Warhammer 40k, It can happen!

[Primarch]

Alright, I know there's interest on the site for 40k, enough of us who want a game know this! But it just seems cursed to always fall through, but I'm going to try and beat this damn curse!

The game I want to set up is going to be what I call a "use common sense" freeform game. You character can have more weapons then the tabletop would normally allow, but use common sense. An Imperial Guardsman Veteran isn't going to be walking around with a Bolter, a chainsword, a back up Bolter and a Rocket Launcher with Krak Missiles on the off-chance a tank comes along.

Now...Plot.

On the Imperium world of Kelios, the Space Marine Chapters are having a massive gathering for a once in a decade year inter-chapter Tournament, not only are representatives of almost every Space Marine Chapter able to attend present, but also legions of Imperial Guardsmen, eager to gamble on the Olympics of a grim, dark universe. Local regiments of Sisters of Battle and various arms of the Inquistion are also present, mainly attending for the social benefits, but also on the just in case.

As it would happen, they were right to be there "just in case." Knowing of the Tournament, a massive chaos force as dropped out of the Warp and laid siege to the planet, hoping to devastate the present Imperial Forces, which would deal a crippling blow to all local systems who's defenders are on the planet, and shatter morale. There's a quick and desperate defense and a possible bloodbath is narrowly avoided by quick thinking and over the top brutality.

The Eldar, who have a Craftworld that would be in quite the danger zone should the Chaos forces batter through the Imperial World, not ones to get their own hands dirty, they machinate to get the defenders of a Tau world (taken in the recent growth spurts) in to aid, flanking the Chaos forces. Hearing about the "battle of all battles" in the system, the Greenskins of course turn up, just to prove who's da best!

The result is a massive cluster fuck war, an uneasy alliance between the Imperium, Tau & Eldar Forces, against two overwhelmingly large Chaos and Ork forces.  RP can take place on the worn torn world of Kelios, battle barges and other naval vessels floating around in, some locked in constant long distance fire, others behind waiting to support, and the nearby worlds ready to give support be they Tau, Imperium or the Eldar Craftworld.

I will personally GM this if we get so many as 3 players willing to form a team for one side of the war, and if we get a whole bunch that people can just run with their own stuff, I'll drop in a character myself.
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[Fallenpaladin7]

Im definatly interested in this ill start to create my char tomarrow.

[CountessJess]

I'm very interested too. I'll pm you my character soon.

[Paladin]

I'm tellin ya man thees games die way too easily. I've been in 4 of them, all 40K based. Horrible horrible deaths.

[Miles Trent]

Veyr true. We need a heroic and brave GM to keep it all together!  :o

[Primarch]

That's what I'm trying to be Trent.....thats what I'm trying....

[sinoraa]

Can i be a techmarine? their the only space marines i feel i have enough knowledge of, to play...I love techmarines...I also love the Tau, and tyranid, but i don't see myself playing those here.

[Primarch]

You most certainly can.

[sinoraa]

Alright, quick question. Are there female tech marines? Haven't seen any, or heard of any in the books i've read, but sense there are female chapters, i think, they would at least have female tech marines.

[Primarch]

Good question, I'd assume the Adepta Sororitas would maintain some kind of equivalent to the techmarines. But if they do, I've never come across any in any of the books/lexicanum pages/games I've played. Personally I wouldn't mind if you played some kind of Adepta Sororitas techmarine, I'm not one to ruin a perfectly good character idea for the sake of strictly sticking to canon.

[sinoraa]

True...And after all, most warhammer books are just fanfics, until they get the seal of approval...And yeah, female techmarine doesn't seem like the biggest godmod. But i felt as if i should ask, as some are really iffy on expanding on the world...Even though its specifically designed to make your own chapters and planets :P

[Primarch]

Its not like you want to make a female Space Wolf, or a Female Grey Knight who's also fallen to Chaos. The Adepta Sororitas make use of a variety of tanks and other pieces of equipment that would require the attentions of someone like a Techmarine. I wouldn't even consider this a godmod per say, more like an educated guess on an unestablished part of canon. That is, I can't recall who keeps Adepta Sororitas Tanks in good repair, but someone similar to a Techmarine seems like the obvious guess, the Adepta Sororitas are basically the female answer to Space Marines, minus a few things.

[Insatiably Bored]

if you got the slots, and don't mind Marine player jumping in I am very wanting in on this. if I get the go ahead I will start up on char creation asap.

[Primarch]

Go ahead.

[WyzardWhately]

I also have a concept which may be rather too outre for this game, but which I have a certain affection for.

In the short form, I want to play a Black Templar psyker/librarian.  Now, those of you familiar with the canon are protesting that this is, of course, nonsens.  The Templar's have no librarians, because they despise psykers (pointing out to the BTs that the Emperor was a psyker is probably unwise...) 

However, that in fact neatly explains why he's here.  Being in a mixer with numerous people, among them inquisitors, will give him an opportunity to try and join an Inquisitorial retinue, or perhaps the Deathwatch (or similar).  That conveniently solves the problem of him existing for all concerned:  He doesn't get mindwiped or similar, his superiors can quietly disavow him, and the Emperor can continue to be served in whatever capacity he can manage.

[Primarch]

Hmm.....I'm afraid I'm not so sure about that one. Candidates are thoroughly tested and screened during the process of turning them into Space Marines, if he was a Psyker they'd have known about it before he ever joined their ranks. I'm afraid I'm going to decline that idea, as you said yourself, it may be a bit outre. Now, if you can find a reference to individuals being inducted to the BT and being discovered as Psykers afterwards (even if those ones were killed or some other way of removing) I might be persuaded.

[WyzardWhately]

Hmm.....I'm afraid I'm not so sure about that one. Candidates are thoroughly tested and screened during the process of turning them into Space Marines, if he was a Psyker they'd have known about it before he ever joined their ranks. I'm afraid I'm going to decline that idea, as you said yourself, it may be a bit outre. Now, if you can find a reference to individuals being inducted to the BT and being discovered as Psykers afterwards (even if those ones were killed or some other way of removing) I might be persuaded.

My idea was that he'd emerged as a psyker some time into his career as a space marine.  I don't think that's actually against canon, since I'm not aware that there's any way to detect whether someone will develop psychic abilities before they suddenly manifest.  I was also under the impression that something about the Space Marine gene-seed made the development of psychic potential more likely among the SMs than baseline humanity - I may be wrong about that, though.

A quick examination of the BT codex doesn't indicate exactly how they keep from having psykers, just that they don't.  Since they do make use of astropaths and navigators, it seems logical to infer that they don't necessarily kill psykers on sight.  So, is it possible that he slipped through the cracks and only manifested after his Initiation?

In any event, I'm not married to the idea, I just think it's cool.  Am I correct in understanding that a librarian from another chapter would be acceptable?

[Primarch]

All potential Space Marines are put through a rigorous series of tests to discover any trace of flaw or mutation, the psyker mutation is one of first checked, I don't know the particular, but they can tell if someone's a Psyker or not. But yes, a Librarian from another Chapter would be fine.

[MissMeep]

Oh this sounds fun!

I would be interested in playing an Eldar character.  Either a Howling Banshe, Farseer or Warp Spider (although I think they are male?)

[Primarch]

Howling Banshee's are female, Farseer's can be either and I believe yes, the Warp Spiders tend to be male.

[MissMeep]

Howling Banshee's are female, Farseer's can be either and I believe yes, the Warp Spiders tend to be male.

Works for me.

How are the teams shaping up so far?

I really enjoyed playing Chaos in the table top game, but I dont really know any distinct female Chaos characters (that are not a demon, or spawn)

[Primarch]

A female chaos could be anything from a female Noble who learned some sorcery, a Sister of Battle who got seduced (Slaneesh loves going after them), there's a lot of possibilities for female Chaos. Maybe an Inquisitor chick turned bad?

[HairyHeretic]

I've tried running them before, so I shall simply wish you more than I had :)

[Primarch]

Ah Heretic, I was hoping you'd grace the thread eventually. Care to join us? Worst case scenario it doesn't work out.

[HairyHeretic]

I appreciate the offer, but I think I need to pass. I'm still trying to get a group game of my own up and running, plus sorta got talked into another story this morning. One of these days I will try to cut down to a reasonable number of games  :P

[Primarch]

Well if at any point you feel like dropping in after we've started, just send me a PM!

On a more general note, OOC thread will be up tonight.

[Primarch]

Its right here

[Tharic]

I'm interested, I'll get a char started and post it over to the OOC thread.

Space Marine variant of some sort so shouldn't be any major issues but I can PM you the sheet before I post.

[ChaoticSky]

o_O why did no one tell me about this? *gives IB the evil eye*

i once tried to get one of these going as well, so i guess ill join if youll have me ^^

thinking Inquisitor or maybe my old Rogue Trader character from my own game... never know when you might need a ship to get around!



to provide my own fluff-nazi input on the discussion so far:

id like to point out, in regards to the eldar aspect warriors... they are not gender specific, the warp spiders i dont think have any preference one way or the other. the only one i know of with any kind of inclination is the Howling Banshees, but even they take males (said eldar male just has to give up his gender-identity and assume a female persona... but they are still biologically male... so they are kinda like eldar crossdressers >_>)

and you bring up a interesting point about techsororitas, i think they might just use enginseers, like the Guard... but like you i cant recall anything specific about it... so a techsororita is fine. and very neat conceptually.

lastly, to provide a bit of explanation for sinoraa. there are no female marines, as the process used to create Space Marines is heavily reliant on male genotypes and hormone sequences. by extension, there are no female Space Marine Chapters. to fill in the gender gap, there are the Adeptus Sororitas, or 'Sisters of Battle'. they function as the military arm of the Ecclesiarchy (the preisthood) who are forbidden from having 'men at arms'. they are divided into Orders, ie 'The Order Of The Bloody Rose', 'The Order Of The Ardent Shroud' etc. using powered armour and bolters (along with a cheerful preference for flame-based weapons) they are roughtly akin to space marines, in theory making up for the lack of genetic engineering by pure zeal and and righteous fury.

in addition, they are used as the military arm of the Ordo Hereticus of the Inquisition, becoming a parallel organization to the Space Marine Deathguard and Grey Knights Chapter. they were chosen for this partly because the Hereticus has a hardline anti-abhuman stance, and some go so far as to include Space Marines in that description. additionally, while Space Marines revere the Emperor, they are separate from the Imperial Cult, and do not consider him a god, while the Sororitas take the Imperial Cult *very* literally and seriously.

lastly, despite their motif as 'ultra fanatical battle nuns in space', they do not take vows of chastity or anything similar. generally, they are too busy for any kind of schnookie or personal relationships, but they are know to happen, and not entirely unwelcome. especially if the sisters in question have been garrisoned on a peaceful world for a prolonged peroid of time.

[HairyHeretic]

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sisters_of_Battle has a nice overview of  the Sisters.

I'm not familiar with any tech adepts amongst the Sisters either. Marines who show an inclination for technology are trained under the AdMech on Mars, and the IG have their own attached members of the Adeptus Mechanicus there. Any other military arm I can think of tends to follow the IG format.

I'd be inclined to think seconded Adeptus Mechanicus rather than AM trained sisters, for theological reasons (odd as that may sound). The Sisters worship the Emperor as a God, the AdMech would revere him as the Omnissiah. Given the Sisters are a militant wing of the Ecclesiarchy, I can't see them swaying towards God-Emperor in another form.

But that's just my own thoughts on the matter.

[Tharic]

For what it's worth, the Codex:Sisters of Battle 2nd edition book (little old and using 40k 2E rules) included an option to spend army points on techmarines from the Adeptus Mechanicus, so it could be inferred from that that the Sister's did not include have their own mechanicus force.

But then again, that's sticking strictly to codex canon. Out of the billions of planets in the Imperium and so many of them housing Ecclesiastics and Sisters of Battles, I'm sure there must be at least *ONE* lone Adepta Sororitas in the galaxy with a penchant for technocrati.

lastly, despite their motif as 'ultra fanatical battle nuns in space', they do not take vows of chastity or anything similar. generally, they are too busy for any kind of schnookie or personal relationships, but they are know to happen, and not entirely unwelcome. especially if the sisters in question have been garrisoned on a peaceful world for a prolonged peroid of time.

I could only imagine the fun the Confessors and Redemptors could have finding that out.. lol

[Keala Mensha Khaine]

They have females tech-adepts :D They talk about them in Mechanicum from the Horus Heresy, one of them is a big character in the book even.

[ChaoticSky]

They have females tech-adepts :D They talk about them in Mechanicum from the Horus Heresy, one of them is a big character in the book even.

we know this, i believe he was referring to tech-sororitas, in the theme of Techmarines. lore wise there is nothing to suggest they exist, and most likely they used Enginseers, similar to the Guard

[Urbanzorro]

While I most likely shan't be playing in this game I do wish you guys the best of luck :D would be good to see a WH40K game turn out well.

[Ramael]

Definately interested, and here's wishing you good luck in advance.

I would love to play an Eldar...agent. Maybe one of the manipulators of the Tau insurgence? I appreciate "agent" is a vague term, but how would you feel about a character who was a little Pathfinder, a little Pirate, a little Warlock and a teensy bit Aspect Warrior, a jack of all trades but master of none?

I was thinking about just playing an Illuminati agent, but we've got another Eldar player here and they're my old favourites.

[Primarch]

I believe a jack of all trades but Master of none is the complete opposite of usual Eldar lifestyle, they normally dedicate themselves to a "Path" until mastering it, before dedicating the rest of their lives to it or choosing a new Path. I wouldn't be against the idea of an Eldar who's moved through one path, and has started down the road of another, although an Eldar who's mastered near everything might be a bit OTT. :P 

Oh and Darkling, yes feel free to take up an Inquisitor, or your old Rogue Trader character (who could have been drafted into the service of the various present military forces for the purpose of the RP XD) There will be three people working as "Mission Givers" so to speak, one of which will be the Inquisitor Master of the Sector, it would be likely your character knows of him if he/she is present in the Sector often.

[Ramael]

Yuh-huh, I know about the Paths.

The term "master of none" is very different to "mastered near everything"!

I'm not exactly one for overpowered characters-wasn't trying to acheive one, just a variety of elements that make up the Eldar-it's exactly the adherence to one single Path that can make an Eldar character predictable and boring.

Never mind though. How about a Pirate captain with psyker sensitivity?

[ChaoticSky]

Yuh-huh, I know about the Paths.

The term "master of none" is very different to "mastered near everything"!

I'm not exactly one for overpowered characters-wasn't trying to acheive one, just a variety of elements that make up the Eldar-it's exactly the adherence to one single Path that can make an Eldar character predictable and boring.

Never mind though. How about a Pirate captain with psyker sensitivity?

his point is that the eldar dont do jack-of-all, they master one thing, then move on, or get 'lost' on a certain path. so a eldar 'jack of all' is by definition a 'master of all'. if you like, you might want to look up Harlequins, they are rather different than the usual eldar, and might be more to your liking.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Harlequin
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Solitaire


psykers get Black Ship'd, and with the Inquisition and Sororitas out in force, they would certainly take you if you had any psychic ability. also i dunno how welcome pirates might be >_> they would probably just lock you up on charges and re-crew your ship with Navy personnel

[Ramael]

...yeah, I know about the servants of the Laughing God, too, I just didn't want to have to play a depressing mute or a camply dressed thesbian.

If it's an "uneasy alliance"(I'm going with the originally posted plot, here)...wouldn't the white hats be a bit more concerned with the overwhelming amounts of Chaos gribblies rather than some cavalier who is pointing his shuriken/energy weapons at the black stormtroopers and not the white stormtroopers?

Sensitivity is also different to ability, but I don't want to cause excess adversity so I'll drop this idea, too.

To make things easier (I can sort of see why 40k RP games are hard to get working now) how about you guys field me some more legitimate suggestions for an Eldar character and I'll take one of those.

[Primarch]

The term "master of none" is very different to "mastered near everything"!

Never mind though. How about a Pirate captain with psyker sensitivity?

The Eldar who's mastered near everything was actually a reference to when I said I wouldn't mind an Eldar who has mastered one path and started another, I just wouldn't want an Eldar character who had mastered a wide variety of paths.

how about you guys field me some more legitimate suggestions for an Eldar character and I'll take one of those.

You could try a Dire Avenger, I always found them rather interesting, perhaps an Exarch for the extra flexibility in equipment....or perhaps a Fire Dragon Exarch, those Fusion Guns look like ridiculous fun.

[Ramael]

The Eldar who's mastered near everything was actually a reference to when I said I wouldn't mind an Eldar who has mastered one path and started another, I just wouldn't want an Eldar character who had mastered a wide variety of paths.

Yup, I didn't suggest a character who had mastered any Paths at all, not even one, in fact. They might not exist on the tabletop, but it wouldn't be too much of a push to suggest they exist in the 40k universe. An Exodite lord/Pirate captain, for example.

You could try a Dire Avenger, I always found them rather interesting, perhaps an Exarch for the extra flexibility in equipment.

Ok, I'll think about it.

[Primarch]

Yup, I didn't suggest a character who had mastered any Paths at all, not even one, in fact.

Never said you did, I was going back to my first reply to you, when I said that a jack of all trades wouldn't work due to the Eldar Path lifestyles, but if you're interested I wouldn't be against the idea of an Eldar who had completed one path and was on the road of another, to give that character flexibility you seem to be looking for.

[Anathanasia]

*gives Darkling a bitchy look...then a big grin...and a goose!*

I would be interested as well, Primarch. Bear with me for just a sec, 'cause I'm going to first ask you let me play the character I initially made for the game Darkling was trying to run (I really like the character), a Dark Eldar Wych (nominally about a succubus+ in skill level, Wych Dracite maybe?). I fully expect you to say no, in which case I'll do something else, but figured I may as well ask first, right?

I'm sure there'd be some modifications to the bio required, which I'd be eager to discuss. Just let me know, Primarch. :-)

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Name: Synaerihl
Race: Dark Eldar, Wych Succubus
Age: 218
Sexuality: Bi, sadistic, masochistic...heck, she's Dark Eldar, people! Remember where Slaanesh came from!? ;)

Appearance:
   Syn is what most would imagine in a dark eldar wych: tall, beautiful, elegant and predatory. Every movement is a study in grace, and when she fights it's pure, sadistic, poetry.
   She wears her dark hair long, currently favouring most of it pulled back into two braids, dyed a vibrant, yet dark, purple and woven through with spiked silver wire, that still reaches to her taut behind. She keeps the bangs, and a pair of curved dagger-like cuts framing her exotically beautiful face dyed in blood red. This cut does a nice job to accentuate her lovely pointed ears and their many interesting piercings.
   Syn favours minimal clothing, no matter what she's doing, especially fighting. Unless she's got to go into a hostile environment, almost anything she wears would fall somewhere between lingerie and bondage/fetish-chic (by 21st Century human standards anyways). Obviously, this leaves her athletic figure and pale, almost corpse-like, smooth skin almost entirely on display. She has no inhibitions, and in fact delights in taunting the human crew members with glimpses of her naked breasts or hairless pubis (she promised she wouldn't actually hurt anyone, so she takes what she can get).

   Height: 5'10”
   Weight: 131 lbs.


Notable Equipment:
Agonizer: Syn's agonizer is an eight foot chain topped by a serrated short sword and hook on one end, and barbed, weighted ball on the other. She especially enjoys wrapping the chain around her victims and savouring the constant and intense pain they feel with prolonged contact. (For an idea of what I'm describing check out the kyoketsu-shogi, only as described above)
Combat Drugs: Syn still has a decent supply of her drugs, and fortunately, she has the skills to make more. Synthesizing the ingredients is the main hurdle.
Hellmask: Formed from the front carapace, the 'face', of a genestealer Synaerihl herself killed in a Commoragh arena, this was crafted for her as her prize for winning that tournament.
Gruesome Talismans: Fingers, ears, skulls, faces, teeth and other assorted goodies she's continued to collect since she joined the crew of the Void Bound.
Splinter pistol with several monomolecular blades built onto it.
Close combat weapons: a small assortment of mono-blades of various sizes, the odd wych weapon or two, just what she could grab and carry when she fled the destruction of her Cult.
Poison blades: Sort of...she has the blades, and along with knowing how to make combat drugs, Syn knows a few pretty nice poison recipes.
Reaver jetbike (if that's okay...wasn't even planned till I got to that part in her bio!)

Bio:
   Synaerihl is the last survivor, at least as far as she knows, of the Wych Cult of Execration. Betrayed in what could most likely be considered a political move during a series of raids, the Kabal of the Poisoned Heart was somehow manoeuvred by a rival Wych Cult into ambushing the Cult of Execration upon the latter's return to Commoragh after a particularly harsh raid (they hadn't expected to find Ultramarines already engaged with the orks...). Such attacks are not uncommon amongst the Dark Eldar, as stealing slaves is perfectly acceptable behaviour if one can get away with it, but in their weakened state, the Cult of Execration was wiped out.
   Perhaps some others escaped, Syn doesn't know, she fled when it became obvious that her Cult was going to lose the battle, cutting a swath through the warriors of the Kabal to find freedom. Returning quickly to her Cult's compound, she gathered what she could, bitterly casting aside trophies of her arena victories, the markers of her rise through the Cult to be recognized as a truly elite warrior and a Succubus.
   Synaerihl narrowly avoided being caught again as the warriors of the Kabal of the Poisoned Heart arrived to finish things off, taking a reaver jetbike and making her way through the dark streets of the nightmare city, into the webway.
   Eventually she decided she had to leave the webway, to try to find some other way to make it on her own. Reasonably certain of where she was, due in good part to the computers on her reaver, Syn did and found herself on the same remote world where the Void Bound was resupplying. Almost a pirate planet, the local populace either left Syn alone or ran the other way, and she was able to begin offering her services as a mercenary, her inquiries eventually leading her to...

[ChaoticSky]

eeep! *is goosed*

just like to note. if it makes it any more possible. her wych might beable to come with my RT/ship, DE dont look any different than eldar visually, and there are enough of them around to possibly overlook her presence.

and Rogue Traders are known for their lawlessness in general, working with xenos is far from the worst thing they have been caught doing. XD

[Primarch]

Hmmm.......I'd love to include the character, she seems interesting indeed. She might look like other Eldar, but the equipment might raise alarm bells. Ah sure why not, go on you scallywags! Make her a crew member on the RT ship pretending to be an Eldar.

[Anathanasia]

Hehe, yay! Cool, thanks guys.  ;D

I was thinking that with Darkling's Rogue Trader operating with a writ or charter or whatever it is again in the 40k universe, and the general xenophobia of the Imperium meaning they don't like to let the rank and file know much about the enemy (and some good old fashioned give-a-bit-o'IC-slack-on-canon-for-the-fellow-PCs), that most of the Imperials can relegate themselves to suspicious headscratching and disapproving glares?

Now, if only I could find the pics I had for her...that nice nude I found and then the one that Carlissa made (I think it was Calrissa...wait, no, it was Elven Sex Goddess?)?

Darkling, don't suppose you have the old thread in your bookmarks still, by chance?

[ChaoticSky]

here you go :D

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=56225.msg2582792#msg2582792

[Primarch]

Alright, I'm aiming to get the IC thread started tomorrow morning (technically later today where I am) so those who are approved and good to go, awesome, if any other folks want to get characters in place soon, you can drop in as soon as your ready.

[Kolbrandr]

Just to chime in briefly, you don't really have to fudge much as far as accepting the notion of a Rogue Trader having some xenos in the crew, it's an existing setting thing to the point where they're including rules for it (and xenos character paths and etc.) in the next major RT supplement for the game.

[ChaoticSky]

hehe, i heard rumors of that a while back, but i should point out thats the way its been, fluff-wise, for a long time. RTs are almost as bad as radical inquisitors (if not more-so) when its comes to having a reputation for hanging around with the wrong crowd  ;D

which is why i made a RT character in my previous game, to give people a access to xenos races, instead of having to be all imperial.

[Primarch]

Ooh I'll have to pick that up. Although I might have to pick up a new RT base book, I loaned my to a friend, then we had a falling out, then he got evicted from his apartment and moved back home. >.<

[HairyHeretic]

They've confirmed Ork Freebootas as being one of the playable Xenos, I think the second is still under wraps.

[Primarch]

IC Thread is Up

I'm hoping its Tau or Eldar. I like them greatly.