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2011/06/22 04:35:30
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
FFG wrote:Grab Your Chance at Glory Broken Chains, a Black Crusade intro adventure, is available for download.
On route across the sector to a carry out a sentence of torture, interrogation, and execution, the Imperial prison barge Chains of Judgement has become lost in the warp, drifting far off course. Now, you and your fellow condemned heretics have awoken from stasis to find the ship in a state of chaos and ruin. Competing factions vie for control, including several members of the Inquisition intent on retaking the ship. Can you gain your freedom before the Imperium’s claws close around you once and for all?
We at Fantasy Flight Games would like to thank all of the stores, GMs, and players that participated in Saturday's Free RPG Day event, which featured our introductory adventure for Black Crusade!
Claim Your Prize
If you were able to make it to your friendly local game store for this momentous annual event, we hope you enjoyed earning the favour of the Ruinous Powers as you made your daring escape from an Imperial prison ship. But if you weren’t able to experience this exciting adventure, head to our support page to download Broken Chains today.
You can also visit our support page to download bonus characters for use with Broken Chains.
The Fantasy Flight Games Event Center would also like to thank everyone who attended our Free RPG Day celebration, which featured a lively Q&A with the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay design team, as well as several play-with-the-designer sessions. Keep checking back for more on Black Crusade!
Enjoy!
My fav bit? Stats for Murder Servitors. My Rogue Trader Explorator is going to be so happy!
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How do they balance the survivability of a renegade guardsmen with an alpha legionaire? Is there some sort of a fate point or luck mechanic that the former gets to make up for the difference in armor/wounds/toughness?
2011/06/25 00:12:12
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
All I can say is that the game works. Humans are squishy (as they should be) and Marines are tough as nails. Smart players working together with a GM that isn't sadistic should do fine.
And there's something else that can help human players as well, but until they reveal that in a designer diary I must remain quite on the subject sadly.
warboss wrote:How do they balance the survivability of a renegade guardsmen with an alpha legionaire? Is there some sort of a fate point or luck mechanic that the former gets to make up for the difference in armor/wounds/toughness?
Paranoia rules? You get 6 Guardsmen to every Alpha Legionnaire?
Working on someting you'll either love or hate. Hopefully to be revealed by November.
Play the games that make you happy.
2011/06/25 02:19:10
Subject: Re:Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
warboss wrote:How do they balance the survivability of a renegade guardsmen with an alpha legionaire? Is there some sort of a fate point or luck mechanic that the former gets to make up for the difference in armor/wounds/toughness?
Paranoia rules? You get 6 Guardsmen to every Alpha Legionnaire?
That would indeed be humorous if renegade IG got a six pack of characters to burn through on top of fate points!
2011/06/25 04:49:07
Subject: Re:Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
warboss wrote:How do they balance the survivability of a renegade guardsmen with an alpha legionaire?
One other point I forgot to mention: The CSM Bolters, or 'Legion' Bolters as they're called, are the newer more balanced reduced-damage versions. They're not doing 2D10+5 Pen 5 damage w/Tearing for an extra D10. It's 1D10+9 Pen 4, and no Full-Auto fire, so it scales far far better.
warboss wrote:How do they balance the survivability of a renegade guardsmen with an alpha legionaire?
One other point I forgot to mention: The CSM Bolters, or 'Legion' Bolters as they're called, are the newer more balanced reduced-damage versions. They're not doing 2D10+5 Pen 5 damage w/Tearing for an extra D10. It's 1D10+9 Pen 4, and no Full-Auto fire, so it scales far far better.
I did notice that in the PDF link you posted. They also still have a difference from the sample PC stats between normal human bolters and SM variants (which I'm fine with).
2011/06/25 15:37:04
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2011/06/25 22:42:52
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
H.B.M.C. wrote:All I can say is that the game works. Humans are squishy (as they should be) and Marines are tough as nails. Smart players working together with a GM that isn't sadistic should do fine.
And there's something else that can help human players as well, but until they reveal that in a designer diary I must remain quite on the subject sadly.
A GM who isn't sadistic isn't doing his job right!
2011/06/26 05:10:58
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
SO I got some questions figured I'd put up the answer publically
First, is Nemesis Daemon Hammers. What's the story with them? Are they possessed hammers...or what? I'm playing a Puritan Templar, so I'm hoping that it's not possessed. Also, if it's not...what're it's stats if you're able to give that much info?
Are Ascended DH characters covered any in it? Maybe some new transition packages or something? New armours for non-astartes?
Anything you can give helps a lot, thanks!
Nemesis weapons including the Daemon hammer are the trademark force weapons of the GKs, none of them are possessed but it does say the NDH is often used by high ranking inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus. Damage is 2d10+5, pen 8, with power field, sanctified and unwieldy.
There are a few background packages but I don't see any transition packages. There are alternate career paths but none of them require anything higher than level 6, most are level 1.
There's a few new armor types including Malleus power armor and Malleus Termi armor and several new fields.
Hope that helps.
2011/06/27 02:52:20
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
Are the malleus power armors possibly non-astartes?
Edit: I know there's a non-astartes Terminator armour, but are there non-astartes Malleus power armors? I'm thinking that if I take the non-astartes Termi armour, the Deathwatch members might kill me to loot it.
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2011/06/27 11:27:57
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
Oh, for a moment there I though Dark Crusade was out. That would bump my FFG's author's copy backlog up to 6 I believe. Not that I expect to get it when it finally comes out either...
2011/06/27 13:36:22
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
LOL sounds fairly self explanatory to me: He wrote something in the book, was supposed to get a copy of the finished book, and so far there are six books that he has not received a copy of.
Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
2011/06/27 19:18:01
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
brolthemighty wrote:Are the malleus power armors possibly non-astartes?
Edit: I know there's a non-astartes Terminator armour, but are there non-astartes Malleus power armors? I'm thinking that if I take the non-astartes Termi armour, the Deathwatch members might kill me to loot it.
Yes there are but I don';t have my books with me to compare the Ascention and Daemon Hunter versions.
2011/06/27 20:33:31
Subject: Dark Heresy - Rogue Trader - Death Watch - Black Crusade news and rumours
His Master's Voice wrote:After some digging in recent contracts, it seems FFG switched from automatically dispatching a free copy to on demand dispatch. I feel stupid now.
Thank you for reminding me. The guy in sales said I'd have to contact the project lead... makes sense now.
