Character creation

Characteristics is missing an H and has an e instead of an i

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For Russ and the Allfather!Steinbjorn Gunnarsson, "Stein"

WS 42 / BS 41 / S 43 / T 46 / AG 44 / INT 35 / PER 44 / WP 36 / FEL 46

Wounds 23
Fate Points 3

Are we meant to keep the skills that have the x's already in them? Or reset them?

The skill with x are already learned by your character at start from his Space Marine training

Okey dokey. Great!

Create toxin is very circumstantial while Enhance healing is incredibly and often useful. So mechanically speaking, Enhance healing is better hands down.

Also, I invite everybody who want a bit more personality to their power armor to use the rolls for Rites of battle starting p.149.

I also recommend checking the deeds in Chapter 2 of Rites of battle for the character creation, some are very interesting for adding flavor the the character.

Okey dokey!

May I recommend swapping STR instead of AGI? A low AG make your character alot slower on the battlefield and a lot easier to shoot at, which would make your job as an Apothecary that much harder.

Oh, right. Thanks!

Done that now

Ok, for the new ones joining, first thing is to roll Characteristics
You roll 2d10+30 for each of the 9 characteristics in order
Then you may reroll one, taking the new roll even if its worse
And finally you may swap 2 of those to better suit what you want

% Weapon Skill (WS)
% Strength (S)
% Toughness (T)
% Agility (Ag)
% Intelligence (Int)
% Perception (Per)
% Will Power (WP)
% Fellowship (Fel)

Then you start thinking about a Chapter and a Specialty

*Note to Assault Marine : While melee combat can be very rewarding in this system, do consider that, especially at low rank, you'll still be doing most of the fighting at range. It'll take a few mission before you accumulate the talents and renown (to have access to better equipment) to reliably handle the punishment of the xenos hordes and elites in close quarter.
"To succeed as an Assault
Marine, the Battle-Brother must
display a unique balance of patience
and impetuousness. He must be a master
at judging the exact moment of his charge,
allowing his brothers to cover his advance and
weaken his target with their fire. Yet, when
the moment to charge comes, he must
have the courage to commit entirely, to
how not a hint of fear or hesitation,
for once locked in the lethal dance
of close combat, only one combatant
will walk away."

Okey, soooooo....I may need help with character creation

Hopefully doing this right....

WS - 42
BS - 36
S - 43
T - 39
Ag - 33
Int - 42
Per - 38
WP - 45
FL - 36

Wounds - 20
Fate - 3

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I'll try rerolling Agi

@Banshionna looks good.

So up to now we have :
Qralloq - Blood Angel Deathwatch Assault Marine
Khulod - Salamander Librarian
Melanqolia - Ultramarine Apothecary
deadpool_qc - Space Wolves chapter , specialty?
Banshionna - Storm Warden Devastator
GreyGriffin - Raven Guard tactical marine

Already very diverse and balanced team, i like it!

I have decided to go for the Salamanders, more for fluff then anything. Their specific powers aren't that special, but they do get access to a lot of artificing and forging that I like to add to the character. Plus the Salamanders are bros.

So, you got your Characteristics, Chapter and Specialty down.

Next your for Wound point (HP equivalent) roll 1d5 +18 and note your total.

For Fate point roll 1d10, 1-7 =3 fate point 8-9 = 4 fate points and 10 = 5 fate points.

Your movement rate equal your AG bonus (the tens digit in the characteristic score) +1 because of the Giant among trait of the power armor. In your case it means 4+1= 5 which means 5 metres/round as a half action iin combat. 10 as a full action, 15 m/r for a charge attack and 30 m/r for round spends running. (Table In Core rulebook p. 205)

Space Marine's Nature

Every Space Marine must chose a personal demeanour (p.32 Core rulebook hold a list of example) this demeanour, along with the one attached to your CHapter will be essential to regain the fate points essential to your sucess and survival against the moustrous horrors you will have to face. You may submit a different demeanour from the list for approval, or roll randomly if you prefer.

Also, to flesh out the character, you must chose or roll a past in the Chapter table, or you can submit a different one to me if you have inspiration and then answer a few question (described in more details on Corebook p.31) :

What is your homeworld like?

What is your personality likee?

Why were you selected for the Deathwatch?

What does to Deathwatch mean to you?

What do you desire?

What do you hate?

You may sent them as note to me if you prefer more mystery in the team dynamic will add to the experience. I'll also be available to discuss any of them if you need help fleshing it out over PM, forum or Discord.