Welcome to our new beginning.

In this thread, we will discuss the out-of-character matters relevant to the Rogue Crusade. I will explain the options available to you after you have a chance to explore the new game in-character.

You will notice that, as we are now inhabiting a new region, the GM's character name has been changed to

The Noctis Expanse.

Great imagine it changed to Eye of Terror. That would be a whole different book ;-)

This seems like one of those foundational events that goes on to establish a great big of Chapter character.

Black Dragons are headed by a Council of Sergeants, still executing the Captain's order 10,000 years later.

So we're finally here. After playing pregenerated modules and building our characters, we've finally reached the point where you are off the rails.

There are four different types of adventure you can indulge in now.
First, the 'Dark Heresy' style adventure. Use the skills of interaction, investigation, and knowledge to uncover mysteries.
Second, the 'Rogue Trader' style adventure. Engage in various bizarre profit-seeking shenanigans, similar to a D&D adventure campaign.
Third, the 'Only War' style adventure. Participate in larger-scale conflicts between factions, mostly of low tech levels. Could also call this the 'Fantasy battle tourist' missions.
Finally, Space Hulk. Throw reason to the wind and engage in bloody battles against a variety of foes.

As you learned from your Master of Arms, there are certain limits on your current armamant. You can expand your arsenel by making contacts with suppliers and by augmenting your ship's production facilities. Once these are available, spend Requisition to add it to your current wargear. This represents the armoury diverting its energy to your specific instructions; they only have so many staff, and preparing more potent gear takes more time and resources.

OK yeah that was a big mis-read on my part.

From the looks of it start with the hulk to get something to trade and thne go RT style on that planet to see we can get back on our feet.

The Only war style seems like a way to secure recruits once we come to the conclusion we are unable to escape the sector and need to build up the legion again from scratch.

And DH is surely rearing its head when mongering favors.

What are your thoughts folks?

At the minute mine are:

Space Hulk to get fuel for the ship.

Hive World for food, recruits and possibly manufacturing, depending on what we find there.

Feudal World possibly for recruits and food.

The mystery place I can only think may have a potential recruit. God knows what else.

I think the Space Hulk first, if we go to the order of needs I think fuel is likely most important.

I think our best bets are the Hulk and the Astropath.

From an in-game strategic standpoint, the Hive world is a potential long, drawn out hassle. If we get bogged down for years and the rest of the fleet and Chapter get destroyed, we, as the remnants, end up permanently understrength.

Without the resources to makes Astartes, recruits are only going to be useful as crew and serfs. Making contact with the feudal world might not be a bad plan after we hit the Hulk and the Astropath. Food, crew and a place to come back to later use a base in the Noctis Expanse. Maybe even collect the rest of the fleet and base the Chapter here.

Any questions before we move on to the first mission?

Hope I'm not being redundant here, but Requisition will work as before then?

Yep. Very similar, just explained in a different way.

What kind of transport assets are available? I assume basic cargo shuttles, but what about assault rams, drop pods, Thunderhawks and boarding torpedoes? Does Undoubted Benefit have teleporters and do we have access to beacons?

Typically homing beacons are associated with Terminator suits but anyone can use them.

And what about the Captain's Terminator armor? Can we commandere it while he's in suspended animation?

You have access to Thunderhawks and drop-pods for deployment.

Your ship has a teleportarium, but it is offline. Your Mechanicus detachment does not have the expertise to repair it.

The captain's terminator armour was damaged, and you currently do not have the capacity to repair it. Further, your surviving Mechanicus people are not advanced enough to activate Tactical Dreadnaught armour.

There may be more Terminator armour somewhere in the ship, but in the chaos the ship's inventory has become hopelessly disorganized. They will dig it out and offer it to you for use as they find it.

Read: When you get the renown and req points to get it.

So you guys want to move on to the mission?

Yeah. Juist got to toss an augury and need to know if i should push it. Might aid in the preparations.

Sure, and the Requisition points, or did I miss that?

So sitting on that sweet pile of xp and still having one psy power to pick. What do you guys think of picking up possibility shield. It gives me and pr (4) others a +10 on one roll per turn. It just costs me a half action but i think its a small price to pay to give us all a +10 at the start of every scene. Thoughts?

We also got to pick a leader for the mission. I think our tech marine is the best choice looking at the nature of the mission.

Stacking the bonuses is a good thing, so yeah I'd say so.  And the Techmarine leading is a good idea for this mission.  Plus Techies have access to unique oaths.

What's the range on the warp ghosts?

Its a fear 1 warp entity in downtime. I say in the same room/scene.

also edited my post. It has the potential most useful tool.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:21, Tue 28 Apr 2020.

Yes, you have a clip of witch bolt ammo.

Time for the oath, I believe.

So oath wise.

While i think looking at the nature of the mission Detrum would be a logical choice we are to diverse to make a guns only squad mode choice worthwhile. And the benefit isnt that good either.

Oath of Glory gives us a varied choice of squad modes and bonus renown. Kurba being tactical(?) and Kyros could lead this one.

Oath to the emperor i like as its +10 wp but thats only nice for me.

Astartes makes a nice varied one but we should start using squad modes then.

Leaving knowledge out as i led last time and Hrothgar also has led already so giving others a go first unless you don't want that. Then the +10 vs orks is again a nice bonus.

How much req boss?

I'm more than happy for someone else to be team leader. I've no interest in hogging the limelight. I'll post IC once we know what's going on, just to make it look like a decision from the substitute coach.

I'm not so interested in being leader on this one.  I'll take it if that's what the group wants, but I was thinking Kubra maybe.

Also, I'm thinking flamers are bad for this one, m'kay. Unless that is, we want to go down in a literal blaze of glory.

Heavy bolters though. I can fill the need for a flamer if it comes to that.

Um. Requisition. Yes.
I was sort of assuming you had your DW Era gear and were adding to that, or refunding it for its Req value.

Yeah that's basically what I'm talking about.  I mainly want to get a Power sword and some other gear maybe.

I took a las cannon on the last mission. And we got +5 req for the next mission at x-mass.

So 50 req then.

So Kurba or Detrum one of you want to lead? Thne we can pick an oath.

In reply to Brother Arkio (msg # 31):

If we're looking to use Squad Mode I'm a pretty good choice, I have Tactical Expertise and enough unspent XP to buy Strike Team Specialist.

Off to review Squad Modes...

So my 50 points of Req.

04 Astartes Harness
03 Grapnel
20 Cameleoline cloak
10 Vox Caster (so we  can keep i ntouch with the ship)
12 Auspex
01 Chrono

Do we want to take a muliti melta to melt through bulkheads?

Kyros' Requisition (50)

Astartes Power Sword 20
Astartes Assault Shotgun 7
Astartes Grapnel 3
Astartes Harness 4


I think we should get a Multi Melta, but held on by someone else.  Kyros usually flies through the breach.

I'll donate 16 points to anyone else's use, or for a team purchase, unless there's some gear that everyone on the squad should individually have.

Or maybe a breaching augur for Detrum? Works as well. If need be i can give up my cloak.

Aside from fluff the only real advantage Detrum would have has leader is the ignore jams. We already confirm RF on aliens and he doesn't have the fellowship for a lot of squad abilities. But I'm up for trying, or going in as second in command. Though I think Bulkhead Shears would be a better choice then augur, cutting would probably be better then drilling.

Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, I thinknwe might have lost our Devastator. I can pick up a Heavy Bolter, unless someone has a plan for a noisy scythe?

Yeah devastators tend to go poof in training. A heavy bolter would be nice i think. That and my smite/avenger should do well against the hordes we expect to run into.

As for leading. The mission has your name all over it and you and Kurba are the only two who havent led yet(and i believe Kyros made it clear he doesnt feel like leading) So just let us know if you wanna give it a go (We could take the bonus renown oath as its a lot better then the no jams imho)

As for what you wanna use to open the bulkheads your the tech marine your call ;-) I think a multi melta is even in our budget now and its also great for microwaving orks. Depends if you are better up close or at range i guess.

Req:
17 Bulkhead Shears
13 Siege Auspex
05 Cartograph
04 Astartes Harness
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39, 11 to pool

Don't think we have the renown for witch bolts. If we can I think everyone should take a harness, in case we need to drop down a shaft in an emergency.

As a result of your Librarians extremely successful prediction, you can have a single clip of witch bolt ammo.

Which i think we should give to Kurba.

Hmmm, what do you folks reckon. Heavy Bolter or Multi Melta?

I think heavy bolter, it'll be less likely to accidently crack/explode a container with a stray shot.

If we already have bulkhead shears, I think the Melta is redundant, go with the Heavy Bolter.

I vote Heavy Bolter as well.

I can take the Witch Bolts. We have the Req and Renown for a Plasma Combi Bolter - worth the investment for that one shot? I was thinking of taking a Plasma Gun for the Pen against tougher armored Greenskins but the Witch Bolts require a Bolter. I'm happy with a bolt gun, make no mistake, so it's just a question of Combi or not.

As for leading, I'll do it. Fellowship is 54, Command is at +10 with Tactical Expertise and Strike Team Specialist we should have access to a wide variety of Offensive Squad Modes.

Strike Team Specialist isn't super useful unless other characters have Forging the Bond. It's good for me, but there's no way I can let one of the Carcharodons use the Space Wolves' attack pattern.

The Red Scorpions offer the following Squad Modes, which I believe I can activate with a Command Test, with no modifier because we're Rank 3. Codex Maneuvers is pretty solid.

RED SCORPIONS ATTACK PATTERN:
CODEX MANOEUVRES
Action: Full Action
Cost: 4
Sustained: Yes
Effects: The Red Scorpions revere the Codex Astartes as a religious
text, sacred orders laid down by true servants of the God-Emperor
and integral to the strength and effectiveness of the Chapter. In
battle they can use the Codex to execute flawless attacks and
provide an answering tactic to anything the enemy throws at
them. The Battle-Brother’s Kill-team gains a number of re-rolls
equal to the number of its members each turn (measured from the
start of the squad leader’s turn to the start of his following turn)
reflecting the greater efficiency which the squad works together
while adhering to the Codex. These re-rolls form a pool which
can be used by any Battle-Brother in support range of the squad
leader and are replenished at the start of the next turn. Remember
though that a dice roll can only ever be re-rolled once and the
player must abide by the re-rolled result. This pool can be used to
re-roll Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill, Dodge, and Parry Tests.
Improvement: At Rank 4 activating this ability becomes
a Half Action. At Rank 6 this ability costs 1 less point of
Cohesion to activate.

RED SCORPIONS DEFENSIVE STANCE:
CORRUPTION RESISTANCE
Action: Half Action
Cost: 2
Sustained: Yes
Effects: Red Scorpions are naturally resistant to corruption
and daemonic influence, their purity protecting them to
a greater degree than those more “flawed” warriors of the
Adeptus Astartes. In addition to being able to detect the signs
of taint, a Red Scorpions Battle-Brother can steel himself and
those around him against it, through pure thought and an
unyielding will. The Battle-Brother and those within Support
Range gain a +10 to any Test to resist gaining Corruption
Points and a +10 to any Opposed Test (such as resisting
psychic powers) made against creatures with the Daemonic
Trait. In addition, while a Battle-Brother is benefiting from
this ability any Corruption Points he gains will be reduced by
1, or 2 if he is from the Red Scorpions Chapter.
Improvement: At Rank 4 the bonus to resist Corruption and
Opposed Tests with daemonic creatures increases to +20, at
Rank 7 Corruption Points are reduced by a further 1 point
(meaning Battle-Brothers receive 2 less Corruption Points or
3 less Corruption Points if they are Red Scorpions).

Those are some good tactics to put into use, definitely.

In reply to Kyros (msg # 47):

With Tactical Expertise we can all use the Rerolls.

I think Oath of Astartes might be the best all around package of Squad Modes unless we all take Chain Swords, in which case the Immediate Free Charge with Damage Rerolls from Furious Charge as Part of Oath of Glory is pretty stout.

and we should actually start to use the modes then. ;-)

We should. I just wish Strongpoint was more widely available.

Requisition:

Heavy Bolter: 25
Deathwatch Suspensor: 20
Chainsword: 5

Are we decided on Kubra as Team Leader for this mission?

I'm good with that.  And then we spend the group Requisition.

Seems like I'm it. Oath of the Astartes or Oath of Glory - I see the Acting Captain has taken a Chain Sword - Glory?

At the moment I have NOT spent Requisition.

I didn't have enough for a Power Sword. Considering getting Signature Wargear, but I'm spoilt for choice & can't decide what to do with it.

That I can't help with.

So, Bolt Gun with Fire Selector for me. Free so far. We already have Witch Bolts. Harness is 5. Chain Sword is 5. I have 40 to spend. You want them for a Power Sword and Back Pack ammo supply? Anything left I can use for grenades or Kraken bolts.

Kurba why no camo cloak for you? Arent you the sneaky git?

I can be, but no. I wore Scout armor at the outset because I was detached as a sniper.

I'm a Red Scorpion, we kind of hate camo. IF the Emperor wanted us to hide we'd have chameleon powers built in. The enemy needs to see the Emperor's Light being brought to them.

In reply to Kubra (msg # 55):

Just checked, I think I'm good-ish. The Heavy Bolter comes with a backpack ammo supply. Think I'll go with Air of Authority too, makes sense with me being acting captain. Cool toys can come later.

I'll get my req squared away tonight. It looks like I'm going to go with the Oath of Glory unless I hear otherwise.

So Req:

I have the Witch Bolts from the Talon pool.

• 5 Astartes Harness
• 5 Chainsword
• 15 Kraken Bolts
• 20 Storm Bolter
• 5 Shot Selector

Kinda off topic but had a late night thought. The color scheme of the specialists, the scale outline is in the "traditional" colors, so red outline for techies and blue for libbies. Shade could denote rank in their field or personal choice. Chaplains and apothecaries would probably need to do a grey base or just have the bases switched.

Is there a program of any kind that could do a paint up perhaps of the color scheme?

Yeah, I think there was. Let me look around later and I will try to find a link.

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/smp.php

The Bolter and Chainsword's Space Marine Painter

Hey guys, thanks for holding out hope for me.  I got slammed for a long while, but I'm finally getting my free time back and will rejoin you.   I'll do my reading, but are there any big points you want to bring to my attention?

Welcome back.  We're about to invade a Space Hulk filled with Orks and other stuff, so figure that in with your gear choice.

Welcome back dude. I've been holding your Heavy Bolter for you, need a make a slight edit to a post though and might have to re-think my requisition.

Grab a chainsword _ I just made an Oath of Glory. We're Charging!

Welcome back brother.

We are going to grab some fuel from a drifting Hulk expecting greenskins led by a painboy.

Awesome, I'm glad I took a flaming chainsword as Signature Wargear.   I'm not sure I have the Renown for advanced gear considering how much I missed, so I'll stick to initiate stuff.   Any objections to me bringing a heavy flamer?

Here's my requisition, assuming it's 50 like everyone else;

• Astartes Harness (4)
• Heavy Flamer (15)

That leaves 31 for the pool, plus the 27 earlier for a total of 58.  I would like to motion for the pool to be used to pick up an Astartes Signum for that extra +5 BS across the team, and a Signum Link for anyone who wants Gang Up bonuses at range.

If anyone is opposed to me bringing a flame weapon,  I can grab a Signum Link instead. (Which should leave 53 points for the pool)
This message was last edited by the player at 03:13, Tue 12 May 2020.

We don't have the Renown for the Signum, I don't think. We're Respected but that requires Distinguished. Moreover, with the casualties among our Nechanicus Adapts and the limited resources of Undoubted Benefit there may not be one available.

Noctis Expanse, is there a Signum and Signum Links in our stores and can we Requisition them?

Oh, shoot.  I keep mixing up the Renown tiers, thank you for the correction.

Yeah, definitely going Heavy Flamer then.   Nothing takes ork nobs out of a fight quite like burning burning Promethium, a -20 Agility test and a Willpower test that is not fear-based.

Let's see what Nocturn expanse has to say about availability. We do have the acting Company Captain with us...

Wasn't there a rule you could take stuff of higher renown for a higher price?

Also maybe take some backup weapon for the situation where the flamer isn't desirable? We are doing a fuel run after all. Plasma gun or some such maybe?
This message was last edited by the player at 05:59, Tue 12 May 2020.

I heard it was reactor fuel.   That usually means MASSIVELY shielded,  plasma- inducing compounds in coffin-sized vessels that (once opened) are fed into the engine by a drugged-up sacrificial crew (or servitors) who get sealed into the containment as their radioactive cargo cooks their flesh.   A little Promethium is going to be less hazardous than high- caliber bolter rounds.

If it doesn't look like we can take a Signum, I can take an Immolation Rifle from Rites of Battle (which specifically DOESN'T light things on fire or damage inorganic materials).

Sneaking in to take post 2000k   It also nets us 2000 bonus xp? Not that im a sucker for begging for xp but i just like it ;-)

In reply to Xander (msg # 75):

I just assumed it was a little GM hand waving for this one, simplifying what theoretically should be a massive undertaking requiring specialized docking facilities or ships.

In reply to Xander (msg # 75):

Now that your back, shouldn't you take the Heavy Bolter with it being standard issue for you (and you probably have abilities that make you more effective with it)? I can grab the immolation rifle and some other bits & pieces, as well as remembering my special issue bolt clip.

I don't really get abilities to enhance the heavy bolter until Rank 4.  Right now,  with his Salamander heritage, Xander is a BEAST with a heavy flamer (3d5+7 Horde Damage per attack) and can pick off anything farther away with his bolt pistol.

Heavy bolter has more range, but hits less (Only inflicting #Hits+1d5+1 to hordes)  and just doesn't have enough punch to be worth it against enemies that are largely immune to suppression (like Orks and Tyranids).  Orks also don't build long straight hallways in near orderly lines; everything is either cavernous or chaotically cramped, unless it's looted, so range wouldn't be worth much.

If we were up against Eldar or Tau, I'd totally agree that it's better, as volume-of-fire trumps dodge/Shield effects any day.

Unfortunately a Signum is too advanced for your high school dropout Tech priest. Furthermore, you don't have one available.

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If you would like, I can spec the next adventure to feature one as a reward.

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Maybe we can find a new Tech Priest instead?

Xander, grab a reload or two for the Heavy Flamer.

Other than my Kraken Rounds, we don't have anything to penetrate heavy armor, do we?

If you have Target Selection (available at Rank 3) the Heavy Bolter is much more practical because you can fire into melee which means the Assault Marines can do their bloody work at the same time. While you can't do as much damage directly, the Squad can do considerably more total damage to both hordes and point targets. Another thought about the Heavy Bolter is that Tearing allows you what is essentially a free reroll of damage against point targets.

Tangentially related, am I wrong for wanting a Reaper Autocannon, like in the good old Legion days?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:20, Wed 13 May 2020.

Someone is spouting heretical thoughts.

And Keep that flamer its a nasty little beast it seems.

Maybe just put the remaining points into melta bombs? Simple enough to use and it might help in a pinch.

In reply to Kubra (msg # 82):

That's a really good point, especially considering our team.  My current strategy, if allies are in melee and there are no other targets, is to draw my flaming chainsword and join them.

I second the motion for Melta Bombs.  Krak grenades should suffice against most problems,  but if we really need something to get wrecked that's the way to go.

We have 7 Cohesion, Talon. We'll have to make careful use of it.

I should tell you the ork horde's size.
Magnitude 30, which means that the Size and To-Hit modifier is +30.
Go forth, Angels of Death.

So are we thinking I keep my grubby mitts on the Heavy Bolter?

Yeah, though since I get one standard issue you can save the points and take mine if you want.

How far from the drop pod to the horde/trukk?

In reply to Xander (msg # 88):

Nah, I don't mind paying the Req for it. It seems a bit gamey otherwise.

Speaking of Req, kind of. I'm also grabbing a clip of Hellfire bolts as my Tactical mehren freebie.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:02, Wed 13 May 2020.

What's our Talon balance of Req? Acting Captain, pass out the grenades and Melta Bombs.

By my reckoning, we can afford 4 melta bombs, with 9 points left over.

I can sacrifice my cameo cloak if we need more. Though 4 sounds good. Excessive ammo for the rest and we are go.

you guys are murdering so hard i gonna do an opening smite and buff you guys later. Shock n awe baby!

At least the Trukk is a fairly big target.   You might still clip a wheel well, or at the very least between the legs of one of the orks marching by.

If Kyros started having second thoughts:


As the Assault Marine Kyros makes it a priority to be first out of the Pod, weapons drawn.  Even as the vile Xenos thing spoke he fired his jetpack and was flying headlong into the thick horde of green filth, his weapons becoming drenched in gore with his first pass.

+Engaging the Xenos Brothers.  Let the Dragons Ravage them.+ he adds, almost an after thought as he lays into the Orks, reaping a heavy toll.

'Wait...they were just sitting here in the middle of space.  I mean sure, they're Xenos, and we're supposed to hate them.  But were they doing anything wrong?  We blasted into the Hulk with a Drop Pod rigged with explosives and here I am, flying through them, lopping off heads and limbs...Are we...have we become the bad guys?'

No-one ever said the Empire were the good guys. Except, well..the Empire.

I usually say the Empire is the worst example of governance in the galaxy.  And without it, humanity would be in a far worse state.

It's the worst...except for everything else.

That was always the Emperor's point. "I am a brutal dictator, but it is because it is necessary. There is no other option that allows humans to survive."

The veracity of that statement is, as yet, unverified... Blam! Heresy!

You are about thirty meters from the trukk. You are about fifteen meters away from the nearest part of the horde.

Might be a few days before I can respond.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:04, Fri 15 May 2020.

Is there a way to skirt the horde to get to the trukk?

They're all around it, but they're not a close - packed phalanx. They are just milling around until they get an action. Moving through them will require a check to shove them aside or deke through them.

From the way the hallway is described,  it seems like the entire floor is one big conveyor belt.   Are we standing on the belt too, or is there stationary floor lining the hallway?  Also, how fast is the belt moving, and which direction (relative to our insertion point)?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:44, Tue 19 May 2020.

There are thin walkways on either side, about two meters across.
There is a thin ribbon of stationary floor, about a meter across, between two conveyor belts.
They are both moving 'forward,' towards your destination, at about walking pace.
They are perpendicular to your insertion point.

Which way do we need to go to get to the first fuel dump?

Yeah I'll have Kyros hold off and see what you'd like done before he acts.

Yeah i am also waiting for orders.

You would need to go along with this conveyor belt, towards where the orks were headed.

Before I fly off, is there a particular horde or target I should hit Kubra.

The horde between us and the fuel. Oath of Glory is objective based and we don't have a ton of time or resources to invest in fighting orks. We need to get the fuel and get on with getting back to the rest of the Chapter.

This mission is going to be a struggle between choosing whether to fight or keep moving. You will have to manage the threat, but also keep accomplishing your objectives.

Can I suggest Xander hits the trukk with his Heavy Flamer? Since its open topped, it should cook the driver and anyone else crazy Orkish enough to clinging on to it. I'll turn the Heavy Bolter on the horde between us and the objective.

Yeah,  I'll handle the truck and the rear.

Do i have all allies within 20 meters?

Yeah, about that.

Thats a Yeah as we can make up distances? ;-)

Yeah, you can make up distances. 20 m is fine.

I would like to update tomorrow.

Just travelling home from a work course. I'll get a post done while I'm on the long train journey.

So this just clicked.



+10 to one roll. It doesn't mention what sort of role. So technically we could add this bonus to the (horde) damage roll? That makes this power as scary as some of the other powers that are as expensive to cast.

I'm going to call baloney on that interpretation.  No same GM would allow that logic, because then you could end up with hordes of guardsmen followers shooting lasguns with the force of an Astartes Heavy Bolter, and the game balance goes out the window.  The first enemy Psyker we cross who used that power would TPK us faster than you can say "roll Perception".

Wait wot? You dare to call game balance? If any system has none of that its the whole 40k range. Hell a guardsman with a multi melta or lascannon can TPK us with ease. Its limited to PSy rating allies so no hordes but the fact that it was not changed in the errata makes me wonder how 'wrong' my interpretation is.

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be skill rolls, not damage rolls.

The GM has spoken.

Who's where and which horde is eliminated?

I thought Kubra had charged toward the FRONT and am not sure who's fighting what.

I believe the rear is dealt with and now its just the front thats left ANd even there juststragglers an the moral dilemma

These are space orks, right?

Yes, they are.

We still need to travel along the conveyor to reach the first fuel cache, correct? How far/long is it - we need to give Sister Caladreia an update.

It should be approximately 1 kilometer, depending on where the drop pod deposited you.

Kubra or someone, make an Intimidation check +0 to elicit temporary compliance from this ork.

Do not forget my +10 that should still be active at that time.

13:11, Today: Kubra rolled 85 -- 1 degree of failure using the Only War system with a target number of 84.  Intimidation (Str) 34 + 20(Armor) + Unnatural Str (20) + 10.

Are you fucking kidding?

I don't think I've ever done enough dmg to bring something down exactly to a life/death threshold.

We still have Orks inbound behind us too, don't we?

but as we went fast and they didn't have red ones we where faster and it was far away to start with.

Yeah, you left them well behind you. They are not in sight right now.

And there's a flammable fuel cache of some sort in here? (Looking at you Xander, ok, well not just you, explosive bolts and all. But mainly you :D )

Got it, precision attacks.

Should I just go ahead and make an attack?  Since we want him going after the rear flank, I figured it would take at least a round to get there.

I think you should. Wasnt it somehow abstracted into the only war rules?

Cut 'em down!

I'm laughing so hard right now.  Xander tries to purge more precisely, switches to his pistol... and IMMEDIATELY jams.

The Emperor and the Omnissaiah have spoken: indiscriminate purging it is.

I'd fate point that.

Is the trukk currently crewed or just idling?

Crewed, and it is moving forward slowly.

werent jams 96+ though? Like auto fails for psy powers or is my muscle memory defective?

You're not entirely wrong, but that's only on single shot, my dude.  Book says full auto/semi auto attacks jam on a 94-00, standard ranged attacks jam on 96-00.

Should have gone with a called shot

At what range bands are the enemies?

Everyone except kyros is at short range to the door.
You people are currently medium-range from the Orcs on the ground and you can't see anything else from where you are.

Kyros and the door are
Short-range from the Orcs on the ground. Medium-range from the Orcs on the gangplanks.
Medium range from the tower.

Let me know which one I should hit.  I'm thinking the ones up higher would be the best to go after.

The gangplanks seem a good option although you may be op there alone for a while as you have the only jet pack.

@Noctis Expanse - the Nobs from the horde we just destroyed are at short range, correct?

The nobs are short range to everyone except Kyros. He is Engaged with them.

I probably should stay with them then instead of turning my back on them.

Probably a solid plan but we might not want to be shooting at them - I don't have Target Selection yet. Maybe we can keep the horde inside the room off your back instead.

With my bubble i think anything needs to get into our short range to actually be a threat. So go kill stuff.

Made a quick edit to my post to add in Kyros's reaction.

So if I'm reading this right, Kyros took damage from a mob in melee and the Nob's Snazzgun?

Mob = 14 damage to the body Pen 2 (Kyros takes 0, TB 8, Armor 10-2) Kyros takes nothing

Snazzgun = 10 Damage Pen 9 to the head (Armor reduced to 0, TB 8) 2 damage.

They made him bleed his own blood!  Oh they messed up now!

Before I post, is it appropriate to say he goes into a Frenzy, or will he need the time to work up to it?

Yes, that seems right to me.

Yes, you can get all Frenzied up now if you like.

I'm going to update on Monday at the latest.

Oh, and something else.

I want to get started working on the next adventure.

Early on you said you wanted to check on the Hive world next. That would mean a Dark Heresy style adventure. Is that what everyone wants?
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:38, Sat 01 Aug 2020.

That would be cool.  Hive Worlds can be similar to Space Hulk, once the mystery is solved.

Yeah, a Dark Heresy type adventure sounds good.

Ahhh...I think I have to light this candle.  Kyros is covered in promethium and standing in it, there's the last nob above him, and he has a jetpack while in frenzy.

What do you think?

Make a Willpower +0 Check to avoid immediately immolating yourself.

Letting the dice decide...yeah, I'd say that should be the way.

16:43, Today: Kyros rolled 17 -- 3 degrees of success using the Only War system with a target number of 44 ((17)).

Alright, I'll let that be my guide.

I don't want to be that guy, but what about the power field on his sword? They're always drawn as crackling electrical things.

He was hit by a spray, not completely and evenly doused.

I'll be on vacation from this Friday and be back and able to post on Monday.

OH nice long weekend. Enjoy

Updating tomorrow.

Lies!!

Yeah yeah I'm tzeench himself.

*prostrates himself*

Get up. You don't worship Tzeench. What are you, a Blood Raven?

How long to get to the nest?

1 half action.

Man that where scary high rolls on those phenomenas and warps. I think in the end we got away lucky.

*Looks at post 172 with a raised eyebrow* Coincidence that Arkio's power goes kablooey after that comment?

Are there horde Orks near Kyros?

Yes, there is a horde on the catwalks.

Arkio, the energy damage ignores armour. You can maintain the shield this round, but it will cause an even bigger explosion at the start of your next turn. Ultimately, you can shut it down and keep the damage minimal.

I got 10 Toughness bonus so I'm good.  Still fighting this fucking bolt pistol, though.

In reply to Noctis Expanse (msg # 181):

Seeing my rolls lets not supercharge the shields explosion.

I would like to update tomorrow or Monday at latest.

Might not get toake a post before tomorrow. Got a bit of RL to take care of, but Hrothgar and the hound are gonna keep on horde whupping.

Okay, I'm bored with this room so we're going to move on. You guys are basically won the battle anyway.

Has anyone wondered who we ticked off to get starships that basically run on gasoline?

Well, it all started when the emperor wanted to create a web way for Humanity. Some stuff happened, but it turns out that now you're stuck with ancient technology that it is forbidden to improve upon.

I meant other chapters and the navy get plasma reactors and we get ork grade engines.

You're stealing the stuff that makes the plasma engines go. It's like the fuel of the fuel.

I feel like thats something a Techmarine should know :D

So I'm not hearing a consensus. Let's have one vote for each member of the team. You may abstain. Mission leader gets tie-breaker.

Kurba who has lead hasn't signed in since august 6th. So i think its safe to assume RL got him and he will not do any tie breakers. Maybe pass lead to Detrum? I do feel we are lacking someone leading the way ic and we end up just waiting for stuff to happen.

But well my agrument against overwhelming fire stands so go for a 'side way'

****, you're right. Okay, yeah. Detrum should be squad leader now. No objections I hope.

No objections.

Kyros pretty much said his preference in the last post, but to specify, he wants the main gate.

Gee, if only we had tools to help us try and map whatever the hell the orks did to this place :)

GM, can we still contact the ship? And have they been updating my cartograph as they've been scanning?

Yes, you can still contact the main ship. The best way is to relay it through your Thunderhawk, but you can easily contact your Thunderhawk.

Just an odd thought. We are in power armor. Would exposing the ship to hard vaccuum not be in our benefit? Orks have a hard time breathing and we can kill em off at ease.

Not going to say you can't do it. The hull is thick, there may be safety measures still operating, but if you want to try it you can.

So did anyone pick up the new Codexes?

Clears his mind. You mean i can cast again boss? As i was 'spell locked' for 3 hours.

Yeah, you can cast again.

SO with all the silence. When are we arriving? At the same time seems like a nice moment. So we can hide while they set up their trap and then spring it on them from behind ;-)

If we know where he's headed & we can get there first, I think we should do that. Then we can hide while they do their thing & ambush them when it suits us.

That wasn't in the options/

Ah yeah, missed that bit. I'd say at the same time as him then. Gives him & the boyz less time to prep for our arrival.

Next best thing to an ambush, I guess.

Does anyone have any questions about the situation?

The Horde numbers, composition and position definitely helped.

Proposal.  Snipe the Weirdboy, I'll fly to either one of the balconies or maybe the nest and hit it.  Might go the ironic route and have him fly to the one that favors Shootas and settle the argument?

We lost Xander too? Last post is in September.

I think Hrotgar should take the witch bolts and i can either give you guys a +10 on one roll or do the bubble. Which depending on the scale of things might or might not work. After all everything within 20 meters negates it.

I think a lot of people on rpol are very busy right now. Most of my games have slowed right down.
You guys can plan as much as you want, but once you've decided you can roll initiative and post with your first action.

Where are we in relation to the main fuel storage?

Other side of the big door.

I can take the witch bolts if you guys like, but in the HB I'll burn through then pdq. I'd say when were outnumbered in such a target rich environment I'm more suited to crowd control. Thoughts?

THey would go into your regular bolter. And its just for the special target. I would take it but i cant hit the broad side of a battle cruiser when im in it ;-)

Just wondering, if we're going to be on our ship for a while should we create it using the RT ship creator system?

Yeah, okay. The ship is an Astartes Strike Cruiser. Is there a 'basic model' for that?

I'd have to have a look, but we can probably skip the profit making stuff & load up on the dakka dakka.

I'll have Kyros launch once you blast the weirdboy.

There are none but maybe this?

Also as it might be missed. What are the distances to targets? I get the feeling of a massive room from the description but if its only 20 meters my bubble sort of is moot ;-)

Right, right. You are in Short range with the hordes on the upper tier.
Medium range from the weirdboy, the nobs and their supporters, and the mekboy on the upper tier.
You are in long range from the hordes on the floor and from the shoota nest.

Damn, messing with our ship has got me wondering if Battlefleet Gothic 2 is worth getting hold of. Anyone?

I got the demo from the bay and i didn't really like it. Though it did really feel like playing the tt game it just didn't click with me.

Shall i push a smite on the weirdboy? 7 meter radius blast means he will not be able to dodge it and 7d10x10 damage should fry it almost for certain but i might summon a demon looking at how i roll lately.

In reply to Brother Arkio (msg # 224):

Go for it. If a daemon does show up we can let it slaughter the orks then mop up the survivors :D

I'm just a bit confused. Can I let rip with the witch bolts, or is my first round taken up by reloading & aiming? Just checking in case you guys are waiting for me and I'm waiting for round 2

I think you can assume you got the bolts loaded. We got the drop on them after all.

And i forgot to post. Bump me if i havent by the end of tomorrow. Bed time now but its demon summoning time ;-)

Just saw the 16sec trailer made by the creator of the Astartes videos. All I can say is "Holy. Shit..."

But no link. You and your world need an exterminatus called on you!!!

The direct link got pulled for some reason. But, there's a review in which the trailer gets shown.

And not even a link to that!!!

Shame! Shame! Shame!

Jeez, alright. But I refuse to wipe your butt for you :D

https://youtu.be/0BNJ7N7HpgI

In reply to Hrothgar (msg # 232):

But will you wipe the drool of my chin?

I approve of the Ork punching.

they need to pay that guy to make a full licensed movie. though i am not sure if my heart can take that much adrenaline.

And the 'nid shanking, can't forget the 'nid shanking.

I'm going to try to update tomorrow.

Sorry about any confusion, probably should have just used the last line under my dmgs.

Can we dodge? Its implied by remembering us no parry but i thought we where just fucked in general or am i wrong?


nvm adding the horde damage rules to the psy powers explained what iwas to lzay to look up ;-)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:00, Mon 07 Dec 2020.

Can anyone remember which oath we took? I'm thinking this many orks might need a good dose of squad mode.

Seems final consensus was oath of Glory.

So with all the orks practically inside the bubble want me to swap it out for the +10 on any one roll for everyone or shall i just flame on?

Happy Sanguinalia everyone! Everyone gets 200 experience!

Happy Sanguinalis!  May you have numerous heretics to smite this day!

https://youtu.be/jaLCzwRac2g

At this point it's all about taking them down as fast as possible so we don't get overwhelmed. My vote is for crispy xenos.

How are we doing, Battle-Brothers?

Standing by

ALive and ready to slay xenos.

And realizing my burn post never got made.

Yup, here (well, at work) and ready to smite greenskins.

I'm going to update on Friday, so if everyone could get their post in we'll be on our way.

Just to get this right in my head. We are standing next to a massive tank of fuel and got explosive weapons and fire at the ready.

I take it promethum isn't supposed to be green. Does it look like there's something fouling it from in the room or is it coming from the pipes green?

It's been adulterated by something. You were in a room a bit ago where it was being diverted from the pipes, and it was still fuel then. It's coming from the pipes green.

I'm assuming this is something Detrum would tell us. If so, is it time to go valve hunting?

YEah at this point i think its time for the techmarine to take the active lead and tell us what to kill and what to blow up and where we shoulnd't be putting explosive shells into.

We'll see what 7DoS gives us :)

I'm about to update, I've had a busy week. There's no need for further perception checks.

The Dentrites attack in melee right? Considering dropping the bubble in favor of either the +10 for everyone within 20 meters or being able to move and attack again.

So can I see what needs to be done/where to make sure we don't blow up the unconaminated fuel while still dealing with the cauldron?

Yes, the dendrites are all in melee.

The fuel is being pumped in from outside this room. If you mess up this room entirely, you will not break the Important fuel lines.

If no one else is gonna ask, the I will. Are we calling this enemy Dr Orktapus?

I'd like to move on by Monday at the latest, folks.

Questions.

Are those two that hit Kyros ones that he basically didn't parry (I assume he was attacked more than once)?

And based on the description, is he grappled?

Kyros was attacked more than once. I was under the impression that because they did so well that 1 degree of success didn't parry them. Either way he isn't grappled.

Actually for Deathwatch, the DOS isn't a factor for the parry or dodge.  Pg 242, Make a Challenging (+0) WS test, if successful the attack is considered missed.  Same for Dodge.

In Only war and Black Crusade you need more DOS for when an attacker has things like Lightning Attack and stuff.  However he would soak the damage anyway.

I'll post up his response in a bit, thanks.

Ugh, new rules = better. Okay, so Kyros is safe from being savaged by tentacles... for now.

Yeah you just have to succeed for each attack that hits regardless of DoS. But luckily you only have one of those so it quickly becomes an overwhelming thing when numbers come into play.

Kyros is being uncharacteristically slow at this.  Basically he doesn't know what's best to do next.  Should he just go after the Dok or the tendrils?

You have grenades, correct? Big boom hits everything :)

That and a shotgun!  That's right!

Tech said destroy so next turn i am going to smite the living shit out of this. MAybe push it a little to summon a demon to help us out and make shure the bubble really melts. d10x7 should help

Also did you take the +10 i give out each round on one roll? That might make it a hit.

Forgot that +10, so he definitely hit.

Hey all, I'll be going on vacation on Sunday, I should have access to the board, but might not be able to post as much for a few days.

Going to update on Monday.

In case it means something Arkio now has the probability field up not the force dome.

 This time, because most of the players seem to have gone walkabout, I'm going easy on you.

Sorry boss, figured you knew I'd moved house because of my putting it in the RT game. We're still waiting on Internet being connected here, it's like the freaking 20th century. On the plus side, I thin most of the admin is done. Next comes the renovating.

Managed to find a place in the new digs that I can hotspot from until my wifi is connected. Are we still in round 2? Just checking before I throw a post in.

This could be a decent chance to start a Chapter tradition of building a dragon's hoard of treasure and trophies.

I had the same thought. Dr ork-topus' tentacle anyone?

I dont think there is much throphy to get from the dok so tentacle trophies it has to be ;-) With a legendary tale on how we gotten our fuel from it.

Ok, so I have no idea how this would even begin to work. I assume normally there'd be some sort of gas tank that would normally take hundreds of mechanicus personal and specialized fuel transporters to fill. As for emptying...is the tank built in to the ship? Held in and ejectable in case of emergency, in which case my guess is it would be far far larger then our Thunderhawk and probably designed to blast away as far and fast as possible. Or are we going to just be pumping the fuel out into tanks on the hawk and just do many trips?

Bring the cruiser in close & do the 40k version of a replen at sea?

The T-hawk is basically dragging the fuel cannisters out into space where they can be retrieved, and the pipes are to suck up the loose fluids that aren't in containers.

I'll be away for a week. Prolly will not be posting. Need to clear the head of all the crap going on atm.

For how it works. Its plot armor ;-) We needed feul and did the mission so its done now right?

Upon return to the main ship one of the empty storages is turned to the memories of the dragon. And there a small prometheum tank is decorated with some whirring tentacles and a strange orcoid torso skeleton that has a smaller skeleton on its back. A constant memory of the chapters firs enemy and the throphy stolen from it for the benefit of the dragon and its hoard.

So not an apotechary here but for new recruits dont we need to be 10 years or so older as the gene seeds are not yet ripend in our fresh recruits?

Your geneseeds, when they are removed, will be sent back to your parent chapters. The DLs that have reached Battle-Brother rank have mature geneseed, but your company has a disproportiate number of new initiates who do not have mature geneseed or their black carapace.

It's my birthday but you get the presents. Everyone gain 100 xp.

I will have a post tomorrow.

Happy birthday, hope your able to do something you enjoy despite covid.

Happy Birthday!

Happy b-day.

So i put up a pitch for the actual mission Ic but none took the bait before we entered the warp.

Who wants to lead it? The Oath okay and you are in with the primary and secondary objectives? I know the secondaries are quite in the open but its more natural if they remain dynamic right.

Why don't we find out what the mission is before we decide on the oath.

Isnt the mission go to the planet and resupply and the secondaries is do whatever comes up during the wait or is needed to make them cooperate?

Yes, but who can say what those secondaries might be?

Me. I can. And I will. Soon.

Yeah flexible secondaries is what was planned. Its why i opted the general oath thinking we'd be doing that before setting off.

Anyhow who wants to take the lead? I think thats the one that should answer the comm right?

Teah, I think whoever takes the comm is IMO going to be the likely leader for the next mission.  Kyros is not so suited for this methinks.

In reply to Kyros (msg # 299):

Thats what i said. ;-)

Hrothgar you wanna take it? MY fel of 38 might not be enough for real socializing.

Yeah, if everyone's OK with that I will do.

Go for it.

I'm good for whoever.

I'll be away for a few days starting tomorrow.  I'll have access to the Internet, just maybe less opportunity to post.  Be back on Sunday night.

Enjoy.

And Hrothgar please pick up the phone ;-)

Hey all, I'll be on vacation starting this Saturday and go all the way to Monday 7/5.  I will have internet access and can possibly make a post or two.  I'll make sure I've posted up before I leave.

Enjoyeth brother

Brothers? Has the void eaten you?

I'm back!

Just wasn't sure what was happening next.

Sorry been very busy over the last little bit, and it turns out I didn't have this part planned as well as i thought. I will have an update soon.

Our lair is going to be a vault ship right? We are a void borne chapter after all.

A trophy room, a vault type place, yeah that would work.

So guys is it the holidays or are we slacking extra hard?

Well I'll be slacking extra hard as I'll be heading off for vacation. Will be back around the 1st.

Now that looks like a nice list of objectives to cover right?

So gonna do oath taking and get us some gear?

So oaths:

Hrothgar leads so we got a tactical boss.

Oath of Astartes feels thematically fine as we want to show we are one unit but we never really use those cohesion abilities.

Or even better we are here to make name for ourselves.

Oath of Glory and we will find so many secondary goals we can bump ourselves up to hero rank ;-)


How much Req are we getting?

I can't remember what I gave you for ork fuel mission. Your last amount + that.

We got 50.

THen we have +5 from the mission end and another +5 from the x-mass gift 2019.

So 60 then and we should keep track of req like renown?

Yes, because you're more like an adventuring party than members of Deathwatch, so the rules are going to be a bit different than standard.

So who wants to take lead on this?

As an extra thing, I think we should have targets of opportunity being unique lootables, 'treasure' for the Dragon's Hoard.

Did you lead already? This is in essence going to be a big assault.

And teriarry dragon hoard objectives sounds awesome. ;-)

Like the sound of the trophy objective. *Looks at the Req lists* Nope, still can't get that sweet, sweet terminator Armour.

I haven't led yet...not sure I'm suited.  You've seen Kyros in action.  What do you think?

The goal is to utterly obliterate an enemy. I am sure Kyros can lead us down that path.

Would we all want to take jump packs? If not i'll just stick to my cameo cloak and have to sit me down for the rest.

Also what are your thoughts on oaths?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:21, Wed 22 Sept 2021.

If Kyros leads he'd want jump packs on everyone I think, he has a hard time staying together otherwise.

If you guys say 'aye', I'll have Kyros lead...hopefully it won't be suicide.

Aye. Jump pack shenanigans around a hive sounds like it could be fun.

Aye will be fun times.

So what oath?

And Detrum any input?

So i was thinking to go with this:

01 Chrono
04 Astartes Harness
15 Astartes Jump Pack
20 Cameleoline Cloak
05 Data slate with all known relevant data.
05 Cartograph with maps of the hive.
10 Restraints

Also spend xp to get Pilot Personal to actually use it and Lore: Forbidden (Daemonology) cause i guess we will meet those ;-)

Hmmm....probably GM call on if servo arm can mix with jump pack. Camo cloak for sure though.

Hmm, weird idea. Not for a normal human, but for an Astartes, you can have 1 tendril and a jump pack.

I don't have tendrils yet, just a massive hydraulic arm that can lift a rhino :)

For Oath, I'd have to say Oath of Glory, I don't see it going any other way really.

In reply to Kyros (msg # 333):

We are here for glory so thematically i agree.

Erm...about that. Not sure about the rest of you, but that's not an option for us Tactical types.

In reply to Hrothgar (msg # 335):

Oh dang you are right. Seems i snagged it from the Rank 3 list thinking it was rank 2. So walking it is. Though drive is up for grabs.

Also gives me 15 req i have no immediate use for now. Maybe go back to the missile launcher?
This message was last edited by the player at 09:15, Sat 02 Oct 2021.

I'd have to look again, but I don't think it's an option for me at any rank. I guess former Skyclaws are considered to be still too crazy for Deathwatch kill-teams.

Probably not. We get it from the general rank 3 list.

Ah yes,just seen it after a quick re-read. We might have to spend a bit of Req on team wheels in that case. I vote Land Raider :D

How much req to have the skybreaker on call?

Boss?

I don't think I can be your GM any more.

This is hard for me. I didn't think I would ever get to this point, but it's become impossible to deny. Creating and running these games has never stopped being a joy for me, but I can't seem to convince myself to do it anymore. After I decided I needed to admit it, I felt relief.

I doubt it will be forever, but it's for the foreseeable future.

Your friend and game master,

LordIce

Aw sux mate. I had a blast here. See you around as a player then. I know the feeling i had it after my last game bled out and couldn't be bothered to start and run a new one for the last 3 years. Thanks for the run this far and letting us know you gonna stop instead of letting us just hang here. Takes quite the courage to do.

Please take care, it was fun while it lasted.

Damn. Thanks for the ride boss, it was a good run. Pretty sure this is my record for longest lasting game. Hrothgar will still be here, should you decide to pick up the reins again. Look after yourself.