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CHAPTER 3: LIBER VEHICULORUM The third chapter of Main Gauche is all about Vehicles, both mechanical and animal. Now, both of these things were touched upon very briefly in the main book. But only in Price Lists and in the Chase Rules. And, while both of these are useful pieces of information...

CHAPTER 10: GRIMOIRE (part one) In this chapter, we learn all about Zweihander's Magick system. Such systems can make or break a game for many people. So far, Zweihander has shown itself to be a game with moderate crunch, and a fairly intuitive, streamlined system. Let's see if this applies...

CHAPTER 2: LIBER ARMORUM Chapter 2 is an expansion on the ideas contained in the core book's 7th Chapter, "Trappings". It isn't very long, 18 pages actually. But, unsurprisingly, it's packed to the gills. It begins with "Settlements & Availability", which describes the three basic types (and...

CHAPTER 9: HAZARDS & HEALING [Note: after the pleasant, sensible structure of Chapter 8, Chapter 9 gets right back up to its old tricks, with a jumbled presentation that is a bit aggravating and difficult to follow. Not impossible, but definitely not easy. I like this game, I really do. But...

CHAPTER 8: COMBAT Alright, bring on the blood, piss and naughty word we were promised in the introduction! It's time to talk combat! This chapter explains Zweihander combat, its mechanics as well as its overall tone. That is to say, fast, brutal and unforgiving. We are warned that combat will test...

CHAPTER 1: LIBER MORTALUM The Zweihander core book had nearly 120 Professions. In Zweihander, your Character will have a randomly rolled Archetype (a sort of broad class, e.g., Academic, Warrior, Socialite, etc.), and then, from within that Archetype, a Profession will also be randomly...

FULL DISCLOSURE: I WAS GIVEN A COPY OF THIS BOOK BY ITS AUTHOR, TO READ THROUGH AND REVIEW. I WILL DO BOTH IN A FAIR AND EVEN-HANDED MANNER Hello, all. In another thread, I'm doing a read-through of The Zweihander Grim & Perilous RPG Revised Core Rulebook. It was quite the undertaking...

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CHAPTER 7: TRAPPINGS In Zweihander's 7th Chapter, much is discussed. First off, we get a basic rundown of Zweihander's in-game economy. To wit, there are three denominations of coin: -brass pennies, or bp (there are 12 to a silver shilling) -silver shillings, or ss (there are 20 to a gold...

CHAPTERS 5 & 6 REVISITED I stated earlier that Chapters 5 & 6 were basically lists, and that's true, but it also omits a lot that begs better explaining on my part. Chapter 5: Skills is more than a "list" of skills. It begins with an explanation of the Skills, and how each one corresponds to...

CHAPTER 4: PROFESSIONS The next 115-ish pages are devoted to Professions. At the end of the last chapter, we were instructed to "build our Professions." This is achieved by Spending RP, or Reward Points. As I noted earlier, RP are the "XP" of Zweihander, and thus are given out not only at...

Zweihander has just been released in an optimized phone format, which is free for a limited time, along with the Revised Core Rulebook... download and spread the word...

Note: there are 25 Order Alignments, and 25 Chaos Alignmments. These offer a lot of roleplaying possibilities, and have gone a good way towards giving me an idea of how I would play Gühm. A man who despises the Gods, though he has sense enough to fear them (Impiety), and who also feels contempt...

CHAPTER 3: CHARACTER CREATION (CONTINUED) Let's see, where was I? Oh, yes, I had just determined Gühm's Archetype (Socialite) and Profession (Courtier). So, I'm already beginning to get a sense of Gühm as a character, based on that alone. One thing I love about random chargen, it can act as a...

Sure thing, I'm not trying to break any rules, here. I wrote this, and have posted it to multiple sites. What will not be copy/pasted, howver, are my replies. This is very much a live thread, I am monitoring it, and will respond to any queries or comments in real time. Thank you for placing this...

CLARIFICATION: AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT SEEMS THAT AN INCREASE/DECREASE IN PRIMARY ATTRIBUTES DURING CHARGEN WILL AFFECT THE RELATED ATTRIBUTE BONUS. I HAVE UPDATED GÜHM'S ATTRIBUTES ACCORDINGLY. THEY ARE NOW: Combat 45 [5] Brawn 55 [5] Agility 50 [4] Perception 47 [5] Intelligence 40 [5]...

CHAPTER 3: CHARACTER CREATION Previously, we looked under Zweihander's hood, and saw a sturdy and reliable set of old-school D100 mechanics, augmented by several very modern and fun tweaks. I like a mix of old and new design elements, and that is definitely what we get here. Now that we...

The original, Kickstarted edition came out in 2017, I believe. I think there was a second printing. This is for the Revised Edition, which came out in July of this year. It's essentially a third printing, but as I understand it there have been some revisions. I don't have the previous editions...

THIS READ-THROUGH/REVIEW IS FOR THE ZWEIHANDER REVISED CORE RULEBOOK, BY ANDREWS MCMEEL UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING. FULL DISCLOSURE: I WAS SENT A FREE COPY OF THIS BOOK BY ITS AUTHOR. OK, now that we have that out in the open, let me just say that this Let's Read/Review/Commentary (and it will be...

The Grognard File. Nice, consistent format. Very informative. And lots of creator interviews. Plus, Dirk has a very pleasing voice, and really makes you feel like a friend who's been invited over for a chat.