Warhammer & d20: articles for the monthly

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Warhammer & d20: articles for the monthly

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I suggest including small articles in the Druchii.net monthly concerning Warhammer in RPG systems such as d20. Probably there're people here who play D&D or run D&D campaigns, probably somehow connected with Warhammer universe. And such information could prove valueble for them.
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I personally like the idea, but its best to see what the community thinks. If the community wants it, I'll include any articles you write in the monthly (note that you may NOT post any articles that are to be in the monthly on the forums)
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That's why I made a poll

Ok, no fanatics in monthly =)

I knew this, I think that proper content for the monthly would be more druchii-related stuff =)))
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Post by Nagathi »

Since I'm not very in on what you mean by Warhammer in other games/RPGs I really can't vote. Care to explain a bit further for someone who is totally lost in other games then Warhammer? :P

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Post by Sneaky »

I love Warhammer and I also like D&D It would be great to read an article on that sort of thing. I could imagine a few minor edits for the Warhammer world if you wanted to play a Warhammer based D&D campaign (Elves are modified a bit, Gnomes are removed, Half-orcs modified to Lizardmen and so on, I suppose).
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If people will accept this idea, then definetly the first article will be dedicated to general thoughts about Campaign in a Warhammer world and the druchii race.
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Post by Z'gahn »

Am I right to think that you're talking about D&D games, but in the warhammer world?
If so; there ís a warhammer RPG already. Or is it that different from D&D?
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I know about Warhammer RPG, I have the rules... but I (and not only I) find them rather... raw and unbalanced. The d20 system, upon which the D&D is based is much better.
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Post by Z'gahn »

An article on using the Warhammer fluff for it might be really interesting then. Go ahead I say.
And maybe that the Development Board can develop complete rules for that; or would we violate copyrights then?
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It's ok because it's not a commercial product or something, just a little stuff based on warhammer to use in your campaigns.
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Post by Linda lobsta defenda »

i would say no. i dont want rpg stuff in my monthly. the forum is about tabletop game called fantasy battles. so dont mix in another stuff. then you get articlles that will be meaningless for a large part of the readers. even if i love to roleplay i wouldnt be interested in the d20 system EVER
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Post by Svart »

That's why there's a poll. To hear vox populi. Of course, it would be a bad idea (and a waste of time) to create articles for just two or three readers.

But, please note that I didn't suggest devoting many pages of the monthly to RPG. One or two pages, not more by any means. You know, some people don't paint models themselves, others don't read fanfics...

If the monthly is about "tabletop gaming and only tabletop gaming" then there should be no fanfics and other fluffy articles.

I think the forum is about Warhammer in all its aspects. And the RPG may be one of those aspects.

Anyway, thank you for your opinion on the subject.
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Post by Rautha korhadril »

I agree with Linda and the monthly should be devoted to the tabletop game, not special rules concerning Warhammer-DD hybrids. I'd much rather read of tactics and building effective army lists.

Off-topic, my friends and I have ran RPG games in the Warhammer world. We used the White Wolf system, which is easy to adapt and adjust to fit the world.
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Post by Vulcrist »

I love d20, its obviously so much better than almost all of the other systems out there now (there are a few other ones that are good too). And I think that a d20 system for Warhammer fantasy is long overdue. I'm for it.

But, druchii.net monthly is about the tabletop game, agreeing with Linda (which I am loathe to do). Maybe we should have another way to get it out. At least a blurb about it in the monthly at first, then on to something else to get it out there.

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Post by Svart »

There's logic in these words, of course... Well, if everyone's against it then it may be another initiative or something like that... And yet I think that a small article wouldn't hurt.
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Post by Noble korhedron »

Isn't WFP a D20 system? And if there's going to be any D20 games mentioned, I'd appreciate it if any Stargate players out there would post articles about game mechanics and chronological background, by which I basically what time in the world of Stargate did it happen? The first series,etc?
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Post by Vil-hatarn »

It would be a good thing to do, I'm just not sure it should be put in the monthly. It could just be put in the regular forums and stickied.
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Post by Nagathi »

Note that one article about the D20 system for Druchii has been published some time ago. I can't remember what issue it was, but check some of the lastest ones.

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Post by Z'gahn »

december issue.

Note that the only thing about D20 systems we are ever gonna publish must be about the druchii too. It's the Druchii.net Monthly after all
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My vote goes for keeping the d20 Warhammer RPG out of the Monthly. In fact I would favor a suppliment issue, maybe every two or three months just on the RPG aspects of the Warhammer Fantasy World. Just keep them separate issues. The new Warhammer Fantasy RPG is coming out in another month or two (saw the ad in Dragon Magazine this month), but it does not appear to be a d20 system.
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Is thre another version coming out? great! :)
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This is the official publisher site, a division of Black Library.

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Post by Z'gahn »

Stuff about the new RPG will just go in the normal M ;). It's just about warhammer and the druchii. also, a seperate issue would just be too much work.

But anything about the WHFRPG (or whatever) will be accepted for publish in the monthly - as long as it's good enough.

It's just the D20 system (or mainly all non-warhammer games) involoving druchii we are in a bit of doubt about.
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Don't know, think it would work better as primarily a campaign setting rather than a big list of stats for various things in another setting. When it comes down to it, Druchii are elves and they use swords.
If anything it would be strongly biased toward a more thinking and ploting game than traditional D&D hack and slash. Not actually having character stats for important NPCs would be a nice way of suggesting to the DM, you can't kill these guys so don't have your players try.
Means its more relevant to more people, Druchii RPGers D20 or otherwise as well as those who just want more fluff for armies etc

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