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 Tibs Ironblood wrote:
Some moderate noble on a planet close to Terra. I have wealth and respect, but not too much of it to make myself a target or deal with higher end problems, but also close to Terra so I am likely in a very safe spot.

Offttt politics in the 40k universe is not a danger free job lol If you are a nobel you'll probably end up in politics.

Ceogroarch. Because no one could touch me, effectively invincible.

Guilliam ofc. Practically emperor of the Imperium.

 Delvarus Centurion wrote:

 Tibs Ironblood wrote:
Some moderate noble on a planet close to Terra. I have wealth and respect, but not too much of it to make myself a target or deal with higher end problems, but also close to Terra so I am likely in a very safe spot.

Offttt politics in the 40k universe is not a danger free job lol If you are a nobel you'll probably end up in politics.

Exactly why I only want to be a middle class noble. I still have some pull, but I am not a high roller or especially important guy. I can blend in with the other rich folk.

I'd want to be the Swarmlord.

I can't believe no one has said rogue trader yet, but that's what I would want to be. You'd have relative freedom to go where you wish, including outside the Imperium to negotiate and trade with xenos. You could set your own priorities and follow opportunity as long as you paid your dues in some way. Out of sight, out of mind, with your own spaceship to boot. It would be fairly dangerous but worth the risk.

Probably an ork warboss or nob. They have fun

Midnightdeathblade wrote:Vulkan. Im immortal and can deadlift baneblades, benchpress hab blocks, and can pull drivers out of the front armor of a vindicator with my bare hands. Im also a nice guy everyone tells me.

SamusDrake wrote:Considering that life expectancy in 40K is five minutes for just about anything...Eldar Swooping Hawk.

I could at least spend that five minutes pretending that I am Brian Blessed.

Vulkan by a long shot.

Best line ever "DIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE

 Delvarus Centurion wrote:

 Tibs Ironblood wrote:
Some moderate noble on a planet close to Terra. I have wealth and respect, but not too much of it to make myself a target or deal with higher end problems, but also close to Terra so I am likely in a very safe spot.

Offttt politics in the 40k universe is not a danger free job lol If you are a nobel you'll probably end up in politics.

Just be the disappointing third child who just does nothing except fail their family. No politics, no war, no job and easy living.

pm713 wrote:

 Delvarus Centurion wrote:

 Tibs Ironblood wrote:
Some moderate noble on a planet close to Terra. I have wealth and respect, but not too much of it to make myself a target or deal with higher end problems, but also close to Terra so I am likely in a very safe spot.

Offttt politics in the 40k universe is not a danger free job lol If you are a nobel you'll probably end up in politics.

Just be the disappointing third child who just does nothing except fail their family. No politics, no war, no job and easy living.

Or just pretend you are dim witted and slow.

Whats the name of the Commissar who is the head writer of the new Regimental Standard?

The one that spent 48 hours of active duty before stubbing his toe on a Baneblade and retiring with honours to become part of the propaganda machine?

Urien Rakarth, definitely.

Duke Sliscus would be a close second.

A humble farmer, toiling away in blessed ignorance on some backwater agri-world where my biggest concern is getting all my chores done before heading into town to take mass with the local preacher.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
A humble farmer, toiling away in blessed ignorance on some backwater agri-world where my biggest concern is getting all my chores done before heading into town to take mass with the local preacher.

this got me excited, thinking of 40k rednecks, ministerium conspiracies where the administration poisons crops and mass preaches fake news blaming Xenos for crop failure, encouraging young men to enlist and take the fight to the Xenos 'they took our crops!'

Also, "we're going to build an astronomicon and make the heretics pay for it!"

Lucius the Eternal, obviously.

Small note for the people saying they'd want to be simple citizens of the Imperium on a safe world: the topic indicates that whoever you are, you would be a character. As in, in the story. A simple agri-world farmer isn't a "character" unless that agri-world is about to have a very bad time.

Kharn. Abaddon seems like too much hard work. with Kharn you can basically do what you want and no one would dare question it.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Kharn. Abaddon seems like too much hard work. with Kharn you can basically do what you want and no one would dare question it.

Yeah. If Kharn shows up he can always have his own side of the battlefield. Right, left or center, mr. Kharn? All yours. We'll stay out of your way, over there...

Although harvesting skulls could get quite boring..not much job variety there...

Sevatar, easily. He's the fething man. Possibly the finest fighter the Adeptus Astartes ever produced and a psyker to boot.

He easily has the best sense of humor of any superhuman in the galaxy.

He's smart and treacherous... and has pretty much nothing he owes to anyone by the time 40k rolls around and he comes back from his mysterious, unconfirmed death.

Trying to unfeth the Night Lords would be one hell of a task, but you'd never get bored and you could literally choose to do anything you wanted, succeed or fail. Also, you've not been mind-fethed by Chaos, like Kharn or Lucius.

Edited for language - BrookM

With Lucius, it's the whole 'Gift of Submission' thing, innit?

Being tied up and whipped sounds awful to me, but if you're into it then obviously being tied up and whipped is a pretty good night, so if you're into the whole 'crazed S&M murderer' vibe then you wouldn't consider yourself "mind-fethed". Submission is empowering to a submissive, after all.

Consensual non-consent, I guess. Though I doubt Lucius and Slaanesh sat down and talked about limits and who knows what counts as grimdark aftercare, so... maybe I'm full of [Expletive Deleted].

Not Chaos, as I don't want my soul to be eaten by the flalse gods. Not an important character, as I don't want to feth it up. Maybe an ork big boss indeed, blessed in ignorance and having lot of fun, indeed, but which one ?
Or the colonel Schaeffer. A real badass.

Ciaphas Cain.
Hero of the Imperium, good friend with hot Inquisitor, attached to a mixed regiment of Valhallans, extremely lucky bastard, tea addict and one of the very few commissars that retired with honors and did not die on the battlefield.

Or UR-025, because "Beep, boop, BRRRRRRTT" mother*ucker. He (it?) also supposedly met the real Omnissiah, that would be really disappointed by the one AdMech worships.

Being a Dark Eldar archon could be rad.

Cryptek Rahkoz from Deathwatch RPG, a necron chronomancer.

Lord Asterion Moloc.

Because who doesn't want to be a badass in Terminator armour, wielding a Greek themed storm shield and a power lance with a built-in Las Talon?

Oh, and travel around with your home boys at full chapter strength AT ALL TIMES, and whoever gets the ire of the Ultrasmurfs by wiping out a successor chapter and nicking their battle barge are OK in my book!

TL;DR - They are cool guys but massive donkey-caves.

Stormtrooper Captain Andrej, an operator that can operate while operating operationnally, but not without a hefty dose of humor.

If human, a Rogue Trader, to satisfy my love of romantic adventure (at a terrible human cost, but we can gloss over that bit).

If non-human, definitely some kind of Ork. They have the most fun.

As a humie, that no name dude charging Horus with a bayonet, can’t achieve anymore than that as a plain guy.

I’m going to go with a Dark Eldar Archon, living the dangerous life and have my hatred sated.

one of the following:

Alpharius....
Cawl
UR-025