Review of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

[Spell]

You just try it, and then you'll find out why nobody ever dares criticise Mr Petersen around here.

i would never tell a word against the ol' fella, you know...

I think I'll post a review of the Monster Manual and give it two stars on the grounds that it is sadly lacking in flavour text, there are no ideas for integrating the monsters into the campaign setting, no ideas given of what is common knowledge about the beasts, and its largely the same old monsters I was using 15 years ago in my 1st edition games. Oh, and it doesn't have any treasure tables

funny, apart from the treasure table comment, that is exactly what i felt when i managed to put my hands on the 3.0 Monster manual... "WHAT?!?!? there's a typo!!! they forgot to include the ecology section!"
seriously, i think that was one of the last nails in the coffin for me and D&D (the last one being the Epic handbook)... i thought the ecology was what made the monstrous compendia worth buying and reading...

 

[IcyCool]

Umm... You might want to go back an reread what Wulf actually said. In short, he only stated that he had never thought of banning as being something other than permanent. He did not say that he found a week a heavy punishment...

I mean honestly, if it's during the work day, a one-day ban is as good as a kick in the nuts.

I believe this means that he feels a one-day ban is pretty bad, which would mean a one-week ban would be worse. And as far as the bannee's behavior on another board, if he shows that he is unwilling to follow the rules (for example, saying that he's proud of his ban and plans more of the same for the future), a permanent ban would be in order.

At any rate, weren't folks discussing Ryan's interview? Or has that run its course?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I believe this means that he feels a one-day ban is pretty bad, which would mean a one-week ban would be worse.

It was really two comments. First, that I had always thought banning was permanent. And then, realizing that the mods have other weapons in their arsenal besides a permanent ban, just sort of saying, well, a 1-day ban would do me good on occasion-- especially if it takes the 1-week ban off the table.

 

[Spell]

I'm not sure how nihilistic the world is, but I hope it's less depressing than Midnight.

the original take on the old world made it very grim and desolate, but in a different subtler way than Midnight. it was more like "the taint of chaos is slowly corrupting the entire civilised world, and no matter what we do, there seem to be no light at the end of the tunnel", rather than "watch out, or the chaos bad boys will come to get you!!!" (i know that's a gross simplification of midnight, but i think it drives the point home).

the new version is a bit more heroic (the emperor, for example, is now described as a valuable hero in the fight against the chaos, as opposed to a stupid babbling weaking... or bretonnia is now practically camelot, as opposed to an even more corrupted version of pre-revolutionary france), but you can find enough information for free on the net (www.warhammer.net for example) to revert back to the old style, if you wish so.
it's not like it's raining lollipops in the new "old world", though... i think you'll like it!

 

[Akrasia]

... And as far as the bannee's behavior on another board, if he shows that he is unwilling to follow the rules (for example, saying that he's proud of his ban and plans more of the same for the future), a permanent ban would be in order. ...

I didn't realize that the mods here had the authority to punish people for their behaviour on other boards. It seems that a poster's behaviour on this board is all that is relevant.

In any case, it's moot, since Tet28 made it clear over at RPG.net that he understood and accepted the reason for his 1-week ban.

 

[Akrasia]

... the new version is a bit more heroic (the emperor, for example, is now described as a valuable hero in the fight against the chaos, as opposed to a stupid babbling weaking... or bretonnia is now practically camelot, as opposed to an even more corrupted version of pre-revolutionary france), but you can find enough information for free on the net (www.warhammer.net for example) to revert back to the old style, if you wish so.
it's not like it's raining lollipops in the new "old world", though... i think you'll like it!

The new version is still plenty grim. The Empire is reeling after the Storm of Chaos, and is quite weak. Internal corruption is still prevalent. Bretonnia might have shiny knights, but it has starving bitter peasants as well.

And then there's the disease, wilderness, insanity ...

 

[tarchon]

the new version is a bit more heroic (the emperor, for example, is now described as a valuable hero in the fight against the chaos, as opposed to a stupid babbling weaking... or bretonnia is now practically camelot, as opposed to an even more corrupted version of pre-revolutionary france), but you can find enough information for free on the net (www.warhammer.net for example) to revert back to the old style, if you wish so.

The new emperor is the new emperor because of what happened to the old emperor from the first edition. I do agree that it's marginally less gritty in several respects, made up for by the new "now with more dire mayhem!" magic system

 

[IcyCool]

I didn't realize that the mods here had the authority to punish people for their behaviour on other boards.

They don't, and this certainly isn't an example of that.

But then, I think you knew that already.

 

[Morrus]

I didn't realize that the mods here had the authority to punish people for their behaviour on other boards. It seems that a poster's behaviour on this board is all that is relevant.

In any case, it's moot, since Tet28 made it clear over at RPG.net that he understood and accepted the reason for his 1-week ban.

If we're being technical about it, I can refuse people permission to post here for any reason I want - and if someone were gloating about their ban and acting like they'd behave in the same way again, I'd not hesitate in making it permanent.

But you're right - I have no problem with what he posted over there.

 

[ssampier]

the original take on the old world made it very grim and desolate, but in a different subtler way than Midnight. it was more like "the taint of chaos is slowly corrupting the entire civilised world, and no matter what we do, there seem to be no light at the end of the tunnel", rather than "watch out, or the chaos bad boys will come to get you!!!" (i know that's a gross simplification of midnight, but i think it drives the point home).

the new version is a bit more heroic (the emperor, for example, is now described as a valuable hero in the fight against the chaos, as opposed to a stupid babbling weaking... or bretonnia is now practically camelot, as opposed to an even more corrupted version of pre-revolutionary france), but you can find enough information for free on the net (www.warhammer.net for example) to revert back to the old style, if you wish so.
it's not like it's raining lollipops in the new "old world", though... i think you'll like it!

Awesome. It sounds pretty interesting!

I'm glad I was able to help this thread stay on topic