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[VoidSlayer]

So how does character creation go? I have the Dark Heresy rulebook, but not the Rogue Trader one.

Let us start then on the origin path, Choose a homeworld!

Death world
Voidborn
Forge World
Hive World
Imperial World
Nobel Born

[Aseaheru]

Level three, I think it was.

We not using into the storm? If we are, there are some other options. Like:

Frontier world, Footfallen, Fortress world, Battlefleet, Penal world, and Child of Dynasty.

[My Name is Immaterial]

GM: What would a Best Quality Calculance Array be like?

And can you roll for Starting Profit Factor and Soup Points?

NO SOUP FOR YOU.

Aww...

Can I at least have ship points?
Also,

GM: What would a Best Quality Calculance Array be like?

[Stirk]

Alrighty, finally got that done:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Lucius
Point buy, 0 points: Might have gotten a bit min-maxy, the general idea was a man past his prime, thus possessing fairly poor physical stats but a good degree of skill and mental ability.

WS 30
BS 45
S 25
T 27
A 35
I 40
P 25
W 50
F 58

Imperial Home-world

WOUNDS
(2x T+d5)

FATE 3 on 8-, 4 on 8+

Savant (Logic, +3 Fel, -3 Tough)
Zealot (Favored of the Faithful, +5 Fel, Peer (church guys), -5 toughness
Dark Voyage (Resistance (Fear), +1d5 Insanity)
Devotion-Creed (200XP, +Charm and Common Lore, Inspire Wrath) (Storm)
Missionary

Backstory
Lucius was born an a pious Imperial world that had started its life as a missionary outpost. When he was young (loooong ago), he was sent off into the massive church that continued to run the planet, under the recommendation of a local religious leader impressed with the strength of his faith. There he lived a happy (if, uneventful) life copying religious texts and government orders until he became a young man. Once again, he was recommended for a new position, this time it was joining the other missionaries in forming a new colony. From that point on, his life was incredibly eventful. After talking down a riot in the newly found colony, he was singled out for his skill, strength, and bravery. In his long years, he lead or participated in a wide assortment of missions for the Emperor, from cutting down xenos scum and (as rumor has it) even deamons, to starting colonies, to rooting out heretics and apostates. Then the years started to catch up to him, one day he found he wasn't quite what he used to be and retired back to his home planet to do simple work as he had done in his youth. After many long years once again living a life of peace, he had a vivid dream of the Throne far away, and heard the voice of the God Emperor himself ordering him once again to the stars. Upon waking he immediately prepared himself for the journey, which eventually led him to his current position.

Skills
 Common Lore (Imperial Creed, Imperium) (Int), Forbidden Lore (Heresy) (Int), Medicae (Int), Scholastic Lore (Imperial Creed) (Int), Speak Language (High Gothic, Low Gothic) (Int), Charm, Logic, Dodge,

Talents:
Basic Weapon Training (Universal), Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Pure Faith, Unshakeable Faith, Resistance (Fear), Peer (church guys)

Stuff:
Staff (never gonna use it, not gonna bother stating it )
good-Craftsmanship Flamer Basic, 20M, S/-/-, 1d10+4, 2, 6, 2 Full, Flame, 6, Scarce
best-Craftsmanship guard flak armour All, 5, 5.5, Scarce
Good Shotgun (Persecutor) (Hostile Acquisitions) Basic, 35M, S/3/-, 1d10+4I, 0, 20, Full, Reliable, Scatter, Rare (Can be used as a shock staff)

, Ecclesiarchal robes, aquila pendant, sepulchre, censer and incense, micro-bead.

Exp:
200 (origin)
100 (dodge),
100+5 Will
100+5 Fel

[VoidSlayer]

You have rolled a 4 for the dynasty.  Middle of the road, 40 profit factor, 50 ship points.

This puts cruisers of any size out of your price range, but a poor quality frigate might still be yours at low low prices!

The ship also has Martial Hubris, +5 to BS tests, but -15 to tests to escape combat.

The ship is also Xenophilious, you must select one xenotech component.  You also have a -30 chance to repair the ship.  Also why do you have that you xeno loving pie---- <transmission cut>

The Aurorus Expanse is located inside the Ultima Segmentum but surrounded on all sides by difficult to navigate warp storms.  This effectively cuts it off from all but the most desperate or foolish, because even if a path could be found in, a way out would vanish.  However there is a stable warp gate, able to pass even the largest battleships, which was found during the first crusade.  This passes from the Calixis sector across half the galaxy.  While it still takes months to traverse the distance, it is done in peace and stability.

Every enemy of mankind was found on the most recent crusade, trapped in the expanse along with the few human survivors.  Tau scouting fleets, Traitor fleets, the ever present orcs, a Craftworld which seems to stay only in the expanse and at least 3 worlds subjected to exterminatus for undisclosed reasons.

Our Bravish crew so far:

Aseaheru as Herenton the VOIDMASTER (to do: Choose a voidmaster specialization, answer the six questions)

Ghazkull as Blightfang the Dirty Xeno Kroot (to do pair down your exp choices to 500 {you do not need to spend it all}, answer the six questions)

Cheesecake as the Rogue Trader

My Name is Immaterial as Sarvus the Seneschal (to do answer the six questions)

Criptfeind as Nathin the Astropath Transcendent (to do Answer the six questions)

Stirk as Lucius the Missionary

If anyone else wants to make a character feel free, I was looking for 5 but there is some wiggle room, particularly since we can split the part!  If you do not get in you can be a reserve for when rainbows and bunnies happens.

Six questions:


1. What is your Demeanor: Loyal and optomistic?  Unyielding and Bitter?  Sarcastic and seething with anger?

2. Why are you a leader aboard a Rogue Trader vessel?

3. Why does the Aurorus Expanse call to you?

4. What will you sacrifice?

5. What is your ambition?

6. What are your hatreds?

Uh did I miss anything?


@Aseaheru: You can use anything official, but I do not have it, so explain it.

GM: What would a Best Quality Calculance Array be like?

It would still only give +10 to commerce skill tests but it would be quiet, light enough to be pushed around on wheels  instead of on a track, could hook directly into some heretical tech maybe and might have a particularly helpful machine spirit.

[Tiruin]

PTW ._. All my knowledge of WH40k comes from both my older brother's expansive library of books, and the DoW games, and the online wiki (Lexicanum & WH40k Wiki).
Would love to make a character and/or play, but I've no idea how these things work. x~x

[VoidSlayer]

PTW ._. All my knowledge of WH40k comes from both my older brother's expansive library of books, and the DoW games, and the online wiki (Lexicanum & WH40k Wiki).
Would love to make a character and/or play, but I've no idea how these things work. x~x

You can play an arch militant, instead of knowing things your job would be to punch and shoot things, then lead other people in punching and shooting things.

Making a character is actually rather simple if you do not care about min/maxing.  Heck basically anything you choose will be playable, just have fun with it:

Let us start then on the origin path, Choose a homeworld!

Death world
Voidborn
Forge World
Hive World
Imperial World
Nobel Born

[Tiruin]

PTW ._. All my knowledge of WH40k comes from both my older brother's expansive library of books, and the DoW games, and the online wiki (Lexicanum & WH40k Wiki).
Would love to make a character and/or play, but I've no idea how these things work. x~x

You can play an arch militant, instead of knowing things your job would be to punch and shoot things, then lead other people in punching and shooting things.

Making a character is actually rather simple if you do not care about min/maxing.  Heck basically anything you choose will be playable, just have fun with it:

Let us start then on the origin path, Choose a homeworld!

Death world
Voidborn
Forge World
Hive World
Imperial World
Nobel Born

If this is to me (and wow, if this is to me then I'm SO ), I'd pick a Death World. But on my confusion about making a character--I've no idea what the books are! So that's more the trouble ._.

[Aseaheru]

Well, heres what every world does.

Spoiler: Deathworld/Frontier world (click to show/hide)

Deathworld gives:
+5 S, +5 T, -5 W, -5 F
Survival skill
Hardened(Jaded or Resistance(Poisons))
If it bleeds, I can kill it(melee weapon training(primitive))
Paranoid(-10 to all interaction skill tests in formal surroundings)
Survivor(+10 to resist pinning or shock)
1d5+2+(2x toughness bonus) wounds
2 or 3 fate points

Frontier grants:
+5 S, -5 I
Survival and Wrangling
-10 penalty to fellowship tests with strangers
May reroll any initiative roll but must take second result
Immune to xenos with fear(2) or fear(1), if it is higher it affects as normal
-5 to all interaction tests with members of the imperial cult
1d5+2 wounds
2 or 3 fate points

Spoiler: Voidborn or Footfallen (click to show/hide)

Voidborn gives:
-5 S, +5 W
Speak Language(ship Dialect)
when spend fate point roll d10. If 9, point is kept
-5 to all fellowship to non-voidborn(I think also includes footfallen and battlefleet. it should anyways)
Navigation(stellar) and Pilot(spacecraft) are untrained basic skills
Immune to space travel sickness
Zero and null-G are not difficult terrain
1d5+(2x toughness bonus) starting wounds
3 or 4 fate points

Footfallen grants:
-5 BS, -5 T, +5 A, +5 F
Common lore(Kotonus Expanse)
-5 penalty to scholastic lore not concerning Kotonus Expanse
Peer talent from list (Astropaths, the insane, Underworld, Voidborn, Workers)
Polyglot
Sixth Sense(Psyniscience given, but are NOT psykers.)
Rival(Inquisition)
1d5+(2x T bonus) wounds
3 or 4 fate

Spoiler: Forge world or Fortress world (click to show/hide)

Forge world gives:
-5 WS, +5 I
Common lore(tech), Common lore(Machine Cult) are untrained basic skills
Technical Knock talent
+3 to characteristic of choice
-10 to tests on imperial creed, -5 to fellowship tests to interact with Ecclesiarchy in formal settings
1d5+2+(2x toughness bonus) starting wounds
2 or 3 fate points

Fortress world grants:
+5 BS, +5 W, -5 I, -5 F
Secret Tongue(military) and Common Lore(war)
Hated talent, directed at whoever the world was against
Basic Weapons Training (Las or SP)
-5 on social interaction tests regarding non combat topics
Nerves of Steel
1d5+1+(2x toughness bonus) starting wounds
3 or 4 fate

Spoiler: Hive world or Battlefleet (click to show/hide)

Hive world grants:
-5 T, +5 F
Speak Language(Hive Dialect)as untrained basic
Crowds are not difficult terrain when running/charging
Techuse as untrained
-10 to survival tests and -5 to intelligence tests when outside of place with electricity, manufactured goods, solid roof
+1 to imitative
1d5+1+(2x toughness bonus) starting wounds
3 or 4 fate

Battlefleet grants:
+5 W, +3 F, -5 P
Common lore(imperial Navy) and Speak Language(Battlefleet)
+5 bonus to command tests while on spacecraft, any form of
Navigation(Stellar) OR Pilot(Spacecraft)
Void Accustomed
-2 to initiative and 2x BS penalty at long range+ if not in enclosed space
1d5+(2x toughness bonus) starting wounds
3 or 4 fate

Spoiler: Imperial world or Penal world (click to show/hide)

Imperial world grants:
+3 W
-5 penalty on forbidden lore tests
Common Lore(Imperial Creed), Common Lore(Imperium), Common Lore(war) as untrained basic skills
1d5+(2x toughness bonus) starting wounds
3 or 4 fate

Penal world grants:
-5 W, +5 P, +5 T, -5 F
Security as untrained basic
Deceive OR Intimidate
Peer(Underworld)
-20 interaction tests with Adeptus Arbites, Ecclesiarchy, Enforcers, and the Military if home world becomes known
If homeworld known, local law enforcement and local crime bosses keep watch
1d5 Insanity points
Light sleeper
If on world with criminals, can make an acquisition test onece every other session to make items availability one level more common(abundant minimum), should GM permit. May bring down the law as items are stolen
1d5+(2x toughness bonus) wounds
2, 3, or 4 fate points

Spoiler: Noble born or Child of Dynasty (click to show/hide)

Noble Born grants:
-5 W, +5 F
Literacy, Speak Language(High Gothic), Speak Language(low Gothic) as untrained basic
+10 to interactions to people of authority and/or in formal situations
+1 to groups starting profit factor
Peer(Nobility)
Peer from list(Accedemic, Adeptus Mechanicus, Administratum, Astropaths, Ecclesiarchy, Goverment, Mercantile, Military, Underworld)(Represents families powerbase)
Set of enemies, work with Gm on that
d5+(2x T bonus) wounds
2, 3, 4 fate points

Child of Dynasty grants:
-3 T, +3 I, -5 W, +5 F
Literacy, Speak(High Gothic)
+3 extra ship points. Group may not exchange ship points for profit.
+5 to fellowship tests with high rank officials and imperial nobility in formal settings
Someone hates them, Gm chooses who
d5+(2x T bonus) wounds
2, 3, or 4 fate points

[Stirk]

PTW ._. All my knowledge of WH40k comes from both my older brother's expansive library of books, and the DoW games, and the online wiki (Lexicanum & WH40k Wiki).
Would love to make a character and/or play, but I've no idea how these things work. x~x

You can play an arch militant, instead of knowing things your job would be to punch and shoot things, then lead other people in punching and shooting things.

Making a character is actually rather simple if you do not care about min/maxing.  Heck basically anything you choose will be playable, just have fun with it:

Let us start then on the origin path, Choose a homeworld!

Death world
Voidborn
Forge World
Hive World
Imperial World
Nobel Born

If this is to me (and wow, if this is to me then I'm SO ), I'd pick a Death World. But on my confusion about making a character--I've no idea what the books are! So that's more the trouble ._.

I think its you  .

The ship is also Xenophilious, you must select one xenotech component.  You also have a -30 chance to repair the ship.  Also why do you have that you xeno loving pie---- <transmission cut>

Obviously, the Xenos scum working for us brought it with him, as an offering as he kowtowed at our feet and stated how much better humanity was than scum like him .

Also, yay! I was starting to worry that I didn't get in.

[Tiruin]

Wait...am I being helped in making a character (probably since all the books are physical and there's no pdf ._.)?
Oooooo ._____.
So...Arch Militant is the only position left? K! Trying out for that

Going with Death World trying to read up on everything since Arch Militant is the only position left, before making the choice .(thanks for the details!)

Going with Battlefleet--just checking up details on everything else (thanks MNII, it takes forever to load though :v). Unsure if the traits of "Navigation(Stellar) OR Pilot(Spacecraft)" stack with other characters?
I'd be picking Navigation(Stellar) however.

I don't think I can load up the thing of yours MNII ._.

[My Name is Immaterial]

There definitely isn't a PDF, and this definitely isn't it. Warning, if it was, it'd be a fuck-huge file.

But it isn't, because piracy is a crime.

[GiglameshDespair]

So it's FCFS? Eurgh, I probably won't be able to make a sheet in time then.

[My Name is Immaterial]

The ship is also Xenophilious, you must select one xenotech component.  You also have a -30 chance to repair the ship.  Also why do you have that you xeno loving pie---- <transmission cut>

If I may vote, I'm in favor of Runecaster: we'll need good navigation if the warp storms are as bad as they sound.

GM: What would a Best Quality Calculance Array be like?

It would still only give +10 to commerce skill tests but it would be quiet, light enough to be pushed around on wheels  instead of on a track, could hook directly into some heretical tech maybe and might have a particularly helpful machine spirit.

Hmm. Tempting. Let me get back to you on that.

Gonna finish up my sheet now.

[Ghazkull]

Ghazkull as Blightfang the Dirty Xeno Kroot (to do pair down your exp choices to 500 {you do not need to spend it all}, answer the six questions)

What do you mean with pair down my exp choices to 500...do we start with only 500 exp?


1. What is your Demeanor: Loyal and optomistic?  Unyielding and Bitter?  Sarcastic and seething with anger?
-loyal but greedy, the dry humour of the Kroot paired with the usual hunger for more meat and wealth


2. Why are you a leader aboard a Rogue Trader vessel?
- I am a Mercenary, Rogue Traders pay well and i get to eat many different things


3. Why does the Aurorus Expanse call to you?
-It doesn't call at all i just ended up here. My Kindred was in the vicinity and i hired on with the Rogue Trader

4. What will you sacrifice?
-Preferably i make the other dumb bastard sacrifice, but if i have to i suppose my life will do.

5. What is your ambition?
- FOOOD


6. What are your hatreds?
- Demons for i can't eat them and i suppose Genestealers/Tyranids because they are tasty