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THE WARHMASTER MANIFESTO We hold these truths to self-evident, that all adventurers are rolled equal, that they are endowed by their players with certain unalienable rights; that among these are Death to Trolls, More Death to Trolls, and the pursuit of Gold (generally taken from the corpses of Dead Trolls). That to secure these rights, Rules Systems are instituted among players, deriving their just powers from the handbook (with requisite level based benefits) – that whenever any Form of Gaming becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the Players to alter or to abolish said rules (and replace them with House Rules much cooler than the rules in the manual), laying its foundation on the heaped skulls and skeletons of trolls as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness (generally in the form of bigger weapons and fireball wands). Now, in English…. Every once in a while, you just gotta step away from the indie games, and the big company games, and the massively multiplayer online games – and get back into the dungeon. You don’t want a lot of fancy rules. You don’t want complex motivations. You don’t want cathartic experiences. You don’t want innovation. You don’t want to grind out 50 levels to gear up for a raid. You just want to BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH Trolls…Welcome to the Warhamster Manifesto! Thus we give you the 5 Pillars of Warhamsterian Adventures: 1) You form a party of random Adventurers in a bar (or at least somewhere they serve alcohol) 2) The party decides on an “adventure” 3) You go to there 4) The party kills the monsters 5) Repeat Warhamster’s sincere hope is that you can pick up these rules, pick up some dice, pick up an adventure, and get to some good Old School dungeon gaming. Warhamster is going to do everything it can to make it easy. Warhamster knows that you’re “beyond” old school, kick in the door, dungeon crawling. So is the Warhamster. Warhamster loves the new stuff. Warhamster loves the 4 th Edition. Warhamster loves My Life With Master. Warhamster loves Dogs in the Vineyard, and Burning Empires, and Amber Diceless, and all of it. But sometimes you just feel the urge to cast d4 magic missiles! Sometimes, you just want to be the doorknob-stupid barbarian bashing with an oversized club. You just need to backstab stuff. Warhamster understands. Warhamster is right there with you. Warhamster will never judge you. Warhamster will never look down on you. And, we know that part of what made gaming so much fun back in the day, was that it was always evolving, always changing. We understand that. Part of what makes gamers gamers is not just bashing trolls – but coming up with new ways of bashing trolls. More importantly, part of the fun was knowing that role-playing was a great big sandbox to play in, and that no one had yet mapped every hex, graphed every dungeon, or rolled every die. Sadly, those times are lost to us, but at least now we got the internets and some cool new toys (much better than ditto machines and spiral bound notebooks). So, basically, you want a game that feels like every game you have ever played, but allows you to argue the rules, rewrite them in the middle of a session, and all the while killing trolls. And it’s got to feel like a bunch of toys that you just got out of a toybox. Got it. Warhamster is here for you. You still need some role-playing? Oh. What’s that you said – without some role-playing it’s just Descent (or Hero Quest, depending on your age).* We’ll we see what we can do about that. * We’re assuming its one of those two. If you said it was just Dragon Strike – you have a serious condition. If you said Dark World – than we should get together and play games sometimes – that game was the awesomest!
ADVENTURER ADVENTURER’S ADVENTURER Handbook! Handbook! Handbook! The The The 9 9 Steps Steps to to Creating Creating Your Your Adventurer! Adventurer! Grab an Adventurer Statistic Sheet found on the next page, a #2 pencil, and your OFFICIAL Warhamster® dice. Follow the steps on the next few pages, and then get ready for Adventure! 1. 1. Determine Determine Career Career Aptitude Aptitude Complete the Standardized Adventurer Test (page XX). Record the resulting Certification on the Adventurer Statistic Sheet. 2. 2. Start Start or or Join Join a a Party! Party! If this is your first night of Warhamster - you must fight! Oh, wait, it’s Warhamster – you’re always going to fight. So, if this is your first game – you will need to Start a Party, or Join a Party. 3. 3. Get Get A A Job Job Follow the “So You Want To Be An Adventurer” section (page XX). Select a job (make sure that your Adventurer meets all of the requirements) and record that on your Adventurer Statistic Sheet. Make sure that you record your Starting Powers, and your HITS DIE. 4. 4. Determine Determine Determine Bonus Bonus Bonus Power Power Follow the “So What Can I Do” section (page XX). Pick a Bonus Power, and record it on your Adventurer Statistic Sheet (or get a POWER CARD). 5. 5. Array Array You Your You r Stats Stats Find your Adventurer’s STAT DICE from your chosen Job. Pick one stat to upgrade (see page XX) and record your character’s Stat Dice under HOW ATTRACTIVE, MIND, StRENGTH, EXTRANEOUS, and REFLEXES on your Adventurer Statistic Sheet. 6. 6. Compute Compute Compute YYour YY our Defenses Determine each DEFENSE (BEEF, ARMOR, LUCK, and SMARTS – BALS for short). Record these on your Adventurer Statistic Sheet in the spaces provided. 7. 7. IT IT MUST MUST BE BE MINE MINE – Go Go Shopping! Shopping! Don’t forget to go shopping and purchase equipment. 8. 8. Ever Everything Ever ything Else! Else! Now that you’re done with the important parts, you can fill in the rest of the unimportant stuff, like your Adventurer’s name, eye color, turn-ons, turn-offs, and pet peeves. At this point, you still have time if your Adventurer doesn’t rise to your specifications - crumble him up, and repeat. Ignore, if you can, the hollow shrieks from his prematurely-consumed soul. 9. 9. Complain! Complain! Complain! Complain that everyone else is still making their Adventurers and that you are ready to play. When appropriate, complain loudly that it was your idea to get character creation out of the way before you all got together so that you could focus on some monster mashing!
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Page 4 and 5: An Introduction to Role-Playing (fo
Page 8 and 9: ADVENTURER JOB BOGIE STAT DICE DEFE
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Page 12 and 13: PARTY GOALS Goal Description Game E
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Page 20 and 21: Powers LiST Power ATHLETE Certifica
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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
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Page 36 and 37: ARMOR Since the desire to “not di
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lotsa stories and movies, here’s
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Stat Die HA M ST E R Boss Hit Die 6
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Stat Die HA M ST E R Boss Hit Die 4
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dM Quick Reference Danger Chart Dan
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BONUS ONUS ONUS MATERIALS MATERIALS
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MAP MAP 2 hall hall
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MAP MAP 4 VAULT VAULT
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MAP MAP 6 CHOOSE CHOOSE YOUR YOUR O
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MAP MAP 8 GRASS GRASS AND AND WALLS
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MAP MAP 10 10 DO DO IT IT YOURSELF
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