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10/16/2002 toli: Money question
Hello all. Just picked up ROS and love it. I have a question about $$$ however. The monthly income from "jobs" listed in the Social Class section seem increadibly high…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Shadeling, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Lyrax, Irmo, Spartan, Valamir, PosterX, luke, Stephen, Roger Eberhart, Bankuei, Bob Richter, Wolfen.

10/23/2002 toli: Logistics and Flower of Battle
A thought and question. The blub in the back of TROS says that the Flower of Battle will have mass combat rules. Will these rules include something about the logistics…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, Brian Leybourne, Bankuei, Lyrax, Mike Holmes, contracycle.

11/12/2002 toli: Barsoom, John Carter of Mars--alternate TROS worlds
Ever once and a while, some one seems notes that TROS rules would be good for a certain setting or that a particular movie has a TROS feel. I've always…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, spunky, Durgil, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, Blake Hutchins, Sneaky Git.

11/26/2002 toli: ARMOR
Any suggestions for armor value, CP and Move Modifiers for the following: Norman style hauberk (covering upper leg and upper arm) Roman type lamellar armor ???
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, ShaneNINE, Jason, Aaron.

12/6/2002 toli: Char Gen, Priorities, Randomness
The discussion RE insight got me thinking about this subject. I was curious why you (Jake) decided to for a deterministic as opposed to random form of character generation. I've…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, prophet118, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Irmo, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Bob Richter.

1/7/2003 toli: Problem viewing pages
Just a quick question... Does anyone else have a problem viewing the posts? I get the index page but often get only blank posts no matter what I do (that…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Brian Leybourne, prophet118.

2/18/2003 toli: Buying Gifts
Does anyone have any thoughts on buying gifts? One can buyoff flaws, so it might be reasonable to buy gifts as well. Obviously there has to be some logic involved.…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale.

7/23/2003 toli: Chargen prints blanks or won't print
I've been having a problem with the char gen. It works fine up to trying to print a character. At this point it either indicates that there is some problem…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Brian Leybourne, SNJ_Namek.

12/31/2003 toli: Weapons and proficiencies
I think this type of question has come up before, but I couldn't find it in the archive section... Can I happily use a cut and thrust sword with my…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood.

1/6/2004 toli: war hammer vs bastard sword...?
OK So I died, but I have enough insight to create a new character with AABBCD for priorities. I intend to make a Stahlnish landless knight (B) with A for…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Wolfen, Draigh, Ingenious, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Ashren Va'Hale, Jake Norwood.

1/7/2004 toli: Cost of Land
Mokkurkalfe in another thread brought up the notion of PCs being homless, having spent all their $$ on equipment. This got me thinking about the cost of buying land and…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, kenjib, Prince of Thieves, Ingenious, Half-Baked, Mike Holmes, contracycle, Hugin.

1/13/2004 toli: swords, swords, swords
I've got two questions/thoughts I've been kicking around. Maybe you guys can help me 'resolve' them. (1) The first relates to the difference between an arming sword and a cut…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Jake Norwood, murazor, Salamander.

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.

6/17/2004 toli: longsword prof and 1h use
These a questions primarily for Jake or anyone else who knows about the longsword prof. How much 1 handed use is taught in this prof? Do all maneuvers (eg counters)…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: toli, Tash, Ashren Va'Hale, Richard_Strey, Salamander.

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