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The Inquizitors are always portrayed as being huge, almost Space Marine in size. Yet It never mentions them having a geneseed too, so do they have a genesees of a sort or can you exercise to Space Marine bulk? The confusing thing is female Inquizitors are portrayed as normal size, but males are giant. Also they can wear terminator armor, so that makes it even harder to figure out.

Summerized-Are Inquizitors "enhanced", and if so to what level?

Why do you write it with a Z

Inquisitors just look big because most of them wear power armour as standard.

It always depends on the type of inquisitor. Many are thin and not-at-all impressive. This is becuase they infiltrate the masses to find the ranks of the cultist/heretic.

Others are often in huge scale military campaigns/progroms. And have huge armour to protect them on the battlefield in favour of discretion.

Inquisitors are all unique. (to some extent)

Read the Eisenhorn trilogy by Dan Abnett. You get good descriptions of many different types of Inquisitors.

Don't forget that many pose as Rogue Traders to gleam information. See the Ciaphas Cain books for more info.

Writers seem to go out of their way to illustrate how much larger Space Marines are than normal humans, inquisitors included. As for actual models... well scaling isn't exactly a high point in GW minitures

I think you are expecting to much of inquisitorz. You zee the zizterz of battle also have power armor and they have no gene zeed. You don't have to have a gene zeed to wear the armor, you juzt have to have one to be a zpace marine.

You zee? I think you are starting to zee. z.

You know, without atleast parts of the Space Marine proceedure, I'm not sure I'd take Power Armor over Carapaced Armor. Without that plate that goes in your chest that allows you to interact with your suits systems by thinking, and the muscle and bone enhancements to help lift the suit, the thing wouldn't respond to you and you could hardly lift it. I'm sure the Sisters have some proceedure to make up for this, but I'd rather rely on getting out of the way of heavy fire than being a sitting duck and hoping my armor holds. This is even worse with Terminator armor.

On topic, I don't know any universal proceedures Inquisitors go through. I suppose I'll have to go look it up now.

Well, you have to remember that all power armor does for non-SM is to grant them a good armor save. Spacemarines use it to gain extra strength and toughness as well. http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sisters_of_Battle

There is some stuff on Power Armor, it's more like real armor than a second skin on non-SM.

Depends on the type of inquisitor.
You get sneaky, sly ones who look normal or bellowing warriors smashing skulls.

There are a variety of drugs available and I am not sure that it is mentioned that gene-seed is used strictly for marinz. Mabye a marin could be an inquisitor?

Yes they would be, they would definately be given augmentations to live longer and be slightly more superior to normal humans, especially in terms of resisting psychic attack, but it wouldn't be anywhere near the level of augementation experienced by Space marines. The majority of them don't work as super assault units within armies, instead choosing to go about and weed out heresy off the battle within the countless worlds. They wouldn't be backed up by space marines, they might operate by themselves for the most part. Quite often they will have many cells, all working without the knowledge of each other, simply as a covert network to weed out insurection and cults. Quite a few of them would probably be non-combat. They definately do not wear power armor as standard.

If you really want some more information, you might want to read through the first few pages of the Inquisitor Game Rulebook as it has quite a bit of information on the way the inquisition operates. The ones that are found within the Demon and Witch hunter codices are only a small slice of what goes on.

Emperors Faithful wrote: Mabye a marin could be an inquisitor?

I'm sorry, but the answer is no, never, not in a million years. Space Marines have been so indoctrinated that they do not have a fraction of the open-mindedness needed for an Inquisitor. Quite often, the inquisition and the Adeptus Astartes could even come to open fighting over points of view and differences with protocals. I'm probably not the best person to explain this, but the answer will always be no.

Many inquisitors aren't so openminded either. Jeez, some are downright nuts!
It is entirely possible for a marin to be inducted into the retinue and then the inquisitor could see them fit to become a fellow inquisitor.

Inquisitors don't get to induct Space Marines into their retinues. They can commendier any resources they want, but they can't touch the Space Marines. The closest Space Marines get to leaving their Chapter (bar going renegade) is being taken into a Deathwatch Kill Team for the Ordo Xenos. If Inquisitors work with Chapters, they do so on a large scale (as shown on the tabletop).

Yes they can.

While they can't just walk in and order them about, the space marines may have to pay of a honour bound oath or blood debt.
They may trust thier finest warrior to the inquisitor.

Emperors Faithful wrote:Many inquisitors aren't so openminded either. Jeez, some are downright nuts!
It is entirely possible for a marin to be inducted into the retinue and then the inquisitor could see them fit to become a fellow inquisitor.

They still have a modicum of open mindedness in that they might take steps not normally considered to erdicate threats, gather information, or that they might want to keep someone alive for punishment where a space marine would kill them there and then, but yes, I will concede that many inquisitors are nuts. But space marines are nutsiers. I know I keep bringing up Inquisitor articles, but this one, written by Gav Thorpe, does show how space marines would operate within the small scale operations that inquisitors undertake, and how they would be inadequate as fulfulling the duties of an Inquisitor.

DarkHound wrote:Inquisitors don't get to induct Space Marines into their retinues. They can commendier any resources they want, but they can't touch the Space Marines. The closest Space Marines get to leaving their Chapter (bar going renegade) is being taken into a Deathwatch Kill Team for the Ordo Xenos. If Inquisitors work with Chapters, they do so on a large scale (as shown on the tabletop).

I wouldn't say that they would never work with space marines on a small scale, but yes they wouldn't just be able to demand a space marine.

But what if they Chapter owed a debt to the inquisitor? He may demand one of thier most promising recruits (before brainwash) in return for purging the chapter of corruption.

I suppose so, but when I said that they wouldn't just be able to demand one, I meant any old one. Not like the circumstance which you specified. And if he did get a recruited at that stage, he probably wouldn't be a space marine yet, as brainwashing comes a little bit before and during the augmentation process.

But I suppose that that could happen in the vast galaxy. But it would be rare.

Yes! That's what I meant by (before brainwash), and yes it would be rare, but it could easily happen. I think there is even a book about a disgraced marine in a retinue.

Also could an inquisitor take advantage of the 'gene-seed' process? Is it ONLY for space marines? Why could it not be done on themselves?

Ah, because a Chapter's gene-seed is sacred. He'd have to join the Chapter to get the full proceedure done on him.

They probably get a free gym membership when they sign up

Yes, Space Marine Gyms.The Chaplain screaming in your ear about the Emperor's goodness while you try to bench press half a ton.

good point about sacred gene-seed. But don't they have to shift off a sample every now and then for inspection? (a bit grudginly though)

Yes, but the Inquisitor can't just inject that into himself and call it a day. The process is very long, and without precise care from the only owning Chapter's Apothecary, you won't survive. Give me a second, Lexicanum has an article on it...

EDIT: Got it: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Creation_of_a_Space_Marine

DarkHound wrote:Yes, Space Marine Gyms.The Chaplain screaming in your ear about the Emperor's goodness while you try to bench press half a ton.

That made me laugh. Infact I bet that would make a decent motivation poster.

I don't know but I been told,
Fighting for the Emprah never gets old.