Warhammer 40K PnP RPGs - Anyone Interested?

[Zinegata]

Hi guys,

Are people here interested in any of the 40K RPGs (Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Deathwatch)? With the coming of Death Watch I've been thinking of running a campaign over IRC, and this place seems to have a fair number of gamers and 40K fans

[Kheitain]

What style would you be looking to run? I've played Dark Heresy before, it was a fairly cool system.

[Zinegata]

It depends on the interest level, but I was thinking of a pretty high-level style game so we can add Space Marines to the mix if we want to.

I've done notes on an Inquisition-style campaign, and a more freewheeling Rogue trader-style campaign, and can probably run one or the other.

[Sinewmire]

Interested, yes, but on IRC timezones could be an issue. What's the plan?

[Hawkwings]

I've played before, and I'd be interested.

[Norade]

Count in one slightly mad sanctioned psyker with a fear of space travel.

[ZGundam]

I'd be interested.

[Zinegata]

I generally try to schedule to accomodate American time zones.

Before, I ran games that ran from 9pm EST to 12mn. Saturdays. How do your skeds look like?

Also, please pick a preferred campaign among the following (as I have some materials ready for the following):

1) Inquisition Campaign (Players get their own ship, characters are around Inquisitor/Rogue Trader rank, Space Marines allowed as part of Death Watch using previewed rules. Team must follow Imperium rules unless they plan to go Radical )

2) Rogue Trader Campaign (Players get their own ship, have Rogue Trader-level characters, and are allowed to engage in more freewheeling business ventures)

3) Low-level Dark Heresy Campaign/"Last Chancers" Imperial Guard campaign. Gritty and mission-based. I may ask for alternate characters for each player .

[Norade]

I generally try to schedule to accomodate American time zones.

Before, I ran games that ran from 9pm EST to 12mn. Saturdays. How do your skeds look like?

Also, please pick a preferred campaign among the following (as I have some materials ready for the following):

1) Inquisition Campaign (Players get their own ship, characters are around Inquisitor/Rogue Trader rank, Space Marines allowed as part of Death Watch using previewed rules. Team must follow Imperium rules unless they plan to go Radical )

2) Rogue Trader Campaign (Players get their own ship, have Rogue Trader-level characters, and are allowed to engage in more freewheeling business ventures)

3) Low-level Dark Heresy Campaign/"Last Chancers" Imperial Guard campaign. Gritty and mission-based. I may ask for alternate characters for each player .

I can play whenever, as for a campaign I wouldn't mind the first idea, but the low level one also works well. Either way I can build a character easy.

[Hawkwings]

I've always enjoyed low-level campaigns, starting out all high and mighty really doesn't feel as good as clawing your way up there.

Also, that time will probably not work for me. I am going to be very very occupied all day saturdays in the fall. Sundays are usually good though.

[Serafina]

I would be interested if we run an Ascension-Campaign (High-Level Dark Heresy, pretty much Option 1). The PCs start at Level 9, which is also the starting level of Death Watch.

[Soontir C'boath]

Yes, I'd be very interested in playing.

[Hawkwings]

Actually I'd be fine with high-powered option #1 as well.

May I suggest using OpenRPG for the tabletop-critical portions?

[Jaevric]

I would be interested as well. I've got the Dark Heresy campaign books and will get the others if need be. Saturday evenings would work well. No real preference on campaign type, though it'll impact the character I play.

[Sinewmire]

I generally try to schedule to accomodate American time zones.

Before, I ran games that ran from 9pm EST to 12mn. Saturdays. How do your skeds look like?

So that's 3am to 6am Saturday GMT? Sorry, don't think I can manage that.

[Zinegata]

Ok, so far Inquisition campaign seems to be most popular. I'll try to post up some campaign details by tomorrow.

Also, we'll be using a web-based application called Screen Monkey, and IRC dice-rolling scripts. It's a lot like Open RPG but without needing a seperate client software.

[Kheitain]

That means noon till 3pm sundays so that's a possibility, though I could be interrupted for work.
I'm planning on a about a week of camping in October before heading back to Canada so a good part of that month would be hit and miss for me.

[ZGundam]

I work on Sundays so I guess I can't play

[Zinegata]

Typing up a (somewhat revised) campaign intro that now includes the Death Watch. Going with the Inquisition Campaign as it seems the most popular.

Also, I'm afraid that I don't really have any other sked aside from Sat 9pm EST. I live in the Philippines and that's Sundays for me.

So... just to clarify the guys who are interested and can probably make it are:

* Norade
* Serafina
* Soontir C'boath
* Jaevric
* Khetain.

I'm willing to support as many as 8 players, as my experience in DMing over IRC tells me that there will be absences. And don't worry, I'm willing to work around people's skeds so they can still continue playing even if they've missed a couple of sessions (and have had enough experience with IRC campaigns to handle it).

[Norade]

How much experience would that give use to build characters with?

[Serafina]

How much experience would that give use to build characters with?

Ascension-Characters start with 13.000 XP.

You basically build an Dark Heresy Career up to that point, then you take an "Ascension Package" that provides everything from reduced Insanity/Corruption over Attribute Boosts to Psy Ratings. After that, you effectively switch careers to one of the new ones.
IMO, you can also take a Rogue Trader career up to the finish of RT-Rank 3, which is the equivalent of 13.000 accumulated XP.
Deathwatch is also supposed to start with an 13.000 XP equivalent, but the rulebook is not out yet.


The Ascension-Careers are:
-Crusader: A dedicated melee fighter and Bodyguard.
Available for Arbitrators, Assassins, Clerics, Guardsmen and Sororitas
-Death Cult Assassin: Advanced melee Assassin
Available for Assassins
-Desperado: Basically advanced Scum. Good mix of social, knowledge and combat skills
Available for Scum
-Hierophant: Religious leader with a similar mixture and good faith talents
Available for Clerics and Sororitas
-Interrogator: Inquisitor in training. Good knowledge skills, good contact skills, potential access to psy-powers. Very versatile.
Available for all but Techpriests
-Judge: Master of Investigation, also a good fighter
Available for Arbitrators
-Magos: Advanced Techpriest
Available for Techpriests
-Primaris Psyker: Extremely powerful psyker
Available for Imperial Psykers
-Sage: Master of all knowledge skills
Available for Adepts and Techpriests
-Storm Trooper: Elite ranged fighter, commando trooper
Available for Guardsmen and Assassins
-Vindicare Assassin: Ranged Assassin, but generally extremely dangerous
Available for Assassins and Guardsmen
-Inquisitor: Similar to the Interrogator, but slightly better. Generally the leader of the group. Interrogators can advance into Inquisitors, but you can also start as one.
Available for all but Techpriests

[Kheitain]

So where would these Ascension rules be?

Depending on how the game background goes I'm considering playing a Rogue Trader, that way I could well be the captain of the ship. I've a few other character ideas but that one was amusing me while I was at work yesterday

[Hawkwings]

There's in the book titled "Ascension"

edit: You want Rogue Trader so you can get that disgusting archaeo-tech laspistol.

[Zinegata]

Still finishing up the campaign stuff but...

The Inquisitors campaign will be a mix of Rogue Trader and Dark Heresy rules. And you can pick up stuff from both.

Not entirely sure yet if I'll start at Ascension or RT-1. What I generally do is allow the Rogue Trader class to be treated as the "Inquisitor" (because the last time I ran the game I only had Rogue Trader and not Ascension).

But if somebody's willing to play a Rogue Trader Captain who assists an Inquisition team, while we get a "proper" Ascension Inquisitor, that'd work too.

*starts editing notes and house rules*

[Serafina]

Well, i already have a character ready to go. A psychic Acolyte or Inquisitor (depending on the group) with an Adeptus Sororitas background (it makes sense in context).

Since we get our own ship, i would propose that we get 50 ship points - that is also in line with the amount of Influence we start with. That allows us to get a nice frigate, which is pretty appropriate for a new Inquisitor. Unless you really, really want to get a light cruiser, but then we start out with only 30 Influence and only 5 points to equip the ship. And Throne Agents can really use a good amount of influence.