I'm presently running the WFRP Starter Set for my group just to try out the system before committing to running The Enemy Within.
We usually do 2 hour sessions, and we've had five. Only one combat. We're all actively avoiding using the combat rules, trying to do everything we can with skills, etc. Of course combat is dangerous, but I think the biggest detriment is the system itself.
I can't even get the wizard character to try a spell just so he can learn the mechanic. It's like he's afraid of losing sanity in real life.
But after this trial game, I'll have given it a fair test and if I want to convert the system, I'll have some more background to do it more accurately.
For me, I think I'd run it with an OSR system: just use the lingering injuries as flavor text for slow healing mechanics, corruption just as something in the background, the colleges of magic would dictate the spells in a magic user's book, etc.
Fighting against the 4e system isn't good when you are also keeping up with a very intricate plot, a flavorful setting, etc.
It's just ... I hate to say it ... It's not a great system. I want to love it, but I don't.
We usually do 2 hour sessions, and we've had five. Only one combat. We're all actively avoiding using the combat rules, trying to do everything we can with skills, etc. Of course combat is dangerous, but I think the biggest detriment is the system itself.
I can't even get the wizard character to try a spell just so he can learn the mechanic. It's like he's afraid of losing sanity in real life.
But after this trial game, I'll have given it a fair test and if I want to convert the system, I'll have some more background to do it more accurately.
For me, I think I'd run it with an OSR system: just use the lingering injuries as flavor text for slow healing mechanics, corruption just as something in the background, the colleges of magic would dictate the spells in a magic user's book, etc.
Fighting against the 4e system isn't good when you are also keeping up with a very intricate plot, a flavorful setting, etc.
It's just ... I hate to say it ... It's not a great system. I want to love it, but I don't.