancement. Namely, do you focus on increasing attributes or profieciencies ahead of the other...or both…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, Wolfen.

1/23/2004 Liz the RPG Chick: A Call for A Gazebo of Games
HI, Liz the RPG CHick here, I have been reading the posts about Wild Gazebo's cons and you all have alot of insite. I am now in charge of running…
In Conventions
Participants: Liz the RPG Chick, Ron Edwards, abzu, WGPTrey.

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