Necrozius said:
*I* don't believe that they are either.
But typically, in sword and sorcery epics, fighters, mages and thieves tend to take the spotlight.
Nerds usually don't.
Surely WFRP can be more than just a swords and sorcery epic? The Enemy Within campaign was conceived by Rick Priestly as something rather different, in fact Graeme Davis' brief for Shadows Over Bogenhafen was to write a "Fantasy Call of Cthulhu adventure". But maybe v3 is a different animal altogether.
Not every gamer out there appreciates the subtle Lovecraftian flavors of WFRP and Dark Heresy as much as we do.
Most people, I'll bet, get a slightly different impression when they look at the diverse cover art of flaming bright wizards, Sigmarites wielding impossibly large hammers and crushing orcs into pulp and Chaos Warriors in armor so ridiculous that they make the members of Gwar seem subtle.
Necrozius said:
Not every gamer out there appreciates the subtle Lovecraftian flavors of WFRP and Dark Heresy as much as we do.
Most people, I'll bet, get a slightly different impression when they look at the diverse cover art of flaming bright wizards, Sigmarites wielding impossibly large hammers and crushing orcs into pulp and Chaos Warriors in armor so ridiculous that they make the members of Gwar seem subtle.
I love the dark mood of WFRP... like fantasy Call of Cthulhu. Our game is certainly tilted more towards the lovecraftian than the fantasy, but because my players really like a good hard investigation mystery, that's perfect.
Necrozius said:
Not every gamer out there appreciates the subtle Lovecraftian flavors of WFRP and Dark Heresy as much as we do.
Most people, I'll bet, get a slightly different impression when they look at the diverse cover art of flaming bright wizards, Sigmarites wielding impossibly large hammers and crushing orcs into pulp and Chaos Warriors in armor so ridiculous that they make the members of Gwar seem subtle.
There's also some great Blanchian Warhammer artwork depicting shadowy alcoves, dusty laboratories etc. Hopefully WFRP doesn't base its design objectives on the covers of WFB army books alone...
I appreciate the setting has the range it does. There's theme enough to go around.
Herr Arnulfe said:
Hopefully WFRP doesn't base its design objectives on the covers of WFB army books alone...
Amen to that brother!