Weird Wars

Infobox RPG
title= Weird War


caption= "Weird Wars II: Blood on the Rhine"
designer= John R. Hopler, Shane Lacy Hensley
publisher= Pinnacle Entertainment Group
date= 2001
genre= Horror, Alternate History
system= D20 System, Savage Worlds
footnotes=

"Weird Wars" is a series of horror role-playing games set during past and future wars and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The original release, "Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine" was set during World War II, and utilized the D20 System. The second release, "Tour of Darkness" was set during the Vietnam War and employed the "Savage Worlds" rules set. [cite journal
url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=6483
last=Pook
first=Matthew
title=Pyramid Review Weird Wars: Tour of Darkness (for Shane Lacy Hensley's Savage Worlds)
journal=Pyramid (online)
publisher=Steve Jackson Games
date=2007-06-29
accessdate=2008-07-11] A third release, also for "Savage Worlds", "Necropolis" was set in the future on a war torn planet.

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In the original "Weird War II", players play as Allied soldiers during the Second World War. The setting presents a supernatural element, and characters face (and drive) haunted vehicles, fight mutant Nazi soldiers and investigate the supernatural. Heroes who face the supernatural can be offered membership in the Office of Supernatural Investigations (OSI), which then allows them to take the OSI Chaplain and OSI Adept Prestige Classes (which grant access to Divine and Arcane Magic respectively). Magic is handled differently in this setting than in other d20 settings, being cast by means of Runes and causing Fatigue to the caster.

Hitler and his Nazis have their own magic-users: Blood Mages, who can be amongst the toughest foes the players will face.

Blood Mages are essentially Adepts of Evil Alignment, which grants them the power to draw upon the 'innate evil' of places such as Death Camps and battlefields. Because the only difference between a Blood Mage and an Adept is Alignment, it is possible to play an Allied Blood Mage, though not recommended, as both the OSI and the Sons of Solomon (a secret organization devoted to hiding the supernatural) will come after them if they are discovered.

Magic is low-powered in this setting; Mages only receive spells of up to 6th level, and the only offensive powers in their arsenal are Magic Missile and Cloudkill, which blend in better with the chaos of the battlefield, mimicking bullets and clouds of poison gas respectively.

The books in the setting are:
*"Blood on the Rhine" - the Core rulebook [cite journal
url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=2431
last=Aylott
first=Chris
title=Pyramid Review Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine (for d20)
journal=Pyramid (online)
publisher=Steve Jackson Games
date=2001-09-21
accessdate=2008-07-11] [cite web
url=http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_6869.html
title= Weird War II: Blood on the Rhine
last=Furguson
first=Joseph Jason
publisher=RPGnet
date=2003-12-19
accessdate=2008-07-10] [cite web
url=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9949.phtml
title= Review of Blood on the Rhine
last=Reaban
first=Jeremy
publisher=RPGnet
date=2002-04-08
accessdate=2008-07-10]
*"Afrika Korpse" - Sourcebook for Africa and Egypt [cite journal
url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=3504
last=Hind
first=Andrew
title=Afrika Korpse
journal=Pyramid (online)
publisher=Steve Jackson Games
date=2002-07-03
accessdate=2008-07-11]
*"Dead From Above" - Sourcebook for aircraft and several flying monsters [cite journal
url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=2610
last=Pook
first=Matthew
title=Pyramid Review Dead From Above (for Weird War II/d20)
journal=Pyramid (online)
publisher=Steve Jackson Games
date=2002-02-08
accessdate=2008-07-11]
*"Horrors of Weird War Two" - Beastiary, expanding the list of monsters from Blood on the Rhine and the various Sourcebooks
*"Land of the Rising Dead" - Sourcebook for the Pacific Theatre
*"Hell in the Hedgerows" - Adventure book, containing three adventures [cite journal
url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=3580
last=Pook
first=Matthew
title=Hell in the Hedgerows
journal=Pyramid (online)
publisher=Steve Jackson Games
date=2002-08-07
accessdate=2008-07-11]
*"Hell Freezes Over" - Sourcebook for the Russian Front

References

External links

* [http://www.mchome.net/dirk/weirdwars "Weird Wars" Fansite]