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As we saw from the Battle for Nevorus thread, lots of people want to play an RP, but we need a good GM and things generally go far smoother if everyone is on the same side and preferably the same army, or at least the number of sides is controlled rather than trying to fit them all in. Past experience also tells me that people sign up if they know roughly what is going on, so I definitely recommend a 40k RP as almost everyone will know a reasonable amount of backstory.

Hopefully a GM will step up (I know I won't be able to manage running it), and hopefully the poll will sort out which army most people want to use. As for the time, I imagine that pre or post heresy can be worked out later. But basically, let's get an RP running so that we can all have some fun and procrastination

It all boils down to what sort of game you want, purte frontline combat and little mystery solving IG is the obvious army, now if the player base dessiers more mysteries and somewhat more cloak and dagger play so to speak the different Ordos of the Inqusition is the clear choice.

It is my experience as a GM that Xeno centerd RP games fizzle out unless all the players have a detailed knowledlge of said race. So to sum it up the development of the game, and its story depends on what race is choosen

Signing up for a Chaos RP if it happens.

I voted Chaos as well, the disorganized warband nature of it allows people more freedom in character creation. As apposed to sticking to the set personality, strengths and weakness of whatever loyalist chapter might be chosen.

Inquisition RPs while interesting, requires far more work for the gm than a brutal front line war or invasion scenario.

Well, it looks like the easiest one to do that people have voted for would be Chaos Marines, now all we need to know is who wants to play and who can GM.

I voted CSM and Inquistion, either would be great.

Ah, these...

I think an Inquisition RPG might be fun... Of course, I have a feeling it'll degrade to "HURR DURR EXTERMINATUS BOOM!" towards the end...

Yeah...

That sounds fun...

i play chaos marines on the board and in the games so i know my too cents about the race. sign me up as one of them.

CSM sounds fun. I suck with the backstories but I can learn

So all we need now is a GM. Anyone feel like signing up or suggesting someone else to do it?

I'll sign up for it.

Although everything goes to hell in RPGs I GM. Particularly if I'm a part of them.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
I'll sign up for it.

Although everything goes to hell in RPGs I GM. Particularly if I'm a part of them.

Really? Usually when I bother to look at threads in here your usually one or the people that seem to be handling themselves best. Guess my powers of observation are lacking here.

Well I would be interested to join but not GM i'm no good at GMing.

I can help with some GM sorta ideas, but I am not very good at laying out real structure for an RP. I will participate in whatever we come up with though.

EDIT: It may be a good idea to have the OP be an Inquisitor, and the characters be his retinue and/or troops that he has requisitioned, if we go the Inquisition way.

 DeathRex wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
I'll sign up for it.

Although everything goes to hell in RPGs I GM. Particularly if I'm a part of them.

Really? Usually when I bother to look at threads in here your usually one or the people that seem to be handling themselves best. Guess my powers of observation are lacking here.

You haven't seen the IG RP...

Or the Night Lords RP...

Or the Emperor's Children RPG...

Or anything else I've been in really. One time I was a deluded grot wearing a suit, top hat and monocle who ended up riding a Carnifex then being eaten whole within 20 minutes of his creation.

Good times.

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 DeathRex wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
I'll sign up for it.

Although everything goes to hell in RPGs I GM. Particularly if I'm a part of them.

Really? Usually when I bother to look at threads in here your usually one or the people that seem to be handling themselves best. Guess my powers of observation are lacking here.

You haven't seen the IG RP...

Or the Night Lords RP...

Or the Emperor's Children RPG...

Or anything else I've been in really. One time I was a deluded grot wearing a suit, top hat and monocle who ended up riding a Carnifex then being eaten whole within 20 minutes of his creation.

Good times.

In your defense, the Night Lords RPG was mine

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 DeathRex wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
One time I was a deluded grot wearing a suit, top hat and monocle who ended up riding a Carnifex then being eaten whole within 20 minutes of his creation.

You may have been a deluded posh grot, but you were a deluded posh grot with style, which is what matters

And I'm happy for you to GM. All RPs die eventually, it's better for them to go out with a bang in my opinion.

Night Shades, never forget.

*Flails arms about*

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:

 DeathRex wrote:

 BlapBlapBlap wrote:
I'll sign up for it.

Although everything goes to hell in RPGs I GM. Particularly if I'm a part of them.

Really? Usually when I bother to look at threads in here your usually one or the people that seem to be handling themselves best. Guess my powers of observation are lacking here.

You haven't seen the IG RP...

Or the Night Lords RP...

Or the Emperor's Children RPG...

Or anything else I've been in really. One time I was a deluded grot wearing a suit, top hat and monocle who ended up riding a Carnifex then being eaten whole within 20 minutes of his creation.

Good times.

Guess iv only caught the 'best of' then lol. The grot seemed cool if that means anything
Was that the Pre Hersey Emperors children rpg?

Id like to re-join the Dakka RP crowd, and Im ok wih Chaos Marines (and no, I wont pull another EC out of my ass)

EDIT: As a member of the above RPs, I can say the EC probably went the best.

IG, I turned up as a pissed off BA Termie cos I was insanely late
NL, I was a deluded Techmarine with a Baneblade

EC, I was your friendly neighbourhood 'feth everything up than try and get you out of it' Necron Phaeron. (Please dont ask how)

 TheRobotLol wrote:
Night Shades, never forget.

*Flails arms about*

I like to know my performance moved you. It's really quite satisfying.

Guess iv only caught the 'best of' then lol. The grot seemed cool if that means anything
Was that the Pre Hersey Emperors children rpg?

No grot in the PH EC RPG. But yeah, I was talking about that.

Anyway, it's a CM RP, is it? Guess I'll get it sorted out.

 IHateNids wrote:
EC, I was your friendly neighbourhood 'feth everything up than try and get you out of it' Necron Phaeron. (Please dont ask how)

I remember that Phaeron. Good times... except for when everything went to gak, as things always do at the end of a good RP.

Anyway, I'll get to work on a character.

I already have a good one based on my mate's Chaos Warlord if we are doing an RP on CSM

OK, just as a template now, pretty standard stuff:

Name:
Age:
Equipment and Armour:
Weapons:
Warband:
Alignment:
Bio:
Appearance:

I'll get ready.

Hmm, could I help out with the GM side of this Blap as a change of pace?

Yeah, sure.

Ees up.

Heh, I think for a change I'll create a character extremely similar to who I'd be if I was in this situation. Just more killy.

Name: Gray
Age: 24
Equipment and Armour: Scavenged flak armour, part scavenged part homemade forcefield generator (that always cuts out at just the wrong moment)
Weapons: "Modified" combo-autogun-lasgun, electrified combat knife
Warband: 2nd-in-command of a large cultist warband who tag along with any chaos marines that will take them
Alignment: Leaning towards Tzeench
Bio: Gray was born on an agri-world far from anywhere, where there was always a shortage of techpriests and the govenor had commanded that those techpriests that remained tech a few of the brightest students the basics so that the machinary could be cared for with a minimum of trouble. Gray was selected for this training, however found himself being slowly pulled into a cult that taught that the machine spirit was not what the priests claimed it was. At the first opportunity, he managed to stow away on a cargo vessel to one of the larger planets where the majority of this cult resided. Gray was forced to kill some of the guards at the docks when he arrived, and found it surprisingly easy, taking one of their lasguns to simplify things. He soon met with the cult, and quickly rose to a high position due to his abilities in mending and modifying the weapons that the cult was stockpiling and occasionally using. However, despite a tactical mind he never displayed the charisma required for leadership, and found himself in a high position but not rising.
Civil war followed soon after, with the cult displaying its ability to bring down a large sector of one of the hives, though many of its members were killed. Though Gray fought where necessary, he was generally repairing or creating weapons, or else using bombs to damage the hives before anyone could react to it. Soon after the civil war, the forces of Chaos arrived on the planet, and Gray (by now the 2nd-highest ranking in the cult) found himself following their armies, marching to war.
Appearance:


Perhaps I'll find some better artwork soon.