This is a list of features that I hope that WFRP 3 will have. It doesn't need to have all of them to get me to buy the game but I hope it will have at least one or two.  

1. More Spell Variety (They have a whole book to detail wizards so why not?)

2. Cooler/More useful divine magic (The priests should get just as many spells as the wizard and at the same career)

3. A more balanced armor system (no more invincible plate armored dwarf)

4. It should have more detailed setting information then all of it's predecessors

5. A larger antagonist chapter/section

6. A larger/better mutation table right out of the corebook

7. Interesting Career Choices (There don't have to a lot of careers just ones my players like to play)

8. A revised and interesting combat system that is more fun to use and doesn't take hours to run a combat

9. More options at character creation (or better/larger tables)

Most of these I think 2nd edition somewhat lacked (like a large antagonist section). Some of them (like interseting career choices) were already in 2nd edition but could be made even better in 3rd edition. 

lordsneek said:

At first glance WFRPv3 contains none of your wish list.

As for number 3 try using an opponent that is not a Goblin or weaker, you'll find that even a fully advanced dwarf champion in plate armour is vulnerable.

Silent Star said:

Can I have your secret full pre-release set of rulebooks? ;)

Atendarius said:

If I shared them with any random ******* they wouldn't be secret would they.

Silent Star said:

If a dwarf in plate is so vunerable why was everyone complaining about how powerful they were on the 2nd edition forum.

GreyLord said:

We've been assured -- at least three times by three credible sources -- that WFRP3 is very much a roleplaying game, and that we can run old WFRP adventures with it.

What does hybrid mean to you, and why is it the focus of this thread? We can see that the game uses cards and funky dice. That's not unique among RPGs. So what's left to make it a hybrid with a board game? Where's the game board? Where's the grid?

There are board games that use cards, but they're still board games. Why couldn't WFRP3 be a roleplaying game that uses cards, and is still a roleplaying game?

Check out the snapshots of the character sheets taken at GenCon. Listen to what Jay Little has to say on the FFG GenCon video. I don't think the word hybrid can overrule the other descriptions we've received. Did you notice that Graham says it's a roleplaying game three times, and says hybrid once? And he actually says "It felt like a strange hybrid of board game and roleplaying game at first, but".

But! he said. That's an important but.

Later in the blog entry, Graham reaffirmed that it is, indeed, a roleplaying game. And something about a holy grail. I can't write it without hearing John Cleese.

My previous post is in the wrong thread. Sorry. But everything I wrote is still awesome.

DagobahDave said:

I don't remember being assured that we can run old adventures with it. Where are these sources of yours? Just curious.

Captin' said:

jadrax said:

Assuring...

Yeah, more than anything else I've seen or read, RuneFang's possibly-NDA-violating posts have been the most encouraging and revealing.

DagobahDave said:

Don't say that.

For the record I don't believe I violated anything. As a playtester I can't really say anything about the game.

As a writer I believe I am able to confirm what is already announced officially by FFG. They announced a roleplaying game that you could roleplay with. I simply confirmed (or clarified) that indeed this is a roleplaying game you can roleplay with, with a system that encourages roleplaying. It's only necessary to even state that because of weird interpretations people are making with the info they have and the inevitable internet chinese whispers.

I take my NDAs very seriously and have acted exactly as instructed, afaict.

lordsneek said:

For "Everyone" see a couple of idiots that are not up to running a game and then notice that almost all the replies tell them how easy it is to beat ANY character no matter how advanced.

Silent Star said:

Why must we reduce this wonderful forum to a point where we are just calling each other names over a game. It's alright to ask for advice about a game and people shouldn't be insulted for it.

monkeylite said:

You're Runefang? I never guessed.

/M

monkeylite said:

I'm sure you do, and I believe that you've been careful about sticking to it.

Cool-guy-smiley is not as effective as I would like in conveying the playful mood I wrote that in.