What 4th edition provides intead is a crazy statistically-unstable mechanic that (thanks to opposed rolls and cumulative advantage) can be described as a ball that rests upon a hill: as soon as it goes one side it will snowball (the same happens when you start with a lot of advantage or a better st...

i'm inclined to say "two systems following the same upgrade system share the same restrictions unless they state outright there is a difference I agree with that logic. But I would start with the premise that "the same upgrade system" here is blessings -> Miracles, not Arcane Spells ...

converse to easl, the rules for magic list largely identical rules for expanding effects under "overcasting" on page 238 and state that a range of touch cannot be extended magic /= blessings and miracles. They're in different chapters in the book and clearly follow different rules. i've c...

Question in the post subject. The rules seem a bit unclear on this. Would this ability make touch miracles overpowered? If you look at the Healing example given on p220, under "Success Levels," it appears that blessings with a 'touch' range can be extended. The limitation given on page 22...

I hope you're not using the argument "The book's monsters are fine except when you go to extremes like Zapp has". No, I'm saying that having to increase a limited number of opponent stats is a perfectly normal part of rpging for any game line not D&D sized. There's nothing unusual abo...

I understand that it went well for the party, maybe to well. He had already upped the stats of the beastmen and it is surprising that it still was relatively easy to beat them. I have no 4e experience (due to missing VTT support), so I cannot judge, if this should be expected at 5500 XP. Yeah, the ...

easl: to clarify, in our WFRP, all players have the same role, which is "trooper" in the Imperial Army. In most cases, they will advance just a little... :-) ...We enjoy competing between players. We count how many "headshots" each player have. We enjoy successes of heroic actio...

CapnZapp, makrellen this is exactly what I observed. That's why +10% for a charge (it's granted as the elves initiative is so high) and +10% for elves by default is already +20%. This is huge and that's what I've observed as elves are going for killing frenzy because of Advantage. This is why I sug...

A human with a stat of 45 vs an elf with a stat of 55 is going to win 40 % of the time - the elf will win 60 % of the time. Except I asked habankm about that, and this isn't the problem he's worried about. He's worried about players playing a human being outclassed by another player playing an elf....

easl: Even if you will put human highest roll to I it will not match elf lowest roll. Yes, see my "D'oh!" post. I know how my team plays. Before the game I'm trying to mimic their strategy, to see if it is possible to win over the enemy. So it's not dueling. I just use their PC sheets and...

Having said that, when PC1 has an initiative score of 60 and PC2 has an initiative score of 50, PC1 will win initiative about 60% of the time. It's highly unlikely PC1 would go first in each combat of a single session, if the session has more than 2-3 combats. D'oh! Big goof. I was running out the ...

1) I + 1d10 to decide order -> this one always win elf or beasts It sounds from this like you're doing a "human [fast-warrior] vs. elf [same fast-warrior career] using same build-out" comparison. The reason this doesn't apply to real-game experience is that that almost never happens. Ther...

That's why elf vs human is a bit o headache. High elf stats means he will survive battle when others probably not. Did you actually experience this in gameplay, or are you looking at the stats and assuming it will be true? Just curious. I think what some of the others are saying is that they have n...

Given that Channeling is a Grouped skill and needs a focus and that there is a Lore of Witchcraft, I am assuming it was supposed to read Channeling (Witchcraft). That's how I'm running it. As for counting for Wizard, I would say no, as Wizards are practitioners of color/wind magic. I would say you ...

Why would it be less enjoyable for other players? I would think it would be a good roleplaying opportunity. I mostly agree. In my many years of playing and GMing, I've never had the case where two players wanted to play the exact same "archetype". So the hypothetical situation of (for exa...

Here's how it breaks down (ignoring movement): Humans get 6 fate/res points Dwarfs get 4 f/r points, +30 (net) attribute points Halflings get 5 f/r points, +20 (net) attribute points, and -SB hit points Elves get 2 f/r points, +80 (net) attribute points, and 1 less endeavor during down time (going b...

Only your current career level. See page 48: "Talents are only available when you are in the level of the Career that lists them. So, if you are an Apothecary-General, you can only buy Talents listed under Apothecary-General, not those listed under Apprentice Apothecary, Apothecary, or Master A...

If the casting number is 6, and you rolled 10 SL, then for the purposes of "how many bonus fortune points do I get?" I believe you only get +4 SLs worth of bonus fortune according to @easl's post. Am I understanding that right? *IF* you want to cast it in one round using Language (magick)...

Reading it as written, the progression would go like this:
1 SL = 1 point
2 SL = 3 points
3 SL = 4 points
4 SL = 6 points
5 SL = 7 points
6 SL = 9 points
etc...
Every SL gives you a point. The even SLs give you an extra.

I'm taken what's been written above as fact. With that in mind, if someone wanted to use CapnZapp's rule but also wanted the Witch to be worth considering perhaps some penalty could be imposed on the Wizards using adjacent colours, either in terms of the mechanics of casting or learning the spells,...