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  2. Posted

    Will perhaps give them the opportunity to create a few NPCs that I will take over. Worried about them taking a long time to create them though.

    What are some of the absolutely required crew members? My approach is to try and get a BSG feeling. A tight knit crew working together.

    Rogue Trader
    Navigator
    Astropath
    Seneschal
    Arch-Militant ?

     

  3. Posted

    A nice variety of answers!

    Alasseo

    On second thought, you are right, it is rather redundant to assassinate someone else to get rid of your opponent but I reckon that on the Hive World they don't really want him to become a Martyr either. I suppose iti s easier to understand that an existing Rogue Trader has accumulated enough enemies over the course of his active duty that someone sends an assassin for him. (Imperial assassin might provide a nice investigation plothook, but might still veer away from it.)

    You reckon I can keep the new Rogue Trader oblivious to the origin of the Trade Warrant?

    Unfortunately, I can't take all the credit for the backstory. He had the idea of a civil war, I just filled in the rest. Also he has taken the last name of Korombrus (an obvious play) so now I have to create an NPC Vespusius that nullifies his 'great' discovery. Of course the twist would be that Vespusius will at some point aid the explorers and I'll just watch what the Rogue Trader does.

    Voronesh

    I'm aiming to improve my narrative abilities by running this game with them. We are also running a WFRP 3rd Edition campaign but I notice that I tend to rely (as they do) on the bitz and pieces laid out in front of me. My intent during space battles is just to give them a lot of narrative fluff and if there are more ships of the fleet in the vicinity to be in their own little skirmish and just give the players influence on the fleet's actions through vox and perhaps the astropath and navigator.

    Numb3rc

    The Rogue Trader wanted to have some kind of rival, so I can use your great ideas for that purpose :).

    Hygric

    Oh definitely, the camera zooms seem like the only way to go if you really want to make the players feel in the middle of the action, so that has been my intent from the outset. I will make it clear that they are limited to that ship though in terms of operating crew.

    Tullio

    Tullio, I'm probably starting with the intro adventure ' The Forsaken Bounty ' to get them acqainted with this more rule heavy and old skool system (as compared to WFRP 3rd Ed.) and was looking at Frozen Reaches for the big military campaign thing I have been reading about. What does Lure of the Expense offer to the players and the GM?

    Also, how can I prevent them from being typecasted? Two of the players have decided on being a RT obviously and the other one a Void-Master (I think to help out with Piloting stuff instead of Gunnery) still waiting on what the third player would possibly be.

    It's highly likely I will keep acquisitions simple unless they really want to acquire something rare and manage to win the roll.

    Everyone

    First off, thanks for the support.

    What I am wondering though, with only three players I reckon that the game might be a little borked. How should I go about creating NPCs that fill the rest of the roles? For example if they are without a Navigator, should I create an NPC version?

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    Errant said:

    1. It's as possible as you allow it to be. Large fleets do tend to make gameplay a little awkward. 3-5 military vessels with support ships is about the limit, in my experience.
    2. Oof. Don't let it turn into a board-game. Make sure you keep the narrative description going. Throw in bombastic events; sudden meteor showers, massive shards of ice plummeting through the void and making it hard to navigate, the titanic battle between ships drawing the attentions of a void kraken... Stuff like that.
    3. Both. Grand, personal stories. Stories of being pursued relentlessly by an eversor assassin for a crime they did not commit, combined with a story of hunting for a stable warp gate to Ultramar, fun stuff like that. Rogue Trader allows for remarkable depths of proactivity on the part of the players, they're encouraged to come up with their own adventures and plots.

     

    Thank you Errant. I assume that with 3 - 5 military vessels you are referring to Light Cruisers and bigger? 

    I am currently looking at these three 'core books':

    • Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Woop, just got in the mail)
    • Into the Storm
    • Battlefleet Koronus

    What kind of fluff books should I go for first? Edge of the Abyss or Lure of the Expanse?

    My Rogue Trader player came up with a background story of leading a ressurection on a Hiveworld before he was whisked away as heir to the trade dynasty. It was my idea that his opposition on the Hive World siphoned him away from that world by sending an Assassin (an Eversor wouldn't care about subterfuge enough, would he?) to get rid of his father (or whatever) upon which the Rogue Trader forcefully inherits the Warrant of Trade.

    My second idea is for the Warrant of trade to stem from the time of the Emperor. (Does this have any real implications, besides more influence? They rolled a 1 for their ship, so a big profit factor.

     

     

  5. Posted

    Upon realising that Rogue Trader possesses ostensibly decent Space Warfare rules, I tried to introduce the setting to my player group (A group of three players) and so far two of them are interested in giving the game a spin.

    However, I'm curious about some of the possibilities this RPG has to offer while I wait for the Core Rulebook to arrive in my mailbox.

    • Rogue Traders tend to acquire entire fleets, is this possible for the players (or are Rogue Traders limited to a single ship)?
    • What do I need for memorable Space battles? Being a Star Wars junkie, it is at least one thing I want to be able to adequately, perform, if you will, narratively tell.
    • Grand campaign or personalised stories? Being 40K I assume I should treat my players to a part of the grand scheme of things?

    Thanks in advance, I eagerly await your answers.

  6. Posted

    Next session will be the end of the Gathering Storm, but I had a question about the Comet ending.

    Does it only do damage in close and medium range? How far off would the bank of the river be? I take it would be medium range.

    So my players have six rounds to carry an unconscious adventurer from Schulmann's boat, carry him through the water into the other boat...Then they are ready to go to the shore with all the possible problems that go with it. (The athletics checks and the like.)

    But where do you reckon that they should be safe?

  7. Posted

    Recently, I have been wondering about the content of the Creature Guilde/Vault. Does the vault possess the creature cards from the Tzeentch and Nurgle expansions or are those excluded? The reason I am asking is because I am considering maybe getting the PDF versions of some of the hardcover books. (I already have the first Game Master's vault, and it seems like a waste to buy the Hardcover book but I could use the handy disease and corruption tables.)

    For the other question... My group is currently finished with Gobspite, but I'm dreading that we lost track of their advances/exp at one point. Newbie players and all that -- not yet used to the extensive tracking that goes on in keeping you character up to date. I'm prepared to entertain the thought of a reset, but I am curious about how many advances they should've had accumulated when the Gobspite chapter started in a Gathering Storm.

    One of the characters (who Gobspite blasted to smithereens) was already into his second career. Wondering if that would be possible with only an Eye for an Eye and TGS.

     

     

  8. Posted

    Scelous, you are somewhat forgetting the fact that the Warhammer world was mostly meant as a satirical take on Medieval Europe (at least I hope). This means that you are mostly correct, it is some form of rip-off. But familiarise yourself a little with Warhammer Fantasy, it might hold a little more depth than you think.

    Relating to your question: It should be possible to give your own setting a spin with the WFRP 3E mechanics if you understand the way the dice system works. But perhaps it is a huge effort to work around the whole card system. You'd effectively have to create your own cards.

  9. Posted

    If you do go down the route of Tzeentch vs Nurgle - Shallya vs Nurgle, it will not be implausible that Tzeentch grants it's mark to the priest.

    One thing about Tzeentch is that he is the Bringer of Change, and his machinations don't always solely work through the cults of chaos. When the opportunity arises to introduce Change to an existing situation, I personally feel that Tzeentch would seize it.

  11. Posted

    GullyFoyle said:

    MRoxs said:

     

    To make sure if I follow the breakdown at the moment.

    If I'd get the GM Guide/Vault combination instead of the seperate Winds of Magic and Signs of Faith, I'd miss out on the enemies/spells/actions of those two expansions?

     

     

    You'd miss out on careers, spells, bitz for those, two adventures, and the some fluff. The only thing you'd get are basic corruption and disease rules and some fluff but not all of it.

     

    Is the situation salvagable through the Player's Guide/Vault? Or will I miss out the Dark Magic Spells, Creatures (with Creature Guide) and location cards still?

  17. Posted

    Considering that I'm going to create my own campaign for my group, I was looking for a few resources that I can remember they existed.

    - A tool that lets me create my own location cards, item cards, etc?

    - A font for the dice symbols as seen or used by Hedgewizard in his little scenario. (Not referring to the hammer symbols etc, but the actual dice shapes/colours. (Might also be a bunch of small pictures)

    Haven't been able to locate them unfortunately, and could really use them.

    Any finger pointing in the right direction is appreciated!

  18. Posted

    After recieving fantastic help the last time I made a thread, I have decided to bother you lot once again.

    My group is slowly headed towards the climax of the Gathering storm -- the chase, but along the way they have forgotten the pendant that Mourn possessed and Maria Holtz has escaped judgement so I have been trying to come up with a way to incorporate Lazarus Mourn into the last act, or both him and Maria.

    Waltrout's body wasn't found in the Garden of Morr, so that's obviously the first new body of Lazarus Mourn but perhaps Maria in her madness made a pact with Mourn (if they stumbled on each other).

    Do you guys have any idea how I can incorporate Mourn without losing much of the finale? They have to feel the consequences of forgetting important items that I did stress that he was wearing it. And the Wizard even guessed that it was part of his power.

    Secondly, a question related to the Old World.

    Trying to be as politically correct as I can here. Are there 'black' people in the Old World, and can they have important positions in the cult of Sigmar? e.g Witchhunter.

  19. Posted

    I'd need to check on my finances for that. I have a few products on my mind that I want in my hands shortly and those are:

    - Winds Of Magic
    - Edge of Night
    - Creature Guide/Vault
    - Pathfinder corebook
    - Masks of Nyarlathotep (probably spelt wrong).

    It wil make it hard for me to get the GM vault right away. On the other hand, do I need the Winds of Magic expansion? Do the new guides/vaults have all of the information presented in Winds of Magic? Or would I lack stand-ups and information?

    It's becoming clear that my narrative skills are the issue here and I might need to prepare better for any of my sessions regarding combat encounters and more. Will morph into a drill-sergeant and push my players into the limitless boundaries of imagination.

    After Edge of Night I will probably start with my own adventures and create cards accordingly. Does anyone know what that program was again and where I can find it? I believe Hammerzeit had it but it had an ip-address instead of a Domain Name.

    If there is any more advice you fellows are willing to share, please keep them coming :)

  20. Posted

    Thank you for all the comments, I appreciate it. And your explanations do make things clearer for me.

    One thing I have noticed is that there aren't - sometimes-  enough location cards to have a cohesive area dotted out.  I think there was a program that would let me make my own cards and stuff, so might have to dabble in their creation for a little bit.

    Dvang, you hit it on the head. I am trying to be too precise in this system. Perhaps this is the case because I am a new GM coupled with inexperienced Roleplayers but I'll definitely change my approach for next session.

    Do you guys have a sample how you handled the combat for the Gathering Storm? Let's say the beastmen encounter? (I am currently at the Goblin part)

    Thanks again

  21. Posted

    As a GM - a newbie GM - I have noticed that I am having a lot of difficulty running combat encounters effectively. Playing Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition as a player I believe that the difficulty stems from the abstract range system of WFRP 3rd. Hopefully it just means that I am still green as a GM and it is not because I have no imagination.

    I was wondering if there are any examples of play you guys can redirect me too. I feel that the examples can be of great help to me.

    Currently, I seem to put my players in face-to-face conflicts where there aren't a lot of ambushes etc, because I have problems tracking all the events during a combat encounter.

  22. Posted

    Tome of Adventure states that Henchmen operate in numbers identical to the amount of the player's group. So three PCs means Three Henchmen in one group working together which adds 2 fortune dice to the attack turn of the Henchmen, right?

    In the Gathering Storm during the Beastmen encounter it states: 'around the clearing are 2 standard Gors and 3 Ungor Henchmen per PC present'

    Does this mean that there are 3 henchmen groups with 3 henchmen each present (if the party has 3 PCs)? Or is it just one group of 3 henchmen?

    Thanks in advance!

  24. Posted

    There was a discussion in the group about any of the dice that remain after resolving damage and I've decided to look for an answer here.

    For example, the player rolls 4 successes and 2 boons and the attack card states that 2 succes is + 1 damage and 2 boons are + one critical. Does this mean that the player gets 2 times the + 1 damage because of the amount of succeses rolled or is that wrong?

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