Magos Explorator
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My first foray into fantasy gaming was via Warhammer and associated games in the early/mid 1990s, although when 3rd edition 40k/6th edition WHFB came around I didn't like them and stopped playing. I then went to university where, through my love of fantasy, books, and gaming, I got into D&D (3rd edition then 3.5). D&D 4th edition came out, but my group didn't like it so we stayed with 3.5. Eventually, I came back to Warhammer too.
A few years later I moved to the USA and it was hard to find a 3.5 game but there were a lot of people playing Pathfinder (its spiritual successor) instead. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple of really good groups of people with whom I play regularly, and I like the Pathfinder mechanics a lot. One of these groups are also Warhammer fans, and I would like to step up to the plate and do some GMing at some point, as up to now I've only been a player.
I think you can see where this is going. I like the Pathfinder mechanics, but am not so familiar with its core setting (much more familiar with the Forgotten Realms/Planescape etc D&D stuff, and the Warhammer setting). GW have put out Dark Heresy 40k roleplay, but that's a totally new system for us (I've only played a couple of sessions), and I think we're all more Fantasy fans at heart. So I'd been thinking: how about taking the old Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventures and setting (which I have heard lots of good things about), but transporting the mechanics to Pathfinder (which is a ruleset we all know already)? It could be a win-win with both mechanics and a setting I love. What I'd like to know is, has anyone else attempted a ruleset transplant like this? How did it work out?
A few years later I moved to the USA and it was hard to find a 3.5 game but there were a lot of people playing Pathfinder (its spiritual successor) instead. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple of really good groups of people with whom I play regularly, and I like the Pathfinder mechanics a lot. One of these groups are also Warhammer fans, and I would like to step up to the plate and do some GMing at some point, as up to now I've only been a player.
I think you can see where this is going. I like the Pathfinder mechanics, but am not so familiar with its core setting (much more familiar with the Forgotten Realms/Planescape etc D&D stuff, and the Warhammer setting). GW have put out Dark Heresy 40k roleplay, but that's a totally new system for us (I've only played a couple of sessions), and I think we're all more Fantasy fans at heart. So I'd been thinking: how about taking the old Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventures and setting (which I have heard lots of good things about), but transporting the mechanics to Pathfinder (which is a ruleset we all know already)? It could be a win-win with both mechanics and a setting I love. What I'd like to know is, has anyone else attempted a ruleset transplant like this? How did it work out?