A fairly bizarre decision, IMO. All the addition of the first half of "Carrion Up the Reik" does is end the adventure on an anticlimax rather than on the epic climactic raid on Castle Wittgenstein. In the meantime, there are simple and workable if slightly clunky sailing rules in the 1E Death on the...

I don't thinks there's any implication that Gideon knows or cares about Kastor Lieberung or the Purple Hand at all. From page 54: "At this point the Characters have no idea of how or why the bounty hunter died, but they may have the opportunity to find out later in the adventure. Gideon, the Daemon ...

Many months later, I finally found time to post a more proper review of sorts on my campaign blog.
https://theenemywithinremixed.wordpress ... n-shadows/

The original pantheon is plainly a quickly hashed-out D&D-style pantheon based around the needs of an adventuring party rather than a society. I found it didn't work for me - especially since the world didn't otherwise look or act like a polytheistic setting - so I rewrote the religions heavily for ...

In a world without photographs, people don't need to look particularly identical to be easily mistaken for one another. That said, I'd say it all depends on what you're going to do with the plot. (I'm not expecting the new version to give us anything juicier than the original on Kastor Lieberung.) I...

To be fair to RPG.net, they'd object to that too! They're very even-handed on this sort of thing. From my experience, RGP.net objects to anything that isn't overwhelming enthusiastic support. CapnZap getting banned from criticizing WFRP v4 for example. As I recall, his various bans and warnings ban...

A bit more on this: As I said, it is not a given that people accumulate enough mutations to flip to the other side. And in official materials there are enough examples of mutants who are not dangerous, and who if anything, deserve protection and sympathy, instead of destruction. Master Lukas Pfandl...

Personally I think WH witch hunters are a similar case. Robert E Howard might not have intended misogyny with Solomon Kane, but given the general public's association of witch hunts, it's a bad look for videogames etc. to be parading Witch Hunters as one of Warhammer's ironic heroes of Order. There...

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also in 4th insanities are treated the same as a mutation, which is....not a good look. aside from being absolutely AWFUL for developing plots.

Agreed. This is a terrible idea.

What 'new concept'? Mutants being victims of oppression has been a staple of WFRP since forever and is certainly present in the new 4E material. What would invalidate that? Mutants can still be victims of oppression, sure, but they can no longer function as metaphors for RW oppressed groups because...

Yes I would agree, although social justice in WFRP has traditionally involved anti-government class struggles (e.g. freeing the peasants of Wittgendorf, investigating taxes and town councils). It's possible that "friendly mutants" were metaphors for oppressed RW groups, but that angle doesn't reall...

I'm a big fan of playing games for the sake of it and keeping my political inclinations out of it (which is easy, I have disdain for all spectrums of the UK political spectrum). I'm not particularly interested in involving modern gender politics in my game, as it's not something that really interes...

This map looks great. I am looking forward to seeing your version of the Inner Bailey. Thank you! I've realised since that some of my calculations and scales were off, so there'll be a "second edition" of the Outer Bailey along with the Inner. I'll see if I find some time to work on it next week, i...

And the wrapping up. After this there'll be a brief hiatus before Season 3. Season 2, Episode 26: Death on the Reik - Epilogue https://theenemywithinremixed.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/marc-gabbana-301_0141-burning_castle.jpg?w=640 In which the town of Wittgendorf looks to its uncertain new future, ...

Season finale! Season 2, Episode 25: Death on the Reik, Part XXV - The Fall of the House of Wittgenstein https://theenemywithinremixed.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/fortress-collapsing-2.png?w=640 In which our friends finally find the stone that fell to earth, meet some old “friends” again, and end th...

Season 2, Episode 24: Death on the Reik, Part XXIV - Doubles https://theenemywithinremixed.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/van-helsing-frankenstein-laboratory-e1590407188503.jpg In which our friends deal with the ladies of House Wittgenstein, encounter an apparent changeling, and learn some unexpected ...

Season 2, Episode 23: Death on the Reik, Part XXIII - The Citadel of Chaos https://theenemywithinremixed.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/videoblocks-old-medieval-castle-at-night-with-a-crow-in-foreground_bkbuh8idf_thumbnail-full14.png?w=640 In which our friends infiltrate the heart of Castle Wittgenste...

At least Warhammer-wise, it's quite obvious that by far the most vocal group of people "looking to take offense" are the boys who whinge and moan endlessly when someone dares to put some women or even non-white people in "their" games.

Season 2, Episode 22: Death on the Reik, Part XXII - The King of the Roaches https://theenemywithinremixed.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/michka2-dracula-castle-e1588077469150.jpg?w=640 In which our friends advance into the Inner Bailey of Castle Wittgenstein, visit a desecrated chapel, and have an un...

Yes, you're correct about Grapes of Wrath, however, I got the feeling that a little more may be taken from The Restless Dead, but that might just be my interpretation. I remember us playing TRD instead of SRiK (our GM just winged it :)) We already had two of the adventures from The Restless Dead in...