As a GM with insufficient time on his hands to create adventures from scratch, I'll take all the published adventures I can get and gladly!Originally Posted by Deus Mechanicus
Creatures Anathema could be a handy book for your GM, but if you're a player I don't see why you'd need either of the books you mentioned, nor why you'd care about adventure material.
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Apparently Rogue Trader is going (at least) somewhat good as far as sales go. I signed a couple more NDA's lately...
So good to be famous...
Also, there's Lord Inquisitor Anton Zerbe of the Tyrantine Cabal.
All things wash away, but blood stained the sun red today. -- Metallica, "Ronnie"
My Blood Angels, Grey Knights, and Dark Eldar.
New WHFB project. And new 40k project.
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH! I'VE HAD IT WITH REFERENCES!
Can't ANYONE write anything original any more.... I mean, an easter egg or a dozen per product, OK, but why does EVERYTHING have to be a reference to something... If I ever get to boss writers around, I'm prohibiting all real life and pop culture references. And confiscating all cases of J.C. (Denton and Connor are quite enough, thank you).
Aside from that outburst, I'm thrilled that Dark Heresy is working out fine. I don't play, but I read it for the background, and far as I'm concerned, it beats GW's by orderS of magnitude.
cool me and my group will be looking through this.
Iuris: I do somewhat understand the sentiment... I actually don't even have the Tyrantine Cabal in the game I was running.
All things wash away, but blood stained the sun red today. -- Metallica, "Ronnie"
My Blood Angels, Grey Knights, and Dark Eldar.
New WHFB project. And new 40k project.
No. Given a finite number of words, syllables and letters, there is consequently only a finite number of ways in which they can be meaningfully combined.
Less facetiously, everyone doing a creative job was inspired by something at some point. That's kind of the idea. People will be informed and influenced, consciously or not, by the things that inspire them. It's inevitable and unavoidable.
In particular with a licenced setting which was built upon homages and pastiches of the science fiction, science fantasy and space opera that inspired its original creators, there will always be some degree of reference to other settings and other creations within any 40k product that has ever been published and will ever be published.
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Greetings, Dark Heresy fans!
This week, I am going to dive into one of my favorite sections of Ascension that deals with what are called “Ascended Careers.” Ascension introduces another tier onto the original eight ranks of Dark Heresy, extending the total amount to 16 full ranks that a character can climb. The Ascended Careers make up the second half of that total, presenting the character with a number of ways to serve the Inquisition at a higher level.
Ascended Careers are something a character earns after his time as an Acolyte. Previously in Dark Heresy, when a character reached Rank 8, there was no higher he could climb. In Ascension, such a character can attain an Ascended Career and become a Throne Agent.
However, this event does not simply happen overnight! It may take many months or years of special training, cleansing of the mind and body, or even an encounter with the shadowy Officio Assassinorum before such a character is ready to begin his duties as a Throne Agent.
To represent this separation, Ascension introduces a new element named “Transition Packages.” A Transition Package is a way to represent the challenges, trials, and triumphs your character has gone through in order to emerge as a trusted member of the Holy Ordos themselves.
After you select your Transition Package, the character is ready to begin his Ascended Career, and Ascension provides a very large variety of such options: there are 12 full Ascended Careers in the book, a list of which is provided below!
Ascended Careers
Crusader Death Cult Assassin
Desperado Hierophant
Inquisitor Interrogator
Judge Magos
Primaris Psyker Sage
Storm Trooper Vindicare Assassin
Interrogators and Inquisitors
“I come to set straight that which is twisted; to cleanse that which is unclean; to judge he who is guilty; to punish he who has sinned. These things I do in the name of the most Holy God-Emperor of Mankind, and I do them gladly.”
–The ‘Missive to the Damned’, issued by Lady Garielle of the Ordo Hereticus by way of planet-wide vox-cast, upon her arrival on Fenksworld
As the lead developer for Ascension, one thing I was very keen on was to provide Dark Heresy players with the option of taking on the role of a full Inquisitor right from the start. With the exception of the Tech-Priest (who gets his own Ascended Career with the Magos!), all of the Dark Heresy Careers have the potential to become an Interrogator or Inquisitor in Ascension.
The powers and responsibilities of the Ascended Careers are a good fit for the retinue of an Inquisitor of the Holy Ordos, including the Interrogator Ascended Career. Interrogators are, in a way, “apprentice Inquisitors,” learning the ways of the Ordos under the direction of their master. Some Interrogators are quickly raised up to the rosette and become a full Inquisitor in short order (in Ascension, this is represented by a number of Transition Packages).
The investiture of an Inquisitor is a significant event, so I knew that we needed to make the Interrogator a valid Career option as well for those players who would prefer to roleplay the acquisition of their rosette during the course of their campaign. Therefore, you will find some options for a Throne Agent to begin as an Interrogator and eventually become an Inquisitor when the time is right. This way, the book allows for multiple approaches to becoming an Inquisitor, and you can choose the path that works best for your Dark Heresy campaign!
Ascension Wallpaper #1
As a special bonus, this week you can find the first of four special Ascension wallpapers on the Dark Heresy support page! Enjoy!
The Next Step
Stay tuned to the FFG website for more exciting details about Ascension and other upcoming Dark Heresy books. While Ascension is an amazing sourcebook that lets you experience Dark Heresy in a whole new way, that does not mean it replaces Dark Heresy, nothing could be further from the truth. We have an unbelievable schedule of Dark Heresy books lined up that will have your acolytes adventuring for years to come.
The quote formatting did strip out the table that the careers were in, so it's "Desperado" and "Heirophant" instead of "Desperado Heirophant", and so on.
Although, the thought of a gun-slinging, just-walked-out-of-a-Western-movie, high-ranking priest of the Cult Imperialis amuses me.
All things wash away, but blood stained the sun red today. -- Metallica, "Ronnie"
My Blood Angels, Grey Knights, and Dark Eldar.
New WHFB project. And new 40k project.
The only thing I don't like about this newsletter is the fact that they've hired the guy who did that terrible "First Armageddon War" with Grey Knights whose heads and arms are like 1/20 of their body.
Other than that, awesome. Seriously, FFG is the best company to buy to Dark Heresy and Ross Watson is the best developer they've got (the WFRP team, not so much).
Ladies and Gentlemen, We can now play an Inquisitor and his retinue from the =I= codices. Heck, we can play some of the Elites. That and the Vindicare are the definition of sweetAscended Careers
Crusader | Death Cult Assassin
Desperado | Hierophant
Inquisitor | Interrogator
Judge | Magos
Primaris Psyker | Sage
Storm Trooper | Vindicare Assassin.
I wonder if the Primaris Psyker will have the ability to boss around guardsmen.
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Because this seems to be the thread for RT too (time to change the title?), and seeing that reds8n is not around, I'm gonna link this:
Hello, Rogue Trader fans!
This week I’d like to take some time to talk about our next upcoming book for the Rogue Trader line, Lure of the Expanse.
Lure of the Expanse is actually three linked adventures in one book: Eye of the Needle, The Heathen Trail, and The World Beyond. Each adventure can be played individually, or linked together to form a grand Endeavour that will see the Explorers travel across the Expanse, striving with their competitors, and risking their lives and profits to become legends of the Expanse.
The first adventure begins in the disreputable port of Footfall, at the far end of the Maw. Footfall is where the Koronus Expanse begins, the first port outside Imperial authority. Footfall is a freeport established by the Rogue Trader Parsimus Dewain, and has quickly evolved into a lynchpin of operations within the Expanse. It’s location at the end of the Maw makes it a vitally important station, but does not mean it is a safe place to visit.
Footfall is technically “ruled” by its liege, although the real powers behind the throne are the shadowy organizations that have a stake in the lawless port. Lieges who have exceeded their very limited authority have ended up replaced very quickly by a liege more amiable to suggestions from his hidden backers.
The situation is further complicated by ancient tradition that states that the station is actually ruled by the most powerful Rogue Trader who happens to be in port. Some Rogue Traders, such as the notorious Calligos Winterscale, take this authority literally, and when he is present he presides over the port like an Imperial governor. Most Rogue Traders, however, take a hands-off approach, and so long as the powers of Footfall do not interfere with their affairs, they are happy to leave those powers to their own devices.
Eye of the Needle includes a detailed gazetteer of Footfall, with enough information that GMs can create their own adventures in the lawless port, as well as expanding on the Eye of the Needle adventure if the group wishes. As one half of the ‘gateway’ into the Koronus Expanse (the other half being Port Wander), Footfall promises to be a vital part of many adventures in the Expanse, and beyond providing exciting adventures, Lure also contains vital information about this nefarious port...as well as other fascinating locations throughout the Expanse.
Stay tuned for next designer diary, when I discuss some of the design philosophies behind the Lure of the Expanse adventures. Until then, I wish you clear space and fair sailing!
Auesome! I wonder if the Psyker sage fits with the Temple Calix Psyker?
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Greetings, Dark Heresy fans!
This week, I would like to talk more about some of the cool stuff you will find within Ascension, the new upcoming sourcebook for Dark Heresy. Specifically, I’d like to talk a bit about Mastered Skills and Paragon Talents.
During the development of Ascension, one of the first things we did is create some Rank 8 Dark Heresy characters to get an idea of where most characters would be coming from as they begin their journey towards heeding the higher call. It quickly became apparent that the character sheet was quite full already, and we knew that in Ascension, we needed to address that issue while still bringing something new to the table. That’s where the idea for Mastered Skills and Paragon Talents came in...
“Knowledge is power: power beyond that of guns, or swords or thronging armies. It is power because in a realm of ignorance those with knowledge are lords of all.”
–Corwanius Tare
The purpose of Mastered Skills and Paragon Talents is to give ascended characters abilities that reflect the status and position they have achieved. These abilities are deliberately powerful and approximate the qualities of many lesser abilities that can be acquired separately. They are the abilities of true lords and masters of the Imperium in their chosen paths. They are also intended to reduce the number of entries on a character sheet and remembered or referenced by a player. It is intended that ascended characters have fewer, more powerful abilities, with a greater scope of application than characters created from the Dark Heresy rulebook and other Dark Heresy supplements.
Mastered skills represent a character’s mastery over a broad area of endeavour which contains a number of individual skills. Mastered skills replace a number of individual skills, or skills with a number of skill groups with a single Mastered Skill. This grants the character a bonus to all of the skills that is replaces. Mastered skills can also be used in conjunction with a number of characteristics depending on the type of skill test being taken. Mastered Skills also allow for the possibility of a character having a particular speciality within a Mastered Skill.
For example, a character may have had the Acrobatics, Climb, Contortionist, Dodge, and Swim Skills, all at different degrees. When he purchases Athletic Mastery, however, he would remove all of these individual skills from his character sheet and simply use the bonus granted by Athletic Mastery to all of the skill tests that would have been covered by the individual skills.
Paragon Talents work in much the same way as Mastered Skills, replacing a number of related Talents and usually grant a further benefit in addition.
The following is an example of one of the Mastered Skills found in Ascension:
Decadent Mastery
Replaces: Carouse, Gamble, Performer (all skill Groups),
Decadent mastery is the fruit of a life spent in epicurean indulgence and reflects expertise in imbibing all forms of intoxicants, gambling, and revelling with abandon.
Ascension Wallpaper #2
As a special bonus, this week you can find the second of four special Ascension wallpapers on the Dark Heresy support page! Enjoy!
Are they reliable about online shopping and delivery? Anyone order anything directly from them?
P.S. About the first picture on that link - what is it with vindicares and Eldar warlocks of the female persuasion...
Wake me up when they FINALLY get around to Space Marines.
-Erik
My species, right or wrong
..might be a good year for you then eh ?
Oh, yeah. The most role-playable part of the 40k universe.
Player 1: I'll shot him.
Player 2: I'll slash him.
Player 3: I'll kick him.
Player 4: "Command, mission accomplished. Recover us. We're ready for next battle".
What I want to know is if love can bloom...Ladies and Gentlemen, We can now play an Inquisitor and his retinue from the =I= codices. Heck, we can play some of the Elites. That and the Vindicare are the definition of sweet
I wonder if the Primaris Psyker will have the ability to boss around guardsmen
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