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 War Kitten wrote:
Is it going to be like the dungeon I suspect I'd find on BC's EC ship?

It's not a dungeon, it's very well lit.

It's a dungeon BC. Just admit it

I'm not rushing anyone but who needs to post an outro for COF 1 because once we have those I'll post the new thread

Me, working on it

Just out of interest is anyone a professional writer ? Or do we all just have a passion for 40k and writing.

40K IS LOVE! 40K IS LIFE!

(That answer your question? Plus we've all probably read the entirety of BL all together...)

Just a person who likes to write.

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
Just out of interest is anyone a professional writer ? Or do we all just have a passion for 40k and writing.

Just a guy with too much spare time.
I love writing, don't get me wrong, but I don't think there's much hope of me getting a career from it.

Outro is done, and mercifully short compared to what I usually write

I was planning in finishing my Histans yesterday, but real shot down that plan. Expect mine later today, and I might write something up for Vorhees, but don't put CoF 2 on hold for that, he's not an important enough character for that.

 Bobthehero wrote:
Outro is done, and mercifully short compared to what I usually write

Hope it wasnt rushed just for the sake of CoF 2. On another note I don't know whether to love or hate your scions .

It wasn't rushed, I was thinking about it yesterday, it just so happens chazz posted before I did

Passion for 40k and writing?

Weeeell... Not so much passion as I like the fact the fluff is so wide you can make up things and they fit. The ridicully effect taken up to over 9000 helps with that too. All in all it just feels an easy and safe thing to write about because you really can't do anything wrong.

I mean, I never ever played the thing, as I was more interested in the square based side of the fence (not that I ever played that either), but between the fact that my brain has so much useless info about 4·10^4 and that I find it really difficult to write anything about Infinity I'm satisfied with... I just write about it.

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
Just out of interest is anyone a professional writer ? Or do we all just have a passion for 40k and writing.

Well, I'm not a professional writer, but I'm on a creative writing course at college so becoming a writer is the eventual goal. Although I think I've learnt more about writing from you guys than from the course I'm on. Make of that what you will.

 chazz huggins wrote:
I'm not rushing anyone but who needs to post an outro for COF 1 because once we have those I'll post the new thread

I do, my intro makes less sense without it. Blackjack does as well.

I'm travelling tomorrow but would probably get it up by early Tuesday at latest.

I have a question. If I want another faction, but they're completely aligned with my Necrons can I bring them in? It's not a 3rd faction per say as much as it is allies

If they're boosting your force by effectively another army worth of people, I can see that being an issue.

While have three distinct people (RT, Admech and EC) the RT is basically a glorified admech-aligned taxi who has no army. I just like writing dialogue for those characters.

Edit: Hit post too soon.

Something like adding characters could be fun, but adding more Dakka could be problematic if you follow me?

More dakka is never problematic.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
If they're boosting your force by effectively another army worth of people, I can see that being an issue.

While have three distinct people (RT, Admech and EC) the RT is basically a glorified admech-aligned taxi who has no army. I just like writing dialogue for those characters.

Edit: Hit post too soon.

Something like adding characters could be fun, but adding more Dakka could be problematic if you follow me?

Agreed completely.

As a narrative force = yes!
As a force to give you an edge = maybe not?

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
If they're boosting your force by effectively another army worth of people, I can see that being an issue.

While have three distinct people (RT, Admech and EC) the RT is basically a glorified admech-aligned taxi who has no army. I just like writing dialogue for those characters.

Edit: Hit post too soon.

Something like adding characters could be fun, but adding more Dakka could be problematic if you follow me?

Agreed completely.

As a narrative force = yes!
As a force to give you an edge = maybe not?

Yeah, fair balence of forces is required. Plus no ones brining a full chapter or anything. We all are max 2 company marines etc. +auxiliaries

 jhe90 wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
If they're boosting your force by effectively another army worth of people, I can see that being an issue.

While have three distinct people (RT, Admech and EC) the RT is basically a glorified admech-aligned taxi who has no army. I just like writing dialogue for those characters.

Edit: Hit post too soon.

Something like adding characters could be fun, but adding more Dakka could be problematic if you follow me?

Agreed completely.

As a narrative force = yes!
As a force to give you an edge = maybe not?

Yeah, fair balence of forces is required. Plus no ones brining a full chapter or anything. We all are max 2 company marines etc. +auxiliaries

I am bringing all the Astartes in my chapter... all 170 of them

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
If they're boosting your force by effectively another army worth of people, I can see that being an issue.

While have three distinct people (RT, Admech and EC) the RT is basically a glorified admech-aligned taxi who has no army. I just like writing dialogue for those characters.

Edit: Hit post too soon.

Something like adding characters could be fun, but adding more Dakka could be problematic if you follow me?

Agreed completely.

As a narrative force = yes!
As a force to give you an edge = maybe not?

Yeah, fair balence of forces is required. Plus no ones brining a full chapter or anything. We all are max 2 company marines etc. +auxiliaries

I am bringing all the Astartes in my chapter... all 170 of them

Oops. My great company is kind of a tad short of your entire chapter......

I was only thinking of bringing about 110 marines...40 of them being vets. Kinda goes well with my 'Almost wiped out by a traitor, trying to rebuild' and 'Will work for geneseed'

I literally don't know how many EC or Admech I have. Less than a lot, more than some.

Is that an issue? I assumed defeats work in percentages so losing 30% just means I need to keep track when making rolls and say "I want to do this but I'm down 30% from last time" so the GM modifies.

Y/N ?

I hate keeping track of specific numbers, so I always left mine vague, and worked from there. I took some casualties? Alright, I'll refrain from doing some of the more adventurous rolls I planned on, and try to do some army management rolls like defense and raids.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I literally don't know how many EC or Admech I have. Less than a lot, more than some.

Is that an issue? I assumed defeats work in percentages so losing 30% just means I need to keep track when making rolls and say "I want to do this but I'm down 30% from last time" so the GM modifies.

Y/N ?

I won't modify the roll, per say. The narrative outcome will be determined based upon the strength of your force.

 Sgt. Vanden wrote:
I was only thinking of bringing about 110 marines...40 of them being vets. Kinda goes well with my 'Almost wiped out by a traitor, trying to rebuild' and 'Will work for geneseed'

Are you stealing my ideas, friend?

I'd only be bringing in a small contingent of Earth Caste workers for... Purposes

Same, I've used grouping of cadres and units, but no set sizes. I have as many men as the story requires.

I suppose its a good thing I am bringing my Scions in force, kinda.

Ooooh I just remembered a thing I meant to add to my outro, damnit.