Is anyone interested in playing some WFRP2e?
Hell yeah. Since Spike's Traveller PBP seems to be in Limbo, I suppose I can commit. I'm in.
Groovy. What sort of character do you fancy playing?
Are we rolling Careers or choosing them?
If we're picking it's going to be a tough choice, but I think Protagonist is the best Career ever. What sort of game do you have in mind?
I'm thinking choose them.
I've not got anything rigidly specific in mind, apart from a general theme/arc which can be approached in a variety of ways so, given the fact that the turnaround in a PbP game gives me the opportunity to prepare on the fly, I'm happy to jive and play it by ear.
So roll up a character, we'll get started and more people can join in as we go.
The starting location is Nuln and the era is a rewind to before the Storm of Chaos (but after the initial Chaos incursion - i.e. the same as the current 3e setting).
OK, I'm in too! :)
I randomly rolled my character at Invisible Castle. (http://invisiblecastle.com/search/?roll=&name=Moibur+Wolfhame&player=&campaign=&latest=)
Character: Moibur Wolfhame
Campaign: Dodger's WFRP2e
Player: Drohem
Main Profile
WS BS S T Ag Int WP Fel
40 29 35 44 21 30 38 19
Secondary Profile
A W SB TB M Mag IP FP
2 13 4 4 3 0 0 3
Shallya's Mercy: Agility
Free Advance: Attacks
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Copper
Distinguishing Marks: Missing Eyebrow
Number of Siblings: 3 (Brother/brother/sister)
Star Sign: Grungni's Baldric (Sign of Martial Pursuits)
Age: 55-years-old
Birthplace: Middenland (Middenheim)
Dwarf Racial Characteristics:
Skills: Common Knowledge (Dwarfs), Speak Language (Khazalid), Speak Language (Reikspiel), Trade (Smith)
Talents: Dwarfcraft, Grudge-born Fury, Night Vision, Resistance to Magic, Stout-hearted, Sturdy
Soldier Career Characteristics:
Skills: Heal, Perception, Dodge Blow, Ride, Gamble, Intimidate
Talents: Disarm, Strike Mighty Blow, Specialist Weapon Group (Two-handed), Strike to Injury, Strike to Stun
Trappings: Great Weapon (Halberd), Shield, Light Armor (Full Leather Armor), Uniform, shirt, breeches, boots, cloak, dagger, backpack with blanket, wooden tankard, wooden cutlery set, and an axe.
Gold Crowns: 13
Background:
Moibur Wolfhame is the youngest of four children to his parents. Moibur's father and brothers are master smiths and craftsmen, but he did not seem to inherent the talent to excel in smithing beyond a journeyman. Knowing that he if he stayed in the family business his life would be mundane, he decided to join the military and become a soldier. Originally, his family is from the city of Middenheim, but shortly before he mustered out of the military they moved to the city of Nuln. His father and brothers were easily hired as cannon smiths at the famous Gunnery School and relocated there. After being away from home in the military, Moibur decided to travel to Nuln to see his family. Unfortunately, he spent most of his coin on the trip to Nuln and now is looking for ways to make some coin without resorting to handouts from his family.
Awesome. I'm going to open a separate thread for the actual game, and keep this one for recruitment/admin/other crap.
I don't see much point in having separate IC and OOC threads, as long as people make it obvious what's being said IC.
OK, let's roll up this bastard. I'll call him Dieter Jundt, and he'll be a human. Since we're picking Careers, I'll wait 'til I'm done with the random stuff and then pick something appropriate.
Let's start with characteristics... holy shit! Those are some good rolls. I'll ask for Shallya's Mercy on Agility, too.
Now for random talents... Luck and Very Strong. Goody-goody. Let's factor this in on my Strength score.
Now for Wounds and Fate Points. Not a lot of variation there.
Now these background charts... well, I fucked up which are 1d0 and which are 1d100 and rolled a bunch of unnecessary dice, twice. I'll roll for star sign and bullshit the rest, assuming Dodger's OK with it. And it's Vobist The Faint, Sign of Darkness and Uncertainty. Neato.
Oh, I'll roll a Distinguishing Mark too, it's just not WFRP without one of those... um, MIssing Nail. OK. I guess.
Now for career. For those of you wondering, of course it's fucking Protagonist. WS and S are just right. BTW I'll be taking that free advance in Strength, because Dieter is one big fella.
Dieter Jundt, Protagonist
Male human, 19 years old, 6', 175lb of muscle and menace, red hair, copper eyes
Main Profile
WS BS S T Ag Int WP Fel
37 34 41 31 31 34 31 30
Secondary Profile
A W SB TB M Mag IP FP
2 12 4 3 4 0 0 3
Skills
Dodge Blow
Haggle
Intimidate
Ride
Talents
Disarm
Luck
Menacing
Street Fighting
Strike Mighty Blow
Strike To Injure
Strike To Stun
Very Strong
Trappings
8gc in purse
Common clothing
Dagger
Hand weapon (sword)
Medium armor (mail shirt & leather jack)
Riding horse with saddle and harness
Shield
Sling Bag with Wooden Tankard and Wooden Cutlery
Dieter is a big city rat, a brash malcontent who's never been up to any good in his life. Beating up people is his game and he happens to be fairly good at it, but he's no idiot. He doesn't want to spend the rest of his life as a two-bit thug, though, so he's always on the lookout for the Big Score that'll make him rich (or die trying), or earn the notice of some noble or rich merchant or underworld bigshot who'll pay him more money, presumably to beat people even harder than he already does.
Dieter is big, burly and menacing, with a thick red beard, broken nose and a missing nail (the latter courtesy of particularly sadistic Watchman who once got a hold of him).
Here (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/search/1024497/) are the rolls, BTW. The characteristic ones are OK, it's the Background ones that are a mess.
Excellent. Okay, I'll start the new thread (Dodger's WFRP2e Game) shortly with some wordy scene-setting and my first challenge will be to unsubtly railroad you two together. ;)
FYI, I'm going to use normal typeface for "IC" descriptions and conversations, and italic for OOC stuff.
I may sometimes drop in spoiler text - this will be "behind the scenes" stuff for non-players' entertainment so please don't read any spoilers until I give the explicit go-ahead, which i'll do when appropriate.
This is my first time GMing a PbP so I hope you'll cut me a bit of slack and, equally, feel free to chip in with suggestions, etc.
No sweat, bro. Loosey-goosey is just fine to get the ball rolling! :)
If you've got room for one more, I just random-rolled up this guy:
QuoteDirty Hugo
Halfling Hunter
WS 21 (Shallya's Mercy)
BS 60 (first advance taken)
S 20
T 31
Ag 46
Int 35
WP 29
Fel 38
A 1
W 11
Fate Points 2
Skills - Academic Knowledge (Geneaology/Heraldry), Common Knowledge (Halflings), Gossip, Speak Language (Halfling), Speak Language (Reikspiel), Trade (Cook), Concealment, Follow Trail, Outdoor Survival, Perception, Secret Signs (Ranger), Swim, Silent Move
Talents - Night Vision, Resistance to Chaos, Specialist Weapon Group (Sling), Acute Hearing, Hardy, Very Risilient, Marksman, Rapid Reload
Trappings - Longbow + 30 arrows, 2 Animal Traps, Antitoxin Kit, Dagger, Backpack (blanket, tankard, cutlery), Axe, Leather Jerkin, Leather Skullcap, 5 g.c. 16 shillings
Hey Dodger, finally got my account fixed, still got room for me?
Cool! A motley crew is forming. Get to posting, guys! :)
Quote from: misterguignol;539347If you've got room for one more, I just random-rolled up this guy:
Fantastic! So, give me a brief paragraph of a backstory as to what a hunter is doing in Nuln and then post to the other thread to let me know what he's doing as we open the game.
Don't worry about how you all end up together for the time being. I have a cunning plan... :)
Quote from: Warboss Squee;539452Hey Dodger, finally got my account fixed, still got room for me?
Absolutely! Roll up and get stuck in!
Very cool to have guignol and Squee onboard.
I'll make an IC post later today.
Hurry up bitches or I'll turn you into NPCs until you start posting!
Used the generator at sup-tg. I'm lazy, shut up.
Marcus Leifholt
Hailing from the northern Empire, Marcus went south after the war, chasing brigands and malcontents until he finally reached Nuln. He doesn't really care for the city, it's dirty and the air smells like soot, but Marcus has been worse places, and the beer is decent. He's unsure if he should head back towards home, or push to the Border Princes.
Roadwarden (63)
WS: Shallya's Mercy = 31
BS: 8 + 10 + 20 + 5 = 43
S: 9 + 3 + 20 = 32
T: 6 + 8 + 20 = 34
Ag: 6 + 4 + 20 = 30
Int: 7 + 5 + 20 = 32
WP: 4 + 1 + 20 = 30 (+5%)
Fel: 2 + 5 + 20 = 27
Attacks: 1
Wounds: 7 = 12
SB: 32 S = 3
TB: 34 T = 3
Movement: 4
Magic: 0
IP: 0
FP: 10 = 3
Skills
Animal Care, Common Knowledge (the Empire) +5, Drive, Follow Trail, Gossip, Navigation, Outdoor Survival, Perception, Ride, Search, Speak Language (the Empire)
Talents
Excellent Vision, Marksman, Quick Draw, Specialist Weapon Group (Gunpowder)
Trappings
Pistol (10 balls and powder)
Sword
Mail Shirt
Leather Jack
Shield
Rope (10 yards)
Light Warhorse (saddle and harness)
Common Clothing (shirt, breeches, tattered cloak, worn boots)
Sling Bag (blanket, tankard (wooden), cutlery (wooden))
Purse (7 gc)
Quote from: Dodger;539596Fantastic! So, give me a brief paragraph of a backstory as to what a hunter is doing in Nuln and then post to the other thread to let me know what he's doing as we open the game.
Don't worry about how you all end up together for the time being. I have a cunning plan... :)
Dirty Hugo has traveled to Nuln because he has heard that it may be at the threshold of a burgeoning food crisis--which Hugo sees as an opportunity for personal profit. Hugo hunts the land around Nuln and brings game back to the city to be sold at market. Hugo plans on raising the prices on his game as food becomes scarcer and scarcer. Schemes like these are what have earned Hugo the nickname "Dirty Hugo," and are also the reason why he's no longer welcome in the Mootlands.
Excellent! Nice little group here - protagonist, dwarven soldier, halfling hunter and a roadwarden. Now, what sort of misadventures can we get this little lot into, I wonder. :)
Also, guys, I'm just making shit up as I go along. I have cursory knowledge about the WFRP Old World so please forgive me if I write something that doesn't jive with the setting (please let me know as well though). I own the 1st edition and played it a couple of time like 20 years ago.
Quote from: misterguignol;539347If you've got room for one more, I just random-rolled up this guy:
Can you double-check how you reached your BS and T scores? They're too high for a starting character...
Quote from: Dodger;539989Can you double-check how you reached your BS and T scores? They're too high for a starting character...
Crap, BS should 50. (2d10+30 for being halfling [I rolled a 10, giving me 40, +5 Marksman talent, +5 first advance) I think this was a typing mistake.
T should be 31 (2d10+10 [I rolled an 16, giving me 26] +5 Very Resilient).
Do these look right now?
Sorry 'bout that!
Quote from: misterguignol;539995+5 Marksman talent
+5 Very Resilient
Ah, I totally forgot about those advances...
Quote from: Dodger;540002Ah, I totally forgot about those advances...
I also got the Hardy one.
Quick question: I realize now that I don't know how you prefer we do our rolls.
Also, how do we tell the number of successes? Is that new to 2e?
Quote from: misterguignol;540034Also, how do we tell the number of successes? Is that new to 2e?
I'm not familiar with 1e so I don't know, but in 2e, each 10% of difference between the target number and the dice result is counted as one degree of success (or failure, as the case may be). For example, Dieter has INT 34 and rolled a 4, so he gets exactly 3 degrees of success. If he had rolled a 29, he'd be looking at success with zero degrees (I'm not making this up!). A 55 would be two degrees of failure, etc.
Quote from: The Butcher;540040I'm not familiar with 1e so I don't know, but in 2e, each 10% of difference between the target number and the dice result is counted as one degree of success (or failure, as the case may be). For example, Dieter has INT 34 and rolled a 4, so he gets exactly 3 degrees of success. If he had rolled a 29, he'd be looking at success with zero degrees (I'm not making this up!). A 55 would be two degrees of failure, etc.
Awesome, thanks.
Successes is as The Butcher described it.
For dice-rolling, Invisible Castle seems cool.
The reason I'll ask for the number of successes is for situations where there are different potential outcomes. For example, if Huge had passed his Perception test by zero successes, he'd have been able to hear some snatches of a conversation between some guys at a table behind him. One clear success would have also enabled him to overhear the whole conversation, not just snatches. Two successes would have meant that he could hear another conversation happening at the other end of the bar, and three successes would have enabled him to listen in on Dieter's conversation.
I'll sometimes make secret rolls, where appropriate. For example, Marcus has already failed a Gossip test that I rolled to find out what he might have heard/learnt above and beyond the information I supplied in the introduction, while he was drinking in the tavern before the rest of you arrived. :)
So how are we going to get the roadwarden to join our little gang? :)
Quote from: Drohem;540766So how are we going to get the roadwarden to join our little gang? :)
Well, there may be an opportunity after this first little adventure but, at the end of the day, games are played by those who show up!
Thanks for the map! It helps tremendously. :)
Moibur is really waiting to here more on the specifics of the job from Dieter before he can make an informed course of action.
Quote from: Drohem;541255Thanks for the map! It helps tremendously. :)
Moibur is really waiting to here more on the specifics of the job from Dieter before he can make an informed course of action.
Dirty Hugo would like more details on the job as well. Specifically: how much time do we have to make a plan? If we have enough time I say we draw the mark as far away from the target zone as possible instead of going for a brute force ambush.
Quote from: Dodger;546586
Incidentally, can everyone describe their living arrangements? I assume Moibur is staying with his family but what about the rest of ye?
Yeah, Moibur is staying with his family currently.
Quote from: Dodger;546586PS: By the way, I'm looking to you guys to let me know when you want to press the "fast forward" button to progress things. You're very much in the driving seat.
Let's move the game forward then and see if Dirty Hugo can talk to a cabbie early in the morning. We'll get up at sunrise and hit the stands early hopefully catching some early birds and tempting them with coin early in the morning! :)
Butcher, I know you got RL stuff going on, but if you can post about Palladium*, you can post about robbing a mark! ;)
*Just giving shit, bro. Seriously though, I would like to keep this game afloat if we can, and right now you're the leader of this motley crew. :)
Dodger and misterguignol, where'd you guys go? :)