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[Stirk]

You find yourselves approached by a strange client. An Eldar, in what appears to be theatrical clothing. That would hardly be a strange client for a seasoned Rogue Trader. What makes this client strange is that their request is backed by Regent Roboute Guilliman, son of the Emperor himself. If his support is a forgery it is an expert one that has fooled all attempts at detection on your ship and beyond. If that is not yet strange enough they claim that this mission will help end Chaos once as for all - a statement that would be immediately declared heresy if the Regent's note did not specifically state the request was non-heretical in nature.

In short, it is a treasure hunt. You are to find large quantities of an artifact Eldar stone without damaging them. Once discovered you are to turn them over to the Eldar. In return you will receive favors and promises from the highest ranks of both the Eldar and Imperium, in addition to no less valuable physical assets. To achieve this goal your Warrant has been upgraded with an "Amendment of Unity" penned by Guilliman's hand. So long as you abide by the requirements you will be allowed to interact with the Eldar as if they where Imperial in all ways. You will be able to brandish Eldar weaponry and recruits openly - so long as those who would take issue with it respect Roboute's orders. Likewise you will be able to purchase and trade for Eldar goods straight from the source - so long as the source respects whatever name is penned in the Eldar's language on your Amendment.

Game-wise Eldar weaponry will count as one Rarity less for acquisition. You will start the game with one free piece of Eldar ship equipment.

However there is a catch. Two catches really. The first is that in return you must behave yourself around the Eldar. If you make trouble with them the Amendment will immediately revoked, and the wording is broad enough that it can essentially be revoked at any time should your behavior be anything less than impeccable. Second is to enforce the first, you must allow and Eldar representative to watch your ship. They are not required to have any authority over the operation of the ship but are the one capable of revoking your Amendment at any time. Still it isn't quite a free ride, they are to act as your liaison to the Eldar and direct you toward possible troves of the target stone.

Can you use this unique opportunity to thrust your dynasty into greatness? Is this an elaborate Eldar plot for some unthinkable goal? If Chaos is truly threatened will you be able to make it out with your bodies and souls intact?

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What is Rogue Trader?

A 40K RPG. You're basically either a super rich guy who owns a spaceship that he uses to get more money, or his close companions. You explore the unknown, looking for anything that will benefit you in any way and reaping the benefits no matter the cost. Reading the books would probably tell you more.

Do we have to follow this plot?

The Rogue Trader decides what you do. If you decide to throw the Eldar out the airlock or just ignore them its up to you. But then I'd have to write a new plot :/.

So how do I make a character?

Follow the instructions in the book. If you need the instructions, you can PM me for them. All books are valid for character creation and equipment, including Xenos. You can create multiple characters with the same position, including RT, without problems so don't worry too much about other people's characters. If you do not have an RT one will be provided for you. 

You can either roll or use point buy to your discretion. Character creation rolls are on the honor system, do them yourself.

You have one free choice on the Origin Path. You may use it at any level.

You will have base 90 SP and PF combined. This can possibly change based on the characters that join, so you will decide your ship after characters have been created. You must have a functional ship at start, both otherwise SP and PF can be converted freely to the final value. The free Eldar equipment will not cost SP from this pool.

[a1s]

Will this be on the forums or over discord?

[Stirk]

Will this be on the forums or over discord?

On the forums

[a1s]

I chose to use point buy.

Spoiler: Regina Winters (click to show/hide)

Regina Winters

WS   30
BS   40
S   20
T   40
Ag   30
Int   50
Per   45
WP   61
Fel   25

Skills:
Awareness (Per)
Common Lore (Adeptus Astra Telepathica) (Int)
Common Lore (Koronous Expanse) (Int)
Forbidden Lore (Psykers) (Int)
Interrogation (Wp)
Invocation(WP)
Navigation (Stellar) (Int,unt)
Pilot (Spacecraft) (Ag, unt)
Psyniscience (Per)
Scholastic Lore (Cryptology) (int)
Speak Language (Ship Dialect, Hight Gothic, Low Gothic)


Talents:
Enemy (Ecclesiarchy)
Hightened Senses (Sound)
Pistol Weapon Training (Universal)
Psy Rating 2
Resistance(Fear)

Fate: 4
Insanity:3
Corrpution:0
Wounds: 12

Powers:
Astral Telepathy
Compel
Delude


Special Rules:
Charmed: Whenever a void born character spends a Fate Point (though not if he burns one), roll a 1d10. On the roll of a natural 9, the Fate Point is not lost.
Ill-omened: void born characters suffer a –5 penalty on all Fellowship Tests made to interact with non-void born humans.
Void Accustomed: The void born are used to the vagaries of changing gravity. They are immune to space travel sickness. In addition, zero- or low-gravity environments are not considered Difficult Terrain for void born characters
Jealous Freedom: Having endured captivity once, you have no intention of doing so again. You react violently towards the prospect of imprisonment or loss of your freedom. You may take a Willpower Test to avert this, modified by the provocation
and the consequences (set by the GM) of succumbing to your dread.
Soul-Bound to the Emperor: An Astropath Transcendent gains +20 to his Willpower whenresisting Possession, in any opposed Willpower Test against a daemon, or whenever making a Willpower Test to resist any Talent, Psychic Power, special ability, or other effect originating from a daemon. An Astropath Transcendent rolls
an additional d10 when rolling on the Perils of the Warp table and may discard any one d10 for a more favourable result
See Without Eyes: Astropaths Transcendent are not affected by effects that target their vision, such as blind grenades and cameleoline. They are, however, completely incapable of seeing Untouchables

Gear: Best-Craftsmanship stub automatic, Common-Craftsmanship shock staff, Guard flak armour, Charm, void suit, micro-bead, psy-focus

Weapons:
stub automatic (Expander Rounds): Pistol 30m S/3/– 1d10+4 I 1 9 Full
mono sword:  Melee — 1d10+1 R 2 Balanced (+10 to Parry and Attack)

Armor:
Guard flak armour: all 4

Advances taken:
simple intelligence, simple wilpower, delude, compel

Origin Path: Void born-Scavanger-Tainted-Press Ganged-Endurance-Astropath Transcendent

[Stirk]

I chose to use point buy.

Spoiler: Regina Winters (click to show/hide)

Regina Winters

WS   22
BS   25
S   25
T   40
Ag   25
Int   48
Per   35
WP   48
Fel   53

Skills:
Ciphers (Rogue Trader)
Common Lore(Imperial creed) (int,unt)
Common Lore(Imperium) (int)
Common Lore (Rogue Traders) (int)
Common Lore(War) (int,unt)
Command (fel)
Commerce (fel)
Charm (fel)
Evaluate (int)
Inquiry (int)
Literacy (int)
Scholastic Lore (Astromancy) (Int)
Speak Language (High Gothic, Low Gothic, Trader's cant) (int)

Talents:
Air of Authority
Die Hard
Melee Weapon Training (universal)
Pistol Weapon Training (universal)

Fate: 3
Insanity: 4
Wounds: 11
XP: 5000

Origin Path: Imperial world-Child of the Creed-Zealot-High Vendetta-Prestige-Rogue Trader

Special rules:
Brook No Insult: You will allow no serious offence to
your honour and person or those under your protection to
pass unchallenged, meeting threat with threat and violence
with violence. You may take a Willpower Test to avert this if
you wish, modified by the provocation and the consequences
(set by the GM) of succumbing to your rage.
Forbiden Lore at is always at -5

Gear: Best-Craftsmanship laspistol, Best-Craftsmanship mono-sword, Micro-bead, void suit, set of fine clothing, xeno-pelt cloak, best-Craftsmanship enforcer light carapace.

Advances taken:
simple intelligence, simple fellowship, common lore (rogue tarders), ciphers (rogue trader), Speak Language (trader's cant)

You get one more item, anything as long as the test would be +0 or less. Which can be a non-item thing like minions I guess. Either way you get one more thing.

Do you have any detail to add to your backstory, or to your personality and appearance? As a/the RT you also can detail your Dynasty history if you want. Or guide it if you have any preferences. Like you're a total non-combatant, is that strange for your lineage or is that the norm?

[Lenglon]

making a character.
edit:

Spoiler: Indaria (click to show/hide)

WS   weapon skill   45
BS   ranged skill   45
S   strength   40
T   toughness   50
Ag   agility      40
Int   Intelligence   25
Per   perception   46
WP   willpower   25
Fel   fellowship   10

Meele Weapon:
Sword (1d10-2 I) (Balanced, Primitive, Mono, Good) 1d10R, Pen 0, 2)
Ranged Weapon:
Hellgun (Lucius) (good) => (Basic) (110m range) (S/3/-) (1d10+4 E) (7 Pen) (30rd mag) (2Full reload) (reliable)
Armor:
Enforcer Light Carapace => (All) (5 armor)

Death world -> Scapegrace -> Tainted -> Press-ganged -> Endurance -> Arch-Militant

-10 to interactions in a formal environment
+10 vs pinning and shock
Abberation (cat)
Jealous Freedom: You react violently towards the prospect of imprisonment or loss of your freedom. you may take a Willpower Test to avert this, modified by the provocation and the consequences (set by the GM) of succumbing to your dread.
Arch-militant specialty: Basic Weapons

19 wounds
3 fate points
4 corruption
5000 xp spent (200 to choose mutation, 200 for medicae, 100 for awareness)

skills:
common lore (war) (int)
common lore (tech) (int)
dodge (agi)
intimitdate (str)
scholastic lore (tactica imperialis) (int)
secret tongue (military) (int)
speak language (low gothic) (int)
Survival (int)
Slight of hand (agi)
Medicae (int)
Awareness (per)
Psyniscience (per)

talents:
basic weapon training (universal)
pistol weapon training (universal)
melee weapon training (universal)
thrown weapon training (universal)
sound constitution
Jaded
meele weapon training (primitive)

Inventory:
hellgun (good)
mono sword (good)
micro-bead
void suit
enforcer light carapace armor
bolt shell keepsake
medikit
manacles
arms coffer
synskin
chaos-created Shape Flesh Necklace

Spoiler: background (click to show/hide)

Indaria grew up on Merilia, a forested deathworld that is unfortunately close to a warp storm.  A mutant abberation, she grew up ostracized for her cat-like features including cat ears, yellow oval eyes, and a (non-prehensile) cat tail. She got by despite this mostly through a mixture of independence, survival skills, and petty theft. However when the govenorship of Merilia changed, so did their policy regarding mutants. She experienced a rather rude awakening as guardsmen stomped into her shelter and beat her unconscious for transport to a detention camp. Conditions within the camp were... unpleasant to say the least, and they only got worse as the camp was filled. Luckilly for her, a large gang of chaos cultists raided the place before the gas chambers were completed, and her injuries from the last beating weren't bad enough to keep her from running out of there. In the aftermath however, she ended up seeing for herself why chaos is *not a good thing*, as they proceeded to expand their reach and take over much of the planetary facilities, and then got the ball really rolling on their sacrifices and rituals. Unable to return to imperial society, and unwilling to allow herself to become demon fodder, Indaria had little choice but to retreat into the forests of Merilia, and become a predator and raider, literally fighting for her survival, entirely alone. She did eventually get herself a way out though. When ships settled into orbit overhead, the governor somehow managed to convince them not to just cleanse the place, instead they performed a few key raids on chaos facilities. even more luckilly, Indaria was in the area for one of these raids. As she observed the clearly off-planet guardsmen stumble their way through the forest, she realized that this was her chance to get out. She stalked ahead of them and cleared the sentries they were about to alarm, and left a note on their bodies for the troopers to find, stating her intentions. Once they announced to the woods surrounding them that she could approach, she joined them, acting as their local guide, and ensuring the success of their raid. In the aftermath, the inquisitor that apparently had been leading the raid without bothering to announce themselves decided she'd earned a minor favor, and pulled some strings. Indaria was shipped off-planet, along with most useful gear she'd looted in the last several years of raiding chaos and imperial forces alike, and found herself looking after a Rogue Trader. The two haven't been working together for all that long, and still haven't fully adapted to each other, but Indaria intends to see this through and prove that it wasn't a mistake to let her attempt to rejoin society.

Spoiler: progression (click to show/hide)

450 xp available.
-Survival and Wrangling may be purchased as Elite Advances for 300 XP each
-Acquired Teeth the Raptor

Spoiler: Teeth the Raptor (click to show/hide)

WS:48
BS: -
S:45
T:40
AG:40
INT:16
PER: 40
WP: 45
FEL: -

Wounds: 15
4/8/12/24
Armor: 3
Skills: Awareness, Tracking, Silent Move+20, Concealment +20, Shadowing +20
Talents: Swift Attack
Traits: Bestial, Brutal Charge, Improved Natural Weapons
Weapons: Claws and Fangs (1d10+4 I)

[ConscriptFive]

And here I was, really hoping for an illicit cosmetics smuggling RPG...

[Stirk]

And here I was, really hoping for an illicit cosmetics smuggling RPG...

Every given RT game had a non-zero chance of cosmetic smuggling. I’ll PM you if it comes up.

[a1s]

You get one more item, anything as long as the test would be +0 or less. Which can be a non-item thing like minions I guess. Either way you get one more thing.
[.quote]
I thought what item I get depended on our Profit Factor? We haven't determined one yet (I feel like this is a group decision.)

Do you have any detail to add to your backstory, or to your personality and appearance?

Sure, I will write something up.

As a/the RT you also can detail your Dynasty history if you want. Or guide it if you have any preferences. Like you're a total non-combatant, is that strange for your lineage or is that the norm?

What do you mean by "guide it"? Is there an in-game way to generate it? (I only read the first 2 chapters of the book)
Being a "non-combatant" is not strange- we Winters resolve conflicts with our silver tongue.
And if that fails, and in my case it fails regularly due to my hot bloodedness, I have enough survivability to hold out until the cavalry arrives.

[Sirus]

Posting to play, I will write up a character later today. Debating between an astropath and an adept, though I might peek at some of the xeno options since they're on the table.

[Stirk]

I thought what item I get depended on our Profit Factor? We haven't determined one yet (I feel like this is a group decision.)

It is a group decision, but your first Acquisition is not dependent on PF. You automatically get it as long as the modifiers are +0 or easier. These modifiers won't change, and since you arn't rolling PF you don't need to have your PF figured out.

What do you mean by "guide it"? Is there an in-game way to generate it? (I only read the first 2 chapters of the book)
Being a "non-combatant" is not strange- we Winters resolve conflicts with our silver tongue.
And if that fails, and in my case it fails regularly due to my hot bloodedness, I have enough survivability to hold out until the cavalry arrives.

Guide it either with the book guide or with me asking questions like the non-combatant one. Into the Storm has a Linage option that works like character creation for your house history, and can be one way to decide your starting PF and SP.

[Maximum Spin]

My submission. (I rolled for stats.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Triggvald "Twig" Argentinus Icewhite
Profile
WS BS S T Ag Int Per WP Fel
32 39 35 25 38 45 35 35 52

Movement: 3/6/9/18
Wounds: 9
Corruption Points:0
Insanity Points: 4
Fate Points: 3
Skills:Charm, Command +10, Commerce, Common Lore (Imperium), Evaluate, Forbidden Lore (Xenos), Literacy +20, Scholastic Lore (Astromancy, Judgement), Speak Language (High Gothic +10, Low Gothic)
Talents: Pistol Weapon Training (Las, Launcher, Melta, Plasma, SP, Bolt), Melee Weapon Training (Chain, Shock, Power), Air of Authority
Traits: Dynastic Warrant, Honour amongst one's peers, Xenophile, Ancestral Seal, Exceptional Leader, Role: Lord-Captain
Armour: Storm Trooper Carapace (Arms 7, Body 7, Head 7, Legs 7)
Weapons: Hand Cannon (35m; S/-/-; 1D10+4 i; Pen 2; Clip 5; Reload 2 Full; Reliable), Sword (1d10+4 R; Pen 2; Balanced, Primitive, +10WS, Mono)
Gear: Void Suit, Micro-bead, Storm Trooper Carapace, Hand Cannon, Mono, Sword, set of fine clothes, xeno-pelt cloak

Haven't done any backstory yet. I used that spreadsheet sheet, which I can discord to you if you want to see the whole thing.

[Stirk]

My submission. (I rolled for stats.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Triggvald "Twig" Argentinus Icewhite
Profile
WS BS S T Ag Int Per WP Fel
32 39 35 25 38 45 35 35 52

Movement: 3/6/9/18
Wounds: 9
Corruption Points:0
Insanity Points: 4
Fate Points: 3
Skills:Charm, Command +10, Commerce, Common Lore (Imperium), Evaluate, Forbidden Lore (Xenos), Literacy +20, Scholastic Lore (Astromancy, Judgement), Speak Language (High Gothic +10, Low Gothic)
Talents: Pistol Weapon Training (Las, Launcher, Melta, Plasma, SP, Bolt), Melee Weapon Training (Chain, Shock, Power), Air of Authority
Traits: Dynastic Warrant, Honour amongst one's peers, Xenophile, Ancestral Seal, Exceptional Leader, Role: Lord-Captain
Armour: Storm Trooper Carapace (Arms 7, Body 7, Head 7, Legs 7)
Weapons: Hand Cannon (35m; S/-/-; 1D10+4 i; Pen 2; Clip 5; Reload 2 Full; Reliable), Sword (1d10+4 R; Pen 2; Balanced, Primitive, +10WS, Mono)
Gear: Void Suit, Micro-bead, Storm Trooper Carapace, Hand Cannon, Mono, Sword, set of fine clothes, xeno-pelt cloak

Haven't done any backstory yet. I used that spreadsheet sheet, which I can discord to you if you want to see the whole thing.

Sure. It always looks pretty. You still get your one free Acquisition too.

@A1s

Since there are two RTs your backstories should have a reason for your alliance. I'd suggest one but since neither of you have backstories yet there isn't much I can connect :-/. You both have wintery names so a familial relationship wouldn't seem weird.

[Lenglon]

((I have no issue changing which RT I'm affiliated with in my backstory by the way.))

[a1s]

@A1s

Since there are two RTs your backstories should have a reason for your alliance. I'd suggest one but since neither of you have backstories yet there isn't much I can connect :-/. You both have wintery names so a familial relationship wouldn't seem weird.

(how does that even work? do we get 2 ships?)
No, Maximum Spin seems to know what they are doing more than I do (and should get to be the RT). I will create a new character. Let's see, we got a tank, a speaker, I will be a mage.