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>>55014763

We would have done all we could. At that point we go quietly into the night, calmly watching the end roll in.

>>55014763
Ignore. Keep playing what you like. Transfer to WanG only if you want to.

In character, they'd be long dead since its like 300 years until the Scary Warp Thingy happens.

>>55014727
What, like map assets?

>>55014763
>If Calixis, Koronus, and all the OG settlements were officially killed off in WanG, how would your groups and players handle the end?
The lead designer basically said, yeah, we're not doing custom sectors this time around. We're basically making a BROAD AND INCLUSIVE RULEBOOK that is a bunch of rules you can then set fluff around, and some pre-set "trilogies" AKA campaigns AKA games that will take the place of what Dark Heresy, Only War, Rogue Trader et al were.

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As a reminder, if anyone wants to play Only War, recruitment for Solaris: Binary Soul, my Only war game, is now open. Everything you need to know is in the Call to Players here. Looking forward to see your applications. I can answer questions as well if needed. Make sure you pay attention to the details! I would hate to disqualify people again because they forgot one of the things I asked for in the email. The window closes Friday at 11:59 PM EST, so you have three days left to apply now.

>>55015101

Ah, don't forget fighting Mortarion as a boss battle and playing an Eldar during the 30k Fall.

>>55015233
I have 0 problems with dueling Mortarion, since you're supposed to be able to play as Space Marines or Grey Knights with the core rulebook.

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>>55015233

Playing a techpriest in an RT game, I'm going to be grabbing the Acolyte of Abraxis alt rank eventually. Anyone got any ideas for what kind of warptech to use and what powers to get?

>>55015329
Bolt of Change

>>55015363
Preferably not something so obviously aligned to Chaos. He's going to be a Heretek, but not a Chaos aligned one. One idea I've got is implanting a Force Weapon into his arm and getting that power from BC that lets you basically enchant your weapon with various special qualities.

>>55015427
Why not make your arm a force weapon?

>>55014763
>Ulisses-Spiel
For the gods’ sake, their name is Ulisses Spiele.

>>55015460
Because then I won't be able to hold other things. Making an entire bionic arm out of psycho-reactive material would also take way too much material of an already super rare substance.

>>55015660
But then you can't be disarmed of it and you can grab a power sword by the blade while it's power field is active.

>>55015611
It's hyphenated in the native German.

If I'm playing a character in Only War and they say that character's homeworld starts with a talent but that talent normally requires a pre-requisite, do I need to purchase that pre-requisite to have that talent?

>>55016850
No.

So. After my Only War campaign, i'm gonna run black crusade. Two (and a half) questions re: Black Crusade

How do i keep the party from killing each other and actually accomplish their goal?

How do i keep the mood light all things considered? (Could really use some reference in this question, what movies, shows, comics, games, etc should i show my players to get the mood through their thick skulls?)

>>55015868
According to their website (http://www.ulisses-spiele.de/ulisses-spiele/) their full name is “Ulisses Medien & Spiel Distribution GmbH“ but they also give “Ulisses Spiele” as an abbreviation.
Though German grammar would require the use of a hyphen, there seems to be consensus that trademarks, corporation names et c. are exempt from this rule (when they're not further compounded (eg. “Ulisses-Spiele-Webseite” which translates to “Ulisses Spiele website”)).
So in German, the company's name is usually not hyphenated.
However, as we are speaking English we should just use “Ulisses Spiele”(without the quotes) in the same way one would use “Coca Cola”.

I initially wrote my post because people kept dropping the final “e” and I didn't mind the hyphenization, but here we are.
t. a German who cares about Grammar

>>55017802
Compacts and I think something in the GM screen PDF has something for that near the back.

>Mood light
>Black Crusade
Explain further, I'm not quite sure what you're asking.

>>55017851
How do i keep the game from becoming total grimdark of which there is only depression and misery?

Whats some good material for me to reference for a tone. The closest thing i can think of is Overlord (the games not the anime)

>>55017925
Heavy metal album covers are a nice inspiration for some special combat scenes.

There are pockets of relative normality on some planets ruled by Chaos. Markets, factories, people beating the shit out of each other in the streets for the blood god, etc. What would be jarring for you would be everyday life for people living there and how it is just business as usual.

Go though the core and splat books and read up on the societies of the various planets in the screaming vortex.

>>55018085
Ok i can get the setting down easy. What i need is, how do i make this a lighter tone without making it Saturday Morning Cartoon villains?

>>55018125
Like life in the Imperium, but more spikes and heresy.

>>55017925
>>55018125
In a way, Black Crusade is the least grimdark of all the games, as everyone involved in the utter misery and horror inflicted upon the world therein in already either used to, or enjoys it.

>>55017802
>How do i keep the party from killing each other and actually accomplish their goal?
Compacts, page 269. Emphasize to them during character creation that their characters are coming together because, whether they like it or not, they all have the same level of expertise in their chosen specialties (choose whether you want your party to be core/splat archetypes and humans/CSM, do not mix them) and NEED eachother to get the job done. The retards who would kill the rest of the party on sight and/or are so powerful they could solo the objective (have them take a look at the example infamy scores on page 307 and keep it in mind when making backstories as well, even core humans start by default with reputations on par with minor warlords) would either not be invited in the first place or do exactly that.

>How do i keep the mood light all things considered?
Your players are the Imperium's enemies so feel free to play up how comically evil they are for all it's worth, just like the setting itself used to. Some ideas off the top of my head:

>Memri TV expy serving as Imperial propaganda
>People being sent to penal worlds for filing their taxes wrong (the ones who don't do them at all get shot)
>Hilariously two-faced officials (a preacher who gives fiery sermons against greed before going home to the definition of opulence, a planetary governor who issues uplifting speeches during a world-wide famine on the spiritual rewards gained through worldly struggle while he himself is busy gorging on foreign delicacies) who are easily corrupted

any open play by post games?

>>55017819
>in the same way one would use “Coca Cola
But I always hyphenate Coca-Cola when I write about them because they have a hyphen on their product labels.

My Dark Heresy character survived a brutal campaign full of daemons, heretical inquisitors and fukken xenos and retired with his limbs and sanity mostly intact. Feels good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20FQ3IY89As

That shirt Ross is wearing looks familiar...

>>55021456
>"Pl... pls buy, I know all you'er funny memes... like sir berryton..."
>"You will smell the doo doo in teh renegade's shit, y-- you will see the furry porn in the harlequin's browsing history... ;-;"

>>55021456
I'm still hyped. I disagree with some of the choices, like daemon primarchs statted and the theme park splatbook ideas, But as long as it's not forcing me to use those things, and I don't know how they would, then it's not necessarily bad. I can't wait to see how it comes out because worst case scenario, I still have the FFG systems.

>>55021510
What are you trying to say besides mental diarrhea?

>>55015101
>What, like map assets?
Yeah, i'm running a game on roll20 soon and am making maps in Photoshop and wanted to know if anyone had an assets they use for their games.

I've been scouring the internet for a few things here and there but haven't had alot of time because I have a full work schedule.

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>>55022009
In that case, I'd recommend searching sci-fi tilesets for background stuff like metal floors, military floors, etc. I don't have anything myself since I don't use tactical maps that often.

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>>55022009
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Made my own version since the one I found online had really stupid tab order. Unfortunately, I couldn't get Tab Order by Structure to work so I had to use Tab Order by Row which means it doesn't handle the dual-column layout of the character sheet well.

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>>55022067
Thanks for the suggestions! I haven't been searching for tilesets, that would probably help. First time GMing.

>>55022288
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>>55022418
These are great, thanks!

>>55021371
>retired
It's like you've never seen an 80s action movie

On average, how many regiments come from worlds that are not fortress worlds?

>>55025111
Depends on surplus population and just how easy it is logistically to arm them.

I'd imagine Hive worlds shit regiments out the bucketload, because they both have an endless supply of fresh bodies and the industrial capacity to produce the low-grade gear an average guardsmen requires

>>55025252
I guess that makes sense. I had it in my head that non fortress worlds only produce 2 or 3 regiments at max, but couldn't find anything solid.

Are Feudal Worlds only like medieval settings with some sci-fi elements, or can they go up to the Napoleonic Wars era in technology and societal evolution?

>>55025252
>>55025510
Also depends on what else goes on the tithe. For a hive world, the majority of the tithe will probably be in the form of guardsmen and equipment for them. For forgeworld, the tithe will be in the form of spaceships, tanks and so on, and they will produce few regiments of guardsmen. For an agriworld likewise, the majority of the tithe will probably be agricultural products going to feed a hiveworld, and they'll be required to produce only few guardsmen as a result.

>>55015233

I have so many concepts, in at an honest loss over which is my favorite

>>55025510
There's no way hive worlds only produce 2 or 3 regiments. Manpower is literally all some hive worlds are good for. And then there are cases like the planet in the Shadowsword book where due to a nearby war or crusade, a planet is tithed for new regiments so often they no longer have anyone to give.

>>55025600
I think it's pre-industrial

>>55025723
Yeah but the Industrial Age doesn't kick off until the 1850s.

>>55025510
>>55025609
Indeed.

While Fortress Worlds do regularly shit out regiments, one would think that most Imperial Worlds would start doing that as well, depending on how close the enemy is or how bad the fighting has gotten.

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So what do civilians do in there spare time after work in 40k? Do they have dvds? Can they watch movies?

And if they can do the planets make their own movies with local actors that are famous planet wide or does the Imperium have some planet or sector version of Hollywood that works tirelessly to ensure the work ragged masses of the Imperium are entertained after their 12 hour shift at the local Foundry?

And if planet Hollywood made the movies would they all have to be Propaganda movies? Or would there also be love story's and stories about overcoming adversary and serving the Emperor or would it all be Just Imperium mandated propaganda?

And if it is Imperium mandated propaganda does that mean its ran by its own department? Would they have their own adepts where they take children from a young age to turn them into the galaxy's most charismatic entertainers? And what would they be called the Adeptus hospitium?

>come back to /tg/ after a long break
>see people posting 2nd edition Rogue Trader everywhere
>google it
>nothing but questions
What am I missing? Did they release a new one recently or is it fanmade?

>>55026254
Fanmade, fanmade everywhere.

>>55014236

Got any storytimes?

>>55026271
How is it compared to the original?

>>55025997
They live like most medieval serfs live. When they're not working they're either eating, praying, or sleeping.

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>>54991719
Re-read the pdf, noticed a fuckton of spelling and grammar errors I thought I corrected. Hurray. Here's v 1.0.1, hopefully with all those errors corrected. No new content, but existing content should be more readable. Also, megaguy, feel free to add this to the homebrew folder. Anyway;

The Karybdis Abyss is a setting supplement for my homebrew region of wilderness space in the pimply, blackened ass end of the Eastern Fringe right on the edges of the intergalactic void. It's a place filled with all kinds of pirates, brigands, Void-Whalers, space monsters and space princesses that need rescuing by dashing swashbuckling heroes. Shit's pretty pulp adventure.

Includes:
-Fluff on local Rogue Trader dynasties & Power groups
-Historical timeline
-Buttload of worlds
-Local equipment
-New Starship hulls
-Literal Space Dragons

Hope you enjoy it /40krpg/.

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>>55027147
Also, the maps of Karybdis.

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>>55027172
With stable and chartered warp-lanes that act as primary trade routes.

>>55015233
Will we know if we forgot something?

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>>55027643

No. I may make an offhand comment about how "one person forgot something," but I won't go into or name specifics. If the person realizes who they are, they'll just have to carry that weight. So try to make sure you read everything carefully - there's no rush. Better to do things right, and make a character you'll enjoy rather than rush things out and fuck up.

>>55025607
Submit the ones that sound most fun to you. Remember, if you're selected, there will be time for fine-tuning characters. So far, though, I AM seemingly getting a lot of one of the specialties, but it's not the one I expected to be most common...

There's two and a half days left, more or less. Still plenty of time for peeps to apply.

>>55027830
> I AM seemingly getting a lot of one of the specialties, but it's not the one I expected to be most common...

Everyone's a medic?

>>55027830
Are there certain Specialties/Classes that people tend to prefer in different 40k RPGs? Like, are Crimson Guard really popular in Dark Heresy? Or Scum?

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>>55028137

Usually, everyone likes to play Mechanicum characters, because they are coddled with great gear, talents, and combat / survival ability. Crimson Guard are a meme class that look good on paper (and admittedly are fairly good at earlier ranks) but even out later in the game.

>>55028085

I am not going to go into specifics on what characters everyone is applying with, or how many, but I will say that every single person applying so far has submitted at least one medic.

I would call it bizarre, but they do have a great aptitude spread, so I can see where people are coming from.

>>55028137
Techpriests are absurdly powerful in every game

>>55028273
There's also the reputation of 40kRPG to consider. People are probably picking Medic because they figure everyone is going to get horribly mangled and they want to make sure they have medical aid available.

>>55028273
What did you expect everyone to pick?

>>55028738

I honestly expected a flood of techpriests.

>>55028703

That makes sense.

>>55028756
>I honestly expected a flood of techpriests.
Speaking for myself, considering it was the only Support specialism available, I figured that techpriests would be really common and so I didn't bother making one. Also, I wanted to be a grunt soldier, without divided loyalties.

>>55027172
>>55027191
I know what it's missing! Add some reef, not!black hole, warp storm, temporal disturbance or other celestial phenomena otherwise it looks a bit bland if high quality. Also prompts your players to wonder what is it hidden in an unaccessible region of space.

>>55028825
>Add some reef, not!black hole, warp storm, temporal disturbance or other celestial phenomena otherwise it looks a bit bland if high quality.
Basically all of that is described in >>55027147 Lights End, Scyllan Storms and The Drowned Shoals in particular are all noted for their celestial phenomena and hazards.

>>55028756

Honestly, I wanted to be a Ratling, but that's never an option. Probably because every GM thinks anyone who plays a Ratling is going to be a dickass pickpocket.

>>55032286
Blame Bilbo for establishing the stereotype.

>>55032286

I restricted them not for dickass thieving, but for another reason that will become blindingly clear should one be selected. There's still two days left, so no real rush on getting an entry in.

>>55032474
We're still not being turned into servitors or Thallax, right?

I hope I get chosen so I can find out what the mystery is.

What;s a good infamy rating for ascending to Daemonhood in Black Crusade? running it after Only War and I'm pretty much done with prep work

>>55033049
Look at page 268 of BC core.

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>>55033182
huh. didn't notice that in my skimmings through. TY my man.

>>55033260
Remember to go though the errata too. If you plan to use hordes, look at what does bonus damage to them and then look back at weapon qualities.

>>55033335
Will do. Any other things i should know about running Black Crusade?

>>55033355
If your players aren't all of the same god (or they're all of Tzeentch) you'd better be prepared for intra-party conflict

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>>55033355
Encounter balance is hell if you mix CSM and humans, both combat and social.

If you ever use Necrons in Tomb of Fate, be careful.

Remember that corruption is a blessing and a curse and the PCs should be a bit more resistant to gaining it compared to non-BC PCs.

>>55025600
They can be basically anything.

God I want to play BC. All the games I'm in just die.

>>55034533
Sounds like you're doing fine if you worship Nurgle.

Does Only War or Blck Crusadr have Familar rules for Psykers? Off chance that one of my players will want to play a psyker amd if they find out about familiars they will want one.

>>55035238
Black Crusade does with the Ritual of Binding (or something to that effect).

>>55034533
me too

I long for some comfy heretek times

>>55034669
Then why am I not a daemon prince by now.

>>55035835
Because you have to kill 777 games before you can ascend.

>>55035875
Well someone should run a one so I can work on it.

>>55035887
Just keep applying to them on roll20. No shortage there.

>>55035238
I know Navis Primer for RT does. BC has some minions that work like it too.

>>55035893
I can try that I guess. Would love a play by post one too. Or anything.

>>55035937
I'd like PBP too but its rare
>look at roll20
>>voice
>>video & voice
JUST

>>55036137
Why the hell do these autists want a video of you? I understand voice to a point because it makes combat go waaaaay faster but other than that? Not really.

Help me out for a sec, lads

I've dropped a plot hook on my Rogue Trader party's heads. An Eldar artifact called the Eye of Koronus that belonged to the Rogue Trader's granpappy, and the grand treasure hunt that should lead to it... But I want it to be more than just the initial idea, a best quality Eldar Warp map. How could I spice it up? What could it do?

>>55038619
Also, for some elaboration on how fanciful it is, the Eye of Koronus is said to be cursed (in fact, there is a good amount of evidence that is): whoever holds it is stalked by the legendary White Kraken, a Void Kraken made of gleaming white crystal (or is it an ancient Eldar construct made to look like one?), which seeks to hunt down whoever possesses the artifact and destroy them whole with their ship. Unsurprisingly, this is the fate that befell ol' granpappy RT too, except spiced up with some betrayal by an old friend.

>>55025997
>So what do civilians do in there spare time after work in 40k? Do they have dvds? Can they watch movies?

Sure, they probably have a ton of movies about space marines doing space marine things.

To answer your general question, I would say the unevitable : it depends.

In Guy Haley's book Baneblade, they are short passages about the planet Paragon, and in the capital city they have bars, brothels, parks, etc...

>>55038704
>Sure, they probably have a ton of movies about space marines doing space marine things.
I'd love to see an Imperial movie about space marines because you know it's going to wrapped up in a layer of religious interpretation. Like a move about the Second War for Armageddon portraying the Blood Angels as actually glowing, white-winged Angels and the Salamanders literal walking armored lizards that breathe fire. Each chapter of the angels of death look different suiting the reputation of their chapter and the type of wrath they bring upon the Emperor's enemies.

>>55033355
Daemons in Black Crusade are weirdly weak outside of greater daemons. Compare them to 2e daemons.

>>55041113
>Compare them to 2e daemons.
2E npc stats are overblown though. Considering regular PDF militia have nearly all 40's across the board compared to having high 20's and low 30's in earlier editions with very little powerlevel change in the PC's they're supposed to threaten.

Rogue Traders, what is the most heretical thing you have, your coolest weapon and what is it you have hidden away in the sealed cargo hold?

>>55041948
Gonna have to answer this for my IRL party

>most heretical
A Halo Device they sold
>coolest weapon
The Void Master's archaeotech Macro Hammer, pried from the cold hands of a long-dead king's robotic sarcophagus
>Hidden away in the cargo hold
All the documents pertaining to the Rogue Trader's legendary grandfather and his explorations, stolen from the family estate and replaced with forgeries pointing curious eyes towards deadly dead-ends

>>55025510
Hives produce upto like 3 regiments a founding every few decades on top of having forign regiments (usually mechanized) to protect them long term if they are in crap locations.

>>55038619
Why would the Eye only have one function?

>>55043352
Well yeah, that's my conclusion too. I'm just open to anons' ideas on what else could its function be.

>>55043436
It's actually a relic of the Old Ones and gives off a strong warp signature, hence why it attracts void krakens. Prolonged contact with it can cause mutation, but that's only a side effect of the warp energy it emits.

If used to make a chart of realspace, it can create a time-locked chart, showing the positions and states of stars, planets, moons, and other orbiting bodies at various points in time. Including the future.

How many armed goons can I have before I start toeing the Decree Passive?

>>55023319
Thanks, looks great.

>>55045411
Which system are you using to play a Cardinal?

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>>55014763
>If Calixis, Koronus, and all the OG settlements were officially killed off in WanG, how would your groups and players handle the end?

We'd probably ignore it, unless the fluff of their destruction was super cool. Frankly, we've got so many tweaks to the fluff in my group that we're more or less playing "alternate" 40k at this point, and that suits me just fine.

>>55045683
>we're more or less playing "alternate" 40k at this point, and that suits me just fine.
As Gav Thorpe once said, no one is playing the same 40k. "40k is best described at tens of thousands of mostly overlapping universes that exist in the minds of its writers and players."

>>55045709
I play in tts

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>>55025997
Imperials have all sorts of entertainment I'm sure. Hive cities aren't too far off modern earth, while planets with lower tech levels probably have lots of story-telling and live plays. Most of the content, while not 100% propaganda, will likely have a strong moral component. You might have somewhat lascivious crime films, but they always end with the evil-doers getting their just desserts, while those who stick to the straight-and-narrow are rewarded with the everlasting love of the Emperor.
Strip clubs, brothels, dance halls, and various blood sports are popular in the nasty parts of the Imperium, but physical sports of all kinds are probably very popular too. I doubt there's much in the way of video gaming, though I like to think the Tech Priests sometimes solve their disputes using an ancient cogitator program commonly called "The Trial of the Monoliths" but known in some obscure records as "PONG."
Also, if medieval europe is anything to go by there are a TON of holidays. Saint's festivals, celebrations of important events, days of reflection, etc. While the ecclesiarchy tends to be stern and moralizing, they probably do have a lot of grand pageants and celebrations showing off their material power, and maybe big reenactments of certain battles.

>>55045709
I wish more people thought this way. Admittedly, I know where I am. If I didn't want people to freak the fuck out about whether or not a meltagun could kill a space marine, I'd have gone somewhere else.

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>>55045945

But other peoples' opinions are WRONG

>>55046103
Especially yours Shas! How dare you have an opinion?

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>>55046103
But yours are BADWRONGFUN

>>55045917
>>55038704
You keep forgetting: The Imperium of Man is feudal and grimdark. They can't live normal modern lives without being executed for heresy.

>>55038619
The name reminds me of Chronos, so maybe some sort of time dilation powers?

>>55015233
Quick question: the Enginseer normally gets a servitor comrade, which you've said we won't receive. Do we get a "normal" human comrade, or none at all?

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>>55046211
>>55046258

no fuk u

>>55046595

None at all. You won't get one at the start. But I don't expect that comrade-less state to last more than 10 minutes once the game gets going. The techpriest should get a proper comrade relatively quickly.

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>>55046707
Thank you. I was originally going to make a medic, then decided to try out a enginseer (and maybe a backup sergeant).

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>>55014763
My character has Intelligence of 62 and Infused Knowledge talent. Would it be poor taste to get a good quality Cerebral Implants? It would give me Unnatural Intelligence (2) and +20 to logic and lore tests.

This would mean that I would have a 82% chance to pass a challenging common and scholastic lore tests with 3 DoS and forbidden lore with 2 DoS. I'm conflicted because I don't know it this would be a too cheesy thing to do

>>55047223
Where are you getting 3 and 2 degrees of success? Infused just adds 1 and Unnatural Int (2) just adds 1.

>>55047337
From passing the test?

>>55047337
I'm pretty sure unnatural int(2) adds 2.

>>55047898
In DH2, Unnatural only adds up to half of the value (rounded up) of additional DoS. So 1 in this case

>>55015233

What are jewish sacrifice builds?

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Talk about your curahziest, "I got away with some shit I shouldn't have" moments in your games, both as player and what you have seen as GM.
I've talked about how I went full RULES OF NATURE in a hallway against 12 men armed with shotguns, grenades and backed up by 4 twinlinked lasturrets and only took 3 wounds, gimme some more to inspire me as I embark on my next potentially lethal situation.

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>>55048059

Taking a Sergeant / Priest, buying nothing but the Munitorum influence talent until it becomes no longer xp-feasible (usually you can get the talent 6-8 times before the skyrocketing price is unaffordable, for a +30 to +40 boost to Logistics Score), then suiciding the character. The new character can spend all that XP on actual combat talents, the team gets an inflated Logistics score since it persists after the character dies, and the GM realizes the first character was purely a sacrificial lamb to boost logistic score.

>>55046812
>I was originally going to make a medic,
Why does everyone want to go Medic?

What are some of the more broken builds in 40kRPG? I was reviewing the Only War rulebooks (yes, I applied), and it seemed like Duelist helps make melee characters pretty powerful.

>>55015233
So, you're kinda fucking everyone by allowing the enginseer then. Great job understanding game balance.

>>55032474
You killed them all off in an old campaign because you love jerking off Tau, it's not really a surprise.

>>55014763
>Not sure between starting Dark Heresy 1e and 2e? Pick 2e.

Does this advice apply to a group whose only previous /tg/ experience - outside of one player - is roughly 8 months of DnD 5E and a DM with only passing knowledge of the system and setting?

>>55048636

Survivability and a good aptitude spread

>>55048875
Yes.

>>55048673
Techpriest

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>>55048875
Breakdown time.

1E
>Large numbers of skills which can be hard to work into your campaign so the players don't feel like they're wasting their XP
>Auto-fire is clearly the best option unless you use the errata, then accurate weapons can out-damage them
>Psychic powers are huge-risk low-reward until you progress a few ranks into your career
>Careers (think classes from D&D) are very rigidly-structured and, unless you use other books, will eventually get pidgeon-holed into a very specific role
>most of the good stuff is in the Inquisitor's Handbook, which is like a second PHB and adds to more things the GM must memorize
>Using money is nice, but keeping track gets annoying especially if you aren't use how much to give out

2E
>Skill list is condensed down and easier to understand
>Better balancing, rules have small chunks removed to make playing less annoying, you can actually contribute to combat even if you have just a pistol or a firebomb now
>Players have a bit more freedom in character creation, there's no set classes that lock you into how you spend xp anymore. You pick a homeworld, your background, and your character's role in the party, and that's it.
>Core rulebook is good on it's own, the "Enemy ___" books are nice additions that you can pull from depending on the campaign (Ordo Xenos? Use Enemy Without).
>Don't need to use money or keep track anymore, but it can be hard to deny your players overpowered gear if they dump fate into it

>>55049053
>but it can be hard to deny your players overpowered gear if they dump fate into it
You shouldn't be allowing fate rerolls or +10s on acquisitions in the first place.

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>>55048636
You can't have both without a good doc

>>55027147
Would you mind posting some of your Acheron Sector stuff? I'm just discovering Rogue Trader fluff and I want to read everything I can. Even working on my own homebrew sector and expanse, the Avlon Sector and Asphodius Reach.

>>55048991
People keep saying that, but cybernetics are pretty hard to acquire aren't they?

Can someone explain how this combined armory spreadsheet works?

It looks almost entirely blank to me.

>>55049253
>>55027147
So between this and the Tiji Sector, how many homebrew sector resources do we have here in 40k RPG?

>>55049583
There's stuff on 1d4chan too.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Victorum_Sector
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Vasenica_sector
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Setting:%C3%86tern_Sector

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>>55048989
>>55049053
Appreciate it, 2E it is. I've been reading up on the Ordos and their related Enemy books so I can plan out plot hooks and the like. I'll let the players decide which one they want to join after I run the intro adventure, where they'll be searching for a missing inquisitor who, if found and alive, will become their direct superior/mentor.

What is the 40k equivalent of Chechens?

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Hey /40krpg/, I'm trying to find a good name for my Explorator. Can you help?

The character is a False-Man, originally meant for the ranks of the Crimson Guard in the Lathe Worlds. I don't want to go with "Subject 549-whatever" since that's cliched and edgy, but it's the only appropriate thing I can think of.

I'm always shit at coming up with names. Is anyone better at it than me?

>>55051560
Pick an actual name, and a designation made of two letters from the greek alphabet.

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Got a one shot this Sunday that a friend is running. We also have someone new to roleplaying and the gm rolled up a SoB as interest was expressed. Now that person has come to me with how to play such a character. Not really a fan of the sisters, anybody have some pointers?

>>55051731
>anybody have some pointers?
There are pdfs to read in the OP.

>>55051731

It's a Paladin with the "protecting the weak" turned down to 5% and "purging evil" to 95%. Your holy purpose is to cleanse the galaxy of all the would hamper the Emperor's plan for humanity, and would besmirch his holy worlds.

Play up the mechanics too. If you choose to use fire weapons, emphasize the character's need to cleanse the taint of Chaos and rebellion from everyone and everything around her. If you're a Hospitaller, make it so that her own beliefs on humanity (that everyone has a purpose to fulfill, and hers is to ensure that other may do so despite grievous injury or illness) are something that can be roleplayed around. That's if you're going for a more grimdark appeal though. You could always go for a nice lady who kills for the emperor as a day joy that she really loves.

>>55051560
When in doubt, pick a long lasting and common name from your culture of humanity's past. Common names are great since people will actually remember them

>>55051560
Since Flase-Men are a big no-no, he would presumably try and pick a name to blend in

So pick a hilariously generic and ill-fitting name

Is being a Moritat worth the drop in Fellowship?

>>55051560
Golem

>>55054043
Yes. Random sword is now capable of putting lightly-armored goons into crit with one swing, and it works without needing to put thrones into better gear.

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>>55049253
No problem. The Acheron supplements are not nearly as developed as the Karybdis Abyss though, fair warning. It's mostly notes for the most part. Its also written as a setting for Dark Heresy/Only War rather than Rogue Trader.

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>>55054697
And as before, this is also unfinished and more notes for my use rather than anything else.

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>>55054732
Couple of Only War regiments I made for fun.

>>55054744
That second one has one too many doctrines.

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>>55054766
The Vespertine Rifles have three doctrines, which is the maximum allowed by RAW.

>>55054744
And here's a list of funky food I've made up for my games. Which should be the last document I've got that's part of my Acheron homebrew.

>>55054827
The regiment type counts as one.

>>55054827
>>55054843
>The Vespertine Rifles have three doctrines, which is the maximum allowed by RAW.
Herpaderp, except by RAW they have four because I forgot I houserule that regiment type isn't a doctrine because I think that shit is stupid.

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Where the fuck have th rollforheresy gone?

So I'm running the rogue trader "Into the Maw" adventure for some mates, one of whom has never even heard of 40k but is loving it so far. For those that haven't played it the adventure revolves around hunting for an ancient treasure ship, but the guide leaves what's actually in the ship up to you.

Any ideas what could go in there? Don't want it to just be a load of gold. For reference the characters are an all-rounder Explorator, a voidborn Rogue Trader with a criminal past he's trying to forget, and a very, very religious Voidmaster who's managed to end up in the Calixis sector all the way from Ultramar (the new player).

>>55055160
The ship has a ton of maps for more different treasure.
Which path to follow is up to them now.

>>55041948
The first tech priest, two vortex grenaded, and that same tech priest.

Turns out he was a heretech (which we were fine with) and a paranoid idiot (which we weren't fine with aftwr he tried to kill the caotain when she asked what he was doinf with the xeno tech SHE gave him.

We blew his arms off and had him welded to a cargo trolley.

>>55048144
Our rogue trading crew kidnapped an ethereal by getting him to pose for a selfie with the captain.

That bit went perfectly to plan. The bit after where the rebels rose up and overthrew the tau did not (there weren't any rebels. We had to flee the system with a tau fleet in pursuit)

>>55045917
There's tons of background stuff showing the everyday life of an Imperial citizen. The staggering amount of religious holidays are there (my favourite is probably the Enforcer trilogy and its flavour tidbits about minor religious infractions and their punishment on Hydraphur), but, for example, the books also regularly mention people going to movies on industrial worlds.

>>55050796

beastmen

>>55050796
From whose point of view?

> XIX century Russian literature (noble savages, some religious fanaticism plus Orientalism): probably Tallarn Raiders
> Russian media during the wars (crazy terrorists): Chaos cultists
> Chechens during the wars (noble freedom fighters): probably Catachan or some similar guerilla bunch
> modern European (mafiosi of Khadyrov): just pick some criminal syndicate

So, how do I get into play testing WANG?

>>55059228
Nobody knows yet if there even IS some form of organized playtesting.

>>55059240
I know that it's early days and still under development, but when they get to the public play testing phase how do companies normally recruit play testers?

>>55059263

According to word from gamescon it's all internal. No outside playtesters. Release for Gencon 2018 and a new theme park splat every month.

>>55059684
Wow. Just when I thought I couldn't dread this any more, they keep digging.

>>55059684
So not even a beta at 2018 Gencon?

How do people feel about the themed campaigns as opposed to generic adventure settings from FFG?

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>>55059684
Well at least we'll get lots of quick splatbooks

>>55061579
That just means spending way more money. It'll be 4e all over again.

>>55051560
Pygmalion

>>55061491
It's literally TSR-level "playtesting."

>>55051560
Johndo.

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What items should every self-respecting heretical space jew should have?

>>55063900
Digimelta

>>55063900
Probably at least one xenos artefact or weapon to show off.

>>55063900
A lead-lined vault hidden inside a life-sized aquila statue to hide all his heretical wares.

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>>55063900

A friend. After all, what's the point of all that money if you have no one to count it with?

>>55064068
Count the money with money.

>>55064068
Fool, money and the Chaos Gods are all the friends you need.

I need help setting up my Avitohol campaign for Only War.

>regiments other than the popular or lesser known regiments. I've been making my own but i need ideas for aesthetics

>need opinions on psykers. I want one of the missions to be the rescue of a psyker girl that gets put into a machine sending a signal out from the planet to prove the IG is still fighting there. Would this kill the little girl? Or just leave her screaming at the terrors of the warp?

>what are orkish orbital defences like? Could a troop carrier and escorts go undetected in ork space?

>what are some things that can happen rolling doubles with "lost in the warp"? How do you make the regiment not exist when everyone planetside knows you objectively exist? Do munitorium requests go through a computer that somehow malfunctions? If the players become famous enough can they remove the burden of lost in the warp?


>stories of campaigns where every player gets a vehicle?

>Does the Ig deploy biker regiments?


Been playing 40k for a while but Id like a second opinion on these subjects. Any advice would be great.

>>55064262
>but i need ideas for aesthetics
Steal from history.

>need opinions on psykers.
Why would you rescue her when that's the only way to show the Imperium its armies are still fighting? Or is it an enemy machine; in which case, who's using it? The Dominate?

>what are orkish orbital defences like? Could a troop carrier and escorts go undetected in ork space?
Giant roks or scavenged ship wrecks with watchtowers on them. Special Ork Shouta's and Looka's keep an eye on the surrounding space and yell out to other orks in orbit and on the planet when they spot something. You proabably can't sneak in undetected because landing zones and such are pretty easy to predict.

>Do munitorium requests go through a computer that somehow malfunctions?
Yes, all the time. No, being lost in the Warp is actually being lost in the Warp.

>stories of campaigns where every player gets a vehicle?
Like, individually? Never heard of it but it wouldn't be impossible with a Sentinel-only regiment.

Technically the IG do have bikers, I think, but not actual rules or models.

I'm making regiments in Only War for each of the dark gods and I'm stuck on what regiment type to give to tzeench and slaanesh aligned regiments. Any ideas?

Shas, recruitment for your game is totally random depending on whose schedules match up right?

>>55065770
Infantry for Slaanesh, definitely. It's all about experience and sensation, and you don't get that from cars. Alternatively, some form of Rough Rider would work too.

As for Tzeentch? Just put them all in Hellhounds and Devil Dogs.

>>55065770
>>55065878

>Going though Black Crusade for stuff to give traitor regiments
>Forgot how wonky the upgrade system was for it
What sounds for a good availability for the spikes upgrade? Average or Scarce?

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>>55065867

Correct. People are randomly selected, then I check to see if schedules match up. If they don't, then I redo selection until a common schedule can be found. Player selection will occur over the weekend, so Monday latest should be when people find if they are selected.

>>55065899
>Spikes
Common.

>>55065933
Does it matter if I put a time limited to before midnight?

>>55065933
That fucking random policy feels like where I work at this very moment.

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>>55066498

Something like "Weekday evenings" or "X days before midnight" can work." Others have done similar things. In that case, I assume that any time will work, subject to any constraints included. Better hurry - only an hour left before the window closes.

>>55066558
Nah, it's too late. I already submitted my times, but I didn't list any days because any day works.

>>55066558
>Explorator Implants: The Explorator begins play with the Mechanicus Implants Trait (see page 366) and may select up to two additional common-Craftsmanship bionic implants (see page 147). He may spend 200 xp to increase the Craftsmanship of one of his bionic implants by one level (i.e., increasing from common to good costs 200 xp). The Explorator may increase the Craftsmanship up to twice (i.e, taking a common-Craftsmanship to good, then good to best) in this manner, and may only do so at character creation.

Hold the phone. So, there's no mention of rarity here. Does that mean a rank 1 Explorator can start with a Baleful Eye?

>>55066558
Well fuck. I wanted to get in on this action, but I'm at work all night. Here's to hoping I get to do your next one (and that you switch to running it on discord so we can use voice instead of typing everything).

>>55067019
>>55066558

Whoops, didn't mean to quote there.

>>55067019
If you can get a GM to sign off on it, sure.

>>55067019
>common-Craftsmanship
Don't Baleful Eyes start off with a Good Craftsmanship?

>>55067144
No, but they are Near Unique.

>>55067210
So you could still get a poor-quality Baleful Eye?

Are there rules for Malcadors in only War?

>>55067527
No.

>>55063900
At least two near identical body doubles for when you want to pull a sickie.
With implanted bombs of course, so people can't try and use them to replace you,

Does a psi focus grant a bonus if you're only a temporary psyker via Spook or such?

>>55067942
I would rule that it doesn't. Not proficient to accurately and/or adequately channel the psychic power through the focus.

How do you guys handle whiny, character-suicidal, cunts in your games?

My buddies and I are playing Deathguard during the beginning of the Age of Darkness. The Edict of Nikea is in full effect. [Doubly/Triply so because of our wonderful Primarch]. So..... say that a former librarian now line trooper, unbeknownst to the squad, has been assigned to their squad and has unleashed his gifts again upon the battlefield despite the vehement protests of Mortarion and the condemnation of the Emperor of Mankind. How does the squad react?
Firing line?
Cowed into subservience due to hyper-lethal psychic powers?
Cry like a bitch and report this back to command?
?????????

>>55057244
Filthy chechen spotted

>>55069026
Chaplaincy handles it. But probably jailed or killed by chaplains.

NEW PLAYER QUESTION
PLAYING DARK-HERESY 2e

COMBAT-SHOTGUN OR FERRIC LURE (or some other thing?)

character data
>forgeworld
>admech
>sage
>got a utility 'drite already

>>55070823
Combat shotgun can be quite useful is you're in range. Autosanguine and Subskin armor can allow you to take damage the fleshies cannot afford to.

>>55070823
If you're playing a Tech-Priest, ask if you can use the Vanaheim automatic shotgun (it's kind of a Mechanicus exclusive) from 1e Inquisitor's Handbook

>>55070861
2e core only with some alternate homeworld splats

>>55070853
see, I'm trying to get the combat shotgun traded out for the autogun/handcannon I get by default. if not I might try and get it as one of my few gear-purchases

>autosanguine
>subskin armor
I'll give them a second look

>>55070823
>>55070911
Do you have access to Enemies Within? Selvanus Binary (p108) makes for an interesting home world while still being a forge world.

>>55070853
>subskin armor
with the flak cloak that +5 armor everywhere but my skull which has no armor at all.
how useful is +5 over a +3?

>autosanguine
>heal faster
I only have 13 HP. healing faster sounds good to me, but how

>>55071105
>how useful is +5 over a +3?

Look at the critical hit tables and tell me, how much of a difference does 2 damage make?

Hint: the difference between life and death

Interesting lower hive places, gangs, themes, ones you used, etc.

>>55070853
Combat shotgun, semi auto up close (point blank) and you are mowing everyone down.

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>>55015233
>TFW been on vacation for a week, get back this morning and see this

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>>55053897
I played a d&d Warforged character once who called himself "John Made of Flesh"
He spent the whole time trying to convince people he was a normal everyday human who did human things.
It was really fun until it got really annoying.

>>55072926
Why have you not green texted this do we could have another meme?

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>>55072977
It was a while back, I can't remember a lot of it. Basically, he'd suffered a lot of damage over the centuries and it was never clear if he legitimately thought he was a human (like the opposite of that Futurama episode with the robot asylum), or was just pretending very badly.
Let me see...

>just saved an inn from an ogre attack
>innkeeper gives us dinner on the house
>"AH YES, HUMAN NOURISHMENT"
>"FELLOW HUMAN, WHERE IS MY TABLE SETTING?"
>"uh, we didn't think you would be eating-"
>"NONSENSE, I REQUIRE ORGANIC SUSTENANCE AS MUCH AS THE NEXT MAN"
>confused innkeeper puts out a plate of food for him
>eats the food
>eats the plate
>eats the silverware
>"DELICIOUS"

He was a Ranger, and through some negotiation with the DM, got a human villager as his "animal companion". >"ATTACK, SWIFTCLAW! STRIKE TRUE"
>"my name is Todd."
The guy really didn't give a shit as long as he got paid.

John Made of Flesh also would abruptly announce from time to time that he had to poop, and would disappear into the woods for like twenty minutes at a time. They eventually went to investigate and found him crouched by a pond, groaning loudly and dropping rocks in the water to make "plop" noises.

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So I came back from my getaway and heard about this. What do we know about it ? Who will you play as ? I heard it's D6, does that mean it will use a dice pool ?

>>55073716
>what
Comes out in 2018.
>who
Not limited to humans; rules for eldar and orks in core.
>dice pool
Yes.

What combat drugs are good if you aren't some slaaneshi junkie who's happy with a decomposing body?

>>55073752
Thanks, any info on power levels ? Like will Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines playable or will you be able to play a Rogue Trader with a ship ? Does it have a theme or is it just a rulebook and you pick what you will play with later ?

>>55073789
Power levels? They hope to have adventures where the final boss is a Primarch.

>>55073789
No theme; just a ruleset.
Campaigns add themes.

>>55073716
shadowrun cancerpools

>>55073844
Once more, we _don't know yet_ if it's like Shadowrun.

>>55073789
>Power Levels
Mortarion is being statted. It's going to, in theory, be a universal system to play anything in the setting.

>>55073864
this proves the point that nulore followers are braindead

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How in-depth is the ship to ship combat in Rogue Trader ?

>>55073864
There is literally no alternative.

>>55076579
Excuse you. L5R roll and keep? WHFB casting?

>>55071307
Counts more as underhive.
https://exhentai.org/g/559085/15e691006d/
https://exhentai.org/g/2212/20673ad617/

>>55076602
No popular and successful alternative.

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This may have been asked before, and may be better asked over in 40kg, but for Marines how precisely do the progenoids work in multiplying?
Do they only get taken out when a marine is killed, or do they just get taken out like wisdom teeth?
How do the chapters keep up with the gene seed tithe, can the progenoids be produced in non-full Astartes, or can they only be produced by marines?
How difficult would it be for a traitor Apothecary to multiply the chapter geneseed he had on him without the equipment of the AdMech and chapter monestary?
I ask because that's pretty much my plan for a BC game I'm in, Veteran of the Long War Luna Wolf trying to rebuild a warband with what geneseed he can get.

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>>55077111
They can both be taken out before, but one is usually left in and harvested on death.
If they really need to, they use genetically comparable vat-grown bodies to rapidly grow the organs and harvest them yielding 2 geneseed per 10 years per body.
Really damn hard if he is doing it on his own without the knowledge on how to make the equipment or how to use suitable substitutes.

You should also kill any followers of Slaanesh you come across if you're carrying geneseed.

>>55076690
Bad day?

>>55077111

one taken out at 20 years (chest), the other at death (throat). they do not regenerate.

>>55038619
But anon, the Eldar use the Webway to travel between systems, not the Warp!
(a little problem with having their souls eaten by a certain chaos deity, I believe...)
A map showing the location of some Webway gates and safe routes between them is a great prize, but also a great risk.
As well as other dynastys, the
=][=nquisition will want it for study or use and the Eldar would definately want to recover or destroy it (and any copies!) as well as anyone that couldhave memorised any portion of it.

>>55077790
It's not originally intended for Warp travel by the Eldar - the psychic information contained within just happens to be extremely useful to a Navigator

>>55064262
IG bikers are a form of Rough Rider regiment (or at least they used to be back in the dim and distant past).
Find bike stats in the other gamelines and adapt them, possibly adapt rules for orkish wartraks as heavy weapon carriers, then apply to a rough rider regimental template...

>>55077818
In which case, you can add fun effects such as requiring anyone that's used it to make Willpower checks to avoid speaking only in Eldar for a period of time based on degrees of failure, or thinking that they ARE an Eldar.
You can limit its utility by requiring the player using it to have Common Lore (Eldar) , as they have to understand the cultural metaphors being used, etc.
Positive effects could replicate some of the less powerful divination psychic powers, allowing small bonuses to attacks, an extra dodge, etc.

>>55078052
Aren't Space Marines the only ones able to use attack bikes because humans are too weak?

>>55026435
Most of the homebrew is kinda shit and you are better off just playing normal Rogue Trader since it has more options.
I was in one homebrew that was probably the best way they could handle it where they just assigned aptitudes to Careers and Rogue Trader unique Talents, and it still ended up like we were missing something.
All it really did was allow you to buy stuff with your experience while ignoring the Tier list so you don't pick up a bunch of pointless shit while waiting to move up to the next Tier, which honestly, I don't see why you need Aptitudes for that.

>>55078384
Like most things, there's human compatible gear, then Astartes grade...
So you just make the bikes less durable to reflect their lighter, human compatible, construction

>>55078706
But less-durable human bikes are worthless. It's like saying that people flying wood and cloth biplanes can still fulfill the same role as a jetfighter. A human-sized "attack bike" would be less-armored than a Sentinel, carry lighter guns, and be way less useful at running over enemies.

>>55078853
Look, Rogue Trader has shooty human bikes usable for combat, so clearly, they must exist. Can't be any worse than schmucks riding horses.

>>55078913
Except horses have a ton of advantages over motorcycles. They have much lower logistics requirements, they can carry more destructive weapons, and they can be a source of warmth and food.

>>55077272
What would happen if a marine wounded up without progenoid glands? Would he just die?

>>55078853
>using a motorbike to run over enemies
nigga an astartes motrobike is equally as worthless

>>55079201
The point of all combat bikes in 40k is that you can strap guns to them, unlike horses.

>>55079216
No.

>>55079368
But even Chimeras and Salamanders can only mount 1 bolter. What would Guard Bikes have? Lasguns?

Look at Shining Spears and Death Korps Rough Riders. Their lances are way better than guns without being Astartes sized.

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>>55015233

So I just wanted to give a heads up. Altogether there were eight applicants. One applicant is disqualified for submitting outside the allotted time (even if it was literally one minute late). That means there are seven valid applicants. Distribution a little frontloaded on medics, but I'm confident a good team can be assembled. If you are selected, you'll know by late tomorrow evening. I wish everyone luck.

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>>55079496
>But even Chimeras and Salamanders can only mount 1 bolter.
>1 bolter

>>55079742
I see only 1 bolter.

>>55079499
Thanks for the update. 1/7 odds aren't terrible, though I guess if it's a team of 4 it'll be tougher. I'm always willing to retool a character if necessary.

>>55079742
Fine, 1 in the hull, 1 in the turret, and a storm bolter up top. And for that you need a fucking APC.

You can't strap 2 bolters to the front of an Indian or a Harley and then give it to a human. The bike wouldn't move for all the weight of the gun and the ammo.

>>55079823
>Using a civilian bike instead of one designed for war

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>>55079775
A *heavy* bolter and a shitload of other guns.

>>55079823
Does that look like a Harley too you? And that same vehicle, in the book, can be equipped with either twin-linked bolters or an automatic grenade launcher (pictured).

>>55079874
How do you fit twin-linked bolters on that? The grenade launcher unbalances the entire motorbike on only 1 side, but where would bolter ammo go if you had 2 of them?

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>>55079982
Like so. Don't ask me how they reload though, GW designers didn't think about that.

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>>55079982

>>55080029
Given how it takes 3 Full to reload with twin-linked, you'd have to stop first and open part of the steering.

>>55079874
Look at the size of the bike, anon.
>>55080029
Probly an internal mag set in front of the handle bars.

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>>55079499

>mfw I sent my application in yesterday evening

Regardless, whoever gets in, I hope they have a fun time.

>>55080029
>>55080038
But those are Space Marine-sized bikes.

Anyone here has a drop troops homebrew?

I have tried (and failed horribly) at making one. If it has vehicles even better.

>>55080732
Why? Just use Only War.

>>55074852
It's pretty in-depth. Each ship can have any number of PC's on it, and each PC will almost always have something to do that has an effect on the battle. Admittedly, not all of them are useful at all times, and sometimes the numerical differences aren't all that big, but it does get very in-depth.

Too bad macrobattery salvos are just an instant win button.

>>55080919
Want more options and I doubt you can drop Chimeras and such.

>>55081486
If you can drop sentinels with grav chutes, I'm willing to bet enough grav chutes will deploy a chimera.

>>55081486
>>55081669
Rule 11. Everything is air-droppable at least once.

NEW PLAYER QUESTIONS AGAIN

REGARDING THE 40K SETTING

1.)
UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES CAN A FORGEWORLD WORKER JOIN THE ADMECH AND BECOME A TECH PREIST

2.)
WHAT SORT OF SHIT WOULD A DEATHWATCH ARMORER HAVE TO DEAL WITH LIKE BROKEN PARTS AND FUCKED UP EQUIPMENT?

3.)
HOW WOULD THIS ARMORER(or armorers assistant/apprentice whatever) THEN ENTER THE SERVICE OF AN INQUISITOR

>>55082114
The fuck's wrong with your Shift key?

>HOW WOULD THIS ARMORER(or armorers assistant/apprentice whatever) THEN ENTER THE SERVICE OF AN INQUISITOR
The Inquisitor likes the cut of his jib and tells the armorer that he works directly for them now. Will get better results if asking nicely but the Inquisitor owns their ass either way.

>>55082196
well that bit is sorted out

>shift key
hurricane forced me to use a different computer.
I have to focus more on the keyboard to type cause it's a different shape and missed the capslock light cause it's in a different place

>>55071105
>how useful is +5 over a +3?
A life saver. You want every bit of protection when you take 6 autogun hits at point-blank

>>55082114
>UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES CAN A FORGEWORLD WORKER JOIN THE ADMECH AND BECOME A TECH PREIST
None. If you're a menial you can't become a tech-priest. Your position in life is set in stone.

You are selected for training in the priest-hood at age 4, or for whatever position the Mechanicus deems appropriate for you in the forgeworld, including servitor.

>
WHAT SORT OF SHIT WOULD A DEATHWATCH ARMORER HAVE TO DEAL WITH LIKE BROKEN PARTS AND FUCKED UP EQUIPMENT?
Broken armor plates, fucked up joints, jams, lubrication, making things shiny.

>>55082416
>>55070911
>>55070823
so I got a shotgun(regular) trade for my autogun

and I took the subdermal armor

>>55082416
especially since my toughness is one of my lower rolls

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>55082466
>You are selected for training in the priest-hood at age 4
this is useful information, I shall keep it and use it

>If you're a menial you can't become a tech-priest. Your position in life is set in stone.
then I shall just have to adjust my origin slightly, as I have built the character already and don't want to rebuild the character(and my witnessed perfect intelligence attribute)

what about "child of a higher administrator"?

>Broken armor plates, fucked up joints, jams, lubrication, making things shiny.
oh come on, I hear about things like the "Deathwatch A-Team" or space wolfs.

HOW FUCKED HAVE YOUR WEAPONS BECOME IN DEATHWATCH GAMES /TG/?

>>55082468
Eh, I think you've min-maxed it too much.

>>55082627
How come?

>>55082627
have I?

I could still go Ferric Lure
unless you know some other fun fluffy choices for the character?
>core book only
>security crafting and Logic character
>low combat stats

as is I'm going to be trying to avoid the combat wherever possible.
the shotgun was a matter of reducing my miss-chance and increasing my weapon accuracy.

and I thematically just like shotguns.

>>55082604
>what about "child of a higher administrator"?
Unlike most of the Imperium, the Mechanicus isn't feudal like that. You have to test well and prove you're worthy of worshipping the Omnissiah.

>>55082677
>>55082689
SA and Shotgun mean you're going to be vulnerable until you get into range. You're basically mediocre at hitting and you're not tough enough to be a tank.

>>55082964
but I am tough enough to survive getting to cover. and hide behind the face-tank and the shoosty guys

>>55082911
>>55082466
does AdMech training take place on world of origin, is there a school for it on mars, or are there apprenticeships?

>>55082964
Doesn't sound at all min-maxed.
>not tough enough to be a tank.
Imperial flak (4), TB (3-4), SA (2) and bionics (1-2) = 10-12 damage reduction on most of the body of the body. Almost impervious to autogun fire. Add some armor-monger and Tempestus carapace and we're in business

fresh

>>55083379
>>55083379
>>55083379

>>55080094
>>55080354
SCOUT BIKE
In the Adeptus Astartes, Space Marine Scouts use this lightly armed and armoured vehicle to aid in long range reconnaissance and hit-and-run raids. The Scout Bike is a tough and robust machine, able to traverse almost any terrain and easy to repair and maintain. It is also armed with twin-linked bolters or a grenade launcher and targeter arrays allowing the weapons to be fired on the move—granting the rider impressive firepower. These traits make them popular amongst Explorers with enough influence to acquire them.
>These traits make them popular amongst Explorers with enough influence to acquire them.
From the fluff text in ITS p. 185. Nothing mentioned about the bike being inhumanly oversized or even specifically manufactured for the Adeptus Astartes. Not to say it isn't a big bike.

And even strapping a pair of bolters to a normal, civilian bike rather than an oversized military off-road vehicle is hardly "too heavy". A pair of bolters weighs just 14kg, hardly to heavy a load for a motorcycle is it? Now, I'd say its sort of stupid though, since it'd unbalance the steering wheel and the recoil would be an absolute bitch if you don't engineer a bike to carry them properly like say, the Scout Bike. But it is, in no way, impossible to strap a pair of bolters to the 40k equivalent of a Harley and drive around shooting people.

>>55078853
Brainless idiot

>>55076756
THE FUCKING WARGAME

>>55078853
...As opposed to regular Rough Riders, who use fucking horses?