Side Table Talk - general discussion and ideas thread

[Mojake]

6 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

I'd be very careful about anything in Black Crusade tickling your fancy! It tends to work the other way around...

 

Which of the Archetypes in BC would you veer towards?

 

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And why would it be a Red Corsair?*

 

*= I mean, hypothetically speaking...

 

Human: Heretek, Idolotrex Magos or Chem-Hunter

 

Marine: Chosen, Plague Marine, Warpsmith

 

I didn't even know there was a Red Corsair archetype?!

[Mazer Rackham]

4 hours ago, Mojake said:

I didn't even know there was a Red Corsair archetype?!

 

Well...um...technically there isn't - but you just say you were a loyalist, but the Emperor sucks, and say 'yarr' a lot...

 

Seriously, the reason I mention Red Corsairs is because there's a BC game in hiatus, but it is the only BC game 'going' at the moment, and it's essentially a Red Corsair exclusive at the lower end of the power spectrum (for now). We've got a lot of Mortal Players in that one, with two Hereteks, but we could squeeze in another Marine?

 

If you're interested, the thread is here: 

 

Thoughts?

 

 

Edited January 30 by Mazer Rackham

[Mojake]

5 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

Well...um...technically there isn't - but you just say you were a loyalist, but the Emperor sucks, and say 'yarr' a lot...

 

Seriously, the reason I mention Red Corsairs is because there's a BC game in hiatus, but it is the only BC game 'going' at the moment, and it's essentially a Red Corsair exclusive at the lower end of the power spectrum (for now). We've got a lot of Mortal Players in that one, with two Hereteks, but we could squeeze in another Marine?

 

If you're interested, the thread is here: 

 

Thoughts?

 

 

 

I'd be more than happy to be one of the Tyrant's lads!

[Mazer Rackham]

Excellent, excellent - I'll pencil you in for the TPK at eleven uh, I mean onboarding. Yes.

 

Feel free to throw around some character ideas in the OOC and make sure to have a good pilfer through the campaign rules to get a handle on how quickly I can blow you up er, help you get into your stride.

 

If you drop me a PM with an email address you are comfortable with me having, you can take a look at our off-site character sheets as well, and get a feel for your partners in crime. Other victims....uh...yeah.

 

Think I said that right.

[Mojake]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Excellent, excellent - I'll pencil you in for the TPK at eleven uh, I mean onboarding. Yes.

 

Feel free to throw around some character ideas in the OOC and make sure to have a good pilfer through the campaign rules to get a handle on how quickly I can blow you up er, help you get into your stride.

 

If you drop me a PM with an email address you are comfortable with me having, you can take a look at our off-site character sheets as well, and get a feel for your partners in crime. Other victims....uh...yeah.

 

Think I said that right.

 

Amazing, I'll drop you a PM!

[Lysimachus]

I figure this thread is probably the right place to mention this?

 

Just a note that we are approaching the end* of the fundraising period for the next year, and we've had an amazing response. Nearly 95% of the target figure has already been donated!

 

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387852-2026-2027-annual-bc-fundraiser/

 

...but it would be awesome if we could hit the full $2.5k?

 

If we're in a position to assist, even if it's only a few £, $ or €, then that would be really appreciated? (And considering the amount of time we all spend here on the B+C over the course of a year, it's staggeringly good value! )

 

Obviously,  I've no idea who might have already donated or not, and if you already have, thank you very much! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*the donation window is always open, so the fundraising period doesn't actually 'end', but you get what I mean...

 

 

 

 

Edited June 25 by Lysimachus

[Mazer Rackham]

@Trokair

 

 

[Trokair]

Yep, I may be in trouble. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Gentlemen and Cabalists,

 

This man needs your help. I prithee attend to his query, and bring another into our fold of...er...folding.

 

Or sommat.

 

 

Edited August 3 by Mazer Rackham

[Xin Ceithan]

 

Spoiler

 

 

I really regret that the icon size limitations prevented the Nook from just having “Totally not a Cult” as an icon 

[Mazer Rackham]

21 hours ago, Xin Ceithan said:

I really regret that the icon size limitations prevented the Nook from just having “Totally not a Cult” as an icon 

 

Can't be a cult.

 

We're still in the discussion phase over colour and style of robe.

[Trokair]

Not to mention the rota for head cultist. 

[Mazer Rackham]

Tro, we've been through this - there is no 'Head Cultist', remember?

 

[Trokair]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Tro, we've been through this - there is no 'Head Cultist', remember?

 

Well yes, because the rota has not been agreed.  

 

Back to the robe colour, can I put Baharroth Blue back up for consideration; I wasn't convinced by the arguments against it. 



Apologies if I am stretching the joke too far, just need a good laugh or two, its been one of those weeks so far.

[Mazer Rackham]

1 hour ago, Trokair said:

Back to the robe colour, can I put Baharroth Blue back up for consideration; I wasn't convinced by the arguments against it. 

 

Baharroth Blue is too jolly, though, although it wasn't the colour IIRC, it was the fact we were in deadlock about sleeves/no sleeves due to cost and 'misunderstandings' on the nature of the...uh...;club'.

[Lord_Ikka]

Classic black, in deference to all the ink that has been spilled in leu of blood.

[Mazer Rackham]

Mmm. Mm.

 

Can't beat black. Never goes out of fashion, hides curry stains, cheap to get.

 

Also handy for blackout curtains if we need to block out streetlamps. Perhaps we can have Baharroth Blue as the liner colour. This would actually be beneficial as when the Inquisition turned up they'd be all:

 

'These guys are totally not a cult, look at those jolly liners. And those fashionable sleeves, oh my! Fantastic taste, think we might join!'

[Machine God]

Dark Grey clothing is darker than Black clothing in the Dark!

 

[FabiusV4lcoran]

Black is so last-year, though.  Every cult is black, or red.  

 

A nice forest green, though.  Rich, indicative of life and fecundity.  

[Mazer Rackham]

Green robes, green robes?

 

Before you can drop a dwarf down a hole in goblin infested mine, you have every dandyprat and his duck coming around asking stuff like:

 

'Which one of you is the head Elf?'

 

Or, heavens help us:

 

'I like the Fallen too, Hail Luther!'

 

Cringe, sir, cringe.

 

I think the best we can do is very dark blue.

[FabiusV4lcoran]

Okay, yeah, welcome all the Girlyman corpsies in then.

 

Let's add some red to your very dark blue for a super dark purple.  Like a bruise.

[Machine God]

On 8/9/2026 at 9:32 AM, Mazer Rackham said:

Green robes, green robes?

 

Before you can drop a dwarf down a hole in goblin infested mine, you have every dandyprat and his duck coming around asking stuff like:

 

'Which one of you is the head Elf?'

 

Or, heavens help us:

 

'I like the Fallen too, Hail Luther!'

 

Cringe, sir, cringe.

 

I think the best we can do is very dark blue.

 

14 hours ago, FabiusV4lcoran said:

Okay, yeah, welcome all the Girlyman corpsies in then.

 

Let's add some red to your very dark blue for a super dark purple.  Like a bruise.

 

The colour is Midnight Blue. 

 

(Lighting flashes are optional) 

 

 

[FabiusV4lcoran]

8 hours ago, Machine God said:

 

 

The colour is Midnight Blue. 

 

(Lighting flashes are optional) 

 

 

*bows out gracefully in favor of the correct opinion*

[Mazer Rackham]

12 hours ago, FabiusV4lcoran said:

*bows out gracefully in favor of the correct opinion*

 

Hmm. Looking at your policy documents, I regret that this means, under Section 41, subsection 3.1, paragraph a, sub-paragraph 2.3 you have forfeited the the right to your underpants.

 

*Drums fingers*

 

Problematic.

 

I trust you read the 3,496 page document in full?