Warhammer d20

[mmadsen]

Is The World of Warhammer any good? Or would the RPG book be a better buy?

 

[NiTessine]

Hmm... I haven't been working on a conversion per se, but I have been tapping up D&D stats and equivalents for Warhammer monsters and gods, for my campaign (check the story hour, it's in the sig!). Most monsters are just some D&D critters with templates, or changed favored classes, or the like. For skaven, I use the nezumi from Oriental Adventures. For beastmen, the goatmen from Diablo II: To Hell and Back.

The squig had to be written up from scratch, though.

 

[spunky_mutters]

IMO the beastiary is the last thing you want to convert from Warhammer. It's the setting and adventures that made WFRP so much fun. If you just convert monsters from the army lists you won't get the flavour of the Old World. I don't know where you could find any of the supplements around, but they're brilliant. The adventures were mostly city based, and had a great mixture of RP, combat, and other assorted goodies.

I played in a couple of campaigns and DMed a group through the Enemy Within campaign at school. It was one of the most fun games. The background info on the cities could be used even if you weren't playing the adventures, and they had lots of player handouts, maps, etc. I think the campaign fell down a bit near the end, but those are some of the best value for your gaming dollar of any supplements I've ever purchased.

 

[Aaron2]

Warhammer Bestiary

A bunch of us were working on WH d20 rule. We had a webpage and yahoo group. But it kinda fell apart when the webmaster disappeared. Anyway, my current game takes places in the Warhammer world.

I started a monster convertion book. I got Skaven, Ogres, Rat Ogres, Trolls and Beastmen (another author) done. They were on the webpage but I can't seem to find it anymore.


Aaron

 

[NiTessine]

Re: Warhammer Bestiary

A bunch of us were working on WH d20 rule. We had a webpage and yahoo group. But it kinda fell apart when the webmaster disappeared. Anyway, my current game takes places in the Warhammer world.

I started a monster convertion book. I got Skaven, Ogres, Rat Ogres, Trolls and Beastmen (another author) done. They were on the webpage but I can't seem to find it anymore.


Aaron

Call it a hunch, but I think it's this one: http://www.herocraft.de/

 

[enrious]

I'm currently working on a Forgotten Realms/Warhammer campaign and have been using many of the items found from Herocraft (does anyone have stats on Dark Elves?).

 

[Hand of Evil]

Is The World of Warhammer any good? Or would the RPG book be a better buy?

This is the first I have heard of this product, I would have to look at it for more detail.

 

[NiTessine]

I'm currently working on a Forgotten Realms/Warhammer campaign and have been using many of the items found from Herocraft (does anyone have stats on Dark Elves?).

I'd say that they are the same as high elves, but CE alignment... That is pretty much the only difference between high and dark elf societies.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Just as a note, the Warhammer core book is one of the best buys on the market. Rules, maps, sample adventure, monsters, spells, and all sorts of goodies for low, mid and high level characters.

Having said that, perhaps some don't know it but there are rumors of Mike Mearls (I believe) working on a dual statted module for Warhammer for Hogshead.

 

[kengar]

Just as a note, the Warhammer core book is one of the best buys on the market. Rules, maps, sample adventure, monsters, spells, and all sorts of goodies for low, mid and high level characters.

I agree. I just recently got hold of a copy again (I had bought it way back in the mid-80's when it first came out). It's a great read even if you never play. I like the system a lot too, but it's definitely different from d20 & the "High Fantasy" of D&D. Combat is nasty and the world is G-R-I-M. I have to agree with Hogshead's press, too. There's a reason the rules are still 1st edition; they work. They're not perfect, but they work. I've own Ravenloft and have flipped through Scarred Lands, but -IMHO- the Old World setting has them beat for dark flavor.