By now, I think a number of you have seen that things have been changed again over at WebRPG, and there is a new DragonQuest forum there: ...
Rodger Thorm
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Mar 6, 2003 6:18 pm
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I'm more than willing to do it. ... From: Rodger Thorm [mailto:rodger_thorm@...] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:19 AM To: dqn-list@yahoogroups.com ...
I was going to post this in DQ rules, but it is not really a rules question. I thought I would post it her eand see what kind of response I get. The Book of...
... It's worth noting that nothing in the text suggests the Book of Toth is a unique artifact. (In fact, quite the opposite.) It is rare, of course, but the...
D. Cameron King
monarchy2000@...
Mar 26, 2003 1:07 am
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... The Book of Toth is a "real" document. It's some sort of history of the Egyptian mythology; in modern astrological/mystic circles it's strongly associated...
... Actually, I think the Egyptian document would be the Book of Thoth, not Toth. It's been some time since I've read much of either occultism or Egyptian...
Thanks to everyone for their reponses! ... before I ... people ... it ... I will be honest with you, the supplementary material is pretty light. Which (as was...
... Funny, I guess all this time I've been reading it as Thoth, not Toth. Damn. Of course, Crowley was known for "borrowing" from other cultures then making...
... This comment confuses me, since DQ is the lowest-magic fantasy RPG I've ever played. So maybe I'm misunderstanding you. To me, "low magic" suggests...
D. Cameron King
monarchy2000@...
Mar 27, 2003 4:35 pm
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... From: "D. Cameron King" <monarchy2000@...> To: dqn-list@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DQN-list] The Book of Toth ... magic fantasy RPG ... you. To...
... Two words: Backfire Table. Cast spells (especially the more powerful variety) often enough, and you *will* biff it sooner or later. In all of the...
D. Cameron King
monarchy2000@...
Mar 27, 2003 10:07 pm
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Oops! I misattributed Jim's response to J.K. Hoffman. My apologies... -Cameron _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE...
D. Cameron King
monarchy2000@...
Mar 27, 2003 10:08 pm
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If any of you are unaware, there is a good sized (70+) guild of dedicated DQ players based in New Zealand that has been playing on Alusia for nigh on 15 years...
Nope, we're the same person! Just posting from two different locations. Cheers! Jim ... -- "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." ...
... Big spells do not magic-rich settings make. I would say it was the other way around. The ability to cast smaller, more common spells over and over again...
Have to agree with the poster who stated facts that --everyone (PC's) eventually becomes and adept, and in DQ there ends up --being lots of one shot style...
... Especially amazing when one considers my terrible reputation on some other lists I'm on! ^_^ Maybe I'm just mellowing with age... Cheers! Jim -- "It's...
I am not sure it is going strong... page last updated a year ago? ... dedicated DQ ... nigh on 15 ... history of the ... strongly ... Thoth, not ... occultism...
... This has never been the case in the games i have played. But that could be because we only play once per month and in DQ there ends up ... Invested items...
Chello! ... This has never been the case in the games i have played. But that could be because we only play once per month I agree...while DQ allows one to do...
... That wasn't my claim. My claim was simply that the backfire rules discourage casual spellcasting, especially of big spells. ... I join with several others...
D. Cameron King
monarchy2000@...
Mar 28, 2003 4:34 pm
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... From: "D. Cameron King" <monarchy2000@...> ... backfire rules ... spells. Ah, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that the backfire rules...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the dqn-list group: Do you think of DragonQuest as magic- rich, magic-poor, or somewhere in the middle?...
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Mar 28, 2003 6:59 pm
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... I probably forgot to update the 'page last updated' date on the relative pages again. The 'What's New page should give a more accurate indication of when...
Just so everyone knows, I did the poll out of curiosity. There seemed to be some compelling reasons for the low-magic perception and I was curious how other...
One way may be to use the freebie Google search if your site is indexed by Google it also indexes htm doc and a number of file formats as well as pdf ...
... Ahh, yes! If you go by published NPCs, I can certainly see your point. Of course, if you judged average human(oid) Perception scores by the published...
D. Cameron King
monarchy2000@...
Mar 28, 2003 11:46 pm
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:58:33 -0600, "J. K. Hoffman" <ryumaou@...> ... That was done in the past, with Chaosium's "Thieves' World" set (which I guess...