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My usual group is pushing me to run either Dark Heresy or Black Crusade. Given that one of the players wants Black Crusade so they can play a half-daemon, I'm leaning to Dark Heresy. Any suggestions for running either? I've heard the combat is brutal and unforgiving, and if you have a group that tends to rush into things they will all likely die.
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My group and I played Only War for the first time yesterday - For me I've played Dark Heresy before, and the group has only played D&D 4e and some 3.5. We had a lot of fun. I pre-made characters, Catachans. We has 'Meat' the Ogryn, 'Sarge', 'Doc' the Medic, 'Butch' the Heavy Weapon Specialist and 'FNG' the Weapon Specialist with a flamer. By pure chance, the guy that was in the Reserves drew Sarge, which left me as the DM floundering a bit as he threw military terms at me, but the entire game was very lighthearted. We played the scenario from the Only War core book, and everyone took many an opportunity to quote every cliché war film they could. Catachans turned out to be a good pick for the setting, as it was jungle environment, they clashed well with the Mordians stationed at camp, and their Maverick commander was every cigar-smoking, whiskey-drinking, aviator-wearing man's man stereotype rolled into one. Combats were brutally quick, with FNG's flamer seeing off many a Gretchin, and Meat showing off how great a Ripper Gun is in close combat. Highlights included Meat trying to get involved in wrestling around camp, Sarge's constant "Don't call me sir, I work for a living!" and playing Fortunate Son while trundling through a jungle in a Chimera.
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Feb 4, 2013 11:41
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The requisition table was also a lot of fun. The group ended up snagging a crate of Valhallan uniforms and a crate of lho sticks, which meant they were living like kings before being sent on Assignment.
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Feb 5, 2013 00:23
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In Final Testament, the Lord Commisar's ride is referred to thusly:
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Feb 6, 2013 11:54
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Notahippie posted:It's interesting reading the Tome of Excess material in the context of the poo poo happening with Exalted - the Tome of Excess could really easily have fallen into the same trap of emphasizing rape and shock bullshit in ways guaranteed to squick out anybody with social skills. That writeup looks like they did an excellent job of framing Slaanesh in ways that encourage interesting roleplaying and not just making it a bunch of sexdemons. That pleases me greatly. My favorite heretic was a Renegade of Slaanesh, who was basically a member of the White Glove Society from Fallout: New Vegas. Everything he did was in pursuit of new and exquisite meats. His ultimate goal was to savour the flesh of a Farseer. That's also creepy Excess stuff, but it doesn't just have to be what players usually confuse it for. IE, gently caress everything in a pile of cocaine. Clawtopsy fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Jun 6, 2013 |
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