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Hello there!

As a small party from our 4e project is currently testing TOWRPG by playing a mini campaign from the perspective of the adversaries/a fledgling cult cell, we start getting into the system and some questions emerge.

1. Drop prone

Combat->staggered->staggered again

Is it just to easy an option to drop prone? My players can choose to drop down towards the end of enemy turn, being sure to have a recovery option avaiable before it can be a problem.

Its ether risk free (loosing an action to recovery anyway ofc) or only creates a risk if the Gm is mean and rushes with remaining enemies to exploit, killing rp for gamey behaviour.

Any input or is it just a niche experience?

2.niche talents +

A few talents seem very situational. For example having the option to not get broken by running direcgly into someone while giving ground (acrobatic?).

This almost requires a GM made situation to apply and will not nearly be as usefull as some cheaper talents.

Ofc coming from 4e we know way less utilized talents ;) more of a GM question, if its just a subjective feeling of "rarely used" talents.

3. Status +careers

Some of my players have aquired money way above their status. Having some expensive assets is feeling not like a rp/character choice, especially with social strata and expectations.

Getting to a higher tier is always linked to changing the careers and therefore its a bit weird to have a labourer/peasant required to change to actual trades like artisan and not just become a rich peasant and an important person in the local village with the biggest farm and loads of cattle and land.

It seems like i am missing tiers in career (like 4e) atleast an option to rank up in ur career to sth like a silver Tier "free farmer".

Maybe it just requires more career options? My 4e farmers always had a career to aim for and become sth like a rich persons servant. TOW careers are very cool for having a wide definition, but i miss getting a higher tier as an option.

Thx in advance and embrace the change 😉

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Hi,

I've been perusing the rulebooks ahead of GMing my first session tonight, and I am wondering if I've missed something with the combat rules?

The scenario I imagine is that of two characters each armed with swords and shields, and clad in full plate. They each have 3s in all attributes.

The maximum damage this character can do with a sword swing is 6 (7 on a charge), which fails to wound since with full plate and shield they have resilience 7. A hit will only stagger the opponent, which they can without lasting consequence recover from with a recover action. Even if the opponent was already staggered, from missing their own swing, they can recover both from prone and staggered with the same recover action. Thus, if both characters act smart, noone can ever wound the other in this duel? I don't find anything RAW that the character can do to bypass armour or otherwise increase the damage from their attack.

This is quite a specific example but one, given the PCs and planned campaign, could very well happen! Is there a combat option I'm missing? Anyone attempted any house rules for "called shots" or similar to bypass armour?

Warhammer The Old World pdfs are on sale on DriveThruRPG! Can't remember if they've been discounted before. This includes both core rulebooks, the GM Screen and the Starter Set! See link above.

The 5 card decks (wounds, allies, spells, weapons & miracles) interest me but they are wildly expensive. Can anyone who has received them say which they think would be useful? I'm guessing that the wounds/conditions would be the best one? And maybe the allies second as it's always nice to show players a picture of their patrons.