WFRP was a direct decendent of UK D&D being a child of UK TSR’s Pelinore setting.
Says Graeme Davis.
https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=14833&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1m8sYmQ-uQHYZt3nTtvaDCpIk9OK_XqVknsO1YelGdhmOO3u6t9tWE70E_aem__LZJx25N0X9JHoOUUrVImA
D&D is largely about the frontier. That strikes me as very American.
The wilderness, the edge of civilisation, it’s very much the Wild West with medieval trappings (and lots of anachronisms).
(I grew up in the States 1978-1983, which is where I discovered D&D but I am English and was reading...
For a B/X type game I am a big fan of damage by class, probably following HD type.
I want my wizard to wield a sword but I am happy with him doing less damage than a fighter wielding the same sword. That makes sense.
But we do need to do things like increase damage for two handed weapons to...