Character Creation Thread!

Hey! Please ask any questions here, and feel free to upload your in-progress sheets.

You guys can also talk about how your backstories interact, who's taking what role, etc.

Hi! Thank you for creating this game.

I'm thinking of a Navigator or an Arch-Militant. I've never played a 40k RPG before, so a soldier seems more straightforward, although Navigator looks interesting. What do you think would be best for the group? Is our adventure more land or space-based?

A bit of both - some social stuff, some exploring, some fights... a solid mix!

Either would work well, but wait and see how everyone else leans if you want an idea

I say, good show lads! Stiff upper lip! I shall (would very much prefer to) be your Lady-Captain! The hats will be glorious! There will be swordfights and spaceship battles! To glory and fortune and also probably not heresy!

I know spinningdice also mentioned possibly wanting the RT role, though they had others in mind - hell, with the Dilletante or similar, they could easily be a sibling who was passed over for the Warrant of Trade?

For those of you who are new to 40k, or even just to Rogue Trader, I'll be using the Koronus Expanse setting from the FFG games, with a few tweaks here and there to keep things interesting.

The Koronus Expanse Explained

I will put up brief summaries of important NPCs as the come up; if you have any questions or things you want to know more about, just ask!

Oh, now that's an idea Dilettante sister to the Rogue Trader... I'm happy with someone else being our RT, was just willing to step up if no-one else wanted to.

Other option was an Explorator, if we feel we'd need some tech support...

Are we going for the older version of 40k that's a British-sarcasm-style satire or the newer, more serious version? (I prefer the former, personally.)

If my opinion matters, I think a Certified Smart Person™ would be the most unique out of the current lineup, but a sister would make more narrative juice.

I would like to play a veteran Catachan soldier that has lost his team and wants to wash his "shame of living" or something similar. He knows Ork and Tyranid stuff and good weapon handling. Possibly I am aiming for the weapon support of the team?

Being a guardsman in 41st millenium it means he just survived a 72 hours campaign?

Hmm, I'm kinda pulled to the Dilettante sister now... Thinking slightly older sibling a little bitter about being passed over as successor but refusing to show it and seeming to want to prove just how irresponsible she can be out of pettiness.

(though she'll still have her sisters back when the chips are down - she probably deep down agrees that you're the better RT).

That sounds like an Arch-Militant, Alepous! You will serve with distinction, I'm sure, and we definitely won't ask you to commit war crimes.

spinningdice, that seems like fun to me. I was thinking of taking the pre-warrant skills thing for the Rogue Trader playbook and grabbing psychic powers, because I like them. It could be that our House's particular eccentricity is that the heir must be someone with psychic abilities, so that they can "commune with the Emperor on Terra." Rogue Traders are known for being exceptionally weird, after all (and above the law). By the way, your profile picture is very cute!

Speaking of profile pictures, htech, Navigator would definitely be appropriate for a Kerbal. XD

Hahaha. So Navigator it is. =D

How do I know what's my core stat? Is it Warp?

Also, how do I know my Will as that's not one of the 5 stats?

Yes, your core stat is Warp - check the Character Creation doc for more info.

Also, Will looks like a typo - I would use Warp.

In fact... there's a lot of typos in these sheets!

Yeah, and it looks like some stuff is just missing, namely ship types.

Hey all! Thanks for having me, excited to play with everyone. For character, I’m intrigued by the archivist, though maybe someone can give some insight on if that will balance out the party or not? I’m new to this setting and last to choose a character so I’m more than willing to pick something that will fill any gaps we may have.

It looks to me like we'll be a Rogue Trader (myself), Navigator (htech), Arch-Militant (Alepous), and Dilettante (spinningdice).

Is that right?

If so, an Archivist would cover the Adroit stat, which we otherwise would be lacking in.

So, I am thinking about playing with Navigator Ardanor Barknek, Emissary from House Barknek and Senior Advisor to the Rogue Trader.

Moves:
☑ Master Navigator
- Destiny Foreshadowed
- Abyssal Sight

Stats:
+2 Warp
+1 Charm
+1 Adroit
0 Hard
-1 Bold

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Will grab an avatar and write something for origin soon.

@BlondeDragonGenie I was thinking more of a Marshal role. Maybe a Sister of Battle or an Assassin is more akin to an Arch Militant?

I think a mix of the two - enough seriousness to get it off the ground, but it's still undeniably a terrible place to live (no fascist apologia here!), with elements of humor mixed in (though often pretty dark).