Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
A dark fantasy game¸ set on an original fantasy world called simply the ""Old World"". It closely resembles renaissance Europe¸ with the addition of dwarves¸ elves¸ orcs¸ trolls¸ and other fantasy creatures. There is a mighty empire ruled by emperor Karl Franz¸ which is threatened by Chaos creatures and Dark Gods from the North threaten civilization. The setting is extremely dark with bits of black humor: most sides are decadent¸ corrupt¸ evil¸ or all three. It uses a simple percentile system. Skills are simple binary¸ resolution is by rolling percentile dice under your attribute. Character creation is class-based¸ with level-based advancement. The combat system is particularly dangerous to the PC's (with the possible exception of dwarves). After 1989¸ the first edition was turned over to an independent division of Games Workshop called Flame Publications¸ which over three years produced a new set of supplements. The second edition was taken over by Fantasy Flight Games in 2008¸ after the Black Industries imprint of Games Workshop was shut down. - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim"