Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play, 2nd Edition ~ Rules of Play
Playing the Game
Making Tests: Players make Tests for their characters by
rolling percentage dice (2d10 read as 10s and 1s) to determine
success. The GM may assign difficulty modifiers based on his/
her perception of that difficulty. By taking your time on some
tasks, and working together as a team on other tasks you might
improve your chances of success. You should ask the GM if
teamwork or extra time would help solve tasks.
Fate and Fortune Points: Fortune points are equal to twice the
characters Fate Points, renew every morning though they do
not stack morning-to-morning, and may be used in the
following manners
at any time to re-roll one failed Characteristic or Skill Test,
but only one for an Extended Test,
to gain an extra parry or dodge in a round, more than once
for the round, which is normally forbidden,
to gain an extra d10 on Initiative, and
to gain an extra Half-Action during their turn.
Damage and Healing
Lightly Wounded: When there are more than 3 Wounds
remaining on a location. Without medical attention, the character
recovers 1 wound per day; with attention, up to 1d10 per day.
Heavily Wounded: 0 3 Wounds remaining on any location.
Without medical attention the character recovers 1 wound per
week; with Surgery or a poultice, up to 1 per day.
Weaponry Quality Definitions and Money
Some weapons have special qualities whose definitions are
shown here
Armour Piercing Ignore 1 point of your targets armor,
Balanced You dont suffer the normal 20% off-hand
penalty if youre using this weapon in your off-hand,
Defensive You gain +10% bonus when parrying,
Experimental On an attack roll of 96-98, this weapon jams
and must be repaired; on an attack roll of 99-00, this weapon
explodes, inflicting base 8 damage,
Fast Your opponent suffers a -10% penalty when trying to
parry or dodge this weapon,
Impact Roll 2d10 for damage, using the highest roll to
determine damage, but not both dice,
Precise If you roll a Critical hit, the damage increases by 1,
Pummeling You have a +10% Strength bonus when
combined with your Strike to Stun Talent,
Shrapnel Any character within two (2) yards of the path of
travel for this weapon, up to its maximum range, must make
a successful Agility test or be hit.
Magic (for Mage characters only)
Follow this procedure for casting spells
1) (Optional) Channeling: You pull energy from Chaos to cast
magical spells, so a successful Channeling roll grants a bonus to
your Spellcasting roll equal to your Magic Characteristic as a
bonus.
2) (Optional) Ingredients: Each spell lists an ingredient (AKA
component) that may be used to enhance your total Spellcasting
roll. Ingredients listed as +3 have a 75% chance of disappearing
on completion of casting, used up by the magic. +2 Ingredients
have a 50% chance, and +1 ingredients have a 25% chance.
Critically Wounded: Damage beyond the maximum wounds
for a location, the further effect(s) of which are rolled on the
appropriate critical chart, and may lead to the characters death.
Experience Points: You will be given XP (experience points)
from time-to-time for role-playing, and these are tracked as
Current and Total XP. Your Current XP is what you have
available, in 100-point increments, to improve your character.
Total XP is the sum of all the experience your character has
accrued during the life of the game. Upgrade your character
through purchases using the following guidelines (each costs 100
XP unless otherwise stated)
gain +5% on available Primary Characteristics,
gain +1 on available Secondary Characteristics,
gain an available new skill or talent,
gain +10% Skill Mastery to any available improvable skill,
gain an Extra Spell talent (mages only); spend one week to
one month studying the new spell (dependent on the
complexity of the spell, as determined by the GM), and then
spend 100xp. The new spell is immediately available once
these are accomplished,
enter a new career available to your character from the
exits listed on their current career. NOTE: Certain special or
racial careers (such as the Estalian Diestro, Kislevite Kossar,
Noble, and Norse Berserker) may only be entered under
special circumstances, subject to class and racial restrictions,
enter a new BASIC career for which there is NO exit from
your current career, spend 200 XP.
Slow Your opponent gains a +10% bonus when attempting
to parry or dodge this weapon,
Snare If hit, the target is trapped unless a successful Agility
test is made. In subsequent rounds, a successful Strength test
(to break the bonds) or Agility test (to get free), is necessary
to get loose of the snare. Ensnared characters are +20% WS
or BS to hit,
Special Special rules exist for this weapon or item; they are
normally contained with the objects description,
Tiring Impact quality is only good for the first hit of a fight
with these sorts of weapons,
Unreliable See Experimental, though the failure numbers
are 96-99 and 00, instead.
Money:
1 GC (gold crown) = 20 SS (silver shillings) = 240 BP (brass
pennies);
1 SS (silver shilling) = 12 BP (brass pennies)
3) (Optional; GM Discretion) The Winds of Magic: Every 1d10
minutes the aethereal winds of Chaos change, based on the
mages current location. The color of the wind determines any
bonus or penalty for your Spellcasting roll.
4) (Required) Casting the Spell: You may roll a number of d10s,
from 1 up to your current Magic Characteristic, whatever you
prefer, to cast a spell, adding any of the bonii listed above. Add
the numbers of all dice and bonii together; a successful Test
grants the effect of the spell from its description. Doubles, triples,
and quadruples on the dice, however, even if successful, may
bring unwanted manifestations of Chaos.
Combat Rounds, Initiative, Attacks, and Damage
Combat Round: A 4 to 10 second period, as with most games, in
which combat and non-combat actions are accomplished to
defeat an opponent, trap, or puzzle during standard and
dramatic scenes.
Initiative: Each Player, and the GM, rolls 1d10 and adds their
Agility to that. Play proceeds from highest to lowest Initiative
total, with ties broken by Weapon or Ballistic Skill based on the
weapon being used by the character at the time. Characters that
are surprised lose their ability to act the entire first round of
combat, regardless of the number of action points they possess.
Players succumbing to a failed Terror/Horror roll lose their
ability to act until a successful Test is made.
Making an Attack
1) Each Player determines their Actions for the Round: As your
part of the combat round plays out, you will need to explain each
action taken or each attack made to the GM and the rest of the
Party. As each action plays out
2) Roll To-Hit or Test to Succeed: Players roll percent dice
against their characters Weapon or Ballistic Skill, or Skill to Test,
whichever is most appropriate, with any modifiers applied by
the GM or due to possessed skills or talents. If the roll to-hit is
successful
Combat Actions
In Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play, 2nd Edition, Characters are equipped with Actions, AKA Full Actions.
Each Full Action may be split into two Half-Actions and spent to perform actions and attacks while in
combat rounds, as follows
BASIC ACTIONS
Aim (Half-Action): Increases the Characters chance to-hit by
+10% for either Weapon or Ballistic Skill.
Cast (Varies): For a Half-Action the Character may Channel,
and then spend another Half-Action to cast. More complex
spells require more time to cast, and casting can be an
Extended Action, based on the GMs discretion. The mage
may not case more than one spell per round (RB 127).
Charge Attack (Full Action): The character charges their
opponent from at least 4 yards distance, attacking with a
+10% bonus to Weapon Skill.
Disengage (Full Action): The character may escape from
combat, though all opposing characters in melee range get a
free attack against the character.
Move (Half-Action): The character may move a distance
equal to their Move/Disengage, with underbrush or other
difficult terrain cutting that by half.
Ready (Half-Action): The character may pull, and/or put
away a component, weapon, or item, and/or drink a
draught. Putting something away and pulling something
out at the same time may be done in the same action.
Reload (Varies): The character can reload a missile weapon;
for weapons requiring multiple actions to reload, this is an
Extended Action.
Stand/Mount (Half-Action): The character can rise from the
ground or mount a riding animal.
Standard Attack (Half-Action): A character may make one
melee or ranged attack series, counting as one attack.
Use a Skill (Varies): Make a skill Test to succeed at a skill.
3) Determine Hit Location: The reverse number of the To-Hit
roll, or whatever method the GM decides to use, determines
where the character was hit, as listed on the paper doll on your
character sheet. Next, you
4) Roll Damage: Roll 1d10, adding the characters weapon
damage bonus, plus any GM, skill or talent modifiers, and then
5) Adjust for the Targets Armor and Talents: Damage to the
target of the attack is reduced by their Toughness Bonus, their
armor value according to location, and any magical or talent-
based bonuses to their defense. The final number is
6) Recorded as Damage: Locations with four (4) or more
remaining wounds are Lightly Wounded. Locations holding 3, 2,
1, or 0 wounds are Heavily Wounded. Each hit placing a location
further into negative numbers causes a Critical Wound, perhaps
even killing the character. See Playing the Game Damage and
Healing on page 1 of this sheet for healing information. After
this
Finishing the Combat: Each Player continues to wash, rinse, and
repeat this sequence until the combat is resolved.
ADVANCED ACTIONS
All-Out Attack (Full Action): The character makes a furious
attack with a bonus of +20% Weapon Skill, though they may
not Parry or Dodge until the following round.
Defensive Stance (Half-Action): All attacks against this
character are 20% Weapon Skill penalty for the round.
Delay (Half-Action): The Player may delay their characters
action until an opportune time, though they are left with
only a single Half-Action. Two delaying characters
attempting to act at the same time make opposed Agility
Tests to see who acts first.
Feint (Half-Action): The character pretends to attack one
way, then attacks another. The attacker and target make
opposed Weapon Skill Tests; if the attacker wins, his next
attack cannot be Parried or Dodged. If the attackers next
action is not a Standard Attack, this bonus is lost.
Guarded Attack (Full Action): The characters next attack is
10% Weapon Skill, though they are +10% Parry/Dodge until
the next round of play.
Jump/Leap (Full Action): The character jumps or leaps across
something.
Maneuver (Half-Action): The attacker may force the defender
to move two yards, or they may move themselves two yards,
by making an opposed Weapon Skill Test against the target.
If the attacker is successful, the target moves in the direction
and distance, up to two yards, the attacker describes.
Run (Full Action): The character runs their full speed until
the next round. Ranged attacks against the runner suffer
20%, while melee attacks gain +20%. Characters may not
run through difficult terrain.