[BC] A Vulgar Display of Power: OOC/Discussion Thread

[Necronaut]

I hadn't actually consulted Valeyard's character sheet, but sure that's fine. Oswyld may make the test under the guidance of Valeyard as he has been around Desolace for a few cycles and knows generally where they're headed.

[Lord_Ikka]

Abraxus has Navigate Surface and an Intelligence of 43...

[Lysimachus]

Even better!  So, if Abraxus does the roll, Oswyld can Assist giving us a target of 53? That's not too bad!

[Lord_Ikka]

Abraxus rolled a 37, so that would be a success I believe.

[Petragor]

@Necronaut if you want me to roll an Intimidate roll or something for my Ollkyrax' words, let me know and I'll add it to the post.

[Necronaut]

Yes please tack on an Intimidate roll at +0 if that is your intent.

[Petragor]

10 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

Yes please tack on an Intimidate roll at +0 if that is your intent.

Done, and succeeded despite my lack of Intimidate skill! Guess the power axe helps, but I still really need to buy that...

[Necronaut]

You lot have had some absurdly good luck thus far rolling multiple DoS on half-stat skill checks. Pray to the Dark Powers that you have not spent all of your good fortune on these opening moves of the game.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Necronaut

[Petragor]

25 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

You lot have had some absurdly good luck thus far rolling multiple DoS on half-stat skill checks. Pray to the Dark Powers that you have not spent all of your good fortune on these opening moves of the game.

Tell that to my character in @Trokair's game, recently spent both of her Fate Points on a failed attempt to rescue an NPC from a burning truck  The Law of Equivalent Exchange perhaps?

[Necronaut]

Sometimes that's  just how the dice crumbles -- no, how the cookie rolls... Whatever it is. Also, as a seasoned murder-hobo myself, I'm a little perplexed by your desire to "rescue an NPC."

Edited December 1, 2023 by Necronaut

[Petragor]

I know, bit of a leap from my other guy threatening murder over a minor insult, but it is said that variety is the spice of life

[Trokair]

1 hour ago, Necronaut said:

Sometimes that's  just how the dice crumbles -- no, how the cookie rolls... Whatever it is. Also, as a seasoned murder-hobo myself, I'm a little perplexed by your desire to "rescue an NPC."

 

They migth have treasure, though not in this case. 

[Necronaut]

To address the sudden arrival of a new elephant in the room: our own @Mazer Rackham has indeed deigned to grace us with his presence in this game once again after previously withdrawing, albeit with a new persona. All of us here at Black Legion HQ in the Eye of Terror are very pleased he has come back into the fold. For the Dark Gods!

[Mazer Rackham]

Thank you for the opportunity and the welcome back - I was made an offer I couldn't refuse. 

[Trokair]

2 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Thank you for the opportunity and the welcome back - I was made an offer I couldn't refuse. 

How many souls did they promiss you?

[Mazer Rackham]

10 minutes ago, Trokair said:

How many souls did they promiss you?

 

Yes.

[Xin Ceithan]

Welcome back!

Looks like Red Corsairs are seriously attempting to gain a foothold in the Screaming Vortex ! 
 

To celebrate this joyful turn of events, I’ve finally filled the placeholder on page 2! 
 

As Khyran  his way into more  populated areas - and to meet up with the remaining renegades , I was thinking that he  might subtly  try to get a bit of the lay of the land first.. like trying to eavesdrop via telepathy on the rabble around him for some hint about the one behind this summoning. ( and maybe speed up getting to the group if you like). Stoping to ask for directions is certainly the very last thing  a former Mantis Warrior will lower himself to!

 

Feel free to do a Psychic  test if you‘re ok with this and we can work things out from there in the morning.
 

 

[Necronaut]

@Trokair I love the detail of Sakal referring to the Imperium as the "Necrocracy." Very nice touch.

 

@Xin Ceithan I'll throw something together for you either today or tomorrow, along with everyone else.

Edited December 2, 2023 by Necronaut

[Trokair]

45 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@Trokair I love the detail of Sakal referring to the Imperium as the "Necrocracy." Very nice touch.

It is true though, to an extnet. 

 

 

As Akkad has been a stable Chaos aligned society for thousands of years (chiefly by treating it as a pantheon and worshipping Chaos undivided) and its citizens lead comparatively normal live compared to their imperial counterparts, I figured their ideology and world view would be less derogatory of the Imperium, and more naturally factual (in their eyes) compared to those that rebelled from it, or otherwise hold it in contempt. To the Akkadians the Imperium is just another state, an enemy state, and a more powerful one in raw galactic coverage term, but one slowly failing while the pantheons more fanatical or warlike adherents besiege it (ie all the other chaos followers).

 

From their point of view the Imperium is a Necrocracy. It is ruled in the name of and on behalf of a leader who died a long time ago, who fell while in combat with a champion of the pantheon even. While we know that that is not quite how it was, to the average Akkadian it is just a fact of reality.

 

Also I did not feel like corpse-emperor or similar common phraseology would really be in the regular vocabulary of someone who grew up outside the Imperial cultural umbrella. Sakal betrayed no oath of allegiance, he has not turned against his people, or been freed from the control of a tyrannical government (not that the Lords of Akkad are necessarily any better). I hope it is a different and interesting worldview for a chaos adherent to have compared to what we normally see within the hobby.

                                                                               

[Lysimachus]

3 hours ago, Trokair said:

It is true though, to an extnet. 

 

 

As Akkad has been a stable Chaos aligned society for thousands of years (chiefly by treating it as a pantheon and worshipping Chaos undivided) and its citizens lead comparatively normal live compared to their imperial counterparts, I figured their ideology and world view would be less derogatory of the Imperium, and more naturally factual (in their eyes) compared to those that rebelled from it, or otherwise hold it in contempt. To the Akkadians the Imperium is just another state, an enemy state, and a more powerful one in raw galactic coverage term, but one slowly failing while the pantheons more fanatical or warlike adherents besiege it (ie all the other chaos followers).

 

From their point of view the Imperium is a Necrocracy. It is ruled in the name of and on behalf of a leader who died a long time ago, who fell while in combat with a champion of the pantheon even. While we know that that is not quite how it was, to the average Akkadian it is just a fact of reality.

 

Also I did not feel like corpse-emperor or similar common phraseology would really be in the regular vocabulary of someone who grew up outside the Imperial cultural umbrella. Sakal betrayed no oath of allegiance, he has not turned against his people, or been freed from the control of a tyrannical government (not that the Lords of Akkad are necessarily any better). I hope it is a different and interesting worldview for a chaos adherent to have compared to what we normally see within the hobby.

                                                                               

 

Just gotta say, this is a superb post, very thought provoking. 

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham & @Trokair sorry gents I meant to get that up last night and not leave you in limbo.

[Trokair]

12 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@Mazer Rackham & @Trokair sorry gents I meant to get that up last night and not leave you in limbo.

No worries on my count, I know how it is when life gets busy; do what you need to do. We will survive, or perhaps engage in recurring reflective verbal multi person soliloquy to declare the molehill a mountain, or perhaps visa versa.

[Mazer Rackham]

50 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

@Mazer Rackham & @Trokair sorry gents I meant to get that up last night and not leave you in limbo.

 

No sweat, chap. Appreciate the update. 

 

EDIT: @Trokair

Spoiler

 

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Mazer Rackham

[Machine God]

8 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

No sweat, chap. Appreciate the update. 

 

EDIT: @Trokair

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@MR - It's a cut scene Meme. There's a full discussion between the two wizards

 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

I chose it for the memerific calorie value..! 

 

Just wanted something short and sweet to reflect the IC.