Attacks - see Stats.

 

Good characters are concerned with natural well-being. They believe in social heirarchy, responsibility, helping other, and settling all conflict by peaceful means. Good characters are opposed to all destruction, suffering, and cruelty. Unlike Lawful characters, Good characters can be forgiving.

	For	Against
	Natural order, peace, and beauty	Unnecessary cruelty
	Duty and hard work	Unprovoked or excessive violence
	Learning	Crime and dishonesty

Neutral characters have no strong principles except a profound belief in their own best interests. Neutral characters are not particularly concerned with order and duty, except where these can work to their advantage; likewise they have no real commitment to change and renewal, except where it may help or hinder them. They are wary of extremes in anything. Neutral characters are more aware of the traps and follies of the world, but they are more interested in getting by from day to day than in changing or preserving anything.

	For	Against
	Financial and material gain	Extremes of violence or cruelty
	Self preservation	Bigotry, racism, small-mindedness, extreme politics or religion
	Personal freedom	Bureacracy, taxation, and governmental interference

 

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Ballistic or Bow skill - see Stats.

 

Cool - see Stats.

Dexterity - see Stats.

Every piece of armour or other item a PC carries has an encumbrance value. This reflects how difficult an item is to carry, based on its weight and size. A character can carry items up to an encumbrance equal to their Strength x 100 without penalty. Dwarves can carry up to their strength x 200 without penalty while pack horses, mules, etc, can carry up to their strength x 300 without penalty. Characters have an encumberance equal to (their Strength plus their Toughness) x 100.

Experience Points - these are granted by the GM for achieving major and minor objectives and for roleplaying. Major objectives are typically worth 100-200 EPs, minor objectives 10-50 EPs, and roleplaying 0-50 EPs.

EPs are used to purchase new skills, stat advances, or spells, and to change careers. For the sake of simplicity, the GM is monitoring the PC's EPs and awarding new skills, etc, when appropriate.

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A type of RPG where the Players and GM sit around a table with all the rulebooks, paper, and dice they'll ever need. Beer and peanuts also feature occassionally. This is the traditional way of playing a RPG, but it's easy for the Players and GM to get confused, cheat, or move away between this session and the next. You've also got to find an evening or afternoon (and a table) when everyone's free just about every week. That said, the atmosphere is fantastic and highly recommended.

 

 

Gold Crowns - the unit of currency in the Old World. 1 Gold Crown (or Guilder, or Doubloon, etc) = 12 Silver Shillings = 240 Brass Pennies.

 

Games Master - the Players' eyes and ears. The GM runs the game, controls the NPCs, and has final and absolute say. A RPG without a GM is in almost as bad a state as a RPG without Players. Guest GMs and Assistant GMs can lighten the load considerably. Red_Snow's GM is Silk Kendiron. His email address is at the bottom of this page.

 

Initiative - see Stats.

Intelligence - see Stats.

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Leadership - see Stats.

 

Movement - see Stats.

 

Someone who cares more about winning than playing the game. The kind of person who decides that they want to be a Mercenary Captain just for the skills, regardless of their lack of Mercenaries to captain. Some Munchkins are Munchkins out of habit, some out of immaturity, and some just don't realise that RPGs can't be won! Whatever type of Munchkin they are, Munchkins are the bane of my life. Red_Snow is a Munchkin-free zone

 

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A group of PCs and any associated NPCs. Often used to refer to all the PCs in a game (plus their retainers, etc). It is possible for one Party to split into two smaller Parties - one taking the high road, the other the low road for example - but this more than doubles the GMs workload and shouldn't be attempted lightly. That said, don't think that you've got to hang about together all the time. Sometimes a character has to do their own thing - go to the temple, go visit their mum, whatever. That kind of individuality makes for better roleplaying, and all GMs secretly love it, no matter what they may say out loud.

 

Play By eMail - a type of RPG where the turns are sent out by email. Faster than a PBM but much slower than a 'face-to-face' RPG. This is occassionally an advantage ;-)

 

Play By Mail - a type of RPG where the turns are sent out by snail-mail.

 

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Anyone taking part in the game is a Player, with the obvious exception of the GM. Every RPG has to have at least one Player. Prospective Players need the GMs permission to play.

This doesn't mean 'black or white', it means 'black, white, green, purple, scaley, slimey...' There are a number of races in the WFRP but the Players can only choose between Human, Halfling, Elf, or Dwarf.

Old Worlders venerate a number of deities; their religion is pantheistic in a similar way to that of the Ancient Greeks of our own world. Popular deities include Shallya, Goddess of Healing and Mercy

Role Play Game - a game, like this one, where the Players and GM act out one or more 'parts' in an unfolding drama.

Someone who plays by the letter, not the spirit of the game. Rules Lawyers often don't like all the improvisation that goes on in a RPG. Some learn, some leave, some try to bend the game in the way they think it should be bent, and that's a tragedy of Shakespearian proportions.

 

Strength - see Stats.

 

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Shallya is the daughter of Verena and Morr, and is the goddess of healing, mercy and compassion. She is normally protrayed as a young and beautiful maiden, whose eyes are perpetually welling with tears, but she can also take the form of a white dove.

Her Alignment is Good.

Shallya is normally symbolised by a dove or by a heart and a drop of blood. Her priests, most of whom are female, wear white robes, often hooded, with a hearth symbol embrokdered in gold thread on the left breast.

The most famous temple to Shallya is at Couronne in Bretonnia.

No character who has ever taken a Human life, even accidently, may become an Initiate of Shallya.

All Initiates and Clerics of Shallya must abide by the following strictures:

Never take a Human life, even in self-defence. This stricture is lifted in the case of followers of Nurgle.

Never take the life of an intelligent being, except in self-defence;

Never refuse healing to one who is genuinely in need, and who comes as a supplicant.

Priests of Shallya may never wear any kind of armour, nor use shields, nor carry any kind of weapon except for a staff.