[BC] The Blackest Heart (OOC)

[Necronaut]

 

Edit: Perhaps we can get him one with weels like the old style Imperial guard model.

 

 

 

 

 

Great idea: we'll weld a trailer hitch onto either Ukalegon or Hagga's power pack (or both, assuming either survive) and they can tow it around for you.

 

Edit: a better idea: we can mount said autocannon onto one of the chaos marine's power packs and we can turn you into a 40K Master Blaster.

Edited October 1 by Necronaut

[Trokair]

 

 

Edit: also fluff in this post added. 

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383296-bc-the-blackest-heart-ic/?do=findComment&comment=6067806

 

Edited October 1 by Trokair

[Mazer Rackham]

Ok chaps, I now have AT's rolls, and am leaving the IC free for his prose and anyone else that wants to add observations etc, whilst I prepare the summary and full outcome.

 

As before, Ritual Circle players, please do not disclose your rolls or discuss any outcomes, but of course, everyone may speculate.

[Machine God]

@Lysimachus - Nice. Going for a spot of Kill Stealing with Hagga?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Necronaut]

 

@Lysimachus - Nice. Going for a spot of Kill Stealing with Hagga?

 

 

This is a nascent chaos warband, is it not? Any disputes regarding claims to fame and whatnot are to be settled in the duelling pits!

[Lysimachus]

Nah, not really. In game terms, I don't think Hagga could even do enough Wounds to knock Delly down to nothing anyway?

 

It was more that Mazer posted the Slaanesh daemon world bit and said we could react narratively? I was trying to think how Hagga would respond to having lost (which is the impression you would get from the sudden change of scenery!)

 

He wouldn't give up, he'd just want to die with honour, attacking the enemy. So he's not remotely expecting to kill Delly, he just wants to get one good hit in on her before he dies?

 

That was basically how I put it to Mazer via PM. The rest of my IC post was based on his direction back to me.

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

Alright my pretty, petty, pirate pilferers, I will be working on the resolution post until some time tomorrow, but I'm also busy.

 

You lads have until Midnight (0000Hrs GMT) tomorrow, Thursday 03 October to make any further posts. Note that I am not calling for actions, so anything that provides narrative without upsetting the applecart is fine.

 

It's a good time to fill up any placeholders, boys.

 

Cheers.

 

Edited October 3 by Mazer Rackham

[Xin Ceithan]

First placeholder filled ( preparing the ritual, page 9 )…

 

..stay tuned..

[Lysimachus]

 

You lads have until Midnight (0000Hrs GMT) tomorrow, Thursday 03 October to make any further posts.

 

Idle curiosity, but will the resolution post be coming after midnight, or some time tomorrow/later?

 

I'm such an oldie that I'm usually in bed well before 12, but I'm really excited (and trepidatious!) to see what the final result will be, if it's coming I might actually stay up for it! 

 

Edit: That's not intended to put pressure on, no rush if it is later, just looking forward to it! 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 3 by Lysimachus

[Machine God]

 

 

Idle curiosity, but will the resolution post be coming after midnight, or some time tomorrow/later?

 

I'm such an oldie that I'm usually in bed well before 12, but I'm really excited (and trepidatious!) to see what the final result will be, if it's coming I might actually stay up for it! 

 

Edit: That's not intended to put pressure on, no rush if it is later, just looking forward to it! 

@Lysimachus - Yes. You need your beddy-bies as you have a Murderers-In-Black IC Post to write for tomorrow 4 Oct 24.

 

 

 

 

[Machine God]

 

 

 

Edit: also fluff in this post added. 

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383296-bc-the-blackest-heart-ic/?do=findComment&comment=6067806

 

 

@Trokair - Yes, but will that Autocannon work after Ten Thousand Years? 

 

 

First placeholder filled ( preparing the ritual, page 9 )…

 

..stay tuned..

 

@Xin Ceithan - Nice edit!

 

 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

 

Idle curiosity...

 

O Rly?

 

 

...but will the resolution post be coming after midnight, or some time tomorrow/later?

 

Mate, I only said that to be dramatic, gotta get use out of that Marketing NVQ I did. I'm in me nightie and bedsocks by 2200, with a trimmed candle, after I get the hamsters of router wheel.

 

 

I'm such an oldie that I'm usually in bed well before 12, but I'm really excited (and trepidatious!) to see what the final result will be, if it's coming I might actually stay up for it! 

 

Edit: That's not intended to put pressure on, no rush if it is later, just looking forward to it! 

 

Great, this is totally going to be an anti-climax now. Like that time GW said they were doing Roboute Guilliman vs The Lion boxers and briefs, and half the forum stayed up for the release on 1st April. 

 

Midnight's the cutoff. Go to bed. My doggerel will look better with bleary eyes and oatmeal stuck between your teeth in the morning. 

 

Edited October 3 by Mazer Rackham
Clean up.

[Necronaut]

 

<snip>

I'm such an oldie that I'm usually in bed well before 12, but I'm really excited (and trepidatious!) to see what the final result will be, if it's coming I might actually stay up for it! 

<snip>

 

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

[A.T.]

 

@Trokair - Yes, but will that Autocannon work after Ten Thousand Years?

 

I have played a mortal character with an autocannon before. It's all fun and games until you look at the encumbrance values :p

 

[Necronaut]

 

 

I have played a mortal character with an autocannon before. It's all fun and games until you look at the encumbrance values :p

 

 

Get that man a suit of light power armour!

[Mazer Rackham]

At your current level I can offer you a bin lid for a helmet, and a pair of really old, but tastefully dented fake 14th century Milanese, fluted gauntlets without laces.

Edited October 3 by Mazer Rackham

[Necronaut]

I was honestly considering strapping together an assortment of cast iron pots and pans into a makeshift suit of armour to make ends meet.

[Lysimachus]

Last check in before bed... 

 

Night all! 

[Mazer Rackham]

 

I was honestly considering strapping together an assortment of cast iron pots and pans into a makeshift suit of armour to make ends meet.

 

'Ukalegon the Thrice made this in a cave with a box of scraps!'

 

'Yes sir, with 17lbs of hot glue and five metres of fishing line.'

 

'Does it work?'

 

'No sir, the reason he doesn't get shot is because the enemy can't aim for laughing.'

 

 

Last check in before bed... 

 

Night all! 

 

Me too!

 

[Mazer Rackham]

PART ONE PLAYER REWARDS/DAMNATIONS/XP:

 

All Players receive the following:

• 150 xp (rounding it off to 400)
• Infamy:
  • Xerxes, Crux'As, Hagga, Kraggan, Tarh and Ukalegon: +1 Infamy
  • Cyrandras Rakash, the Meddler: -1 Infamy
• Corruption:
  • Everyone INSIDE the Ritual Circle: 1D5 = 4
  • Everyone OUTSIDE the Ritual Circle: 1D3 = 2
• Minor Malignancy (Replaces any other you would generate if required as well - but everyone gets it):
  • The Lustful Hue: You are wary of the colour Pink in any form or variation. Encountering the colour provokes mild discomfort, enough that even the doughty heart of an Astartes feels the lingering tremble of something unnatural. Interactions with anyone wearing pink, or within an environment involving pink lighting (don't go to 80's bars) suffers a -10 penalty. Further, loitering for more than two minutes within 3m of anyone wearing pink, painted pink, or glowing pink etc, induces a headache.
• The following Talents:
  • Rival (The Cult of Delphynie'An'Draki'Ina)
  • Enemy (Delphynie'An'Draki'Ina)
  • Ritual Circle participants gain:
    • Forbidden Lore (Rituals of Disdain), OR Forbidden Lore (Any) +10

Alignment Shifts:

At the start of this, I said your purchases do not affect your alignment (so to speak) but do count for alignment for things you do, and this continues. You will see how this works now.

• Characters with Alignment Points in Opposition to Slaanesh (Khorne, Nurgle) gain +1 point to the Alignment of their Preference.
• Characters who are completely Unaligned suffer no boon, nor detriment.
• Characters with Alignment Points in Alliance with Slaanesh (Slaanesh, Tzeentch) lose -1 Point of Alignment.

So, for example:

• if you have Khorne 1, you now have Khorne 2
• If you have Unaligned all the way down, you lose nothing, but gain nothing
• If you Have Slaanesh 2, you now have Slaanesh 1

Note that this does not affect your talents. Everything you bought and paid for still works without problem, it's just your Alignment that now shifts. This of course will begin to affect your Talent and Skills choices in the same way as purchasing does. This may also have consequences on Party interactions as you begin to slide around on the frenemies charts. My intention is to make this about what you do, not what you buy.

[Lysimachus]

Question re the Alignment Shifts stuff:

 

Hagga currently has the following Alignment Points from his previous chosen Advances:

1 Khorne (+5 Str)

1 Unaligned (Double Team)

1 Tzeentch (+5Wp)

 

So the first bullet point means he gains 1 extra Khorne Alignment Point.

The third bullet point means he loses 1 Tzeentch Alignment Point.

 

Which will put him on 2 Khorne, 1 Unaligned.

 

But that won't affect Skill/Talent/Characteristic costs yet, as you have to have 5 more Aligned with one God than any others to be considered Devoted? Is that still right?

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

@Lysimachus You've got it, fella.

 

All Players, be advised, we're now on a break. Feel free to post narratively or further questions in here, but we are complete for now whilst I plan the fallout and outcome. If you have any plot queries covering Part One, I will explain, but obviously only if they don't spoil anything down the line. You can PM me if you prefer.

 

Murderers In Black re-opens on the 11th October 2024, which I obviously participate in, so for now, Blackest Heart is essentially in recess.

 

We kick-off with Part 2 in a few weeks.

 

For now, everyone take a breather.

 

Edited October 4 by Mazer Rackham
Ongoing plans etc

[Necronaut]

Maths am hard. Grabbing a skill, most likely command, charm or acrobatics at +0.

Edited October 4 by Necronaut

[A.T.]

Unaligned all the way down for Xerxes. XP banked... though medicae is tempting if needed for cybernetic implants.

[Lysimachus]

Hmm, I was really hoping to get either Swift Attack (for Executioner fightiness) or Hardy (for Dornian toughness) but both are 500...

 

I guess I will take the +5 Fel at 250, and save 150 for now. It's not very exciting, but it does get my Fel up to the requirement for taking a regular Minion, and maybe it's better to buy it now while I'm Unaligned rather than later once I'm Khorne Aligned?