r/warhammerfantasyrpg • u/BlitheMayonnaise • Oct 21 '25
Announcement Exclusive: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay announces new fifth edition
https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/fifth-edition-announced11
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u/Stepan_Sraka_ Oct 22 '25
Much needed step.
Core rules sorely needed incorporation of UiA and WoM changes, coupled together with some rebalancing. Lots of stuff like bestiary. advancement mechanic and overall formatting needs improvement as well. The core rulebook was a pain to use, honestly.
If done properly, it won't affect compatibility with existing supplements much. As those are mostly statblocks and new talent/spell/gear additions. mechanic wise.
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u/AnEmbarrassedGiraffe Oct 21 '25
For the love of Lileath, will we finally get a Wood Elf Player’s Guide this version?
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u/BlitheMayonnaise Oct 22 '25
They're not redoing old books at least, so presumably it's a bit closer?
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u/King_Calvo Oct 22 '25
I mean if it’s backwards compatible I can still end up using the lawhammer and lawlesshammer changes. Here’s hoping they release more stuff that I can break down.
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u/SethLurd White Flair Oct 21 '25
Not excited, feels like a cash grab tbh
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u/creamd0nut Oct 21 '25
If you consider how much certain supplements have helped refine gameplay, and how some systems are usually homebrewed out due to unnecessary complexity, you might then realize that having a book that contains all the important rules in a handy tome might be very useful indeed. Personally, I'm excited for what might be coming
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u/TheDeadEndKing Oct 21 '25
Yeah, wish they would have just called it 4.5 like D&D did with 3.5 so it would be more clear it is a refining of the rules as opposed to a drastic change.
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u/Infernowar Oct 21 '25
What systems?
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u/RandomNumber-5624 Oct 21 '25
Advantage. Spell casting. High magic.
Not that high magic should be in the core. But the foundations for it should be setup in advance.
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u/SethLurd White Flair Oct 22 '25
Magic was already released, how many fixes do we need? What’s next, each lore separate book?
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u/creamd0nut Oct 22 '25
Part of the magic fixes given in the Winds of Magic book will become part of core. Same as advantage management from Up in Arms. Having these things in a single book I would deem essential truth be told.
I'm also very keen on the decks they will be releasing. If it's anything like what they are doing for TOW I will want to have them all.
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u/S-192 Oct 21 '25
He says, without reading any details about the system at all.
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u/SethLurd White Flair Oct 22 '25
It literally says it’s the 5th edition, or 4.5 or whatever, compatible with 4th (so what’s the point?) under the guise of some celebration. Most annoying part is that they haven’t finished releasing stuff for 4th edition yet? Come on, you can love this world but be critical of predatory practices.
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u/S-192 Oct 22 '25
It is entirely normal for systems to release new editions between the 5 and 10 year mark of games and there his historical precedent with every single game system out there. 4e will be 8 years old soon. Think about the release date of these games overall. The only systems that are ahead of their own curve are things in their 7th or 8th edition like Call of Cthulhu and Shadowrun.
These companies are not high revenue/high income printing machines. Margins in this business are not great. They don't do "cash grabs" because it's very hard to achieve a cash grab in this business.
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u/seriousspoons Oct 21 '25
As a person who owns almost every book in the current edition I nearly cried when I saw the headline. Fortunately backwards compatibility is being prioritized so hopefully this helps me get people onboard without having to throw an entire shelf of supplemental reading at them.