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We just wrapped up KT campaign that had Imperials vs. Chaos. I alternated as needed between Sisters of Battle and Chaos Guard.

I don't think you guys want to know the outcome.

Nice man. Feel free to throw it right into the narrative with your next post!

A stunning victory for the Imperium, right?

Jokes aside. I don't mind us loosing or getting a pyrric victory. There are some great stories that can be told from a loosers perspective. Lets see how this plays out

I will be Out-of-Pocket the next three days.

Suffice to say, Cardinal Richemont will go the Void Shield Generator to help defend the location with the help of his retinue. He will give inspirational speeches and try to be seen where the action is to lift the spirits of the men. He won't be "leading from the front" so much as moving around behind the lines, visiting the injured, talking with the troops, and going to the point of any particularly hairy situations.

No worries!

Next up from me, I'll be rolling some dice and resolving some battles!

Can my special bombardment be used anyhow? While we haven't got void superiority, I was thinking that maybe something could be done from the docks to strike some objectives Planetside and, or maybe represent the effects of large scale use of traps. It's beostly.dorected towards space marine groups.

Just to clarify: von Gaussenberg will stay and fight as long as possible. If there is a realistic chance to hold the docks he will take it. But knowing how big of a ressource a bunch of Chaos Space Marines is for the enemy I assume he will not gamble away killing a bunch of them "just" for a simple chance to survive. I liked the character, but it is what he would do

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
Can my special bombardment be used anyhow? While we haven't got void superiority, I was thinking that maybe something could be done from the docks to strike some objectives Planetside and, or maybe represent the effects of large scale use of traps. It's beostly.dorected towards space marine groups.

Excellent idea. Unfortunately the dockyards are pretty much defenseless at this point. But Loise would have access to plenty of long range artillery and airstrikes to assist any battles on the ground right now.

Right, so I'm using my artillery assets to make possible some relatively complex maneouvers that won't be possible without the firepower of the artillery.

Dekskull: is there any chance to move either the salvaged cruiser, the begun frigate or the dock itself in a collision course with the enemy cruiser? If it is near the atmosphere of the planet, any damage to the propulsion might be fatal...

 Pyroalchi wrote:
Dekskull: is there any chance to move either the salvaged cruiser, the begun frigate or the dock itself in a collision course with the enemy cruiser? If it is near the atmosphere of the planet, any damage to the propulsion might be fatal...

That is an interesting idea. You might have a more practical and slightly less suicidal option though.

You might be able to route enough reserve power to the salvaged cruiser to take a lance shot at the enemy cruiser. That combined with your orbital defense silos and bombers, and you might be able to force it to abort the attack run.

Wow, that was a lucky streak for us!

Not sure if this will have a lot of consequences, but I wanted a little more narrative because I feel Loisy was having it somewhat to easy these days

LOL: Yeah the dice have been going your way. But fear not. Even if you win every roll, it's still got to be grim dark.

The war stuff has been fun, but I'm planning on wrapping it up soon. We'll be moving into a new chapter. A post war chapter!

So anyway I'll add more later, but suffice to say Loise finds himself injured and fallen deep into the underhive. Gaussenberg finds himself also injured and the apparent sole survivor of a very heavily damaged space station.

Meanwhile the Cardinal is doing just fine and will probably take over the planet LOL.

BTW: I think this will be the final chapter of our story. You've managed to save the planet that you built, but now all three of our heroes will find themselves in the greatest danger they have ever been in....I.E. What happens after the war will be worse than the war. Mwhahaha

Wow, I am gone a few days and you guys go and win the war AND try to get yourselves killed!

I will have a post-up by End of Day.

Stuff happened yeah.

I'm now about to die as the finale

slightly edited my last post. Gaussenberg does his final adress in front of the glowing reactor door. If he sacrifices himself, the viewers might as well know. A little vanity at the end of his life - he deserves as much.

Served well. Waiting to see what happens to Loisy next to know if he'll join you! And the cardinal after the sister loses its tempered and runs him through with her chainsword

I know this is great.

I think I am ready for about one last post.

Some loose ends will be tied up but some things will still be up in the air.

Maybe set the stage for a new adventure down the road!

And...everything is wrapped up now.

I realized that the story arch of the gang trying to get Loiuse uphive is probably good enough to be it's own separate game. Haha, maybe one I can run for the future!

The irony of the Cardinal getting being both the calculator and the best ending, and even more so of Loisy being about to die knowing he was not.that mad actually all along, is just pinpoint grimdark. Thanks Dekskull for being a great GM, and thanks to you Pyro and.Easy for being nice.and.involvdd players, that was a great ride! I'll be eager to jump into another one

A big thank you from me too, it was a lot of fun. And from my point of view the perfect ending for Gaussenberg, eben if it didn't matter that much. But dying believing he did something important was all he could have asked for at that point.

I really like these forum games. We should keep this up in some form. The ressource allocation that then influenced the narrative was specifically funny. Maybe one can include this in another game.

Waiting to slip into the shoes of Loisy as he escapes hehe.

That's brand knew to me but that was great!

Thanks for a great game all!

I have never RP'ed a game where the Characters had so much power. It was also fun how the early wheeling and dealing on resources led to different narrative outcomes. Again, never really experienced something like that before and it was a highlight for me as well. I loved all the political stuff going on with and between characters.

I also enjoyed that you handled all the dice rolling/rules in the background Dekskull. We were just able to focus on RP and our own little agendas.

Cardinal Richemont will move that Frederik Von Gaussenberg be sainted!

I'm glad everyone had a good time. It was definitely different and challenging (and probably something I couldn't do well in a live Roll 20 or tabletop session). I do think it's easiest with forum play to have the GM handle the dice rolls, but it can work either way.

My only regret was not making the Cardinal's ending darker. But I felt like the Colonel and the Cardinal's ultimate fate are better told in a sequel down the road. Besides, the death of a major character is usually a good stopping point for most stories. BTW, did anyone notice that the Cardinal actually caused the Chaos invasion by accident? (Unfortunate consequence of him acquiring something that Vashtor wanted lol)

As for the escape with the Colonel. I envision the Colonel would become an NPC while the players would take on the role of the gangers, trying to safeguard his passage through the underhive.

It could be fun, but I need a break from GMing for a while.

If one of you all wants to take the helm with a new story, I'm game though. I like Wrath and Glory because it's extremely flexible with what you can do but any of the 40K RPGs could work. (Looking at Pyro but I know the rest of you all know how to GM!)

Ah, Loisy was right all along, this is all the Cardinal's fault!!!

Count me in in a sequel, after all, that has been my character and I'd love to see how far he can go. Unfortunately, will used to scenario making for my group, I have got no experience as proper GM.

Nice job on your part and thanks again!

I would be willing to try it as a GM.

But to give this a little twist: do you want to play as Loisy/gangers bringing him up the spire, as PDF/Sisters going down to look for Loisy or as Genestealers/Chaoscultists trying to turn/infect him?

Should we get enough Players it would even be possible to have all three factions

Actually, having the PDF try to rescue him as a secondary faction while Loisy is escorted upwards could make for a cool dual quest, with various cultists as the ennemy, making for a more "coop" experience.

Having Genestealers or chaos involved could he fun as well more in a friendly competition fashion as we just did.

Always thought Necromunda RPG would be cool.

....and yeah, I did notice that it was all my fault. Here I thought the Chaos forces were coming after whatever the Ad-Mech had found all those years ago!

 Pyroalchi wrote:
I would be willing to try it as a GM.

But to give this a little twist: do you want to play as Loisy/gangers bringing him up the spire, as PDF/Sisters going down to look for Loisy or as Genestealers/Chaoscultists trying to turn/infect him?

Should we get enough Players it would even be possible to have all three factions

That's cool!

It would probably make the most sense to have the players represent a diverse team put together to rescue the governor from the under hive. That would open up the character creation a bit. Would also give you some flexibility with the story.

Let me know whenever you kick that off, Pyro!