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The Simplicity of Setting Difficulty The Free Mini dm SCREEN Relative DEFENSE Difficulty @ Low Levels @ Mid Levels @ High Levels (1-3) (4-6) (7-9) Really Easy 3 4 6 Easy 4 6 8 Not Hard 5 8 11 Pretty Hard 6 10 13 Hard 7 12 16 Way Hard 8 14 18 Damn! 9+ 16+ 21+ Setting the DIFFICULTY of an Action is an easy thing to do. When in doubt consult the handy Mini dM Screen provided above – yours free with this introductory offer! (Actual retail value of $19.95. (Actual actual retail value may vary.)) A lot of times, you can just guess – if what the Adventurer wants to do sounds Really Easy, then set the DEFENSE to 3; if what they want to do sounds really Hard, then set the DEFENSE to 12. Remember, you are the diceMaster and the dice are there for you to command. Remember that Difficulty is relative – so something that is Not Hard for an 8 th Level Turbo Ranger with a Magic Bow of Death Arrows, may be DAMN impossible for Cedric the Charlatan, 1 st Level Fire Wizard. Sometimes, it’s easy to set the difficulty, since the action the Adventurer wants to do is directly opposed by another character (or a monster). In those cases, you can set the difficulty to one of the DEFENSES of the target. If an Adventurer is trying to lie to a guard, use the guard’s SMARTS DEFENSE. If an Adventurer wants to run past a screeching Battle Budgie, use the Budgies ARMOR DICE Defense. Selecting a Versus Defense ARMOR DEFENSE: This is the most common. Use Armor Defense for hitting things. Armor Defense is also a good defense for avoiding moving things. BEEF DEFENSE: Use Beef to defend against poison, exhaustion, stress, physical blows not related to combat (like falling and stuff), etc. SMARTS: Use Smarts as the Defense for sneaking around, avoiding detection, mental attacks, some magic, charisma stuff, and the like. LUCK: Use Luck as the Defense against crazy attacks, for selecting who gets hit by falling debris and other acts of randomness. Luck is always a last ditch Defense – and if there is a better fit from Armor, Beef or Smarts use that instead. Bonus and Penalty Dice from the dM’s Chair As the diceMaster you have a lot of tools at your disposal to control how you’re players act. Probably the best set of tools is a mix of Bonus and Penalty Dice, and of course – skulls. When you want to reward good role-playing, thinking and descriptions – give a player a bonus die to their roll. So, if you’re dueling with a Musketeer and the player gives a great description of how they are using a candelabra to fence with your Nougat Golem – give them a Bonus Die. Of course, the inverse is true – and if your players are trying to take advantage of a situation (or are just making things annoying) inflict Penalty Dice on them. Giving more PENALTY DICE to players who complain about PENALTY DICE also feels right.
PHASES Each time you sit down to play WARHAMSTER, you’re probably goin going to need like 2 hours to get in a full “game”. A “game” breaks down into 4 PHASES – The Town Phase, the GO TO THERE Phase, the DUNGEON Phase, and the AND BACK AGAIN Phase. During a phase, there can be any number of “rounds and turns”. PHASES determine the types of activity that can occur, and who (the players or the dM is controlling the action). In every game of Warhamster there must be a TOWN Phase and a DUNGEON Phase. In game terms, the TOWN Phase and DUNGEON Phase are usually called “in TOWN” or “in the DUNGEON”, and many powers will reference that they can only be used in those “phases”. The GO TO THERE and AND BACK AGAIN phases are collectively called “journeying” and are optional phases. For those of that you need charts, here you go. PHASE ORDER DIAGRAM AND BACK AGAIN Phase DUNGEON Phase TOWN Phase GO TO THERE Phase Required Phase Optional Phase GO TO THERE and AND BACK AGAIN Phases These phases are optional, and cover the boring parts where you leave the bar, and head out to your adventure – or where you stumble back to the Town after a snot-kicking kicking (either giving or getting getting) from the Dungeon. Usually, your travel time will be uneventful – but the diceMaster can use these phases to spring traps, random monsters, and other nasty nasties on your party from the Monster Bowl. GO TO THERE – Whenever you “start an adventure”, yyou play the GO TO THERE phase. While your trip is usually uneventful, this is a great time for ambushes, side treks, and the occasional Wandering Monster Attack. After this phase, the DUNGEON Phase Starts. AND BACK AGAIN – Whenever you “win a Dungeon” ( (usually by killing a Boss Monster) or you “run away” (usually by running away from a Boss Monster – sissies!), you play the AND BACK AGAIN Phase. While usually uneventful, this is a great time for diceMaster to try and kill off a wounded party, kidnap the princess, and abuse their position as the Enemy of the Players. After this phase, the TOWN Phase starts. THE DUNGEON PHASE Most of an Adventurer’s time is spend looting and pillaging Dungeons. According to the Thunderhawk Thunderhawk Vulgar Vulgar Dictionary, Dictionary a Dungeon is defined: dun-geon [duhn-juhn] - noun. 1) A subterranean maze maze-like structure stocked with vile monsters and heaps eaps of gold coins. 2) A place to find adventures. 3) A strong, dark prison or cell. 4) The keep of a castle, donjon. 5) A self-contained contained module explaining all of the hazards that a group of heroes will encounter ncounter in a night of gaming. 66) The fastest way to die known to Man 7) An even faster way to die if you are a goblin. To an Adventurer there are only two kinds of places – Dungeons and Towns. Whenever there is a chance that the Adventurers might find Adventure, they are in a Dungeon (whether they are in an underground ruin, a haunted forest, or a Pentagram K Convenience Shoppe). Dungeon Time is split into TURNS, where every action of an Adventurer is vital. Town Time is usually just an excuse for people to hatch nefarious schemes, go shopping, or take a potty break.
Page 2 and 3: WARHAMSTER! The Massively Multiplay
Page 4 and 5: An Introduction to Role-Playing (fo
Page 6 and 7: THE WARHMASTER MANIFESTO We hold th
Page 8 and 9: ADVENTURER JOB BOGIE STAT DICE DEFE
Page 10 and 11: Standardized Adventurer Test What w
Page 12 and 13: PARTY GOALS Goal Description Game E
Page 14 and 15: Be all that you can be, assuming al
Page 16 and 17: Elf FormaTivE Action Jobs Feel that
Page 18 and 19: Bogies Bogies are negative abilitie
Page 20 and 21: Powers LiST Power ATHLETE Certifica
Page 22 and 23: Power CHARM IT Certificate MBA PHD
Page 24 and 25: Power GRAZE DEAD Certificate PHD MB
Page 26 and 27: Power KNOW STUFF Certificate ANY St
Page 28 and 29: Power POLYMORPH (S/T/O) Certificate
Page 30 and 31: Power Stat Die All the Time SUMMON
Page 32 and 33: STEP STEP FIVE FIVE Array Your Stat
Page 34 and 35: STEP STEP SIX SIX SIX COMPUTE YOUR
Page 36 and 37: ARMOR Since the desire to “not di
Page 38 and 39: your whining. You may roll for a ne
Page 40 and 41: STEP STEP TEN TEN DING! GRATZ! Did
Page 42 and 43: Adventurer Actions During a player
Page 44 and 45: How to kill things! Adventurers are
Page 46 and 47: House rules! If you need us to expl
Page 50 and 51: This is the tasty part of the game
Page 52 and 53: Getting Skulls in the monster bowl
Page 54 and 55: Mcguffins and quests and contacts,
Page 56 and 57: lotsa stories and movies, here’s
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Page 66 and 67: dM Quick Reference Danger Chart Dan
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Page 70: BONUS ONUS ONUS MATERIALS MATERIALS
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Page 77 and 78: MAP MAP 6 CHOOSE CHOOSE YOUR YOUR O
Page 79 and 80: MAP MAP 8 GRASS GRASS AND AND WALLS
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