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There's something rotten...
One slim but very good looking volume is the adventure The Pig,
the Witch and her Lover that I picket up at free rpg day. Sturdy cardstock
cover, printed in color and insides profusely illustrated with
pictures of NPC's and pre-generated characters. A very attractive
package tempting any gamer that have put off trying Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. The
only thing I'm missing is the free rpg day logo, which seems to be
missing. I looked at all the 16 pages.
The adventure is of a investigative nature, and I'll state from the
start that I think the possibility of my players putting the pieces
together is pretty slim. Maybe the gamers I'm play with are better
investigators than I think, or gamers are in general, but I found the
clues provided for the missing person mystery to be a bit sparse. not
having tried the adventure for real I can only conclude that in
reading it looks like a tough call.
The chewy part of the ham
Let us not despair. Even if your players are as dense as me you will
probably have fun with this title. There are a lot of colorful
personalities to interact with and they are just the kind of
dirtfarmers with dark secrets you expect in a Warhammer scenario. It
is well presented with "What She Knows" and "What She will tell the
PCs" and similar paragraphs. Sometimes it even instructs you to look
up a page in the rulebook for some skill check or other. I gather any
new gamer who fancies himself a GM would do well with this kit. There
is even a section per NPC telling you how to roleplay that
character. I think anyone could have fun just walking around in the
small village of Krote and encountering odd people like the mayor, the
priest and the hunter.
Alas, the world is out of joint
Considering the amount of violence pictured in the minis games in the
Warhammer universe, I'm almost a bit surprised and dissapointed by the
fact that there are so few possibilities for fighting in the
adventure. That's possibly the only thing lacking in this module, even
though the possibility is there. Another odd lack is any kind of
credits for the adventure so it's very anonymous. I think this is an
peculiar disrespect for the work of the author, illustrator and editor
and I hope it's just an oversight.
A World of Perilous Adventure!
Any Warhammer product is pretty, but none the less it is worth
praising if it also makes the product easy to use and I give this
module a 5 for Style. A small minus for the lack of credits. The
content given is great, you even get a pre-generated character who is
a rat catcher, and very atmospheric. Thus it deserves a solid 5 for
Substance as well! I think it is a bit too tough a mystery, but let us
not mention that as a minus, but a lack on my part.
Watch out for that mean pig!
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Name: The Pig, The Witch and Her Lover
Publisher: Black Industries
Line: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Author: -
Category: RPG
Cost: Free
Pages: 16
Year: 2007 SKU: N/A
ISBN: N/A View [ Printable Review ] |
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Capsule Review
Andreas Davour
October 8, 2007
Style: 5 (Excellent!)
Substance: 5 (Excellent!)
A nice freebie fantasy mystery in a grim world of perilous adventure
Andreas Davour has written 2 reviews, with average style of 4.50 and average substance of 5.00. The reviewer's previous review was of Goods and Gear: The The Ultimate Adventurer's Guide. This review has been read 1335 times. |
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