THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY ISSUE 13 SPRING/SUMMER 2000 UK £3.00 US $4.95 ‘WARRIORS GRIMOIRE New Combat Skills for Warriors TWO SCENARIOS eKIM:NEWMAN INTERVIEW. ap Oh AND MUCH, MUCH MORE...“EDITORIAL oe ‘The ueston hat maybe eneveryoneslps "What happened the Noverber 1999 elease defor sue 127” Not tha we ike wo gs the Bc or aything bt." wasn our faut! Apologies wo all wha had o wait foro lone, bt {he delay was ou of ou conto. hope you enjoyed it and hough he walt ‘worthwbile and fr those who haven't seen t- bay aow! Hopefly hs isoe "You may have noticed we now havea larger compliment of atts cocribtig othe mapaine, ech wither ov imiabie style. hope you ill age that his improves the overall ok of the mapszine and gives new snd ferent perspectives onthe lok ofthe Wabare orld. Torch is ‘weave wits who produce consitely pod miter Howeve a il the it the mote voices hat cn beer the cer the tapestry tat sn be woven lo the Old Word. 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Not ne one bt eco cats od crud fr the cunt ensIssue 13 CONTENTS Sea REPORTS FROM THE HEART OF CORRUPTION ‘A Special on Warhammer Fiction. “while part ofthis material does a nice job of escribing the Old World, other parts seem to "Tim Eccles regolar coloma looks at prejudice in the Old World. F"Stessing the regional differences in religion, speech, dress and codes of behaviour can add real flavour to a [campaign Kim Newman (ka Jack Yeovil) shares tome of his views on Wachammer fict amongst other things. “there's magic, there's Ors, there's monsters, there's all this guy-stuff and anything could happen.” The Warriors’ Grimoire ‘A set of additional combat skills to give ‘warriors the edge they have been lacking for 20 long “What does a warior lear during those frequent training session whilst the wizards lear forbidden secrets ofthe arcane?” Ao ce eet toc News and Brief Reviews, The latest news from Hogshead and the return of Velkyse. “Iseue 18 i out now and with full time editors on-board, it promises to become a welcome regular on the shelves, Tonterot re yeaa fae Set Garseaee cot ‘Gi rnbug Cana) Comply Rang (Gamer Werkehop Dade Blow nave Exgeenee ois Imligee tec ron Usésrip ce Remains of the Knight ‘A complete scenario about 1 long forgotten cevil that will not rest “The cycle has come to an end, the chase inishes with the fox's flesh pulled from his bones by the dogs. ‘There wil be a sign and you will know the time has come. The Road To Damnation ‘All you aced to know to start your own colt. ia WERP that is! “The fewer the members, and the more ignorant of the real goals of the leadership, the more likely the organisation is to remain undiscovered.” Bry C Rr cps 0c) From one small. dark place 10 another in 2 Je of greed and corruption. ‘Risking all, the family sold their only cow, placing themselves on the verge of starvation” The latest offerings of prise and critism “The Chaos powers are contrary entities. [Narge is diseased and rotting, but possesses 1 joyous excitement and enthusiasm for life born of an acceptance of the inevitable." PW a str ehiom LI A Short Story that gots to prove that you ‘as't keep 1 bid man dowal “He toyed with his vietim, who was the pretty daughter ofa local merchant, tossing her hair back and forth over her face and flinging her about him like a rag-dol.” Mape Pos SS SesetSians Non player SW Spel Weapons Pam 1 Toone Range WR Water asy Bale Stent \WERP Whee uty Rly Marntug-SoldDowntheRiver’ WP WillPoxer ‘acer WeDo and Gas Wop eee eadenasandWattarine Pay Rap Te sca Width, Sons Ov operate Dea on be Ra Powe Boa De “hone, Caron pe Res Maentug Sd awa Re Apert Now, Apr’: Chars of Daas, Dootsones Mddehti: Cit of Caos Erp in Fes, Epi iC Redinsof Sxe andthe name ofl prominin, lsd arte wine Wahine rd aretradenars of Canes Wokshop Lis ed ese wah erin, Warstone ‘megane aout arp rvs tp ater ay eed rote herent in spe thon ‘Warton ISSN 1465 bts an nependenty produced magn. ani nt ned, eased aprovedby Gunes Workshop Lior Hogshend Publishing Ll, Warpsone is istibted ervey Heed Publhig Ld (08 20 Brom Road Leadon SW408G, UK), Aerial mal iseapyihta the esestive aorREVIEWS WARHAMMER FICTION (I9§ Tnligh ofthe fact that a number ofthe fiction workscommisioned by Games Workshop have recently become avsilable again - more of the Gotrele and Felix work is being reissued by GW in three volumes, and moet of the other books are availabe from Internet auctions - i seems an opportune time to make review ofthese Books: one I hope wil help the usually cash-strapped WERP player to decide where he or she might want o inven their money. Te ean be argued that the job of critic is wofold, On the ane hand, to evaluate whether a book is "important"; by which I mean, does i belong in that category referred toa literature, snd onthe other hang) to give therealer some idea of whether a book isenjoyable,andifso, why. The reader can hen decide whether to invest the time and money necesary to ead tht book. “Well for those books that collectively make up the “Warhammer” novel, the ist half f that equation is quite easy: Iean say without adoube that aone ofthese novels will ever be taughria iterature clases at Oxford, Sorry to bust, your bubble, but there isn't hidden classic amongst them. ‘Doa'e give up on this review jut yet, though, [athe case of these twelve books-some novels, some collections of shore stoies- feel compelled to add 2 third job tothe tasks of the review: to evaluate whether any or al of them ‘might be valuable to the reader. By this I mean, is there material here that will enhance your Warhammer eampaign, as GM or a player? Are thereNPCsto harvest and inser in your gume, settings toemploy, plots ta transfer and run your characters/players through? Infact, do these books expand upon the Old ‘World in ways that are usefal to those of us devoted to Wathamimer Fantasy RolePlay? So si back and enjoy an evaluation of the stories written in the Old World andsetinprint-you might ardently disgree with my evaluations or you might wholeheartedly agre, uti either case, hopeflly {wl alsa manage ro point cout waysin which even the worst ofthese works ight be used to enhance Your owngame The books divide up into four major groups: the three Konrad novels all by David Ferrng:the chee Orfeo novels llby Brian Craig the three Genevieve novels all by Jack Yeovil, and thee collections of short storie, all edited by David Pringle Teseems, rom discussions with many WERP fane that there ie something ofa toss-up between the Konrad material and the Orfeo material for which, among the novel at lat, contains the wort bof Warhammer elated writing currently available, This doesn't mean, however, that either eres of works is ‘uniformly bad, nor that ther is nothing a GM eould take rom the works and extend into his or her campaign. ‘Konrad sthefirst novel of the cycleittllsthe tory of ayoung orphaned boy's early life, i which he suffers a childhood made tolerable only by the ‘occasional secret visits of hie only friend, and eventual lover, the daughter of thelocal landowner Latein his teen years, Konrad witnesses the dstrction of his entire town atthe hands of Beastmen and Skaven, but heis sed fom this fate, Apparently he has been singled out, perhaps by the gods, perhaps by a less-savoury enity, for some yester role in the world-andfor some Chaotic plan hinted at vhroughout the novel inthe form of brief vignettes which feature Abronze-armoured stranger whose presences always near Konrad quickly meets up with Wolf, « mysterious figure who is part mercenary, part rogoe, part Templar of Sigmar - despite his name and hie appearance. Konrad signs on as Wolt's suite ad thee travels together begin. ‘They strike out for Kislev, where they slowly build a substantial mercenary army, which Wolf useso fight Chaos, while preparing himelf for an arcempt 10 raid an old Dwarfen temple for the rimoured treasure inside, The rid is made, the obligatory gobline are fough, and Koncad finds himmelf briefly, appareatly,embodiedby the Avatar of Sigmar Heldenhammer though Konrad oust recognize i for what iti. Inthe end Kantad leaves Wolf to pursue his,