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Fantasy Flight games1975 West County Road B2Roseville, MN 55113USANo part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by anymeans, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers.Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Games Workshop Limited 2005. This edition Games Workshop Limited 2009. GamesWorkshop, Warhammer, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, the foregoing marks’ respective logos and all associated marks, logos,places, names, creatures, races and race insignia/devices/logos/symbols, vehicles, locations, weapons, units and unit insignia,characters, products and illustrations from the Warhammer World and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game setting are either , TM and/or Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2009, variably registered in the UK and other countries around the world. Thisedition published under license to Fantasy Flight Publishing Inc. Fantasy Flight Games and the FFG logo are trademarks ofFantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved to their respective owners.For more information about the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay line, free downloads, answers to rules questions,or to participate in the online community, visit us online at:www.FantasyFlightGames.com

TMDesign and Writing: Chris PramasOriginal WFRP Creators: Jim Bambra, Graeme Davis, Phil Gallagher, Richard Halliwell, and Rick PriestleyAdditional Material: Dan Abnett, Jeremy Crawford, Graeme Davis, Kate Flack, Ewan Lamont,Aaron Loeb, T.S. Luikart, Todd Miller, Rick Priestley, Robert J. Schwalb, Gav ThorpeEditing: W.D. RobinsonProofreading: Marc GascoigneAdditional Art Direction: John BlancheGraphic Design and Art Direction: Hal MangoldCover Art: Geoff TaylorWFRP Logo: Davis HinksInterior Art: Toren “Macbin” Atkinson, Steve Belledin, Caleb Cleveland, Dave Gallagher, David Griffith, Jon Hodgson,Carl Frank, Ted Galaday, Janine Johnston, Karl Kopinski, Pat Loboyko, Britt Martin, Val Mayerik, Torstein Nordestrand,Justin Norman, Erik Polak, Scott Purdy, Wayne Reynolds, Rick Sardinha, Adrian Smith, Greg StaplesCartography: Shawn Brown, Nuala Kennedy, Fluid EntertainmentWFRP Development Manager: Kate FlackCharacter Sheet Design: Rick AchbergerProject Manager: Ewan Lamont TM, , and/or Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2004, variably registered in the UKand other countries around the world. All rights reserved.— Special Thanks — Steve Kenson, Nicole Lindroos, Hal Mangold, Chris Pramas, EvanSass, Marc Schmalz, Robert J. 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Toth—199 Bergen St. liveson.Head of Black Industries: Simon ButlerGreen Ronin and the Green Ronin logo are Trademarks of Green RoninPublishing and are used with permission.Dundjinni and the Dundjinni logo are Trademarks of Fluid Entertainment andare used with permission.Product Code: 60040283002ISBN: 1-84416-221-4Black Industries World Wide Web site: www.blackindustries.comGreen Ronin World Wide Web site: www.greenronin.comPlaytest Group Leads and Playtesters: Ralf Achenbach (Claudia Achenbach,Stefan Müller, Frank Vetter); Christopher Smith Adair (Arianne Adair, JohnGraham, Jay Mueller, David Ruiz); Mathew Anderson (Jason Foutz, FrederickGleicher, Angelo Gountis, Edward May, Mikael Newquist, Tom Russo); JimAtkinson (Eve Atkinson, Erick Haworth, Christopher Haynes, Neil Stidham,James Webb, Jacqueline Webb); Carson Atwood (Julie Atwood, Holly Krutzer,Kelsey Martineau, Robby Nowell, Roger Plymale, David Rogers, Rusty Tisdale,Drew Walters); Michael Babbitt (Krista Babbitt, Anthony (Big T) Fichera, ChrisJones, Alan Schepers, Alex Shangraw); David Bagdan (Colin Auschrat, AaronJankola, David London, Monica Miles); Jerome Bauzon (Accabat Yannis,Armand Alexandre, Armand Fabien, Caillard Laurent, Castelli Mario, PailhesRemi, Rocher David, Signes Frédéric, Valera Martial, Verriez-Armand Jill); JonasBergström (Jonas Åström, Jonas Hassan, Torbjörn Jönsson, Björn Malmros,Alexander Rathnow, Andreas Renström, Gustav Sjöström, Lars Strömquist);Maxime Beaulieu (Dominique Bellemare-Page, Richard Blais, Chae DickieClark, François Filiatrault, François Massé, Alexandre Raymond); Brian Blakley(Larissa Blakley, Kyle Canfield, Chris Foisey, Glenn Fox, Anjelica Seibert, KevinSeibert); Darren Bolton (Mark Frein); Sebastien Boisvert (Claudya Busque, PierHugo Chiasson, Martin Desbien, Daniel Fecteau, Gauthier Robitaille); JoshuaCameron (Drewery Booth, Brian Dowd, James Dowd, Scott Gavin, PamelaKing, Tiare King, James Mullin, and Robert Meisner); Pierre Campan(Stephanie Amilis, Thomas Amilis, Jean-Christophe Bousson, Xavier Cazalot,Anne Durel, Nicolas Durel); Jon Dawes (Warren Banks, Sylvia Coleman, ShaneGreen, Tina Veloccia, Pauline White, Shawn Wowk); Perry DeAngelis (WilliamAllen, Jenna DeAngelis, Scott Faith, Chris Loots); Mark Delsing; John Dodd(Benedict Daniels, Marie Haughton, Mark Pailing, John Wilson, Sue Wilson);Nathan Dowdell (Kevin Bacon, Andy Clark, David Cole, Greg Davies, TomRouth, Tom Wise); Jason Driver (Joel Driver, Jamie Driver, April Leake, JohnA Black Industries PublicationFirst published in 2005 by Black Industries, an imprint of BL PublishingBL PublishingGames Workshop. 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Table of ContentsTable of ConTenTsChapTer 1: InTroduCTIon .4Life, After Death .4Welcome! .9What is Roleplaying?.9What is theWarhammer World? .10What’s in this Book? .10An Example of Play . 11ChapTer II:CharaCTer CreaTIon . 15Character Creation Overview. 15The Four Races. 15Dwarfs .15Elves .16Halflings .16Humans .16Characteristics . 17Main ProfileCharacteristics . 17Secondary ProfileCharacteristics . 17Generating Characteristics. 18Shallya’s Mercy . 19Racial Features .19Dwarf. 19Elf . 19Halfling . 19Human . 19Starting Career. 20The Free Advance .20Bringing YourCharacter to Life . 21Ten Questions .21Sample Character Sheet . 23Background Charts . 24Physical Features . 24Family and Origin. 25ChapTer III: Careers . 27Basic and Advanced Careers.27Your First Career .27Changing Careers . 28Your Second Career . 28Skill and Talent Options . 28Choosing a New Career .28Basic Considerations. 28The Career Itself . 29The Next Step . 29Putting it all Together . 30Career Format . 30Basic Careers . 31Advanced Careers . 61ChapTer IV:skIlls & TalenTs . 88Skills vs. Talents . 88Making Skill Tests . 88When not to Test. 88Basic and Advanced Skills.89The Role of Circumstance . 89Degrees of Success .90Opposed Skill Tests .90Characteristic Tests.90Gaining Skills .90Skill Format. 91Skill Descriptions .91Talents . 96Gaining Talents . 96Talent Format . 96Talent Descriptions . 96ChapTer V: equIpmenT . 103Encumbrance .103Coinage .103Exchange Rates . 103Availability . 104Craftsmanship . 104Goods and Services . 105Weaponry . 105Armour . 111Basic Armour . 111Advanced Armour . 111Other Goods. 113Food & Drink .114General Equipment .116Transportation .119Services . 120Special Equipment .121ChapTer VI:CombaT, damage& moVemenT .124Tracking Time . 124Combat Rounds . 124Initiative .125Surprise.125Actions . 126Basic Actions .126Advanced Actions . 127Combat Movement .128Making an Attack . 129Test Difficulty in Combat. 130Ulric’s Fury! . 130Unarmed Combat . 131Matthew Goodman, Elaine Johnson, Bertha Kao); Bryan Jordan (John EdwardBridgman, Alex Leach, Erik Bostock, Calvin Funk, Ronnie Katrib, Mark Jordan);Brad Kane (Ken Habib, James Mitchell, James Morris, Chris Snell, Steve Winter);Vilius Kazakauskas (Alexander K. Lykke, Hans Olav Slotte, Filip Ulvin); WilliamKirkby (Thomas Pape, Richard Rayment, Hussein Vania, Jonathan Whiting,Suzanne Wood); Elena Kostina (Alexey Agafonov, Dmitry Kochetov, AlexeyKoledin, Anna Koledina, Timur Kostin, Petr Makarov); Ralph Kruhm (Anja Cäsar,Christian Cäsar, Marion Kruhm, Yvonne Stratemann); Peter Lexelius (JohanHansson, Hans Lundgren, Anders Norberg); Jody Macgregor (Steve Darlington,Helga Erichsen, Russel Lowe, Patrick O’Duffy, Colin Smith, Marselan Wignall);Kenneth Madsen (Per Fredriksen, John Jensen, Thomas Jensen, Lennart Knudsen,Jens Christian Larsen); Pau Martinell (Marc Casanovas, Bernat Guixeras, OscarMontoya, Mateu Pastoret, Albert Piqué, Albert Puignau, Josep Sala); MarkMatthews (Dave Gallagher, Judy Matthews, James Miller, Dan Pitts, RobynPrentice, Ruth Prentice); Dave McAlister (Allan Barber, John Barber, Mike Bartlett,Rob Buckley, Pete Goodfellow, Taf Harris, Alex Matarazzo, Ben Morton, MattRiches, Simon Washbourne); Mark McIntyre (Drew Deitz, Hope Marie McIntyre,Belinda Shobe, Steven Shobe); Jason McKee (Mike Anderson, Todd Caulkins, ChrisColwell, Dale Griffits, Brad Helton); Mark McRitchie (Fergus Bridges, GrahamClark, Simon Smith, James Thomas, Michael Wood); Hans-Marius Meland (BritaElin Eiteraa, F

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