[OOC] The Grim Crusade [Warhammer 30,000 RP]

[Savage]

@Savage Just remember to scale their effectiveness to the strength of their foes. They're obviously going to do better against human populations who've decided to reject the Imperial Truth than against, say, Orks as tall and beefy as they are.

@BCTheEntity

Of course. If regular man could tangle effectively with the gigantic, monstrous, insane numbers of aliens that all would like nothing more than to use their limbs as pool cues then there would be no reason for us to exist in the first place.

I only jest, though Space Marines are super badasses. There is seldom a conflict that involves a Legion sustaining zero casualties and steamrolling their hapless victims.

[BCTheEntity]

@Savage Yep, yep, cool.

Incidentally, folks, a slight clarification has been made to the Legion Sheet, basically stating that the Necrons and the Tyranids aren't valid as Hated Enemies due to not having been awoken and not having arrived respectively. I suppose the former might be awoken early if a Legion happened to alight on one of their worlds, but this seems unlikely, and so the same rule of "requires extremely good justification" applies to them as it does to Chaos. Tyranids and Tau are right out, since there's nothing in the galaxy that might make a Hive Fleet show up ten millenia early, and the Tau haven't evolved to become a significant threat as of current.

[Jb]

@BCTheEntity Any chance we can find a primitive Tau planet and, I dunno, commit some xenocide on them? Pretty please.

[agentmanatee]

@Jbcool We have no need to inact your vengeance fantasies bro... the sin of the silverfish was long ago brother

[BCTheEntity]

@Jbcool Well, the Tau were originally discovered in the 35th Millenium, at the time possessing Stone Age levels of tech barely above the discovery of fire, and would have been killed ASAP if they hadn't been obscured by a Warp Storm for thousands of years. A Warp Storm that might not come about for thousands of years, or if it's directly prevented by a sufficiently strong entity...

The planet of T'au is located in the Eastern Fringe. If it so happens that the Imperium comes across it earlier than it otherwise would have, the native xenos have only themselves to blame for not being smart enough to comprehend the Imperial Truth. Ahemhemehemhem.

[Hank]

Since three of the Imperium's most significant enemies don't exist yet, would it be possible to come up with some homebrewn xenos enemies of our own eventually? Elder, Orks and other humans will get boring at some point.

[agentmanatee]

@Hank Quiite a few horus heresy novels involve miscelanious Xenos empires yea

[Barrett]

>orks
>get boring
Filthy 'umie lies.

[BCTheEntity]

@Hank Please do. Like I said, the force of Chaos and the Necrons do both exist, but you need some very good justification to have them as a Legion's Hated Enemy for various reasons. There's quite a few xeno races that the Imperium might have fought against in canon at some point, and at least one other human faction built up independently from the Imperium, called the Interex. There is a very good chance that at least one Primarch will encounter the Interex at some point, so be prepared for that, ladies and gents.

[Jb]

As a massive Ork fan, I can honestly say that they never get boring, though I suppose fighting them would...eventually. From an 'umie point of view anyway.

[Savage]

Speaking of Orks, just had a thought...If any of you would like to include your Legions and Primarch in the campaign that The Wild Blades had against them that's completely fine with me. Just shoot me a PM and we can discuss any details about it to add some cooperation/tension among our characters.

[Hank]

Speaking of Orks, just had a thought...If any of you would like to include your Legions and Primarch in the campaign that The Wild Blades had against them that's completely fine with me. Just shoot me a PM and we can discuss any details about it to add some cooperation/tension among our characters.

@Savage

Before or after Gorseval's discovery?

[Savage]

No timeline has been set for it yet, so having it occur after his discovery is definitely possible.

[Ubermensch]

Quick question. I'd like a reminder of what we have encountered so far. Any factions or alien races?

[Barrett]

@Ubermensch
As was discussed earlier, a lot of 40ks major races don't exist yet. Tyranids haven't arrived, Tau are still in the stone age, Necrons haven't woken up. There are still Orks and Eldar and the main 30k timeline created a few alien races, one of which BCTheEntity has confirmed we'll use. BC said that someone will eventually encounter the Interex so read about them but don't use them.

As Hank suggested, you can always invent your own races (I did) and if they're too insane then we'll tell you when you submit your character sheet.

[Sophrus]

I was just looking at your character/legion sheet @Hank. I have a feeling my Primarch wont like your tactics much. lol.

[Hank]

I edited the Void Stalkers' Favored Tactics/Battlefield role slightly to better solidify their niche; on the ground, they specialize in operating behind enemy lines and apply guerrilla/terrorist tactics to target enemy commanders and demoralize the foe.

@Sophrus Haha, yeah, many would argue that they're a cowardly bunch, but Gorseval doesn't believe in a fair fight -- just victory.

[Sophrus]

@Hank

actually, i dont even mind that. its the hitting fellow marines or innocents that my primarch/legion would have an issue with.

[Hank]

@Sophrus Oh, right, that. Yeah, no honor to be found in the Void Stalkers.

[Barrett]

@Hank
>guerilla tactics

That's pretty much the Desert Son's schtick too. Battling against either legion would not be fun.