Darkholme Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 So, I recently finished a playthrough of the Witcher 1, and am about to start a Playthrough of the Witcher 2, and just saw the Trailers/Gameplay Presentation for the Witcher 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx8kQ4s5hCY, which is scheduled for release in February. Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked about it. Looking forward to playing the game; probably going to pick up the novels (the ones that have been translated, at least), and planning on picking up This Book in combination with the Wiki as a setting guide, to possibly run a Witcher-Based tabletop game; either in RQ6 or MW. Does anyone else here have an interest in the Witcher? I think it would be pretty good with BRP. It might take a bit of adjusting to get the magic system/alchemy/signs to have the right feeling to it, and you might want to redo the races (plus add in a race for the Witchers, which are alchemy+magic mutated humans). And then some custom monsters as they come up. Disuss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nclarke Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 IIRC there have been threads over at Mongoose about doing The Witcher stuff with Legend so you might want to have a look there as Legend is pretty close to RQ6. Quote Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragei Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 There is also a fan-translation of the original polish Witcher-game in the works, if you're interested. Not related to d100 at all, but still potentially nifty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholme Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 IIRC there have been threads over at Mongoose about doing The Witcher stuff with Legend so you might want to have a look there as Legend is pretty close to RQ6. RQ5 is pretty close to RQ6. I imagine much of the RQ5 stuff would plug into RQ6 pretty well with little modification. Hmm. I would definitely be interested in checking that out; though from what I heard, the system was not very good: we'll see though. Do you happen to have a link? I can't seem to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baragei Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I have a link to the first draft. It's only the first chapters and the translation is rough, but you get a feel of the game. As it sits now, it is a direct translation of a dead, but still copyrighted game, I'm not sure what the beetlebreeder would say if I posted a direct link to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholme Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Hmm. That dead game is also never going to be translated/sold in english; that's probably also a factor. But fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiorgan Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked about it. Looking forward to playing the game; probably going to pick up the novels (the ones that have been translated, at least), and planning on picking up This Book in combination with the Wiki as a setting guide, to possibly run a Witcher-Based tabletop game; either in RQ6 or MW. The short stories and novels are great in my opinion. They are immensely fun to read and really want to be used as a BRP setting. (Too bad that there is a stupid gap in the English translation. The second short story collection - which would be "The Sword of Destiny" - was not translated which makes some events in Blood of Elves hard to understand.) My system of Choice for the Witcher would be Magic World, using the Advanced Sorcery supplement for the ultra-powerful magics of the glamourous sorceresses. MW - which can also stand for Major Wound - is gritty and fast and perfectly fits the Witcher world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholme Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Sword of Destiny comes first chronologically - and there are fan translations readily available of the witcher books online, which is helpful for those that have not/will not be translated to english, such as Sword of Destiny. Out of curiosity, how would you handle Witcher Signs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jux Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hell yeah! High fantasy done right! I am also fan of Witcher - don't play the PC game, but the novels are the best. Especially the short stories. I really recommend starting with the Last Wish book. Also would really like to see Witcher RPG with d100 system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marras Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I am not entirely certain how flashy Witcher Signs are in the books (although I have read some of them) but in Witcher 2 videogame they might be too powerful to simple Folk Magic that I would suggest. Maybe you could add some selected Sorcery spells. That is if using RQ6, I'm not certain how to do it with MW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholme Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Yeah, my knowledge of the Witcher comes from the two PC games and a couple issues of the comic books. I just picked up a couple of the novels and haven't had a chance to read them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 You could easily do this with MagicWorld, and it does have the right 'flavour' for the Witcher series. However I personally prefer RQ6 due to the more tactile feel of hand-to-hand combat, which would be pivotal to a gritty setting like this. I think you would use the Sorcery magic to simulate the magic in the Witcher series. If there is already a fan-made version of Witcher done for LEGEND then I would just run with that if you think it captures what you are after. Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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