Warhammer 40k: Dark Imperium Rogue Trader

[TheGlyphstone]

I'd also throw a hat in for consideration; my enjoyment of 40K and Rogue Trader wins out over my suspicion towards PbP system games. I'll have to look over the RT2.0 document, largely as a resource of comparison against my own one-man project writing a RT 2.0. ;D (Which I would have put forth as a suggestion, except it's extremely bare-bones with maaaaaaybe 5-10% of the options that massive doc has written).

[Red Leaf]

Oh wow, the RT 2.0 is a thing of wonder - Glyphstone's right that it's a mammoth effort! So many cool possibilities!

And yes, increasingly enamoured of some sort of Tech Priest - of a potentially quite theologically esoteric - sort! Hmmm, so many choices ...

[Roleplay Frog]

And yes, increasingly enamoured of some sort of Tech Priest - of a potentially quite theologically esoteric - sort! Hmmm, so many choices ...

This song can help narrow it down to Tech Priest. :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy-sVTaZRPk

Oh hey, there's a sister Pariah that are directly called out to potentially be tasked with serving on a rogue vessel.

Though they can't get any kinky corruptions. Ever. Hrmnhrmnn.. :P

[SaintSicaire]

I have to admit, that I'm completely unfamiliar with every system mentioned, but I like the premise!^^ I could use some grim-darkness right now... :D

I had a look at the Dark Heresy rulebook and think, given the possibility to ask someone, If I'm totally lost, I'd be really interested!

Characterwise...Maybe a Navigator? Although, given my chronic bad luck with dice, we might get eaten by the Warp pretty quickly^^
But I heard it's a good pain....

[Conundrum]

Before we get to making the ship, does anyone else have interest in the Rogue Trader role or is it solidly HairyHeretic's?

[TheGlyphstone]

I was tentative, but not solidly committed. Wanted to look at alternatives first.

[TheGlyphstone]

Yeah, not interested in the Rogue Trader slot. Thinking I'll make a feral world shaman instead, with a really big nasty 'familiar' beast-companion.

Oh hey, there's a sister Pariah that are directly called out to potentially be tasked with serving on a rogue vessel.

Though they can't get any kinky corruptions. Ever. Hrmnhrmnn.. :P

Sounds like a bonus to me. All the kinky activity you'd like and the metaphysics of the universe can't punish you with deforming mutations or insanity for enjoying yourself.

Though looking at it directly, A Sister Pariah doesn't get any resistance or immunity to mutation/corruption. It's not a Pariah as in Untouchable, she's a "pariah" in that the other Sororitas now shun her as tainted by outsiders.

[Red Leaf]

Though looking at it directly, A Sister Pariah doesn't get any resistance or immunity to mutation/corruption. It's not a Pariah as in Untouchable, she's a "pariah" in that the other Sororitas now shun her as tainted by outsiders.

I believe she'd be getting that from the Adepta Sororitas background (Incorruptible Devotion: Whenever an Adepta Sororitas character would gain 1 or more Corruption Points, she gains that many Insanity Points minus 1 (to a minimum of 0) instead.) rather than the career! At least it allows SaintSicaire some potential fun with mindbreak stuff if we go down that road? In my experience in tabletop, Sororitas tend to rack up a fair amount of insanity pretty quickly if they get a lot into these sorts of situation.

[Roleplay Frog]

What Red Leaf said. It's not an immunity to corruption so much as a translation of corruption into insanity. No growing a hand-mouth or a second pair of bewbs, ... to name random examples. *whistles* But more the walls are melting because y'all can't stay faithful to the emperor over Xenos-booty.

[TheGlyphstone]

Ah, I see now.

I just want to be a wizard riding a dinosaur.

[Red Leaf]

An extremely relatable feel.

So, as it stands, among all people who've expressed an interest, this is what people have expressed an interest in (and this includes some people who posted before we firmed up on FFG) -

• DrowDeviant - some sort of Knight Scion? (which I noticed is covered in the RT 2.0 document, although the actual Knight itself is only in other homebrew ...) Or a female dark eldar/tech priest/Primaris librarian
• Roleplay Frog - Sister Pariah
• Ironwolf85 - either a humanish Ork Dok, or a highly enthusiastic trans SoB-turned-Inquisitor
• SaintSicaire - some sort of Navigator
• Hairyheretic - Rogue Trader
• Red Leaf - Tech Priest
• The Glyphstone - dino-wizard feral world shaman.

A well-adjusted and, er, well-oiled team, I'm sure! Depending on how some of the characters get statted up, it feels like there's a lot of people in cool distinct roles, too?

[TheGlyphstone]

Yeah, that's the other drawback to that document, it's clearly a WIP. About half the options are blank and pending fill-in.

[Conundrum]

1e is naturally more complete is people are worried about that.  2e DH did some work from 1e systems so both have some advantages and disadvantages.

I am able to run either system.

[TheGlyphstone]

I'd prefer the 2e, as haphazard as it is, because Aptitudes are a far superior system overall.

This is the RT2.0 project I've been devising. It's more complete, but is also a lot different; the Ordo Discordia version is trying to translate everything for RT directly into DH2 rules; I was operating from some very different design principles.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEmgtlQAC8jzKVD-ayTNei9HfsRhHghUL_QKYvJOavA/edit#

It also has far fewer character options compared to the OD one. I think OD's is superior for now.

[Drowdeviant]

An extremely relatable feel.

So, as it stands, among all people who've expressed an interest, this is what people have expressed an interest in (and this includes some people who posted before we firmed up on FFG) -

• DrowDeviant - some sort of Knight Scion? (which I noticed is covered in the RT 2.0 document, although the actual Knight itself is only in other homebrew ...)
• Roleplay Frog - Sister Pariah
• Ironwolf85 - either a humanish Ork Dok, or a highly enthusiastic trans SoB-turned-Inquisitor
• SaintSicaire - some sort of Navigator
• Hairyheretic - Rogue Trader
• Red Leaf - Tech Priest
• The Glyphstone - dino-wizard feral world shaman.

A well-adjusted and, er, well-oiled team, I'm sure! Depending on how some of the characters get statted up, it feels like there's a lot of people in cool distinct roles, too?

I’m considering more than just the knight scion leaf.

Good thing about using the aptitude system is the flexibility. xD

[Conundrum]

One of the first things that needs to be figured out will be who is the Rogue Trader and their character since everyone else needs some kind of connection with them.

[Roleplay Frog]

Not it!

.. I mean I've not used these systems in years. :P

[TheGlyphstone]

One of the first things that needs to be figured out will be who is the Rogue Trader and their character since everyone else needs some kind of connection with them.

Though if the RT player ups and vanishes, that can kill the game. So having inter-character ties as well is good, assuming there is a PC Rogue Trader at all.

[Conundrum]

Though if the RT player ups and vanishes, that can kill the game. So having inter-character ties as well is good, assuming there is a PC Rogue Trader at all.

If they disappear once the game starts we can kill them off and you guys can Weekend at Bernies it.

[Red Leaf]

Though if the RT player ups and vanishes, that can kill the game. So having inter-character ties as well is good, assuming there is a PC Rogue Trader at all.

Good point! Something I've sometimes seen in other games has been an NPC-ish Rogue Trader in nominal control of the ship, but who has (through inability, illness, or injury) been relegated to their sickbed/cryo-chamber etc. while the PCs act in their absence as a kind of interim junta-type group. Depending on what Hairyheretic wants, we could go with him as the active Rogue Trader, or what's outlined above, or both (with the nominal 'ship's commander' having HH as a sibling or whatever! (apologies for volunteering you HH, btw!)

EDIT: basically the weekend at Bernies situation, that too!

Re:rulesets: fine on either take on RT 2.0! I am going to bookmark the Glyphstone's one (thank you :D) for future reference (the expanded cybernetics stuff is sick, and I like the origin path style), while the OD stuff seems to offer a wider range of archetypes simply because of how /much/ there is of it? Both are probably better than RT 1.0 which yikes is coming up to ten years old this year.

I’m considering more than just the knight scion leaf.

Good thing about using the aptitude system is the flexibility. xD

Ooops! Sorry!  :-[ Modified in line with what you've posted in the thread.

[Roleplay Frog]

If they disappear once the game starts we can kill them off and you guys can Weekend at Bernies it.

It was at this point in time that Roleplay Frog came up with an amusing suggestion.

You know, we could just start things off that way already, assume the trader peaced out, start the campaign literally in the middle of being hit with a meteorite that downed the captain, as no one really wants to do 'em anyway I feel like, and...

The Frog decided to push his luck.

You know, some Slaanesh demons going wild to get things started up kinkily too, we gotta deal with the after-effects, finish the mission...

[TheGlyphstone]

It was at this point in time that Roleplay Frog came up with an amusing suggestion.

You know, we could just start things off that way already, assume the trader peaced out, start the campaign literally in the middle of being hit with a meteorite that downed the captain, as no one really wants to do 'em anyway I feel like, and...

The Frog decided to push his luck.

You know, some Slaanesh demons going wild to get things started up kinkily too, we gotta deal with the after-effects, finish the mission...

We're playing Rogue Trader, Frog, not Black Crusade. :D

[Roleplay Frog]

We're playing Rogue Trader, Frog, not Black Crusade. :D

but mooooom

[Drowdeviant]

but mooooom

*cracks whip* ;)

[HairyHeretic]

*cracks whip* ;)

That's probably not helping ;)