Winds of Chaos

It’s been a long while since this site last updated, but I have been working on WFRP, I promise. The Scenario Contest over at Black Industries has been occupying all of my time of late, and I finally finished my entry. It’s about a man who was wronged by some corrupt people in authority, and engages in complex machinations to obtain his revenge. The PCs must thwart his attempts at poisoning an entire town (and most likely them as well). Plenty of puzzles, a group of thugs, and the same corrupt men stand in their way.

Look for it at the 2007 Scenario Contest Site. It’s titled “Dead Ringer,” and can be found about halfway down the page. To whet your appetite, I’ve placed a picture of the cover behind the fold, expertly penciled by TJ Adamowicz and digitally painted by Alfredo Lopez, Jr.

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I recently received an email from one Rolph Segers, who has completed the enormous task of converting the NPCs from Alfred Nuñez Jr’s brilliant alternate conclusion to the Enemy Within campaign, Empire at War. Empire at War, originally written for v1, is an option for those fans of the campaign who either cannot find the elusive (and expensive) official conclusion Empire in Flames, or desire to play through a conclusion that smoothly bridges the two versions of WFRP.

You can find Segers’ conversions here, and Nuñez’s original at Strike to Stun.

Sorry for the lack of updates. Life has been quite hectic over the last several months.

My previous post on solving the problem of unlimited healing is itself problematic, because it would increase the likelihood of rampant chaos effects with healers, primarily followers of Shallya. Since witch hunters would not tolerate the existence of Shallyan priestesses who, in their eyes, routinely traffic with the forces of Chaos (as evidenced by common chaos manifestations), it does not seem to make sense to attempt to limit the casting of healing spells by increasing the likelihood of calling down the curse of Tzeentch.

So, back to the drawing board. Fortunately, I may have hit upon a simple, elegant solution that does not involve Chaos at all: healing spells tamper with the recipient’s life force, and thus should come at some cost. I propose that every time a successful Heal spell is cast upon a wounded PC, that PC suffers a -10% to his or her Toughness score.

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Patrick Fungerlings strikes again! This time he has completed the mammoth task of converting all of the NPCs from the 3rd (4th?) installment of the Enemy Within campaign, Power Behind the Throne. For those of you who have been running a v2 TEW campaign or are planning to, the wait is over.

You can find the PBtT NPCs in all their v2 glory right here.

Josef sent me revamped versions of the main crit charts, which follow the lethality of the chart in the WFRP rulebook and should shorten combats considerably. I’d like some feedback on these charts, because if there’s enough call for it I’ll offer similar versions of my own.

You can find them at the usual place in Josef’s section.

The sketches keep rolling in. This time TJ submits a creature the PCs may (or may not) meet up with at some point during the first installment. Internet fame and fortune await the first one to guess what this creature is. Anyone have their Old World Bestiary handy?

We are now listed on the “Top 50 Warhammer Sites,” of which there are currently … six.



Does that mean Winds of Chaos is in the top 6 Warhammer sites on the planet?

It’s been quite a while, but the Firearms Critical Effects are finished. These are a bit more lethal, but then they are firearms. Next up on the docket is the Spell/Energy Chart, which hopefully will not take quite so long.

Also, due to a recent combat against a low-level Wizard which took way too long, I’ve added some notes & modifications to the Main Critical Hit Chart specifically dealing with combat against magic-users. Now, that pesky Wizard will feel Critical Hit penalties where they hurt — right in the Will Power and Mag score — rather than in the relatively less important Weapon Skill.

Also up is another “Stones & Sigils” sketch from TJ, this time featuring the titular stone (TJ assures me that the final version will be riven with runes). Work progresses apace on this scenario, and I plan to have it available for download by January of 2007 — depending, of course, on how busy the rest of my life gets.

Three quick updates for the Critical Hit portion of the Downloads Section:

1) In response to feedback I’ve received from several quarters, I’ve added a critical hit chart that follows the conventions of v2. This means that you now have the option of downloading a chart for both my effects and Josef’s effects whose crits get nastier the lower you roll, just like the chart found in the core book. Of course, you can still download the old, ascending charts (still my favorite!).

2) If you haven’t checked Josef’s crits in a while, he’s made major revisions on nearly every one. I’m going to go through and start implementing a version system if and when he makes any more major updates. For now, consider the current charts to be “version 2.0.”

3) Joseph has added a new critical hit chart specifically designed for use during combats with large monsters. Take a look, it’s available now.

It’s been a while since I updated last and I figured you might want to know what I’ve been up to. Between adding and revising entries for the Firearms Criticals I’ve been working on a larger project: a v2 campaign called, coincidentally enough, “Winds of Chaos.” TJ Adamowicz, the artist who provided the sketches for Noblesse Oblige, is hard at work doing the same thing for “Of Stones & Sigils,” the campaign’s first installment.

Here is a peek at TJ’s first sketch:

What is that, you may ask? Why, a sigil, of course. Maybe we’ll get to see the “Stone” portion of the title at a later date.