ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG - a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay retroclone

[Daniel D. Fox]

As a quick wrap-up from today, we wanted to share with you a look at some of the Natural Hazard rules in ZWEIHÄNDER. Natural Hazards include a number of perilous challenges a Character may face: falling, suffocating, sickness, poison and a host of others. We vacillated between sharing the rules for venereal disease or intoxication. First up, we'll show you our vision of how intoxication works. Stay tuned tomorrow to learn about venereal diseases (and other sickness as well)!


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=501

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

As a part of our ongoing sneak peak at Professions, come take a look at the Preacher, one of the 12 Professions assigned to the Academic Archetype!


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=512

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

As promised, come take a look at Sickness and Disease in ZWEIHÄNDER. We've included a few examples of those we plan to include in the final product.


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=517

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

Today, we take a look at one of the twelve Standard Professions in the Commoner Archetype, the Barber Surgeon.


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=521

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

As a closing to the upcoming holiday weekend, we present to you one of our favorite Professions in the Commoner Archetype, the Rat Catcher!


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=524

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

We’re closing in on our final beta internally, codename “GRIMDARK Edition”. We’re cleaning it up for public consumption now, and will release the documents over the course of the next couple of weeks.


However, you can get a sneak peak at the new Character Sheet, alongside the new mechanics, by heading to our home page. It will take you to a Dropbox link for the revised three page sheet.


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=529

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

An excellent article was just published about the "death" of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay over at Order of Gamers. ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG even received an honorable mention!


http://www.orderofgamers.com/wfrp-3rd-edition-is-dead-long-live-wfrp/

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

It was pure speculation at first, but the announcement of WFRP 4e has almost been confirmed by Chris Birch of Modiphius.
This is a grand idea, as I absolutely love Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition. The ruleset is clean, fun and promotes the "dark" attitude prevalent in British RPGs with a grim & perilous feel. However, Chris Birch, Jay Little and the rest of the team from Modiphius have a large hill to climb if they wish to capture the hearts of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay community.

With every new edition of Warhammer, there has been a distinct lack of new, sponsored content. What about Estalia? Norsca? Lustria? Halflings in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3E? The other lands outside of the Old World? Fortunately, the Liber Fanatica and Strike to Stun community have helped fill in the gaps, providing rich content for fans to place into their own campaign.

Jay Little, creator of the most expertimental, controversial and community-splitting version of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, will likely be put in charge of development. However, if WFRP 4e is built upon the backbone of the 2D20 system, it could be a real gem. Only time will tell. But it must have new content promoted for adventures outside the Old World.

Either way, ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG is here to stay (and will still be completely free). There's plenty of room for us all to play in the sandbox.


Cheers,
Daniel Fox
Lead designer of ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

EDIT:


As an update from yesterday, I spoke with Chris Birch by email. In fact, they are not announcing WFRPG 4e. This is a real shame. Good news, and potentially bad as well.


The ultimate question is this: what does Games Workshop and FFG intend to do with the license for the roleplaying game? Will Warhammer live on as Diskwars with FFG, or will we possibly see syste,s-agnostic, supplementary material from Games Workshop?

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

We have received numerous requests to outline the rules for Magick in ZWEIHÄNDER. As a start, let’s take a look at a Profession within the Ranger Archetype, the enigmatic Hedgewise!


http://grimandperilous.com/?p=539