I'm afraid the only practical conversion document will, in my opinion, read: "Drop 4th edition". That's it really. I spent a huge amount of time thinking, analyzing and play-testing 4th Edition, trying to fix issues and rewrite rules as needed. Nothing (and I mean nothing) this edition add...

Orin J. wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 2:34 pm i'll bite, what is EN World?

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=EN+World

That brings me right back to the 80s. At first blush, it did me too. However, I am saddened to hear they went with a 1) new 2) generic 3) dice pool game. That's three strikes out of three. Instead writing the new iteration of the Tetsubō campaign world for an 1) existing, play-tested, rule-set that...

Congrats to still keeping the lights on, Chuck! Great to see the place remains active!

Great to see that Chuck keeps this place alive, and I'm glad to see quite a lot of activity here (in all subforums) :) Just wanted to say I swung by today after a long absence (the v4 rules nearly destroyed my love for WFRP) and, to my great surprise, the yandex link to my houserules zip is still ac...

Cap, I would love to read a post by you about the possible modifications to apply to 2nd edition. I already know the "number of attacks" House rule you wrote back in the StStun days and it works like a charm! I'm curious to hear if you have other nice ideas! This time I'll be a player, no...

We've run a massive campaign in 4E. Will never use the ruleset again - next time we're back to 2E. So I've thought about which bots and bobs that can be salvaged. The players liked the open-ended careers system. But ultimately it just isn't balanced. There's a reason skills are secondary to characte...

Nope - this game is simply not well thought through.

Hyarion wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:26 am http://windsofchaos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=57

Ah. I find it easier and faster to just make the calculation than use a table, but thanks.

4th edition switches to opposed rolls. That alone fixes a lot of whiff. It does also introduce the potential problem of lopsided contests. Any character pouring experience into Fellowship, for instance, will quickly realize a score of maybe 75% Fel yields almost supernatural dominance of his hapless...

Orin J. wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:40 am i'm pretty sure the reason is because

...the rule of Cool?

I'm pretty convinced that any cloaked figure on a horse must be able to draw a Pistol, by universal law

In other words: don't overthink WFRP economics or you'll lose 1d6 Sanity Points...

Hyarion wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:48 am Yes, that was me.

Link?

Yes, the "plus" in characteristics advances can be easy to misinterpret. As Hyarion says, they're all absolute, never cumulative. The plus sign is just... convention, I guess. It's meant to tell you "no, that Bodyguard isn't limited to a measly 10% in Weapon Skill, lower than anybody'...

I've already voiced this sentiment elsewhere, but I guess reposting it here can't hurt: I completely missed TOR when it first came out. I have no explanation for it not appearing on my radar, it just didn't. Once I did realize there was this acclaimed Middle-Earth game that really tried shaping adve...

I would like to thank you for adding that last paragraph. Your opinions are well voiced, but not necessarily shared by all. I just wanted to say I appreciate that understanding. I don't want fluffy discussion, but just the basics understanding that "ymmv". You're welcome. It's especially ...

Orin J. wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:18 am Seems to work well enough for people with significant house-ruling in place already who view the rules as a guideline second to their own antics.

Well, that's an awfully low bar to set for yourself as a rules designer...

The hard cold truth is that 4E is a trainwreck of a system, designed by people that utterly lost track of the bigger picture. It is 2E, except every conceivable subsystem have been made more complicated, broken and cluttery. After playing it extensively I have concluded that there exists no simple f...

Page 164 has a call-out box "Options: Limiting Advantage". They recommend a limit of either 2 or Init Bonus. Either would be more limited than the 'max 6' you decided to house rule, so if you're happy with your current system I would say don't change it just to comply with the call-out bo...

That press release announces a 'new edition', but whether this will be the, as i understand it, still quite new, second edition, or a third edition it doesn't say. Free League staffers have made clear (in various forums) the edition they intend to publish will be Francesco's 2nd edition (the work h...

Gman wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:28 amI dislike Advantage A LOT

If you read this forum you will realize you are far from alone...