reds8n wrote:

Fantasy Flight Games would like to invite you to join the Deathwatch!

Check out this exciting new game on Free RPG Day with the introductory adventure Final Sanction. Things are not right on the planet of Landsholm. Rebellion and anarchy threaten to the tear the world apart. The Inquisition suspects alien influence, and has requested that the Deathwatch be sent in to handle the matter.

This free introduction to Deathwatch includes a full adventure, four pre-generated characters, and a set of basic rules to help players and Game Masters become familiar with the Deathwatch roleplaying game.

Check out a list of participating retailers.

In honor of Free RPG Day, the Fantasy Flight Games Event Center will be giving away free copies of Final Sanction, and RPG developers Ross Watson, Sam Stewart, and Mack Martin will be in attendance to run introductory sessions of Deathwatch!

Planning to attend at the FFG Event Center? Check out a full schedule of events!

Deathwatch is a roleplaying game in which players take on the roles of the bio-engineered super-soldiers known as Space Marines. United with their battle-brothers, players will complete extraordinary missions involving some of the greatest heroes and deadliest opponents the Warhammer 40,000 universe has to offer.

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Free RPG day is on the 19th of June this year.

and their WS/BS is only in the 40s.

Pyriel- wrote:

and their WS/BS is only in the 40s.

Pathetic and unfluffy.
A 16 yo basic starter accolyte can get better WS/BS after a couple of basic games under the belt ffs.

Pyriel- wrote:

and their WS/BS is only in the 40s.

Pathetic and unfluffy.
A 16 yo basic starter accolyte can get better WS/BS after a couple of basic games under the belt ffs.

The Watch is about to begin!

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the Game Master’s Kit for Deathwatch! With the Deathwatch Core Rulebook, players will experience heart-pounding action and unique mission-driven roleplaying. But every mission has a purpose, and it is up to the Game Master to devise that purpose.

The Game Master’s Kit, hitting shelves this fall, will help keep a Kill-team’s Missions from going astray! It comes complete with a sturdy GM screen featuring stunning Deathwatch artwork and useful tables, charts, rules, and statistics, providing quick Game Master reference and a handy place to hide notes.

Added to this is a 32-page full colour booklet with a selection of useful NPCs, and an expanded Mission-generation system, and a complete adventure:

The Jericho Reach teems with xenos secrets and mysteries from before the Age of Shadow. One enigma amongst many is Baraban, a forested planet where “ghosts” haunt Imperial Guardsmen and their Tau enemies alike.

The included adventure, The Shadow of Madness, explores what unfathomed forces may have cursed the planet Baraban, and raises questions about their connection to the unknown purpose of the waiting Omega Vault.

Also in the Game Master’s Kit book is a section devoted to aiding Game Masters in devising missions and implementing them into your own Deathwatch campaigns. Finally, the back of the book serves an appendix detailing the important NPCs that the Kill-team may encounter, plus plenty of adventure seeds for each.

Offering a wealth of useful content, the Game Master’s Kit is the perfect enhancement to your Deathwatch experience. Look for it on store shelves this fall!

reds8n wrote:Still, at least we know... and knowing is half the battle !

Fantasy Flight Games would like to thank all of the stores, GMs, and players that participated in last Saturday's Free RPG Day event, featuring our quickstart rules and introductory adventure for the upcoming Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Deathwatch RPG.

We hope that those of you who were able to get out to your FLGS for Free RPG Day had a good time and enjoyed your journey to the planet Landsholm through this early preview of Deathwatch.

For those of you who did not get a chance to check out Deathwatch: Final Sanction on Saturday, please visit our Deathwatch Support Page to download a PDF copy of Final Sanction. Or download your copy below:

Deathwatch: Final Sanction (PDF, 67.3 MB)
Deathwatch: Final Sanction - Web Quality (PDF, 2.8 MB)

On our Support Page you can also find bonus characters and a link to the Final Sanction FAQ.

The Fantasy Flight Games Event Center would also like to thank everyone who attended our Free RPG Day celebration, featuring a lively Q&A session with Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay design team Sam Stewart (Rogue Trader), Mack Martin (Dark Heresy), and Ross Watson (Deathwatch), as well as three play-with-the-designer sessions.





Thanks to everyone for playing Deathwatch! Watch this space for more information and previews of Deathwatch as we approach its release later this year.

H.B.M.C. wrote:It's awesome. The Horde rules are great, and I already know where to use them in our campaign (makes one upcoming encounter sooooooo much easier to do).

The only thing that concerns me is the difference between Creatures Anathema Genestealers and this scenario's Genestealers. No Unnatural Agility X2, no Unnatural Reflexes, no Step Aside, and so on. And, for some unknown reason, the Broodlord has a 'Lord of the Brood' rule that is just Lightning Attack with a different name. What gives there? As most of us know I am extremely against units having different rules in different places (like Storm Shields and Land Raiders doing different things depending on what army you're from), so this lack of consistency concerns me.

H.B.M.C. wrote:I've posted a thread at the FFG forums about the Genestealers. I really really hate inconsistent rules, so I'm hoping that this is either a mistake or just them being simplified for a demo-pack.

Greetings, Rogue Traders!

Sam Stewart here, and this week I’m very excited the reveal the second playable xenos career from Into the Storm—the Kroot Mercenary.

When we first decided to put xenos careers into Into the Storm, I knew one of them was going to be the Kroot. Since their subtle mention in the 3rd Edition 40,000 Rulebook, the Kroot have been playing an ever-growing part in the universe of the 41st Millennium. These carnivorous and slightly avian xenos are allied with the Tau Empire—but also send parties of mercenaries out across the galaxy. Their goal is to seek out useful genetic material, to improve and adapt their species in order to reach the pinnacle of evolution. They accomplish this as mercenaries, for where better to seek out promising genetic traits than facing off against the finest and deadliest warriors the galaxy has to offer?

By the time Rogue Traders crossed into the Expanse, the Kroot had already established themselves, travelling their via the Jericho Reach. They’re an established part of the Koronus Expanse, and that, combined with their mercenary tendencies, made them a perfect playable xenos race. A Kroot is more than willing to work with a band of Explorers, so long as the money’s good and he gets plenty of opportunities for...”battlefield scavenging.” In fact, the Kroot have a Trait called “Mercenary,” allowing them the option to use a group’s Profit Factor, rather than Willpower, when making a Fear or Pinning Test.

With the Orks ably handled by Nathan Dowdell, I wanted to ensure the Kroot would get equally capable treatment. I was pleased to find Ross Watson was willing to dive into the Kroot, in addition to his hard work on Deathwatch.

The Kroot quickly proved to be excellent material for player characters. Their psychology provided in-built reasons why they would work with a Rogue Trader, and their abilities at stealth and fieldcraft allowed them to fill a previously under-filled niche in Rogue Trader—that of the scout and hunter. In fact, we found the Kroot Mercenary and Ork Freebooter complemented each other well—one is a bloodthirsty barbarian warrior who is decidedly unsubtle, while the other is a stalker and spy who can pass unseen through almost any location.

The Kroot’s alien nature creates some very interesting differences between them and human Explorers. For example, as Kroot gain Corruption, they regress to their feral origins, and their unique physiology allows them to move and react faster, leap over great distances to attack their opponents, and even slay their foes using nothing more than their beaks (a Kroot may be disarmed, but he is never without a weapon). Then there is their disturbing propensity to eat the flesh of those freshly slain...

Like the Orks, the Kroot do not use the usual Origin Path—as it is geared towards human/Imperial experiences and motivations. Instead, a Kroot’s background is defined by his Kindred. Kindred are society/familial groupings in Kroot culture, but they are also often defined by genetic differences. The Bold Hunter, for example, is a Kroot who comes from a Kindred that makes a point of feasting on the apex predators from dozens of worlds, and adopts these traits themselves. On the other hand, the Cunning Hybrid is a Kroot whose kindred hunts and eats the Stryxis, devious alien merchants of the Koronus Expanse.

Another very interesting aspect of the Kroot culture are the Shapers—which players can explore through the Shaper Alternate Career Rank. Shapers use a combination of instinctual genetic knowledge and prophetic and talismanic powers (ill-understood by Imperial xenosarcheologists) to guide their people. One of their primary tasks is to guide their kindreds into consuming certain kinds of prey, in order to craft the genetic traits later generations of Kroot will gain.

The Kroot Mercenary provides a second unique character type for a Rogue Trader’s crew, an alien uniquely suited to working alongside other Explorers due to his mercenary and pragmatic outlook. They can also be a valuable addition to any group—provided the rest of the Explorers have a strong stomach!

Sam Stewart here, and this week I’m very excited the reveal the second playable xenos career from Into the Storm—the Kroot Mercenary.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Well... colour me surprised. Really thought we'd get Eldar.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Love to know how Kroot communicate with their employers, or how in the hell they got to the literal other side of the galaxy.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Well... colour me surprised. Really thought we'd get Eldar. Guess I was wrong.

Love to know how Kroot communicate with their employers, or how in the hell they got to the literal other side of the galaxy.