Only War Introduction (Pre-Game Topic)

[Xin Ceithan]

I‘m keeping an eye on this but I do not want to be a bother or take away available player slots - so I am mostly interested as in seeing what you guys come up with and maybe fill in later if necessary 

 

 

[Machine God]

It's a good job that Characters in Ogryn Regiments can only be non-support characters. 

It would be taking the Dumbness to another level.

Imagine playing a character with -11 or - 13 Intelligence? (Rolled Int or Allocated Int) 

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 01:07 PM by Machine God
Tidy-up

[Mojake]

If folks really do want to play an all-Ogryn party, I'm not opposed to it.

[Mazer Rackham]

I should be writing one of my novels, but I appear to be procrastinating.

 

Strange, as I've never done that before...anyway:

 

Here is ma boi:

 

Spoiler

Conrad 'Blackjack' Thorne.

 

Soldier. Hero. Imposter. Those were his terms.

 

Once upon a time, they were known as the 21st Antares Stormtrooper Cadre: The Blackjacks. Not favoured, but neither were they scorned. Conrad Thorne was determined to be the Prime, because of the 30 men in his platoon, he was enlisted as the twenty-first. A lucky man, they said, born for it. Seven operations, in the same theatre, everything going well until Operation: Grim Jester. A combined ground and air assault, designed to crack open the nut of a rebel keep, and all the hardened shell to get at the poisoned nuts inside.

 

Only, the heretics were waiting, informed by a mole in the Crusade force that the Blackjacks and all their pals were coming. The Operation faltered, as the joke was laid on the Imperials. Thorne's Valkyrie carrier was shot down almost at once, and the flight he was with suffered the same fate. For six gruelling hours, the Antares Cadre fought in the depths of a ravine blocked at one end by rocks, and at the other by an armoured spearhead. One after another, in almost rapid-fire succession, the others went down, until there were only five left, and one of them the officer, and another the last surviving pilot.

 

Thorne fought in the hull of the Valkyrie, sheltering from all the grenades, bullets and lasfire the enemy threw. He ran from position to position, firing, ducking, moving, firing, to trick the enemy into thinking there were more of the Blackjacks inside. It's easy enough to pull the trigger on a dead-man's lasgun if you don't have look at the crater now occupying his face. Well, he can't aim it, can he?

 

At the last minute, as the final charge gathered to wipe out Thorne and the survivors, he threw every grenade he could lay his hands on. Out of ammunition, he threw ration tins, bits of debris, bottles. He shouted, he swore, he tired, but he didn't stop. In the end, a blast knocked him unconscious until dawn.

 

When he rose, he was greeted by the sight of broken enemies and friends alike. The Officer had died in the night, but the pilot lived, and would not shut up about how Thorne had saved him. That made him feel churlish, because he hadn’t thought about the useless bastard at all.

 

Not the pilot’s fault – but if he had just shut his bloody mouth!

 

They gave him a gallantry medal. He even shook the General's hand. That ravine didn't even have a name, just another map code for a topographical feature of low importance. Just another anonymous graveyard to the Imperium's wars. People called him a hero, and his exploits preceded him, but he wished they did not.

How he wished, still.

 

Maybe the new Regiment would be better.

 

He stroked the carapace helmet’s scuffed and scraped dome, fingers finding the embossed shapes of the cards. The ten of clubs – the weapons of war, and the ace of spades, the ditch tool of the soldier.

 

Aces high.

 

Blackjack! Blackjack! We're ready to attack!

 

Blackjack! Blackjack! We never turn our back!

 

Blackjack! Blackjack –

 

‘All dead in rubber sacks,’ he said aloud, blunt. It wasn’t part of the mantra – just a post-script, or post-mortem, perhaps. The call came that his transport was delayed, and cheered him up not a jot.

 

He ignored the eyes of the greenhorns as they stared at his sable dress uniform and noticed the stressed kitbag, initial dismissal of a preening idiot suddenly gone to wariness by his scars, beaten kit, and steady manner. Then they saw the medal, and soon the process would start all over again.

 

Thank you for your service, Trooper. Let me get the door for you, Trooper.

 

Not their fault.

 

Not even when his smile of thanks was hollow – not even when all he could hear were the thunder of guns, the burning Valkyrie, and the snap of broken bones and split rocks. The irritating bloody peeping of ‘low battery’ from the lasguns…screaming the rallying call from hoarse, defiant, terrified throats…Blackjack! Blackjack! BLACKJACK!

 

Something struck his foot! He was hit. Damn it all! Not now! He was struck again. This is it! I'm-

 

He woke up with an almighty jerk, breathing hard. Settling a moment, he realised he was staring into the soft brown eyes of a woman. The tiredness around them showed her experience immediately. Her dress was that of a Sororitas Hospitaller. He looked down to see she had wisely kicked the only part of him not liable to lash out and kill her.

 

The unwritten rule of those in the know: Never, ever, wake a sleeping soldier by the shoulder. Ever. Stand back – and kick his boot sole.

 

'My apologies, Sister,' he managed.

 

‘You were far away, I think. Are you with us now?’ she asked; or at least her mouth formed the words.

 

‘I don’t...I don't know.’ Desperately, he tried to sit up. Ladies present.

 

‘Recaf?’

 

He checked his chrono. He had an hour. With a nod he joined her, if nothing else to keep the dreams away.

 

EDIT: Could the fine Moderator who approves this tell me what triggered the filter so I can avoid a repeat instance? Cheers.

 

Edited Wednesday at 01:52 PM by Mazer Rackham
Request for clarity.

[Necronaut]

I would be quite happy to play adult daycare with an all-ogryn party as a down-on-his-luck commissar with a vicious amasec and lho stick habit.

[Mazer Rackham]

I've made my mind up on Stormie. Sorry to disappoint. 

[Necronaut]

No problem!

[Machine God]

38 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

I've made my mind up on Stormie. Sorry to disappoint. 

 

Old Norman 

 

 

[Trokair]

Is this a sign?

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/gpaqpfb5/the-vostroyan-firstborn-return-for-a-made-to-order-muster/

 

[Machine God]

10 minutes ago, Trokair said:

Is this a sign?

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/gpaqpfb5/the-vostroyan-firstborn-return-for-a-made-to-order-muster/

 

 

No it's the algorithm and Mazer Rackham's MIB... 

 

 

 

[Lord_Ikka]

1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

EDIT: Could the fine Moderator who approves this tell me what triggered the filter so I can avoid a repeat instance? Cheers.

 

I didn't approve the post, but reading through it I would bet it was the word "woke" that tripped our filters. Aside from BS, its the word that trips the filter most often. 

[Machine God]

Bravo Sierra doesn't trip the Filter anymore 

[Lysimachus]

Okie dokie, thank you very much to the gents who offered/were able to assist with reading materials, I shall peruse at my leisure... 

 

I don't really have anything specific in mind, or how our choices interact...?

 

Maybe a regimental sniper? Is that a bad call? I don't really fancy doing a ratling, but I don't know if a sniper is possible (or just really, really rubbish?) outside of that archetype?

 

 

[Machine God]

I use the pdf's on AnyFlip

 

 

So perhaps awoke would be better to write? 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:14 PM by Machine God
Rise and Shine

[Lord_Ikka]

For me, getting a regiment decided on is the first step, as I have no specific archetype I want to play. I'll be able to work up a character from there. 

 

My preference for world would be something like Fortress World or Schola Progenium.

[Machine God]

12 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

 

Maybe a regimental sniper? Is that a bad call? I don't really fancy doing a ratling, but I don't know if a sniper is possible (or just really, really rubbish?) outside of that archetype?

 

 

I think that it could work. Special Weapons archetype. 

 

Trooper: "Has anyone seen Old Ghillie?" 

 

Commissar: "Obadiah? No, I haven't seen him. But you know he's watching!" 

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:24 PM by Machine God
Tidy-up

[Mazer Rackham]

32 minutes ago, Lord_Ikka said:

I didn't approve the post, but reading through it I would bet it was the word "woke" that tripped our filters. Aside from BS, its the word that trips the filter most often. 

 

Excellent stuff - appreciated. For a moment I thought it was 'Blackjack' for a dreadful moment, and the character was DOA.

 

Cheers fellas for the advice/approval. Always grateful.

Edited Wednesday at 03:33 PM by Mazer Rackham

[Mojake]

35 minutes ago, Lord_Ikka said:

For me, getting a regiment decided on is the first step,

 

Yes, this should be the priority, as the bonuses and fluffy from regiment can inform a lot more about character creation.

 

45 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Maybe a regimental sniper?

 

We can work something up for sure, it's not just ratlings who make good snipers. Look to Weapon Specialist for now, then see where we're at post-regiment-selection.

 

Also folks, we ideally need someone to step up and go for Sergeant specialty.

[Trokair]

For home world we have had sugestions for Fortress World and Schola Progenium

I would like to add Frontier and Agri-World for consideration. 

[Lysimachus]

Frontier World sounds kinda cool, bit expensive (4) but the Abilities look quite good?

 

Side point, but just seen the Sharpshooter Archetype in the Hammer book, looks like it would do the trick for a non-Ratling sniper?

 

 

[Mojake]

1 hour ago, Trokair said:

For home world we have had sugestions for Fortress World and Schola Progenium

I would like to add Frontier and Agri-World for consideration. 

 

• Fortress World: Provides bonuses to 2 of Ballistic Skill, Toughness and Willpower, alongside Common Lore skills. Talents included are Hatred (pick one) with a slight debuff, and either Nerves of Steel or Sprint. Also, must test against disobeying orders.
• Schola Progenium: Provides bonuses to Willpower and either Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill, alongside Common Lore skills. Talents included are Air of Authority or Unshakable Faith. +1 Wound.
• Frontier World: Provides bonuses to 2 of Agility, Ballistic Skill, Perception, alongside Awareness, Navigate and Survival. Grants Life on the Verge (Combat Sense or Quick Draw), Independent Operation (Comrades can remain in Cohesion up to 15m away), and Distrustful of Authority (-20 both ways against unfamiliar figures of authority). 
• Agri-World: Provides bonuses to 2 of Fellowship, Toughness and Strength, alongside Operate and Scholastic Lore (Beasts). Grants One With the Land (+10 to interactions with beasts or food crops), but imposes Blind to the Horror (doubles the first Insanity point gain and penalizes Scrutiny). +2 Wounds.

 

6 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Side point, but just seen the Sharpshooter Archetype in the Hammer book, looks like it would do the trick for a non-Ratling sniper?

 

Definitely, but you don't get Specialist Archetypes until you hit 2,500 xp - so something to work towards. Don't worry, we can start you off with a Longlas or something if you're keen on the idea.

Edited Wednesday at 05:07 PM by Mojake

[Machine God]

9 minutes ago, Lysimachus said:

Frontier World sounds kinda cool, bit expensive (4) but the Abilities look quite good?

 

Side point, but just seen the Sharpshooter Archetype in the Hammer book, looks like it would do the trick for a non-Ratling sniper?

 

 

 

Except for the fact that you need to get 2500 XP to get it 

 

 

[Lysimachus]

Oh, I see... they aren't starting archetypes, they're like the DW ones that you progress toward?

 

Scratch that, thanks for the heads up!

 

 

15 minutes ago, Mojake said:

Don't worry, we can start you off with a Longlas or something if you're keen on the idea.

 

Please, if it's possible. I'm not sure I'm properly understanding how the Regiment rules affect what gear you get?

 

It looks like you can make a long-las (Basic) one of your Regiment favoured weapons, but that seems like a waste of the slot if only one PC (me!) wants to take that type of gun? 

 

 

 

[Machine God]

18 minutes ago, Mojake said:

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• Schola Progenium: Provides bonuses to Willpower and either Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill, alongside Common Lore skills. Talents included are Air of Authority or Unshakable Faith. +1 Wound.

 

+1 Vote 

 

 

 

[Mazer Rackham]

Yeah, Frontier gets my vote. Pricy, but it's got the best spread of talents.

 

I like Fortress as my second pick.

 

Remember boys, you have to buy Dodge and Parry if you don't come with 'em.

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:34 PM by Mazer Rackham