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I'm calling it now, the classes will be:

Scar boy, spanner boy, squig herder and sneaky grot.

Extra points are awarded for kicking the player role-playing the grot!

New art from Facebook:

The Acolyte heard there might have been some heresy here. Would some loyal citizens be so good as to point it out?

Artist: Alberto Bontempi

To me, that look says "Have you heard the good word about our lord and savior, The God-Emperor of Mankind?"

 EnTyme wrote:
To me, that look says "Have you heard the good word about our lord and savior, The God-Emperor of Mankind?"

With the question appropriately asked by someone with a drawn weapon, lol.

I'm just imagining the frustration if she tries to open that book with her mittened hand...

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Me: Filthy mutants. It's always mutants.

GM: This is the first encounter your characters have ever had together.

Me: And it's been Filthy Mutants EVERY time we've encountered something.

I shoot the scribe.

I hope there's a grimdark gazeebo down the hall.

It's going to be fun being able to play a mixed group of 40k heroes. Always kinda sad jumping between Only War, Dark Heresy, and Deathwatch so everyone could play what they really like.

Working for a Rogue Trader? YES!

I find Rogue Trader bosses to be much more interesting than Inquisitor ones. Glad to see this is something the system supports in its base.
Also, the girl-ssar is quite nice. Probably fresh from the Schola?

 Vector Strike wrote:

Also, the girl-ssar is quite nice. Probably fresh from the Schola?

It's more likely she's showing the results of rejuvenat treatments and/or the effects of warp travel...

BlueGrassGamer wrote:

 Vector Strike wrote:

Also, the girl-ssar is quite nice. Probably fresh from the Schola?

It's more likely she's showing the results of rejuvenat treatments and/or the effects of warp travel...

Sorry, I meant in the way she's behaving, not her figure

Not all commissars shoot first and praise the Emperor later at the same time you know.

Well, next update in a few weeks time should be the combat system then, will be interesting to see that play out.

Vector Strike wrote:

BlueGrassGamer wrote:

 Vector Strike wrote:

Also, the girl-ssar is quite nice. Probably fresh from the Schola?

It's more likely she's showing the results of rejuvenat treatments and/or the effects of warp travel...

Sorry, I meant in the way she's behaving, not her figure

BrookM wrote:Not all commissars shoot first and praise the Emperor later at the same time you know..

Ref: Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and Commissar Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!)...

I know that, guys... In fact, they are much more interesting to me than the shoot-before-ask types (played Commissars twice with the FFG line).
But the stereotype certainly isn't that level-headed

 Vector Strike wrote:
I know that, guys... In fact, they are much more interesting to me than the shoot-before-ask types (played Commissars twice with the FFG line).
But the stereotype certainly isn't that level-headed

The stereotype also has a high rate of death due to "multiple gunshots to back" and "grenade went off in tent"

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Vector Strike wrote:
I know that, guys... In fact, they are much more interesting to me than the shoot-before-ask types (played Commissars twice with the FFG line).
But the stereotype certainly isn't that level-headed

The stereotype also has a high rate of death due to "multiple gunshots to back" and "grenade went off in tent"

Plus not a little “accidentally fell into anti-lictor pit trap before the warning marks were put up.”

Besides, a “fresh from the scholam” commissar is called a “storm trooper” – you don’t get the big hat until you’ve served/survived a tour or two.

That bit of fluff has been changed, while at the Schola Progenium kids are sorted out to the best of their abilities.

Commissars are now trained from a young age, including a special teaching moment where they are handed a loaded gun and told to shoot their best friend, just to teach them that after shooting such a good person, shooting traitors and shirkers of duty isn't hard at all.

Where is that written?

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
Where is that written?

The Militarum Tempestus Codex had that.

Codex: Militarum Tempestus.

This is also backed up by the Gaunts Ghosts and Ciaphas Cain novels, where both main characters become cadet commissars and not stormtroopers upon leaving the Progenium.

 BrookM wrote:
That bit of fluff has been changed, while at the Schola Progenium kids are sorted out to the best of their abilities.

Commissars are now trained from a young age, including a special teaching moment where they are handed a loaded gun and told to shoot their best friend, just to teach them that after shooting such a good person, shooting traitors and shirkers of duty isn't hard at all.

That's quite fethed up!

But wait - what if your best friend is another Cader Commissar?

I meant the bit about shooting their dog best friend; I assume that's also in the Stormtroopers Codex?

Yes, basically they shoot a fellow cadet, more often than not one they have a good understanding with. This is a test of character and a reminder of what their duties are as an Officio Prefectus officer. Why hesitate shooting a coward or deserter when you already have the blood on your hands of a better person than they'll ever be.

And yes, this is from the codex, both in the fluff and the short story segment.

Just to throw some general info out: I know that Ulisses NA is planning on hosting events and/or running games at Origins Game Fair (June 13 - 17 in Columbus, Ohio) and Gen Con (August 2 - 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana). They are also taking in part in Free RPG Day on June 16 and will be releasing a Quickstart packet for the event. Apologies if this has been mentioned before.

Some of it has, some hasn't, thanks!

 BrookM wrote:
Yes, basically they shoot a fellow cadet, more often than not one they have a good understanding with. This is a test of character and a reminder of what their duties are as an Officio Prefectus officer. Why hesitate shooting a coward or deserter when you already have the blood on your hands of a better person than they'll ever be.

Wow! No wonder the Imperium is so poorly managed. Lose half your Cadets in a blind show of faith that favours the worst cadets.One can se why Chaos and gene stealer cults are so widespread.

Worst cadets? Wait, what?

In order to pass you must execute the other cadet.

In all seriousness though, this is just another horribly edgy bit of writing on part of the GW design studio.

Isn't the entire Schola retconned into an absurd murderporn hogwarts nowadays anyway?