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by Orin J.
Fri May 31, 2019 1:32 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

that's exactly my issue, they were forgotten about. they have ranged modifiers for size on 162, then say the rest about size will be handled in the bestiary and....it's mostly not there. a lot of it seems to be that combat movement and engagement isn't really addressed to begin with. there's still ...
by Orin J.
Fri May 31, 2019 12:52 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Rules questions
Replies: 13
Views: 16493

Re: Rules questions

Thanks for the replies. The answer to your question is that you die from taking more criticals than your Toughness Bonus. Do you mean number of hits under 0 (eg. I do 6 dmg to the troll who has 0 wounds -> 6>TB so he dies) OR do you mean the number of times one gets to roll on the critical table (e...
by Orin J.
Fri May 31, 2019 11:04 am
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

i mean for how much room they take up and how far away they can reach sans weapons. and ogre with a sword is gonna have a greater natural reach than a halfling with a sword, after all. i prefer to handle combat with a map whenever possible to cut back on players arguing about where they aren't. You...
by Orin J.
Fri May 31, 2019 9:52 am
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

Yeah, the system as written doesn't make an actual distinction there past choosing when you roll what weapon you pair with the result so it's not something you have to single out like that. but the rules are clearly missing bits that were edited out and and the references to them forgotten about (l...
by Orin J.
Thu May 30, 2019 9:29 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

Yes I agree with you. I seem to recall reading somewhere that shields grant the Shield* ability only when “used defensively”. This is why I was stressing it. I think it refers to using the shield to parry rather than using your own hand weapon. So I guess in principle one could attack with the shie...
by Orin J.
Thu May 30, 2019 12:24 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

You are correct on all counts to the best of my interpretations. i think i'm now inclined to say that defensive qualities only apply in your off-hand unless they're fencing weapons as a house rule though. gods what a crapshack this book has proven to be. Thank you. So in your house rules one could,...
by Orin J.
Thu May 30, 2019 10:39 am
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

You are correct on all counts to the best of my interpretations. i think i'm now inclined to say that defensive qualities only apply in your off-hand unless they're fencing weapons as a house rule though.

gods what a crapshack this book has proven to be.
by Orin J.
Thu May 30, 2019 9:51 am
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Rules questions
Replies: 13
Views: 16493

Re: Rules questions

Regarding killing, not that the unconscious condition allows the GM to say any further melee blow kills automatically. this is an inideal approach to resolving the matter, but it is an answer to your question. regarding size difference, attacking a large target is average (+20) difficultly, and bein...
by Orin J.
Wed May 29, 2019 4:00 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Criticals
Replies: 46
Views: 56619

Re: Criticals

Chuck wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 3:49 pm Mine do. They are hurt by every extraneous roll and critically injured by inelegant game design.
What're the made of, salt pork?


actually, that sounds like a great gift for WFRP players. brings some of the aroma of the game to the table, and if your dice aren't lucky, eat 'em!
by Orin J.
Wed May 29, 2019 3:31 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Criticals
Replies: 46
Views: 56619

Re: Criticals

Not to take this off topic, and without having the rules in front of me here, but couldn't those three rolls be rolled together? You could, but if your strike doesn’t generate a critical you’ve wasted 2 of those 3 rolls. Take the one that'd crit, and use the others as needed! that's how my players ...
by Orin J.
Wed May 29, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: TEW Remastered - Collectors Edition Preorder!
Replies: 7
Views: 10170

Re: TEW Remastered - Collectors Edition Preorder!

looks like a collector's box to hold the books together on the shelf is planned as well. we'll see if it makes the final product!
by Orin J.
Tue May 28, 2019 7:59 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Criticals
Replies: 46
Views: 56619

Re: Criticals

my assessment is it renders a fair amount of strategy moot, as even if an enemy has enough durability (toughness, wounds bonuses, regen) you can simply fish for criticals, which discurages any kind of tactical play against larger monsters since once you meet your allotment for crits, off to morr's t...
by Orin J.
Tue May 28, 2019 12:56 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: WHFR 4e - Are Wizards playable?
Replies: 67
Views: 99145

Re: WHFR 4e - Are Wizards playable?

Well, channeling will get a lot more useful in later phases of gameplay when you have enough ranks in it and some talents ranked so they give you 2-3 extra SL per test. of course, by that point the game might be trivial anywyas, but that's another conversation entirely!....
by Orin J.
Sat May 25, 2019 7:07 am
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

No, he's pretty right to chastise it considering large-ish chuncks of the rules are written like they wanted a diceless game, others are simply omitted, and they forgot to provide new players with a proper description of the old world at all. and as someone who has tried to help new people play 4th ...
by Orin J.
Fri May 24, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: 2nd Edition
Topic: Thousand Thrones
Replies: 47
Views: 81255

Re: Thousand Thrones

ExReey wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 1:21 pm I wonder if there's a possibility C7 remakes the TTT campaign for v4... I'd love that.
probably nil, really. they seem to be focused on recreating the lore out of first and they have The enemy Within to get into print first.
by Orin J.
Fri May 24, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: WHFR 4e - Are Wizards playable?
Replies: 67
Views: 99145

Re: WHFR 4e - Are Wizards playable?

Regarding casting Dart : the casting itself is a language check- it doesn't state what the difficulty is. this is.....up to the GM i guess. so it's probably the odds you think it is. however, dart is a magic missile and you add the SLs and your wizard's willpower bonus to damage, so it's probably li...
by Orin J.
Thu May 23, 2019 6:04 pm
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

The devs seem to blithely assume heroes are always armoured . While heroes in Dungeons & Dragons may routinely sleep in plate mail, that's just not the game of WFRP I grew up with. It's not so much that they expect characters to always have armor, it's that they seem to write things with the id...
by Orin J.
Sun May 19, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: 1st Edition
Topic: Hide Skill (and Concealment Rural/Urban)
Replies: 7
Views: 13091

Re: Hide Skill (and Concealment Rural/Urban)

like i said, it's not really compatible with the rest of the game system's execution. there's a lot about 4th edition that's "clever" but was clearly written in a vacuum from the rest of the rules system and it's kind of a shame. To be fair that might be because this is 1st edition. That'...
by Orin J.
Sun May 19, 2019 11:04 am
Forum: 4th Edition
Topic: Melee (Parry) and Shields
Replies: 53
Views: 62258

Re: Melee (Parry) and Shields

If you want an official answer, it has been answered time and time again. They even made a post about it. Here is an official post: https://cubicle7.co.uk/wfrp4-in-defence-of-defence/ While extensively describing why they like shields, it doesn't in any way address OP's question. It actually side-s...
by Orin J.
Sun May 19, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: 1st Edition
Topic: Hide Skill (and Concealment Rural/Urban)
Replies: 7
Views: 13091

Re: Hide Skill (and Concealment Rural/Urban)

i think it was more intended to imply being aware of not disturbing anything that might make noise or otherwise direct attention to their location, but it's not really compatible with the way the rule is exeucted. I'd just say +5% for moving at half speed or lower for caution, or otherwise having t...