Greg Bilsland: Prophecy of the Priestess Part IV

[Howndawg]

One thing I find interesting is the mention of the Book of Grudges, which is straight out of Warhammer. I wonder how much influence Warhammer has on 4e. Let's see, points of light, less reliance on magic items, more dark stuff, and gno gnomes in the PHB. Could we see snotlings in the MM?

 

[Cadfan]

Umm. That could just be that one dude's campaign.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I wonder how much influence Warhammer has on 4e. Let's see, points of light, less reliance on magic items, more dark stuff, and gno gnomes in the PHB. Could we see snotlings in the MM?

I wonder how much influence OD&D has on Warhammer. Let's see, points of light, fewer magic items, more dark stuff and no gnomes.

In other words, Warhammer was at least as influenced by D&D over the years as it has given influence back. Don't fret it. There is a big bag called 'fantasy' which different systems all draw from and contribute back to.

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

When I read the first Prophecy of the Priestess article I wondered if Bilsland was a big fan of Warhammer, what with the PCs arriving at a witchburning followed by an eruption of chaos. I haven't seen anything in the later reports to contradict the impression.

I don't see nearly as much WHFRP in, say, the Castle Smoulderthorn tests.

 

[JohnSnow]

When I read the first Prophecy of the Priestess article I wondered if Bilsland was a big fan of Warhammer, what with the PCs arriving at a witchburning followed by an eruption of chaos. I haven't seen anything in the later reports to contradict the impression.

I don't see nearly as much WHFRP in, say, the Castle Smoulderthorn tests.

On a side note, it's encouraging to me that 4e seems to be so much more friendly to the Warhammer feel than 3e was. At least if Bilsland's campaign is any indication, it's encouraging.

It took an awful lot of stretching of the rules to make a 3e campaign feel even remotely Warhammer-esque.