I believe that 44 was not just a fail but a critical failure. At least by WRFP 4th edition rules. Thanks for putting this out. I’m trying to decide whether to play a campaign of rogue trader or dark heresy with my friends
I think you might be right, but I can't find the relevant section in the Rule Book (damn its terrible index), the edition I was covering is more based on WFRP 2nd Edition rules than 4th, but the 2nd edition may include elements from 4th.
Good breakdown of the basic stuff. Coming from WFRP 2nd ed, this was an excellent upgraded version, with what I believe is that best change: Perception going from skill to attribute. Of course it was also easy to exploit, with psychic powers and the classic autogun with silencer, fire selector and manstopper rounds. Oddly enough I was one of the lucky ones, as no one really used that; went with lasgn, shotties and stub pistols. And that one plasma gun
Cheers, glad to hear your opinion. Dark Heresy I weirdly judged as not that great without really reading it. So it sat on my shelf for a while without me ever looking through it properly. But when I did, wow, it's just such a good 40k RPG, and I find it hard to criticise many of the decisions they made in the game. Great rules, well selected setting, you can't ask for much more.
While there's a lot to be said for using rules you're familiar with, I do think a lot of tone can be gained by the rule systems from various games. I've not actually played Dark Heresy, but it uses the same rules as Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and it definitely wouldn't have the tone or feel with a different set of rules.
I believe that 44 was not just a fail but a critical failure. At least by WRFP 4th edition rules. Thanks for putting this out. I’m trying to decide whether to play a campaign of rogue trader or dark heresy with my friends
I think you might be right, but I can't find the relevant section in the Rule Book (damn its terrible index), the edition I was covering is more based on WFRP 2nd Edition rules than 4th, but the 2nd edition may include elements from 4th.
Good breakdown of the basic stuff. Coming from WFRP 2nd ed, this was an excellent upgraded version, with what I believe is that best change: Perception going from skill to attribute. Of course it was also easy to exploit, with psychic powers and the classic autogun with silencer, fire selector and manstopper rounds.
Oddly enough I was one of the lucky ones, as no one really used that; went with lasgn, shotties and stub pistols. And that one plasma gun
Cheers, glad to hear your opinion. Dark Heresy I weirdly judged as not that great without really reading it. So it sat on my shelf for a while without me ever looking through it properly. But when I did, wow, it's just such a good 40k RPG, and I find it hard to criticise many of the decisions they made in the game. Great rules, well selected setting, you can't ask for much more.
Thank you for this! About to play for the firat time since 2011!!!
Glad the video was useful, and hope you have a great game.
It went great! And thanks to your primer, the rules came back to us in no time! Thanks again. Subscribed@@RPGGamer
Thanks.
You're welcome
if i would ever play this i would use GURPS rules incuding Mass combat
While there's a lot to be said for using rules you're familiar with, I do think a lot of tone can be gained by the rule systems from various games. I've not actually played Dark Heresy, but it uses the same rules as Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and it definitely wouldn't have the tone or feel with a different set of rules.