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And done.

They'd better send it quick.

my copy has been shipped.

So has mine

AJC

Now we wait for the Ships book, which is rumored for Q1 2011. *sigh* why must I wait so long for my beloved torpedoes?

Keep your ships book - I'm waiting for Rites of Battle, the book that has different Chapters, rules for vehicles including Dreadnoughts, and gives all the players Ld10 as long as the GM keeps it on the table!!!

Also:


Big Request to whoever gets Deathwatch First!


Can you please, in this thread, post a list of all the special ammo types that the Deathwatch can get. I don't need rules specifically, just the names and a general fluff description of what they do.

Thank you!

Dragonfire, Hellfire, Implosion, Kraken, Metal Storm, Stalker, Vengance and Witch Bolts.

1. I hate you because you have the book and I don't.
2. Can you tell me what specific fluff is there for the Vengeance and Witch Bolts.

Thanks!

Please dont hate me..... Vengeance: Are designed to take out chaos marines, gets felling (1) pen increased to 9.

prematurely detonates on an attack roll of 91-100, shooter takes a pen 5 to an arm location. (random if 2 arms) and weapon auto jams.

Witch bolt reduces psi rating by 1 for 1D10 rounds.

critters with warp instability must take willpower test to check for disruption.

Miss Dee covered the stats. Fluff wise :

Witch bolts were designed by the Black Templars and have a core of neuro-inhibitors laced with a warp-reductive compound that disrupts any connection to the warp.

Vengeance rounds were created to breach the power armour worn by chaos marines. They feature a core of unstable matter that creates a micro-fission explosion upon detonation; because of this unstable core, they are very volatile in nature

Its hard to hold the book in one hand and use a laptop... where is a good speech prog when you want one?

Miss Dee wrote:Its hard to hold the book in one hand and use a laptop...

Such is your punishment for having the book before me.

Miss Dee wrote:Its hard to hold the book in one hand and use a laptop... where is a good speech prog when you want one?

Where are mechandrites when you need them?

I finished reading the GM booklet last night. The adventure is quite interesting, if a bit "Warehouse 13" in feel, and involves killing lots of Kroot and Tau whilst investigating a mysterious artifact. Like the more recent adventures for DH and RT, it's not hand holding you all the way, like some of the early DH adventures were; there's a lot to be fleshed out by the GM before hand. There's also an interesting side bar with very basic vechicle guidelines, including horrifically basic stats for Landspeeders and a hammerhead, and a note to say they know vehicles are very important to DW games but the rules will follow eventually.

The NPCs are interesting and offer some more insight about things that are going on in this region of space with their plot hooks and the GM mission section is an interesting read with some useful tips and tricks for new GMs.

Cool I love Warehouse 13, must of missed where you can have tau pc's .... must be another book.

You can't have Tau pc's. That was supposed to be about killing tau, not playing them.

must be another book H.M.B.C. posted

endtransmission wrote:
I finished reading the GM booklet last night. The adventure is quite interesting, if a bit "Warehouse 13" in feel, and involves killing lots of Kroot and Tau whilst investigating a mysterious artifact.

SOLD!

endtransmission wrote:You can't have Tau pc's. That was supposed to be about killing tau, not playing them.

SOLD AGAIN!

This is excellent!

Miss Dee wrote:must be another book H.M.B.C. posted

H.B.M.C., my dear.

And you might be confusing Into the Storm - that allows you to play as Kroot or Orks.

Although I have mentioned the GM Kit booklet and it's heavy emphasis on killing Tau.


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Alpharius wrote:SOLD AGAIN!

This is excellent!

Pfft! You were sold already.

So have you cancelled your Amazon order Alpha like the rest of us? You should see the threads over on the official board. One person said "I cancelled my order with Amazon and ordered it from XYZ" and virtually every post after is "Ditto" or "Me too!" or "So did I!".

I think FFG have got a big winner on their hands and, at the same time, that Amazon have really dropped the ball.

Miss Dee wrote:must be another book H.M.B.C. posted

The RT book, Into the Storm allows Kroot and Ork PCs, if that's wht you're thinking of?

Damn. Ninja'd!

Alpharius wrote:

endtransmission wrote:
I finished reading the GM booklet last night. The adventure is quite interesting, if a bit "Warehouse 13" in feel, and involves killing lots of Kroot and Tau whilst investigating a mysterious artifact.

SOLD!

endtransmission wrote:You can't have Tau pc's. That was supposed to be about killing tau, not playing them.

SOLD AGAIN!
This is excellent!

Bah, I will gamemaster this scenario just to kill off all Space Marines with Tau and Kroot

BTW, my FLGS now also has the Deathwatch book and Screen, two weeks after I got my copy of "Into the Storm". Not wanting to rub salt into anyone's wounds of course

Bah humbug.

On Saturday, I play my Kroot character for the first time

A little over 2 hours and my copy shall be in my grubby mitts.

Puts reds8n on 'the list' as well.

I didn't cancel my Amazon order for two reasons:

1) There is no active RPG group in my area for me to rush into with... sadly!

2) I got it for $32 delivered (with a $5 Amazon coupon) so - cheapskate wins!

And waits!

do you fight regular firewarriors and kroot in that adventure or do they have stats for the bigger boys like crisis suits?

The list had better be Christmas cards, sorry about the wrong name.

You should get it in a few days.... or so.

That adventure covers kroot, feral kroot, tau, tau air cast, Hammerheads and Stealth teams. The only stats included in the GM's booklet are Vespids, kroot variants and some brief guidelines for the Hammerhead.

The main Deathwatch book contains the stats/rules for a Tau commander in XV8 crisis suit; Stealth suit, gun drones and Fire warriors. The nice thing for anyone that plays DH or RT is that the stats look compatible and are written to, by default, not use the Deathwatch Horde rules.

What I think is cool is that the start off in corner and fight in another corner of the galaxy bar.

Miss Dee wrote:What I think is cool is that the start off in corner and fight in another corner of the galaxy bar.

It did feel a bit like Voyager in that regard...

How much info on Tau/Kroot is in Deathwatch, would it be enough to justify a buy for a Space marine hater?
But maybe an upcoming adventure is also on Tau.