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THE THE WARHAMSTER WARHAMSTER SYSTEM
SYSTEM
The core roll
Let’s get down to brass tacks* here. Most games have some variation on
the a “core roll” – the heart of the mechanics. For a lot of old school games
it was roll a twenty-sider and add some stuff to it (or subtract some stuff
from it, or multiply…you get the picture). For a lot of other games, it was
about rolling percentile dice (and rolling higher or lower than some target).
Then things got weird: dice pools, factors, computed stats, resolution
matrices…gahhh!
In Warhamster, all rolls except damage/effect type rolls use the core
Warhamster Mechanic. In brief, roll your stat, add your level, add some
other stuff, and beat the target’s defense. Simple.
Or, in nerd bullet point style :
STAT DIE +
YOUR LEVEL +
APPLICABLE MODIFIERS
vs.
TARGET DEFENSE
If you beat the Target Defense (usually Armor, Smarts, etc.) then the action
is a success. If you roll lower, than it fails. If you match it, it’s a push (i.e.
no positive or negative effect) – which usually means that the Defender
breaks the tie.
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Timing and stuff
SNACK ORDER
The PARTY LEADER should sit to the left of the diceMaster. The
Adventurer with the highest EXTRANEOUS score sits to their left, and so on.
In case of a tie, the Adventurer with the highest MIND goes first. If there is
still a tie, use REFLEXES, then HOW ATTRACTIVE, and then, if it gets all the
way down to it, STRENGTH. In this extremity, the dM might want to take a
look at the dice his players are using.
Each turn, play begins with the Adventurer to the left of the diceMaster,
and continues clockwise. By the transitive property of snacking, thusly all
snacks at the table should be distributed in this manner; with the
diceMaster getting the first pick of the tortillas and beer (it’s good to be the
dM).
DUNGEON AND TOWN TURNS
In most role-playing games, a full chapter can be devoted to explaining the
subtle nuances of rounds and turns. It usually involves a lot of words to say
that you can do whatever you want – until you might get eaten by a
monster, and then you have to take it really slowly (especially if you are
playing Champions …).
When you’re in TOWN or JOURNEYING, its kinda a free for all. In the
Dungeon (where you could easily get eaten by Hill Giant or a Giant Hill for
that matter), you have to take turns…
In the Dungeon, there are TURNS! (not terribly exciting, but that’ll work.)
Turns are some unknown but tiny quantity of time, in which an Adventurer
can attempt to perform Actions. Only the Adventurer whose turn it is can do
anything; everyone else has to wait – until it’s their TURN! Turns pass to the
left (clockwise), and the diceMaster always goes last.