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An Unholy Mass: Warhammer 40,000 RP


Discord: discord.gg/q7X39mqbTV

Accepting new players!



Summary:


- A tale of perversion, corruption, and HERESY within the Warhammer 40,000 universe and setting; we now have an 'official' 18+ tag for RPs, this means there will be no fade-to-blacks and certainly some guts flying about. If you're not 18+ then I advise steering clear of this.

- Characters can come in most shapes and sizes, their age, experience and so forth pretty much up to the participant; that being said, each character begins at the bottommost rung of the Chaos hierarchy, and I will immediately reject any God-like beings or over the top characters.

- I expect, nay, I actively encourage Chaotic behaviour; human sacrifice, perverse sexual acts, the killing of innocent...but let's not get too over the top with it. Hence this RP shall be rated 18+.

- Our tale takes place in the most up-to-date period of 40K timeline, the beginnings of the 42nd Millennium.

- As the RP progresses, you may well be given 'gifts' by the Dark Gods (they being...me), remember this and enjoy.

- Just to reiterate an earlier point; no super-human killing machines, characters are to begin as the lowest of the low, although only in the Chaos hierarchy - this goes triply for any potential psykers.

Otherwise they can be anywhere from a Guardsman, to a Cultist, to a member of a Planetary Governors personal retinue and so forth.

- Character sheets will be accepted based on merit alone, not 'first come first serve'; the more odd/powerful your character, the more exceptional your character sheet will need to be.

- The tale shall begin in a location known only to those who know where it is and serve the Ruinous Powers (I'll set it up once the IC gets started), where we can gather the group, interact and so on. If you have any idea(s) of your own that might spice things up, please feel free to talk to me, though I make no promises that said idea(s) shall be implemented into the RP.

- I fully expect, and intend, for characters to evolve over time during this RP. An example might be that someone loses a limb and seeks a bionic replacement, whether they get one will be both up to me as GM and the participants as a whole; character sheets will then be edited to show any changes, as with a TT role-playing game, and just remember that every action will likely have some form of reaction.


Introduction/Info:


"Arishe 42.9 is what the Imperials call it, the natives naming it Ti'achi in their own tongue, a world within the Muinel System classified as a 'feral world' by Rogue Traders and Mechanicus Explorators; it began life as a verdant world of forests, wide open plains, and a considerable population of indigenous humans, some nomadic wanderers and others more sedentary in their lifestyle, that was until the Imperium arrived...

Within a matter of decades the entire system, seven habitable worlds in all, had been subject to wave after wave of Imperial colonists and settlers, at least four of the planets becoming dotted by hives and irradiated. Two more became more simple worlds, at least one a Militarum recouperation colony planet. Only Arishe 42.9 remained as it had always been, the planet marked as 'perfect' for conversion into an agri-world and supplier of the systems foodstuffs, whether the local population wished it or not.

First came the missionaries, there to save the natives from what they claimed were daemons, to turn them toward the true worship of the God-Emperor, and to educate them in Low Gothic in their Mission-Scholas.

Next came the settlers and workers from a thousand other agri-worlds across Imperial space, there for the land, the relative freedom, and because they were told to be.

Lastly was placed on the planet an occupation force and the Mechanicus assistance needed to get the job done.

Some of the natives took to the new order as loyal workers, others resisting and paying often terrible prices for their defiance, but there was one who would not fold so easily.

They called him Eh'haya'tey, the Dreamwalker, a prophet among his people who rallied them to hold fast to their old ways and to show the Imperium that they would not be cowed so easily!

Who could have known that there was something else beneath it all, something at work that only those attuned would be able to feel, there was a destiny in the wind for those that would reach out and take it, and it would all begin here."


Out of character info:


Welcome, one and all, to the grim darkness of the future where their is only war!

As part of a group, you shall be forming a group of individuals who have, in their own ways, dedicated themselves to the worship of one or more of the Chaos Gods; you might be a powerful figure in your every day life, or you may be the poorest beggar in an Underhive somewhere, it really does not matter! What matters is that you have turned from the faith and light of the Imperium and the Emperor, toward the temptation and ensnaring options of what-could-be, if only you travel the path before you.

To begin with, as stated above, we will have a short 'gathering of the clans' - basically getting everyone together in one place, a location I shall reveal to everyone when/if I get enough folks to begin the IC portion of this RP. Your characters will be alerted to this 'meeting' depending on who they are, where they are any so on, but leave that to me. After this little get together, and hopefully some interaction, we shall proceed with our nefarious and dark activities in the Imperium.

You can be more-or-less whomever you wish to be, although I would advise a lower ranking character - a Planetary Governor would draw quite a lot of attention if he suddenly went AWOL from his post, don't you think?

I expect everyone will have some knowledge of Warhammer 40K, but for those that might lack a little, I have always found warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer… to be one of the best places to look - just make certain that the information has a source, otherwise it is very likely fan made and therefore not canon.


Rules


- Sort your squabbles out in private. If you persistently disagree with another player or they're grieving you, involve me. If necessary, I will get the moderators involved.

- No godmodding (controlling someone else's character).

- Try to post at least once a week- though more if you can, let me know if you can't post soon, and please try for at least three paragraphs.

- One character per player.

- My decisions are final.


Character Sheet


[indent] Please post your character sheets in this thread first, NOT the Character tab; once accepted, you may then post them to the tab.

I am going to make this both a test of your writing prowess, and an exercise in imaginative creation. Therefore, I would like everyone just to write a series of prose that details everything you would usually find in a character profile - name, looks, and so on.

You may feel free to include, or indeed to not include, what non-integral parts you may feel like; you may wish to keep something back, for example, or to reveal their personality through RPing.

It may also be as long or short (though not too short) as you wish.

In essence, it is up to you.

I look heartily forward to seeing what you can create.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.


Death to the Imperium of Man!
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Well I am most certainly interested, I'll be taking some time to brush up on some lore to see what ideas seem most solid and I'll have a CS cooked up sometime this week, once I'm satisfied with the condition its in.
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@Eisenhorn Excellent, take yer time.
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I've never played a bad guy but for my love of the 40k universe I shall try, I'll see what I can come up with
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I've never played a bad guy but for my love of the 40k universe I shall try, I'll see what I can come up with


It's all good!

Even if you don't want to be full-on evil, anti-Imperial/heretical/morally grey is also acceptable. :)
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I guess my first question is Dark Eldar?
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I guess my first question is Dark Eldar?


As a character, I'm afraid not, we're a human-centric traitor group here; I'd also be unasure as to why a Dark Eldar would wish to bring about chaos-induced change, considering their troubles. Apologies.
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Let me know what you think

In the depths of the Hive there is always work, gangs vs gangs, nobility trying to cause a scandal. You just have to find the right person. Marben was one of those people, a dishonoured military man but with some skills to get tasks done. For the past 3 years Marben has made a name for himself ‘The Dusk Killer’ more of a trophy name thanks to certain jobs.

Several tiers below the hive where the sun doesn’t even reach the slums are always covered in damp slurry and the air almost has the taste of rust thanks to the ageing equipment and lack of mechanicus maintenance. Within one of the millions of alleyways is a small watering hole, the smell of unsanctioned brews being concocted.
“It's definitely him, look at the picture” two men were coercing with one holding a partially torn poster; Wanted dead or alive, extremely dangerous by order of the Planetary Arbiters. The poster had a poorly drawn close up of a male with long brown hair, crooked nose and a scar running from the centre of the lower lip past his chin and curled towards the neck. The poster also gave a description of a Male with average height and average build, commonly seen wearing a long leather coat and black undergarments.
The second man took a look at the poster before looking across the rundown ‘bar’ to a table where a single male sat. He was smoking, as he took a drag his head lifted and the dull shine of the indoor light cast a shadow of a scar on the lower face.

The two men continued to bicker as the single man calmly sat and smoked.
It seemed the men came into agreement, nodding together before standing up one blocking the door and the other approaching the table “We know who you are, now whats it going to take for us not to kill you?” said the hulking man, his hands clenched.
“This” The man replied before a laspistol blasted from beside the table colliding with chest leaving a gaping hole, the clothes crisped up beside the cauterised flesh as the corpse dropped to the floor. The second man, shocked, decided to run than fight screaming in the streets for some sort of law enforcement. Marben stood up unquivered by what happened, was it the tranq liquor? Unlikely, his callousness and lust for death were more of a role to play.
As an acting guardsmen his fear was stripped from him as was his morality and care for most beings. Marben became cold, almost a psychopath with little regard for the what's and whys of his orders; the only satisfaction was the killing. He began to crave more and swifter deaths as if he became blind drunk and whatever was in front of him was the target. Unfortunately these ‘tendencies’ were not appreciated by his fellow comrades which has led him towards this new path.
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@GingerBaron Nae bad at all, seems like a good fit for a heretic - I'm liking this Dusk Killer. Looks good to me, and swift too, please feel free to pop him in the Character tab and we shall await the other travellers.

Does he worship any deity specifically, or at all, or all of them?
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@Jb I was thinking khorne whispering in his ear, shall I move the paragraphs or just put the character name withing the character tab?
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@GingerBaron Paragraph, if you could. Thank you.
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Alright, took me long enough, but got this knocked out, let me know how it looks.

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@Eisenhorn Honestly, after reading that I think you should just take over as GM and run the roleplay. Feel lacking now. Anyway, as for the character, ACCEPTED - pop him up in the tab.
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Hey, would be interested if you'd have me. Was thinking about playing a lower level governor/official, perhaps someone involved in the running of a hive (maybe the same hive being terrorised by Viktor and his goons?). The kind of character that could easily end up being a servant of Slaanesh, Tzeentch or possibly even big papa Nurgle himself. Does that sound like it could work?
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Hey, would be interested if you'd have me. Was thinking about playing a lower level governor/official, perhaps someone involved in the running of a hive (maybe the same hive being terrorised by Viktor and his goons?). The kind of character that could easily end up being a servant of Slaanesh, Tzeentch or possibly even big papa Nurgle himself. Does that sound like it could work?


Having someone higher up, but still low, is perfectly fine. Feel free to drop a Character Prose, and we'll have a look.
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@BangoSkank Short, to the point, very nice. Does he have a name, so I can write it down? Also, it's 'Orkish', we're not in fantasy here. Other than that, pop it in the Character Tab.
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I will make a character for this. But I'll do it tomorrow.
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I will make a character for this. But I'll do it tomorrow.


So that... was a lie. :D

Jim looks good though! Pop him in the Character Tab.
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