Melissia wrote:Thirteen times actually, in the fluff >.>

BrookM wrote:Got Into the Storm this afternoon with an extra discount for the long wait, with another promised when Death Watch finally arrives. From what I've gleaned so far, good stuff. A great expansion on ship creation as well, not to mention some very tasty career options and other background thingies. Building a dynasty is going to be a whole lot more fun now with these new careers and designations for first, second, third and fourth tier personal.

Fallen668 wrote:I just got mine in and it looks like I am going to have to send it back to amazon. Someone dropped it on one of the corners and dinged the edge of the back cover pretty good.

No time for a read through since I need to be going to sleep soon, but... no orks... WTF!!!

The Koronus Expanse is a perilous place for all those who dare to venture. Today, however, the journey becomes a little less dangerous! The Errata for Rogue Trader (pdf, 1.6 MB) has been updated to version 1.1 and is now available on our support page. This update incorporates clarifications for Lure of the Expanse and Into the Storm.

This is a living document, and will be updated periodically

H.B.M.C. wrote:Took ya long enough.

I can't stress enough how excellent the GM kit is. I've not been that impressed with the quality of a product in a while.

reds8n wrote: In all honesty, I'd skip a few of the IA books and get this one first.

Melissia wrote:Which is a bit of an annoying thing. GW is too quick to write about traitor Inquisitors, and not quick enough to write about ones who, you know, do their jobs.

warboss wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Took ya long enough.

I can't stress enough how excellent the GM kit is. I've not been that impressed with the quality of a product in a while.

are the NPCs and/or monsters included different from the ones in the core book or just a reprint of the ones in DW? how's the adventure? is it another nid story like the three they've put out already or a change of pace?

H.B.M.C. wrote:Well I hear bad things about IA8. I still want Vraks 3.

warboss wrote:

how are the characters in that one? i've found alot of the IA characters are a bit underwhelming in terms of originality and power level both. is that one different?

Greetings Deathwatch fans!

I am very excited about the upcoming release of The Emperor Protects, the upcoming supplement for Deathwatch that includes a trilogy of adventures. Your Kill-team can explore the Jericho Reach and uncover a threat that has dire consequences for the entire Achilus Crusade.

The Emperor Protects was intentionally designed to provide a wide variety of experiences for a Deathwatch Kill-team; everything from a diplomatic mission to a desperate, covert mission on an enemy-held world. Unfortunately, for me to give away any more details would be heresy!

When it came time to create this linked trilogy of adventures, Andrea Gausman stepped up to the challenge. Andrea had previously worked on both the Deathwatch core rulebook and the Deathwatch GM’s screen, and she had previously won the 2008 Dark Heresy Adventure Contest...some impressive credentials indeed! Below, Andrea provides her thoughts on the first adventure found within that tome; The Price of Hubris.

Andrea Gausman:

The Price of Hubris, the first mission in The Emperor Protects, takes place on the feral world of Aurum. Aurum was an opportunity to play with one of my favorite facets of the Warhammer 40,000 setting: the cycle of Imperial civilizations. Although Aurum’s history is not really the focus of the story, it is quite apparent that the planet was a part of the Imperium long ago. It’s a reminder that the Achilus Crusade isn’t just about conquering, it is also about re-claiming the past glory of mankind.

However, that’s just the backdrop. The Price of Hubris is really about seeing the Kill-team in a role published adventures haven’t put them in yet: diplomats. It’s bolter-point diplomacy to be sure, and there’s suspicion of an alien threat—which finally gave the Crusade an excuse to try a different form of negotiation with the prideful, stubborn natives. Enter the Deathwatch.



From the launch of the Mission, everyone pleads with the Kill-team to try to do something about the political situation while they’re on Aurum hunting xenos. The Crusade hasn’t had much luck impressing the fierce warrior tribes. If the Space Marines can’t (or won’t) do something about the impasse, war is inevitable. The Kill-team has a lot of options during the Mission. They do have the opportunity to make peace, but they also have opportunities to end up at war with the planet themselves! The adventure offers advice on a variety of different ways the story could turn out, and most of the encounters can be done in any order, or bypassed entirely if that’s what the group wants to do.

Unlike some of the previous situations we’ve seen the Battle-Brothers in, this Mission is far from straight-forward on many levels. The Aurans are stubborn, but they are also honorable and skilled. Some Battle-Brothers might find themselves identifying with the natives more than the Crusade forces. The Price of Hubris underscores the idea that a Kill-team can “turn the tide” of a situation. It puts them in control of their approach and objectives, and ultimately in control of the destiny of Aurum.

Hello Rogue Traders!

This week I’d like to talk about the next upcoming product for the Rogue Trader line—Edge of the Abyss!

Edge of the Abyss is a book detailing the Koronus Expanse, its locations, inhabitants, and famous personas. Though the Expanse is far too large (and largely unexplored!) to cover every location and organization that can be found within its nebulous bounds, this tome covers some of the most important locales and inhabitants, in terms of riches to be had and problems to be avoided.

In this diary, I’d like to focus on the first section of this book—Islands in the Void, or “planets and other locations” if you prefer. Some of these locations are well known to anyone who resides in the Expanse, such as the war-torn mining world of Lucin’s Breath. Lucin’s Breath is a frozen wasteland, so cold that venturing outside without survival gear is likely to result in one’s lungs freezing in his chest. However, this icy world possesses an incredibly valuable resource—nephium. A promethium additive with other, more esoteric properties, nephium is in high demand back in the Calixis Sector.

Lucin’s Breath seems to have a rich supply of the green-black tar-like liquid, waiting to be pumped out of sinkholes, refined, and shipped away. Even in the unpleasant environment, the world has enough gelt that Rogue Traders are willing to go to war over it. Long held by Calligos Winterscale, rival Rogue Trader Aspyce Chorda recently invaded the world. After a long and bitter conflict, the two rivals declared a truce and divided the world between them. However, it’s unlikely this truce will last for long, and both sides are already jockeying for advantage in the coming struggle.

A world like Lucin’s Breath offers plenty of opportunities for Rogue Traders. They can engage in the nephium trade if they want to tap into the river of wealth that flows from the planet, or if they are somewhat more warlike in nature, they can partner with one of the two rival Rogue Traders in the coming war.



On the other side of the coin are the dusty and forgotten worlds of the Egarian Dominion. Tucked in a small star cluster in Winterscale’s Realm, the worlds of the Egarian Dominion were once inhabited by a long-forgotten xenos race. These Egarians built giant constructions—cyclopean maze-cities, then vanished thousands of years before Rogue Traders entered the Expanse. Besides their cities, they left behind strange artefacts—crystal weapons, geode mesh, shard glaives, and strange geosidic statuettes and carved figures and constructed from the same crystalline material that makes up their maze cities. These artefacts make for an extremely valuable Cold Trade back into the Calixis Sector, and if the Explorers do not mind tempting the wrath of the Ordo Xenos of the Inquisition, they too can fund a dig or expedition into one of the maze –cities. In fact, Vaults of the Forgotten, a full adventure in Edge of the Abyss, allows you to do just that! Be careful, however, for not everything that waits within the depths of the maze-cities is dead. After all, the Egarians vanished for a reason...

Lucin’s Breath and the Egarian Dominion are just two of the worlds detailed in Edge of the Abyss. From Naduesh and Aubray’s Anvil to Somnium VIII and the Serpent’s Cradle, Edge of the Abyss takes you on a tour through some of the most interesting locations in the Expanse.

Warpstorm (n.): A massive uprising of the Immaterium that bleeds over into reality causing disruption, chaos, and cessation of warp–travel; often a herald of doom.”
—Lexicon Calixia, 35th edition, M39

Near the Coreward end of the God-Emperor’s Scourge, bathed in the faint, flickering, bruise-coloured light of the distant Void Dancer’s Roil, lies the small and unassuming Forsellis system. It is sparsely inhabited, has little in the way of resources, and boasts no archaeological sites of interest. Its one habitable planet, Damaris, lies halfway between the star and the vast ice fields at the edge of the system, and manages to survive against all odds. But now, vile xenos threaten to destroy everything they’ve built. Can you help the people of Damaris in their hour of need? More importantly, can you find the profit in it?

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Frozen Reaches, the first adventure in The Warpstorm Trilogy for Rogue Trader! As previewed in Profit and Plunder, The Frozen Reaches throws the Explorers before an impending Ork invasion as they work to save the planet of Damaris. But first, they will need to organize squabbling factions and establish a united front. This is no easy task, as powerful forces are working against them from the shadows...

Use all your charm and influence to prepare a planet’s defences as the Ork fleets close in on Damaris. Fight the xenos in space aboard the bridge of your starship, or meet the bloody Orks in brutal hand-to-hand combat on the ground! The choices you make ensure success, or guarantee defeat. Choose wisely, and reap the rewards of your victory.

The Frozen Reaches can be played as a standalone adventure, but the events and characters it introduces are only the beginning. The Warpstorm Trilogy, an epic series of adventures, centers on the exploits of the Explorers as they uncover a great mystery that threatens the entire Expanse.

Do you have what it takes to brave the dangers of a warpstorm? Find out this winter, when The Frozen Reaches arrives at a retailer near you!

BaronIveagh wrote:Wow, i wonder why there's suddenly rushing so many products out the door? Trying for the Xmas market?