... is spectacular on the first read through. Great backstory, excellent setting, and absolutely classic Warhammer atmosphere. We'll see how it holds up with further reading and a play through, but it seems pretty stellar so far.

I was also surprised that it showed at my FLGS so soon. Made for a great Friday!

How about a little more info?

Does it come with new careers? Like the Witch, for example?

Two careers; a Witch and the advanced version, Warlock. There's about a dozen spells at most, Tier 1 and 2 if memory serves. I've been reading through the adventure so I haven't really assessed the spells in detail, but there seems to be a wide mix of utility and combat stuff, some of it very powerful (with nasty side effects). The Talents work just like a college wizard; there's a "Witchcraft" order you slot in there.

The part that's really struck me is the adventure; great backstory, great "twist" (if it can be called that). I'll avoid any more details here to avoid spoilers, but I'm looking forward to running it quite a bit.

No rank two spells, believe rules said witches can only use rank 1 or lower.

Amani said:

Yep, looks like I was remembering incorrectly.

morskittar said:

Yeah but what about Warlocks? they should be able to use rank 2 spells I hope! Well will be picking this up in the next few weeks but nice to know before that since I don't mind spoilers

On face, how does it stack up to the other two adventures in terms of scope and/or 'fun'?

And how combat focused is it?

My group is starting to get tired of the go-there-kill-that setup of The Gathering Storm.

@Poe,

TGS is very much a 'hey, here's what the Warhammer setting has to offer - all in one campaign!' I see it as a very basic intro campaign with lots of fighting to teach the game mechanics and get players familiar with the most common setting themes (which I won't mention lest I spoiler it).

Keeping in mind I haven't run any of the adventures or read them through completely:

Compared to the episodic Gathering Storm and open-ended Edge of Night, the Witch's Song seems quite a bit more focused, if not linear. I don't see a lot of forced fights in there (maybe some potential ones, depending on PC actions); the tone and themes of the adventure appear to be more investigation, mystery, and a little bit of suspense/horror.

morskittar said:

pre-ordered!
Thanks for the recommendation

Do you think it will be short like Edge of Night or longer like The Gathering Storm?

Endevor said:

We played c. 12 sessions for GS, 4 for EoN and 8 for tWS.

monkeylite said:

In practice, how does The Witch's Song play? It looks like it could be quite a bit of fun and would be very tolerant to very different play styles. Was it enjoyable?

monkeylite said:

How long were those sessions on average. Just curious

We play pretty short sessions, really. 3 to 4 hours. And, yes, it was enjoyable. I'd say it is my favourite of the three longer adventures.