Father Albrecht – 1700 xp

Abrecht is a devoted follower of Sigmar, maybe too much. He is in fact a member of the cult of Sigmar the Divine, viewing him as the only real God of the Empire. He will always invite PCs to pray him or to give offerings.

Race: Human
Career: Priest of Sigmar (ex-initiate)

Personal details :
19 years old, male, blue eyes, corn hair, 5’7” tall, 155 pounds, born in Stirland (Halstedt, a fortified town) under the sign of the Limner’s Line, 3 siblings, distinguish by unblinking eyes.

Main profile
WS 36* BS 39* S 36 T 44* Ag 29 Int 53** WP 49** Fel 46**

Secondary profile
A 1 W 13** SB 3 TB 4 M 4 Mag 1* IP 2 FP 0

Skills :
Academic Knowledge (History, Theology), Channeling, Animal Care, Charm, Common Knowledge (Dwarf, Empire), Gossip, Heal, Magical Sense, Perception, Read/Write, Speak Arcane Language (Magick), Speak Language (Classical, Reikspiel).

Talents :
Master Orator, Petty Magic (Divine), Public Speaking, Savvy, Suave, Very Strong.

Armour : None.
Armour Points: Head 0, Arms 0, Body 0, Legs 0.
Weapons : Hammer.
Trappings : Prayer Book, Religious Symbol (Hammer), Robes, Writing Kit.

Aktmar is one of the many teachers of the Collegium Theologica. Officially, he teaches history and theology to the students, but spends most of his free time reading about all forbidden subjects. He really appreciate adventurers because they pass and go. He will gladly help any PCs with his knowledge and offer to buy any “interesting books”. He will invent any story to get some new reading, that “evil books” are kept safe in magical chests in the basement of the Collegium, etc.

Race: Human
Career: Scholar (ex-Scribe)

Personal details :
37 years old, male, dark brown eyes, light brown hair, 5’5” tall, 145 pounds, born in Averland (Streissen) under the sign of Witchling Star, 4 siblings, distinguish by tired eyes.

Main profile
WS 27 BS 30 S 34 T 32 Ag 49 Int 55 WP 46 Fel 40

Secondary profile
A 1 W 13 SB 3 TB 3 M 4 Mag 0 IP 5 FP 0

Skills :
Academic Knowledge (Daemonology, History, Theology), Animal Care, Common Knowledge (Bretonnia, Empire +10%, Tilea), Evaluate, Gossip, Perception, Read/Write, Secret Language (Guild Tongue), Speak Language (Breton, Classical, Reikspiel, Tilean), Trade (Calligrapher).

Talents :
Linguistics, Resistance to Poison.

Armour : None.
Amour Points: Head 0, Arms 0, Body 0, Legs 0.
Weapons : Knife.
Trappings : Candles, Wax, Matches, Illuminated Book, Writing Kit.

The Game Master’s Pack is composed of two things: the GM screen and a 32 pages black and white booklet. The screen is made of 4 panels. The tables inside are useful (Weapons, Armours, Skills, Chaos Manifestations, Wrath of the Gods, etc.). The hit location table and critical effects tables are there, but the main critical table is missing.

The booklet himself is divided in two parts. The first one, following a short summary (p. 1) of the booklet is an adventure for PCs in their first career. “Pretty Things” (pp. 2-14), set in the Empire, can be run before the Paths of the Damned campaign. Four pre-generated characters (pp. 15-16) can be used for a quick start.

The second part of the booklet includes many things, some more useful than the other. You can find descriptions and maps of a typical coaching inn (pp. 17-18), toll house (p. 19), river lock and lock-keeper’s house (p. 20), way temple and wayside shrine (p. 21), a typical Reikland’s village (pp. 22-23) and a typical farmstead (p. 24). Good to photocopy are the NPC record sheet (p. 25) and the Combat Tracker (p. 26), but I personally prefer to scribble on a blank sheet of paper. The Dark Lores of Magic page (p. 27) is not something you will use often unless you plan on putting a lot of dark cultists in your games. The Equipment Emporium (pp. 28-31) is useful when your players are in a buying frenzy; you just keep your rulebook and pass the booklet around. The last page is just an overview of the booklet.

Overall, I would give the Game Master’s Pack 3 warhammers out of 5. I do prefer the Game Master’s Toolkit which I will review in a near future. You can find 2 previews of the Game Master’s Pack on Black Industries’ website.

One of the great artists of WFRP is Ralph Horsley. He just starting posting in BI’s forum and gave 4 great links to his personal website where you can contemplate the full versions (larger image, no title or writing) of the following covers:

- Realms of Sorcery
- Tome of Salvation
- Tome of Corruption
- Thousand Thrones

I really like the left hand (hidden) side of most of them, since you can see some nice and expressive characters. For the occasion, I decided to change the top header of my blog. I might alternate once in a while. Great job Ralph!

Race: Elf
Career: Innkeeper (ex-Servant, ex-Vagabond) – 5500 xp

Personal details :
65 years old, male, purple eyes, ash blond hair, 6’2” tall, 80 pounds, born in the Reikwald Forest under the sign of the Limner’s Line, 1 sibling, distinguish by his absence of eyebrows.

Main profile
WS 35 BS 47 S 33 T 48 Ag 58 Int 46 WP 50 Fel 52

Secondary profile
A 1 W 14 SB 3 TB 4 M 6 Mag 0 IP 0 FP 0

Skills :
Blather, Charm, Common Knowledge (Bretonnia, Elves, the Empire), Consume Alcohol, Dodge Blow, Drive, Evaluate +10%, Gossip +10%, Haggle +20%, Heal, Lip Reading, Navigation, Outdoor Survival, Perception +10%, Performer (Storyteller), Read/Write, Search, Secret Language (Ranger Tongue), Silent Move, Speak Language (Breton, Eltharin, Reikspiel), Swim, Trade (Cook +10%).

Talents :
Acute Hearing, Dealmaker, Excellent Vision, Etiquette, Flee!, Fleet Footed, Hardy, Lightning Reflexes, Night Vision, Orientation, Savvy, Seasoned Traveler, Specialist Weapon Group (Longbow), Streetwise, Strike to Stun, Very Resilient.

Armour : None.
Amour Points: Head 0, Arms 0, Body 0, Legs 0.
Weapons : Club.
Trappings : Good quality clothings.

Adventures seeds: a cooking contest is organized at the Harvest Goose, Fanamis being the judge. The PCs are invited to watch or to participate (anyone with the Cook skill). A hungry halfling tastes a dwarven recipe and dies before Fanamis was supposed to taste and judge the dish. Big tension rises in the building between the elven and the dwarven communities, the humans and the halflings not knowing which side to take. Was the poison intended for Fanamis? Is the assassin a dwarf, someone else or something else? A reward is offered on the spot to find the culprit.

You will find the Middenheim project in a new page I just created. I will post new information on some existing locations or create new ones and will add the proper link in the Middenheim page for easy access. As always, feel free to leave comments!

The new addition this week is, and I quote, “The Riverman’s Association, The Brotherhood of Seamen and Pilots, The Board of Trade Equity and the Wasteland Import Export Exchange”. If you haven’t seen the Marienburg project, you should definitely have a look. This location is a great place to create your own adventures if you like city intrigues, seamen, beer and whisky atmosphere.