[DW/SM] Spectre of Ullanor (OOC/Discussion)

[Mazer Rackham]

6 hours ago, Lord_Ikka said:

Looks like I'll be picking up a heavy flamer for signature wargear then. 

 

Never used a backpack supply- does the rule of 3 still count (backpack plus 2 standard reloads) or do I just have the one backpack supply of ammo?

 

Backpack generally supersedes, which is 75 for a HF/Flamer. However, Heavy Flamers, just like Heavy Bolters can be disconnected from the supply feeds, and I see no reason in this instance why you couldn't carry a spare 'emergency' promethium flask, which would provide a single standard reload (10 shots) and interfaces normally with a standard Reload action. Just bear in mind these flasks are bulky.

 

Any good?

[Lysimachus]

If Ikka is switching to HF, I'd be up for taking the second Devastator spot if you are looking to have 2 for Combat squadding?

 

I think that was what I put on my first post in the thread, come to think of it?

 

Edit: I quite like that actually, a big, gregarious Heavy Bolter man who takes almost Ork-like pleasure in his firepower - it would lean into the 'joy in battle' thing I've got planned for the Chapter?

 

 

Edited Sunday at 07:07 AM by Lysimachus

[Lord_Ikka]

That would counter-balance Kurkov, who I see as a cool pyromaniac that has a constant plan to burn down the area/people he is in. Not taciturn or boisterous, but very focused in his duty. Maybe a little happier than he should be that he gets to spew burning promethium everywhere...

 

21 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

Backpack generally supersedes, which is 75 for a HF/Flamer. However, Heavy Flamers, just like Heavy Bolters can be disconnected from the supply feeds, and I see no reason in this instance why you couldn't carry a spare 'emergency' promethium flask, which would provide a single standard reload (10 shots) and interfaces normally with a standard Reload action. Just bear in mind these flasks are bulky.

 

Any good?

That works, He'll carry a 10-shot backup flask, a chainsword, and a bolt pistol as secondary armaments. That will limit him to 30m of engagement range, so Kurkov will probably be with the "assault" element of the group.

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Lysimachus said:

Edit: I quite like that actually, a big, gregarious Heavy Bolter man who takes almost Ork-like pleasure in his firepower - it would lean into the 'joy in battle' thing I've got planned for the Chapter?

 

Nothing like the reassuring sound of a HB chugging away to cover a redeployment. I think this is your first Gunman if I'm not mistaken..?

 

EDIT:

 

Ok, that fixes us at confirmed:

• 1 x Medic,
• 2 x Gunmen,
• 1 x Wrench,
• 2 x Stabmen, 
• 1 x Libby

 

Think that leaves us with a couple of Tacmen to round it off, so those are the slots left, chaps.

 

If you've got your character concepts in your bonce, go ahead and start doing your sheets. Remember your Armour rolls from the list here, and I do your History, giving you the -/+ 1 on the table as usual.

 

Cheers.

 

Edited Sunday at 08:41 AM by Mazer Rackham

[Trokair]

10 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

If you've got your character concepts in your bonce, go ahead and start doing your sheets. Remember your Armour rolls from the list here, and I do your History, giving you the -/+ 1 on the table as usual.

 

Ah shoot, sorry, rolled up armour and history yesterday, must have not properly read the earlyer post 

 

I ended up with:

Armour roll d10: 5, Mark VII, adjust one step down Mark VI because beaky marine

History Table d5: 7 /2 =3.5 becomes 4 , D10:8  - Pauldrons of Fury

 

So please roll me up the correct history 

[Lord_Ikka]

Mk VII rolled (1d10 = 9)

[Mazer Rackham]

44 minutes ago, Trokair said:

Ah shoot, sorry, rolled up armour and history yesterday, must have not properly read the earlyer post 

 

Don't sweat it, there's a lot of back and forth, and it gives me an opportunity to explain what I'm doing.

 

So, roll on the table here for your warplate. What you get is what you roll, don't adjust.

 

Next, you let me know what you got (like Ikka has, above, or as AT did in PM), and then I roll on the table in Rites of Battle. I don't adjust.

 

When I go to the table I then roll. Then I'll give you your options - for example, let's say I roll a 7 on the Core Rulebook Table, this means your choices are:

 

• Result 6: Thy Strength be legend; or,
• Result 7: Terror be thy friend; or,
• Result 8: Lead from the front.

 

So you get some flexibility.

 

If you have 2 x armour histories, I will present options from both tables, in the manner described above.

 

The ONLY exception to this is Grailkeeper with his Marine Malevolent. If he rolls up a Mk VII or VIII he gets to pick either:

• Battered by War; or,
• Destroyed and Rebuilt.

If he rolls a Mk V or Mk VI, he MUST take both.

 

Does that help at all?

 

@Lord_Ikka Mk VII, one roll on the tables - your choices are:

• Blood of a brother, or;
• Blood of those who came before, or;
• Battered by War.

 

Your pick, chief.

 

Edited Sunday at 08:33 AM by Mazer Rackham
Some typos.

[Trokair]

Ok, lets try this again.

 

Armour d10: 2  - Mk VI    ~ Thank you Dice. 

Over to you Mazer. 

[Lord_Ikka]

Blood of Those Who Came Before

[Lysimachus]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

I think this is your first Gunman if I'm not mistaken..?

 

I think it might be!

 

Question: are all the tables in play for Armour Histories? (the original crb one and the 3 in RoB)

Who chooses which table?

 

 

 

[grailkeeper]

Just had a look at the rules for chapter creation. A lot of it is for creating a chapter literally from scratch and seems just to be fluff. I'm not working from scratch as the marines malevolent already exist. What bits do I need to pick for the rules and mechanics?

[Mazer Rackham]

3 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

I think it might be!

 

Adventure awaits, then..!

 

3 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Question: are all the tables in play for Armour Histories? (the original crb one and the 3 in RoB)

 

Yes, all.

 

3 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Who chooses which table?

 

I do, but it's completely random, just as you would roll it. I took a leaf out of your Murderers In Black idea since I thought it was a good one.

 

@Trokair, ok let's see...

 

Mk VI, two histories:

• Roll 1:
  • Battle Scars:
    • Blood of the Enemy, or;
    • Trophies of Battle, or;
    • Blood of a Battle Brother.

And:

• Roll 2:
  • Legends of War:
    • Undefeated, or;
    • Last Survivor, or;
    • A Hero's Spirit.

Obviously you can find all these in the RoB. Let me know, and update your sheets with your pick. 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

7 minutes ago, grailkeeper said:

Just had a look at the rules for chapter creation. A lot of it is for creating a chapter literally from scratch and seems just to be fluff. I'm not working from scratch as the marines malevolent already exist. What bits do I need to pick for the rules and mechanics?

 

The Codex Rules you need are further back in the book in Honour The Chapter.

 

Sorry, should have made that a bit clearer at first instance - p.99 onwards is your reference. Have a review of those, and it should be more straightforward. It will give you the description of your Demeanour: Aloof as well. If you feel that isn't quite right, feel free to brew up something fitting, and we can replace with yours instead.

 

Any use?

 

Edited Sunday at 09:46 AM by Mazer Rackham

[Lysimachus]

Unsurprisingly, rolled MkVII for my dude. Will start work on the sheet later today 

[Mazer Rackham]

7 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Unsurprisingly, rolled MkVII for my dude. Will start work on the sheet later today 

 

Cool. Your armour History:

• Skills of the Artificer: D10 = 1:
  • (1) Destroyed and Rebuilt, or;
  • (2) Cannibalised, or;
  • (10) Helm of Mordicus.

Just for newer folks and some info going forward to show what's happened here - the tables for armour histories are D10, so 1-10.  Per RAW, because I rolled a 1 on the table, you still get -/+1, so you can roll 'backwards' and take the 10 result instead. It works the other way too, if you roll a 10 on something, you can choose 'forwards' and pick the option listed as number 1.

 

 

[Lord_Ikka]

Sheet filled out. I believe everything is there, but am also on the tail end of my shift, so might have missed something. If so, I'll update tonight.

 

Now to find a decently-priced heavy flamer model or bits...

[Necronaut]

@Mazer Rackham Armour selection roll: 

D10: 2 (Mk VI) 

 

Cheeki breeki sneaky beakie.

[Xin Ceithan]

Mhhh, I think I‘ll go with the roll first and make my further choices from there this time, rather than trying to squeeze myconcept into mismatched stars afterwise.

 

So, @Mazer Rackhamplease kindly hit me other head with a stat block and armor/ history, please! 

[Mazer Rackham]

34 minutes ago, Necronaut said:

Cheeki breeki sneaky beakie.

 

Mate, it's all Ygrekian to me...

 

Mk VI, two histories:

• Roll 1:
  • Legends of War:
    • Last Survivor; or,
    • Hero's Spirit, or;
    • Unknown Provenance.

And:

• Roll 2:
  • Battle Scars:
    • Trophies of Battle; or,
    • Blood of a Battle Brother; or,
    • Blood of those who came before.

 

Them's the breaks, only question now; which limb? :p

 

Speaking of breaks...!

 

4 minutes ago, Xin Ceithan said:

Mhhh, I think I‘ll go with the roll first and make my further choices from there this time, rather than trying to squeeze myconcept into mismatched stars afterwise.

 

So, @Mazer Rackhamplease kindly hit me other head with a stat block and armor/ history, please! 

 

You should have access to the drive, chap, feel free to roll your own stats so that I am not held responsible...

 

For armour, your pot luck selection is:

D10: 1 Mk V (2 Histories)

 

Mk V, two histories:

• Roll 1:
  • Core Book, 1D10 = 10, so:
    • (9) Bring Death From Afar; or,
    • (10) To Forget is to Forgive, Forget Nothing; or,
    • (1) Cower Not Before the Enemy.

And:

• Roll 2:
  • Legends of War, D10 = 2:
    • Warp Taint; or, (Watch for Witch Bolts! Duck, or it will be your bonce!)
    • A Hero's Shame; or,
    • The Emperor's Finest.

 

See, all done. Didn't hurt so much now, did it?

 

Edited Sunday at 12:37 PM by Mazer Rackham

[Machine God]

GM - Please roll for Armour and Histories. (Hopefully not Beaky!) 

 

 

 

[Trokair]

3 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

@Trokair, ok let's see...

 

Mk VI, two histories:

• Roll 1:
  • Battle Scars:
    • Blood of the Enemy, or;
    • Trophies of Battle, or;
    • Blood of a Battle Brother.

And:

• Roll 2:
  • Legends of War:
    • Undefeated, or;
    • Last Survivor, or;
    • A Hero's Spirit.

Obviously you can find all these in the RoB. Let me know, and update your sheets with your pick. 

 

 

So initially I was thinking Blood of a Battle Brother and Last Survivor as those two together could have quite nicely tied into an Apothecary in training narrative.

 

However I think I will take Blood of the Enemy to play into / represent WS trophy marks and perceived savagery, and A Hero’s Spirit to play into/towards the WS Primarch’s Curse.  

 

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Machine God said:

GM - Please roll for Armour and Histories. (Hopefully not Beaky!)

 

Armour roll is: Mk VII.

 

Mk VII - 1 History:

• Roll 1:
  • Core Book, 1D10 = 1, so:
    • (10) To Forget is to Forgive, Forget Nothing; or,
    • (1) Cower Not Before the Enemy; or,
    • (2) None Shall Escape the Emperor's Wrath.

Pick your poison, sir.

 

[Necronaut]

@Xin Ceithan I got you, fam.

 

WS: 49 (19)

BS: 41 (11)

S: 41 (11)

T: 41 (11)

Ag: 42 (12)

I: 46 (16)

Per: 45 (15)

WP: 45 (15)

Fel: 47 (15)

Bonus/Replacement Roll: 43 (13)

 

Great googly moogly. Enjoy your comically good stat array, sir!  (what have I done?!)

 

2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

Mate, it's all Ygrekian to me...

 

Mk VI, two histories:

• Roll 1:
  • Legends of War:
    • Last Survivor; or,
    • Hero's Spirit, or;
    • Unknown Provenance.

And:

• Roll 2:
  • Battle Scars:
    • Trophies of Battle; or,
    • Blood of a Battle Brother; or,
    • Blood of those who came before.

 

I think our ded 'ard Raptor will take Last Survivor and Trophies of Battle (orks) for his armour histories, please and thank you.

[Mazer Rackham]

Character thread is open. Whack 'em in.

[Lysimachus]

Hey boss, another quick question:

 

I was thinking that when we get around to playing, I would probably want to requisition a Suspensor for Encario's HB so I can keep up with the rest of the team... but I suddenly wondered if that was even going to be possible, as it is technically a 'Deathwatch' Suspensor?

 

If it's not allowed, I might switch the second Armour History (that I get to choose due to the Battle Damage Deed) to 'Death From Afar' to try and keep him mobile?