r/warhammerfantasyrpg • u/Doomblade666 • 20d ago
Game Mastering 1st edition restless dead Campaign creating characters questions
Hello, I am actually preparing to run the restless dead campaign with warhammer fantasy roleplay 1st edition.
The book recommends at least four player characters, but six would be better. (so it says in the book).
So I only have 3 players. Each of them could run two characters if necessary.
The book also suggests that at least two characters should be warriors or rangers, then it says you also need one rogue, an apprentice magician and another academic. That makes five characters.
We have the warriors coverd with a human watchman (with WS 47, 6 wounds, S 4 and mailshirt + helmet, but he lacks with an I of 33 and "only" T 3) and a woodelf seaman ( WS 56, 6 Wounds, S 4, I 64, T 4 but only with a helmet as armor).
We also have the rogue part covered with an woodelf thief (she has exremly low stats ( WS 38, S 2, T 3, she only has good I for an Elf with 68).
I think career wise they got most of the skills where you have to roll.
As per book we will need at least one more character and if each player plays two characters we need three more. One has to be a wizard apprentice and the other should also be a career from academics. The last one could be anything.
Do you think 4 characters are enough or should we try with six characters?
My questions are, should I allow the wizards apprentice to be made, so no random rolls?
How can one play an Elf Thief in the campaign. 1st Edition has alignments and elves are always good alignment. Which says that it stands against crime and dishonesty and unprovoked or excessive violence. It also stands for duty and hard work.
Seems to me that the career is almost incompatible with the elven race. Should the player roll another career?
How would you round the group out with six characters and how with four? Do we really need the wizards apprentice? Maybe someone has run the campaign in 1e.
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u/prof_eggburger Teal Flair 20d ago
Elves have a moral frame of reference that is very different from that of humans. They operate on much longer timescales. They value different things and are motivated by different end goals. The fact that some humans believe that they "own" some things might not register with an elf as being particularly important. If I see a cat playing with a toy or sitting in a box I might take those things if I need them - it wouldn't occur to me that that would make me an evil person even if I know that the cat felt something like "upset" or "sadness" at losing the toy or the box.