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Warlock! $7.00
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Warlock!
Publisher: Fire Ruby Designs
by Chad K. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/19/2020 17:35:15

Really fun, evocative game. Rules light- 2 stats - Luck & Stamina, and then Skills. Flavors of Warhammer, Fighting Fantasy and "choose your path" adventure books. Different bits in the character creation process really spark the imagination with d6 lists of " What you have seen" and " Who is after you" along with others. Wizards Apprentice (Magic-user), Initiate (Cleric) and many other flavors of the "Thief" (Beggar, Footpad, others) and "Fighter"(Mercenary, Militiaman, more) types. Open to hacking. I would add basic firearms and give more style to Wizard/Priestly magic and some other small twists. But this is a great game to add your own house rules to. Five stars from me.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Warlock!
Publisher: Fire Ruby Designs
by Nick K. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/18/2020 11:10:51

Warlock! was a practical insta-buy for me. The name and the subtitle (inspired by british tabletop roleplaying) drew my attention and the price was really low. At worst I would be bying the creator a beer. At best... Well this is actually what happened.

Warlock! is a love letter to both warhammer fantasy and the fighting fantasy playbooks. My love for fighting fantasy is great, my only concern being the clunky damage dice and the fact that skills are increased without any thematic consistency. Warlock! fixes both issues. Damage is based on regular expressions as in most rpg (1d6, 1d6+1, 2d6 etc) and advancement is based on careers, which the player is supposed to actually change over the course of his adventures.

Furthermore, every career has interesting bits of information for the character which provides hooks for a more sandboxy campaign and also vaguely outlines an implied setting which has my attention.

The only disadvantage in the system lies in the way it handles shield. Personally I would advice everyone to use the rule from Dragon Warriors (another lovely British rpg) On a roll of 6 on a d6 the attack is ignored.

I rate the game 5/5 and encourage everyone to purchase, hoping that the creator provides further support for it.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the review! Yep, one of the things I tried to do with Warlock was make it easy to hack, so if the Dragon Warriors (great game) shields rule works for you, go for it!
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Warlock!
Publisher: Fire Ruby Designs
by Ilias L. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/18/2020 09:07:58

AMAZING work, as usual, from Greg Saunders. I don't know why I came to this with so few expectations. I have enjoyed immensely every one of his books so far. This might prove to be one of my go-to systems, especially for medieval stuff.

A nice amalgam of ideas and systems from AFF, WHFRP, and others that seems to solve most problems of the old systems. This looks like it will run like hell.

Highly recommended.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thanks for the review, much obliged!
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