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Alan Stainer

The Sound of Silence

May 1, 2021 by Alan Stainer

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Herein lay a set of optional rules for WFPR 4e. They all involve losing your voice, or denying others the use of their voice. If you want to quieten your players and not their characters, we recommend toffee and other chewy snacks. COMBAT RULE Gagging If you make a successful Grapple against an opponent, you […]

Filed Under: RPGs, WFRP 4e

Crackpot Researcher

April 18, 2021 by Alan Stainer

I recently got a copy of Star Wars: Revised, Expanded and Updated. I hadn’t played the game since West End Games were still at the helm and reading it brought back so many happy memories of playing the game, reading through the source books and of course, watching the films! Anyway, as there may be […]

Filed Under: d6 Star Wars, RPGs

Optional rules for Channelling in WFRP 4e v2

February 15, 2021 by Alan Stainer

This post is a re-write and refinement of the original Optional rules for Channelling in WFRP 4e, because well… these things are never right first time are they? Attracting The Winds The Swirling Winds can be a fickle master, at one moment blowing strongly and at the next fading to a light breeze. Wizards with […]

Filed Under: WFRP 4e

Bats in WFRP 4e

February 13, 2021 by Alan Stainer

Bats

Nocturnal mammals capable of flight, the bat is a staple of scary stories and things that go bump in the night. They hunt at night using echolocation and although the phrase “As blind as a bat” exists, it’s not really true. Their eyesight is perfectly fine. Most bats feed on insects, appearing just before dusk […]

Filed Under: WFRP 4e

Here Be Dragons – Part V – Examples Of Play

February 12, 2021 by Alan Stainer

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Examples Of Play A set of rules, some Abilities and a list of Perks is all well and good, but it’s a bit abstract and doesn’t really show you how the game is supposed to work. So I thought it was probably worth just going through a few things, to give you an idea of […]

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Here Be Dragons – Part IV – Creating A Character

February 11, 2021 by Alan Stainer

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Creating A Character I mentioned in my first post that I wanted to create a character called Rock Hammer and now is as good a time as any, so… It’s also a good opportunity to run through the character creation process detailed in part I and pick from the Abilities listed in part II and […]

Filed Under: Here Be Dragons

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