Characters will be built per the character creation rules in WFRP, with the following differences/notes:

• Humans only.
  • Shallaya’s Mercy may be chosen once.
  • Depending on your nationality (see below), you may choose a different nation for your Common Knowledge and a different language for your Speak Language. I just hope you plan to be able to communicate with the rest of the party,
• Careers. Roll once on the table (none of this mollycoddling “two rolls and choose” nonsense*). I’m too lazy to rewrite the career table, so if you roll one of the following “special” careers:
  • Apprentice Wizard – Make a note of it, then reroll on the Career Table.
  • Etstalian Disestro – You may reroll. If you don’t, you’re stuck being Spanish, Italian or French.
  • Hedge Wizard – Make a note of it, then reroll on the Career Table.
  • Kislevite Kossar – You may reroll. If you don’t, you’re stuck being Polish.
  • Norse Berserker – You may reroll. If you don’t, you’re stuck being a Lapp or Swedish or something.
• Distinguishing Characteristics – Roll twice on a Distinguishing Characteristic table. There are two
  • WFRP 2E – Distinguishing Marks table. These have no mechanical effects.
  • WFRP 1E – Distinguishing Characteristicstable. These have mechanical effects (some positive, some negative, most no effect).
• At any point if you see something referring to d10g/s/p, replace it with d4g/s/p.
  

• Languages & regions are different, but for the most part, the mapping is fairly transparent (and, where it isn’t, c’est la vie):

  WFRP	Languaage
  Reikspeil	German
  Breton	French
  Halfling	Dutch
  Estalian	Spanish
  Eltharin	English
  Kislevian	Polish
  Khazalid	Hungarian
  Norse	Swedish
  Tilean	Italian

• 2d4 starting gold instead of 2d10, which I currently do not think you will be able to spend before the game begins.
• Remember: all characters start with a Hand Weapon (that’s a specific weapon, btw: “Hand Weapon,” not a class of weapons).
• You may, at this point, sell any of the trappings your starting career has provided you.
• Roll 1d6. 1-4: start with a Pike (as Spear), 5-6: start with a Musket. These may not be sold.
• I’ve taken a stab at creating some nationality & religion charts. You may choose your nationality (unless you’ve rolled a funky career and have chosen to not reroll it) and religion, or roll on the tables below**; whatever you prefer. (Just remember the prohibition against choices/behavior catastrophically prohibitive to party unity.)

  Nationality/Faction Chart
  Roll	Nationality	Roll	Nationality
  Bourbon / Protestant		Habsbug / Catholic
  01-06	Danish	101	Croatian
  07-19	Dutch	102-141	German
  20-39	French	142-144	Hungarian
  40-67	German	144-154	Italian
  68-70	Hungarian	155-156	Netherlander
  71-74	Norwegian	157-200	Spanish
  75-76	Scottish
  77-99	Swedish
  100	Transylvanian

  
  

  Religion Chart
  Roll	Religion
  01-06	Lutheran
  07-09	Calvinist
  10	Zwinglian
  11-18	Roman Catholic
  19	Greek Catholic
  20	Mohammedan***

• Note that you will be accompanied by d4 fellow deserters each. These will be fellow squadmates / acquiantences / replacements. These will function as hirelings. (TBD: How they’re to be generated.)

* Really, I forgot that WFRP 2E lets you roll twice and pick when folks did character creation last week. So, we’re stuck with it; only fair, right?
** Not making any claims as to the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these charts. Remember that bit about expect ahistoricity? These are broad strokes done quickly.
*** Is “Mohemmedan” offensive? I sure hope not; if it is, let me know and I’ll correct it to the more modern “Islamic” or “Muslim” or something.