THE INDEPENDENT MAG.
ISSUE 15
2000/2001
9 Hri46sEDITORIAL By John Foo
‘Welcome to another issue of Warpstone. For those af you
followingthe saga the Keane family isnow one member bigger,
with the birth ofa healthy Joseph John Keane. Mother, baby
and Warpstone editor areall doing well. Hearty congratulations
fromusall!
‘Youray well ave noticed Warptone's cove price
increase. This took effect from ast ssue, butit wasn’t
mentioned in the editorial as it was avery lst minute decision
‘We were asked to make this bythe distributors due to rising
cost and the strength ofthe pound; rest assured, there's no
profiteering at this end. (Chance would bea fine thing!)
Subscription ates remain the same, as do prices in the USA.
However, we're pleased to say that you are getting more
foryourmoney. Weare having no difficulty filling the extra
cightpages, nd once again you'llsee that wehave relly
shochomed some articles in. Word for word, we arent that far
offte sizeof some supplements! We ave made a conscious
effort to use these new pages to broaden the kind of material
‘we can bringto you. Everything wil remain very much WERP-
centric, but you might find one or two suprises. There willbe
pieces that aren't exactly what you might expect fom
‘Warpstone. We won't give the game away, though; just ook out
forsuch articles in the coming issues
This issue we publish follow-up to issue foureen’s The
‘Warriors’ Grimoire, which suggested revisions tothe combat
system based around numberof new skills. The feedback on
this (some of which you wil find on our letters page) hasbeen
very mixed. This sno suprise. Warhammer is seen by most as
beinga ‘ules lite” game, and Warpstone has deliberately stayed
‘away from articles that have revised the basic rules. In this
case, though, we felt The Warriors’ Grimoire would appeal to
players who wanted to adda litle something to their combat
syslem, The feedback suggests that fora large number of
readersitdid just this. However, we ren’tignoring those of
you who argued against the article; whether ornot we agree, it
is simply a matter of different styles ~ and you jst can’t please
allofthe people all of the time!
Thisissuc, we bring you a comprehensive background for
the Church of Sigmar. Tis follows on fom the Cult of Shallya
piece in issue ten, Fora litle while, we dd pu off publishing
articles onthe main cultsas we waited for Realm of Divine
Magick, te follow up o Realn of Sorcery. Although the later
should be with us soon, the former is certainly some distance
‘One problem is that new soureebooks sometimes trample
cover what has gone before. In writing and edtingatces, we
attempt to keep true othe history and consistency of The Old
World, Itisnotalvays an easy task, Many of Warpstone's
articles refer to earlier articles in passing. Tisisn'ta ploy so
thatthe magazine i only useful to long ime readers is
simply away of making the Old World aconsistent and logical
place, We do try to ensure, however, that any reference is
clearly explained. What his meansis that any published article
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REPORTS FROM THE HEART OF CORRUPTION
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Giving the religions of the Old World some
history and cootext
‘round them the frightening, inscrutable elder
races eartied out their unknown plans.”
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Graeme Davis, joined by Phil Gallagher. shares
his insights into the creation of Wathammer sod
the jokes within. Part Two of Two
“| thought there was also a Pissdorf, but it looks
like cooter counsels prevailed there.”
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‘A fost romsotic involves PCs in dark deeds io
the heart of Nala iv our latest sceoario,
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serviees up.a notch.”
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mbered it was time to rule aver his
kingdom, He had shaken the sleep from
his eyes to descend upon the lands of Men.”
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understanding ofthis eu.”
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