Magic is unpredictable and will eventually cause problems and backlash even if the practitioner takes the uttermost care. Chaos magic, shadow taint, dreams gone awry, miscast teleports and planar breaches may all hound your characters. Continue reading “Malicious and Unstable Magic: Chaos Taint, Nightmares, Planar Breaches, and Other Afflictions”
Tag: Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play
Games Workshop and its licensees, most recently Cubicle 7 (2018), published the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game and it’s setting.
Warhammer describes a grim and perilous fantasy world dealing with many similar tropes as those discussed in this blog. Although most of this blog is drawn from others games, some posts reference Warhammer material.
Warhammer’s first publication in 1986 predates more recent “grimdark” fantasy subgenre, and the resemblance is noteworthy.
The Zweihander RPG is a Warhammer retroclone and is worth checking out.
The Path of the Slayer
The Path of the Slayer dates back to Ancient Times. The undiluted act of killing, pure and untouched by morals, pleasure or conflicting motivations, is not good or evil, but merely an act of survival and perfection.
Slaying must not be confused with the caretaker role of the hunter, or the petty and debased act of assassination. This is the path of the slayer. Continue reading “The Path of the Slayer”