The plot of the game is this: You will be roleplaying as a member of the Deathwatch, the elite combat arm of the Ordos Xenos, drawn from the best and brightest of the Space Marine chapters from all across the galaxy. You are part of a team that is being sent to infiltrate a hive ship and kill the Norn Queen at its centre that is controlling a splinter fleet headed towards a heavily populated Imperial star system. Killing the Norn Queen will rob it of a controlling mind and neutralise the fleet for long enough for the Imperial Navy to arrive and destroy the idle hive ships. Due to the nature of this mission it is likely that some characters will suffer injury, or possibly even death. However, your characters will also become stronger and more deadly as the game progresses as they become more adept at combating the Tyranid threat. Combat and other tests will be decided using a
D6 system based on
40k rules
Game Thread
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Sergeant
Player Name: The glass ninja
Character Name: Balar Nirn
Class: Sergeant
Chapter: Red Scorpions
WS:6
BS:6 S:4 T:4 W:3 I:6 A:3
Ld:10
Sv:2+
Equipment: Artificier armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and power sword "Vraxis".
Age: 174
Appearance: A hulking, badly scarred warrior of the Emperor dressed all in Mark 4 power armour is Balar Nirn. Both of his arms are bionic, having lost one just as he joined the deathwatch, and another just after his 60th birthday. He wears an old white cloak over his black armour, the once chameleon like qualities faded - the mighty beast he had claimed it from long dead and the old trophy tattered. A wide, strong face, scarred and pitted with the marks of shrapnel sits atop his broad shoulders.
Personality: Determined, stubborn, leaderly, pious.
Background: Balar, even though he was considered a prodigy with close combat, even by space marine standards, had been a dissident element of the Red Scorpions. The extremely codex dedicated chapter sent him to the deathwatch as a simple measure of cleaning house. He was brash and young, angry and determined. Only one of those features has persisted into his second century - the determination.
Having fought by the side of Inquisitor Malchiel Perros in his first few years of being in the Deathwatch, he faced dark xenos, and even the forces of chaos. A string of other assignments eventually saw him assigned to a squad Gernheart, where he lost his second arm. A frentic series of battles against the forces of darkness -including boarding actions of chaos vessels, one of which Nirn led himself- culminated in a battle over the Deathwatch fortress of that sector and the involvement of the Ordo Hereticus to ensure that no taint had overtaken the Emperors finest.
Several years of working closely with inquisitors of the Hereticus saw Nirn's Loyalty to his Emperor tested to the limits, and not found wanting. When he was returned to the Deathwatch, he was older, wiser and much more scarred. His old friends of squad Gernheart were long gone, but he found his place in the deathwatch once more.
When asked why he still fought in the deathwatch and never returned to his home chapter, he simply answered 'there isn't a point in returning a sword to a scabbard which doesn't fit it'
Librarian:
Player Name: ALEXisAWESOME
Character Name: Morr Watcher
Class: Librarian
Chapter: Blood Ravens
WS:5
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:5 A:3
Ld:10
Sv:3+/4+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and force staff.
Background: Working under Commander Boreale when he had barely reach Lexicanium during the Kuarava campaign Morr found his calling. After using his Witch Sight to locate an Eldrich Ritual being preformed by a clan of Eldar Witches he and his strike force eliminated them without mercy. It was afterwards, when reality bent and the Warp shifted that he realized his mistake, the Eldar had been preventing a Warp Rift from opening! After having fought for hours with his brethren against a tide of daemonic filth did he manage to shut the rift through sheer will, but his brothers were long dead around him. Sensing his need for repentance, a Chaplin recommended Morr for the Death Watch. While Morr was happy to leave his shame behind for the black, his earlier mistakes still haunt him and he has vowed always to understand a situation before dire actions are taken.
Appearance:
Special Weapons:
Player Name: Darkvoidof40k (Darko)
Character Name: Elysius Ignis
Class: Special Weapons
Chapter: Salamanders
WS:4
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and flamer.
Age: 84
Personality: Notably jovial for a member of the Adeptus Astartes, he is also patient, reliable and loyal to his battle brothers, despite their varied heritage. He maintains that he would never leave a brother behind under any circumstances.
Reason for induction into the Deathwatch: Volunteered
Background: Elysius has a good battle record, albeit nothing out of the ordinary. He had the distinction of serving in the 2nd battle for Armageddon and even fighting alongside chapter master Tu'Shan on one occasion, a moment of great honour. After witnessing first hand at Armageddon the dire threat that Xenos can present, he requested to be allowed service in the Deathwatch. Although he returned to his chapter after his initial service, participating in the Defence of Nocturne, he recently beseeched his captain to allow him to return to the Deathwatch once again. His true talents lie with fighting the myriad xenos races and he has since remained in the Deathwatch, likely never to return to his chapter. It is a solemn truth he has come to accept, but he is glad to have found a place where he can be most effective in his duties.
Heavy Weapons:
Player Name: Ashiraya
Character Name: Brother Arthilos
Class: Heavy Weapons
Chapter: Thunder Dragons (UM successors)
WS:4
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:3 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and multi-melta.
Background: Arthilos is a Devastator specialist with exceptional experience in all Astartes heavy weapons, though he prefers the trusty all-slaying Multi-Melta. Having served for centuries in a Tactical Squad as the heavy weapons bearer, he is now on the verge of Veteran status and has been seconded to the Deathwatch as a final trial.
Marines:
Player Name: thenoobbomb
Character Name: Sevastus Targoth
Class: Marine
Chapter: Void Claws (
DA successors)
WS:4
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and combi-flamer.
Background: Sevastus Targoth, former Company Master of the Void Claws 4th Company, now a member of the Death Watch, was born on the feudal world of Mandorgan, one of the Void Claws Chapter's recruiting worlds. While proving an excellent commander throughout the years, Sevastus proved to be incompetent during a revolt on his homeworld, his failure leading to the eventual summoning of Daemons on the world and the purging of the entire planet. Stripped of his rank, and mind-washed as to prevent him telling anyone about the Fallen how no Dark Angel and their successors have ever fallen to Chaos, he was sent to the Deathwatch as to be of some use. Unfortunately, with the mind-wipe came loss of other memories as well, and he doesn't really know anything past his "career" as a Tactical Marine, leading to a loss of combat skills, too - oops. Despite some occasional confusion, Sevastus now serves in the Deathwatch and is currently being sent to end a Tyranid threat.
Player Name: yeroc500
Character Name: Raphael
Class: Marine
Chapter: Dark Angels
WS:4
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, power knife (counts as combat knife), book of deeds, frag and krak grenades and stalker pattern bolter.
Age: 421
Appearance: Bulky even by the standards of Space Marines, Raphael is almost 3 meters tall and built like a tank. He has a shaved head, which is covered in scars and burns. The left part of his face, from his eye to the jaw, is reconstructed with high quality bionics and has a small angel carved into it. His armor is a myriad of different era armor pieces along with the Deathwatch crest. His chest piece is the only new piece and comes from the Mark 8 set, while his left pauldron and greave is Mark 5 with the Deathwatch crest in the middle of the studs. His right pauldron is Mark 3 and his right greave is Mark 2. His helmet is a snarling lions helm fashioned from a Mark 4 variant. A book is chained to his armor at the hip.
Personality: A rather quiet marine, Raphael remembers little and so is usually clueless in conversation, but he is also fanatically devoted to his duty and follows orders without question. He lacks any remorse for those not of the imperium.
Background: A Dark Angel veteran who has fought many battles in the ranks of the 3rd Company until he was elevated to the 1st Company. He served amongst the hallowed rank of Deathwing for over a hundred years, fighting through many of the famous battles that the Dark Angels have recently partook in, until he lost half of his face in a hunt for several Fallen Angels. He lost his memories of most everything save the tactics and teachings he had acquired from his training and who he was, but all the battles and wars he had fought in were forgotten. He was moved to a scout sergeant role and has since been leading fresh acolytes through their initial years and passing on all he remembered to them.
Reason recruited: He was selected to serve for his unerring faith, unshakable loyalty, and lack of remorse for his enemies.
Other: Remembers none of the past and so has a hard time talking to others.
Player Name: TheCustomLime
Character Name: Lethos Ilin
Class: Marine
Chapter: Blood Angels
WS:4
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and bolter.
Player Name: purplefood
Character Name: Caleb Mandel
Class: Marine
Chapter: Exorcists
WS:4
BS:5 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and combi-flamer "Surprise of the Faithful".
Age: 572
Appearance: Caleb wears the dark red armour of his chapter on his shoulder along with an ornate bone white daemon's skull. The rest of his armour follows the standard deathwatch colour scheme. The only other concession he has made to his chapter heritage is a copy of his book of lore, the original too valuable to risk in combat, attached to his other shoulder. Caleb rarely removes his helmet as his face is scarred by long centuries of fighting with fire.
Caleb is a grim and taciturn individual out of combat. In combat his adrenaline pumps at three times the rate of the average astartes turning him into an avatar of war and he blasts and burns his enemies.
Among the Exorcists there is an elite cadre known as the Orisons. Each Orison is dedicated to a particular pursuit and maintenance of certain knowledge. Each Orison carries a book of lore on his chosen path of knowledge. Caleb belongs to an Orison sub-cult known as "Oculus Novum" or Eye of the Nova. The are formed of mostly flamer or plasma weapon wielders and are dedicated to the knowledge surrounding those weapons. Many of the marines in this sub-cult have extensively modified their weapons to greater efficacy at slaying the emperor's enemies. There are even rumours that the highest in this sub-cult have weapons capable of spewing plasma like a flamer spews fire. Caleb spent a considerable time in the scout companies training neophytes in the ways of war. For the main his career has been spent in frontline combat ensuring his skills are constantly at their peak. Caleb was recommended for the Deathwatch in order to watch for possible xeno-daemon crosses, such a hybrid would necessitate the involvement of the chapter if it arose.
Combat Marine:
Player Name: Trondheim
Character Name: Gundleif Haraldson
Class: Combat Marine
Chapter: Space Wolves
WS:5
BS:4 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and power sword.
Background:Gundleif is a prime exampel of the defiant and savage nature of all those born and raised upon Fenris, but he also carries within him the legacy of the great company he hails from. Having spent some three centuries figthing under the command of Harald Hårfagre he is just as cold and calculating as his lord is. In this war ravaged marine those sets of different approaches to war has combined to form a sort of symbiosis, he is for the most part cool under presure. But when his blood boils with the thrill of the hunt and he smells the blood of his foes it is not uncommon for this veteran to loose himself in a savage and almost feral blood rage.
He was recruited to the Deathwatch due to his knowledge of figthing the Orkoid race and the scheeming fiends that call the webway their home.
Player Name: baxter123
Character Name: Venator Umbra
Class: Combat Marine
Chapter: Tenebris Ultores (
DA successors)
WS:5
BS:4 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and power sword "Pacifius' Wrath".
Background: Venator lived his civilian life as part of the defence force on Pacifius Prime and joined during the Pacifius Prime Invasion by Traitor Brother Fist. He was picked for his eye for close-combat and acted as a guide for Tactical Squad Tyewash. After being initiated, he rose quickly through the small task force company and soon became the leader of the Tenebris Ultores Companies scout squadrons. He has a keen eye for survival at any cost and is a skilled hand to hand combatant as well as Guerrilla warfare and scouting and outflanking.
He was picked during the raid upon Molov's mines where he and the last few scouts single-handedly sacrificed themselves to try and pin down the Fallen Angel Brother Polius. The last thing he remembered of that ill-fated was his blade cleaving through the Fallen Brother's stomach while his brothers were being ripped apart by heavy enemy bolter fire before he woke up in the medicae centre of the Deathwatch, now presumed dead by the Tenebris Ultores.
Player Name: Mr.Omega
Character Name: Vensk Solem
Class: Combat Marine
Chapter: Omega Lords (
RG successors)
WS:5
BS:4 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:4 A:2
Ld:9
Sv:3+
Equipment: Power armour, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag and krak grenades and power maul.
Background: Brother Sergeant Solem was observed at the battle of Hive Kielle outskirts on Rakshan IV by an Ordo Xenos operative, who recommended him for service in the Deathwatch up the chain.
After a salvo of missile fire from Devastator Squad Skia, an enraged Hive Tyrant began a murderous rampage forwards into Imperial lines, knocking aside a Predator Tank supporting Tactical Squad Solem. The savaged remnants of the unit fired at it furiously in retaliation, the squad's Grav Gun struck the Hive Tyrant, slowing its motion and wounding it grievously - it was Brother Sergeant Solem, who in a risky situation, strode forward and delivered the killing blow to the beast with a flurry of righteous hits to the head of the Hive Tyrant, the beast unable to match the Sergeant's speed in its disorientated state, it collapsed forwards in a heap.
The battle proved a defeat as the oncoming horde proved overwhelming, so the Strike Force retreated. It is for this reason that the Sergeant's feat was tainted with shame within the confines of his own Chapter - though commended by his superiors, he did not garner great respect amongst his battle brothers, his company refusing to speak of the day there onwards, for the Ordo Xenos soon issued an exterminatus that wiped the planet of life.
The Brother Sergeant holds some bitterness towards the Inquisition for the act, but understands why it was undertaken - he is certainly not vocal about it. He does not harbour regret, but his charisma has somewhat lessened since the incident.
Choosing Weaponry for your class:
The Sergeant may choose 2 weapons, a combat and 1 ranged from the following: Weapons available to the marine/combat marine classes, as well as a power fist, thunder hammer, plasma pistol (replaces bolt pistol), hand flamer (replaces bolt pistol), storm shield (replaces bolt pistol, counts as ranged choice).
The Librarian has access to 3 psychic powers to be rolled for by the
GM at random, as well as to either a force sword, axe or staff and may choose to have a plasma pistol instead of a bolt pistol.
The Special weapons Marine may choose to wield either a flamer, meltagun or plasma gun.
The Heavy weapons trooper may wield either a heavy bolter, multi-melta, plasma cannon, heavy flamer or a lascannon.
A Marine has access to either a bolter, storm bolter, combi- flamer/melta/plasma or a stalker pattern bolter.
A Combat Marine may be equipped with a chainsword, power sword, power axe or power maul.
All marines have a bolt pistol, combat knife and frag and krak grenades as standard.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask, and if you have any suggestions please feel free to put them forwards!
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