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Magic Overhaul for WFRP2

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A couple of days ago Strike-to-Stun user AranaiRa published a complete overhaul of arcane magic for WFRP2. This mammoth tome of 76 pages not only re-writes the spells but also offers the rules for elf wizards.

My group and I decided to go back to WFRP 2e after about a year and a half, though experience with newer games that run off of WFRP 2e’s base system made us realize that the existing casting system was a bit lack-luster. So we aimed to fix that.

An updated Rune Magic doc is coming soon, followed by Divine Magic. From there we plan to cover Dark Lores, then Witch Lores and hedge magic. Any feedback or error-catching is appreciated!

AranaiRa allowed the hosting of this document at the Daily Empire and thus you can download it HERE as a pdf.

The original post can be found at this Strike-to-Stun thread as I am sure that some of you would like to give comments and suggestions to the author.

We Wish You A Scary Solstice

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Today I posted this on StS and FFG’s forums:

In the old days WFRP was supposedly created as a “fantasy version of Call of Cthulhu”. I think this idea is still very good one. Bring in the mysteries, cults and weird uncles. Raise up the dead ones and whisper threaded names in ancient libraries.

In addition to the one I wrote I received one from Sami Uusitalo (who you might remember from various writings – most recently the Four Truths About the Beast of Bögen).

I’m still hopeful that we receive a few additional onesheets. But as I’m getting ready to watch movies and enjoy the Winter Solstice evening I decided to put up the two entries already.

The Opener of Ways is my entry and The Prehensile-tailed Comet is the one that Sami wrote. We are hoping you will enjoy them both.

All in all have a very scart Solstice.

And an eldritch new year…

Winter Solstice is coming

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Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. It is a promotion of material written and designed by the host of the Daily Empire, Lauri Maijala. This does not mean that the Daily Empire would turn into a promotional field or abandon WFRP. It just means that it is a pretty damn good game to try out.

A month ago an introduction was published.

Since then there has been quite a lot of work done with the Eldritch Sigils but as things tend to move up to their own speed we are not quite there yet. However we are ready to present a small (should I say) “commercial” about what is to come.

House of Gods is an adventure aimed to be played during a single night or in a convention. It sends up to five Native American braves to fight for their right to rule the tribe but just might include a twist that makes it a lot more entertaining. And “oneshotty”.

This scenario uses the most basic rules of Eldritch Sigils; it is stripped from a lot of the “full rules” in the sake of being able to learn the system and play the game in a few hours. It is the first of a series of similarly themed (or at least build) adventures.

In the midst of all the snow here in Finland I hope that this adventure finds you and your group with a little time (and PCs) to kill. If you have anything at all to say about this first installment I hope you bring it up either here or send me a direct email.

I should point out that as we are currently without illustrators this pdf (and those that follow) are lacking in art. We have every intention to get more eye-candy once we are able to support the artist(s).

DOWNLOAD House of Gods

Enjoy the story. May it be brutal.

Creature of the Folk Lore

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“Have you heard the story about the Beast of Bögen, stranger?”

About a year ago while writing for the Hand of Glory-scenario for Liber Fanatica 9 I contacted Sami Uusitalo for a little help. Originally he wrote a small addition to the story. But it did not take long for this addition to take a life of its own.

The Five Truths About the Beast of Bögen is a different kind of scenario. I wont go into details as they would certainly spoil the story but I do recommend GMs out there to run it. It works with almost any campaign of WFRP and really is a great addition.

The file has been updated in the Downloads section of WFRP2.

You may also directly download it HERE as a pdf.

The adventure has stats for WFRP2 only but if someone has the opportunity to make a conversion for WFRP3 I would like to host it here also (Sami Uusitalo actually asked me to do the stats so I imagine he has nothing against someone else doing them).

***Minor Spoiler warning for Hand of Glory!***

As for the Hand of Glory – you can actually still spot where this piece was going to be added. There is a minor error in the edit of LF9 on page 73. Act 2, Encounter 1 lists two possible outcomes 2a and 2b. Only one is given though and the 2b-option is put into a small box. I would however like to encourage GMs to use Five Truths About the Beast of Bögen in this Act. Episode 3 is good for it anyway.

***End of spoilers***