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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel D. Fox" data-source="post: 7242393" data-attributes="member: 55033">Cannibal Halfling Gaming is back with a fantastic take on their Zweihänder game! Check it out:A hunter of vermin who’s eyeing much larger prey for her flail to be used on. An old squire without her knight, looking for some vengeance and maybe some glory. A bounty hunter chasing down the biggest score of her life. A coachwoman just trying to make her way along the roads with the strangest group of passengers she’s ever moved. Meet the Party is adding a new system to its collection, but this time the dice are the ones making the choices. That’s right, we’ve got randomly generated characters hoping to survive in the dark, cruel world of Zweihander. It looks like they just might, too: these are some tough ladies!Zweihander is something new for Meet the Party, yes, but it also brings an entirely new method of character creation to the series: completely random character generation. As Aaron mentioned when he looked at the game, it’s a ‘retro-clone’, a game specifically built in an old style, and the dice gods have well and truly taken the reins. That’s going to appeal to some people, and outright turn away others; players who get enjoyment from tweaking their characters or finding interesting option combinations might feel a little empty-handed since they don’t get to do much during character creation; it’s only by spending Reward Points, gaining advances, and choosing your second and third Professions that you really get to guide your character’s growth.On the other hand, though, rolling to see what you’re going to play can be a lot of fun (although it does take time, part of why I decided to offer a pre-rolled party). You can get some pretty zany combinations, and while this quartet aren’t the weirdest I’ve seen, they’ve definitely got some potential...Read more here: <a href="https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2017/09/29/meet-the-party-zweihander/" target="_blank">https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2017/09/29/meet-the-party-zweihander/</a></blockquote>

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