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WH40K: Rogue Trader

Would there be room for an Ogryn?

@Skwint

Will have to watch the bulkheads, but if there's room for potential space marines, there's room for an Ogryn.

Maybe down maybe a cult mechanicus fella or such

@Andreyich

As long as they don't go pulling panels or taking things apart, our Rogue Trader has a fairly ancient vessel that's been in the family for a while and the family would be fairly upset if something broke lol.

I like it. There are a decent number of 40k/WHFB nerds here who would likely be down. I know JB hosts a lot, as do Selune and BCTheEntity.

I'd be down so long as you don't mind a Ratling. Sneaky little dude, Long Las and traps/sabotaging stuff. I forget his name but I'm sure I've got the CS somewhere.

I've always liked the lesser powered groups of 40K and Rogue Trader in particular as they strike me as slightly more Indiana Jones-y. Orcs are probably my favorite potential enemy, but tyranids or some like Chaos maddened humans are fun. Anything really.

@BangoSkank

On the point of a Ratling, really don't mind at all. Kind of had a bingo card for what we were expecting first and that's a pleasant surprise not going to lie lol. Though I suppose we'll have to wait and see what regiment he's from. Otherwwise we welcome our grim dark Bilbo Baggins.

As for the rest of the post, yeah I know there's a fair few out there who also rather enjoy a good jaunt into the 41st/42nd millenium, and while I do appreciate any love for the setting, a lot of the typical fare has left me a little jaded. Grim Dark can be fun, and it can certainly be a very interesting setting to explore, but not when there's very little else to go on. Most 40K RPs I see around are overly focused on the darker parts of the setting, the cruelty and suffering, thirsting laughter of dark gods and all that. Not to mention it is often hard to have an open 40K RP where people can come in and have all the options that are truly available.

Which really kind of gets me onto the whole aspect of "But why a Rogue Trader?" and it's for multiple reasons. Primarily, I want something where we can have a crew of a former Rubric Marine, Tau Pathfinder, Skitarii Praetorian, and ex-Arbites all working under a half-Aeldari captain. Being a Rogue Trader kind of opens the door for all that like an Inquisitor but with less red tape and restrictions. But not only that... Well, it is one of the few places where there is still some semblance of hope, where you can find some actually happy people. And that's what I'm shooting for. Some big dumb adventure in space with a bunch of people who if they were anywhere else, would be seconds away from killing each other.

However, since I have three more points of interest that I was expecting within the first 24, I figure it would be beneficial to drop what we've got at the moment for a CS skeleton.

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Species: Yes, xeno are allowed within reason
Place of Origin: It's a big galaxy
Personality: At the very least a baseline understanding of who they are, how they deal with others around them and their motivations. Something that a Rogue Trader would know before they board her ship if she's hiring them.
Physical Description: (Art helps, but we'd still like at least some written description all the same)
Assignment Rating: Within reason, for the sake of my sanity please.
Abilities: (If your character registers in the assignment above, or has any other kinds of inherent abilities. Be they from xeno-physiology, gene-modding, etc)
Skills: Anything that wouldn't be from the above and would be more in line with something like guardsman training or experience in other fields
Wargear: Weapons, armor and anything of importance to your character that really should be known about
History: At the very least, and I do mean at the absolute bare minimum, what someone would know before and upon hiring an individual. More details are of course better, and even better than that are those that help bring an understanding of why they are the way they are.

WH40K: Rogue Trader

So not the actual interest check in a way, but more so a gathering of interest phase. Testing the waters if you will. Currently working on a new thing between myself and a few friends on the concept of an RP set in the Warhammer 40k universe, though more in line with a proper character-based RP than the standard fare. The idea is to distance ourselves from the "Grim Dark" aspects of the setting and embrace what made it interesting and lively to begin with. A rather dystopian background with strange and quirky characters, going off and getting into epic adventures against the grave threats to the Imperium. And as some of you may have guessed, yes that means the RP is going to focus mostly on a Rogue Trader and her crew as they go on a big dumb adventure.

Sure, the idea is that there will be chaos, orks, tyranids and even the occasional brush with the Inquisition through the RP, but why not have a little bit of fun along the way? Like the crew going into the unknown and half-assing their way to profit and vague glory. Perhaps exploring great dangers, very nearly dying and then lighting up with a group of people that sound more like the start of a joke than an actual crew. Or maybe, just maybe, a cast of desperate souls seeking something better in the galaxy than the endless carnage and suffering, some who have lost everything, some who never had anything to begin with, and a few who just want to make an impact without a bolter or chainsword.

Star Wars: Shattered Galaxy Roleplay

I've begun on my own CS, also coming from a very specific zone as mentioned in the discord lol. Sith Space to be precise.

Star Wars: Shattered Galaxy

Huh. Neat.

The Weltkrieg: A Dieselpunk Alternate History RP

@JessieTargaryen Ayyyyyyy

The Weltkrieg: A Dieselpunk Alternate History RP

@LetMeDoStuff Hey yo, all's good. It's just an interest check for now, and even then I don't expect people to drop everything just for an RP lol.

The Weltkrieg: A Dieselpunk Alternate History RP

I'll be looking to post up regional summaries alongside those provided by my current Co-GM and others going forward, but for now I feel it relevant enough to post up a link to the discord for those interested. Just identify yourself and mention you're there for the Weltkrieg and we'll get you sorted out.

Discord invite

The Weltkrieg: A Dieselpunk Alternate History RP

"You have not prevented anything, merely delayed the coming storm." - Otto von Bismarck to Frederick III, 1920

It is a far different world, one where the balance of power has been carefully maintained despite constant threats of new conflicts at every turn. Only once has Europe been brought to the brink of war, when the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo. The skillful negotiation through a web of treaties, compacts and backroom deals at the hands of Frederick III narrowly avoided what many had thought to be one of the greatest potential conflicts since the Thirty Years War. Yet it only further embittered the belligerent powers further against each other. France still rails against the Prussians for their humiliation during the Franco-Prussian war, and has pointed the finger and threatened nearly every power for the last forty years in an effort to remain relevant in world politics. All the while Germany cultivates good will, scientific advancement and deepens the ties between the Kaiser and other ruling monarchs within Europe.

One of those advancements though will likely be what drives the next war, the next great conflict. Already stalking through the jungles of the Yucatan in that enduring insurgency, great beasts of steel and diesel make war against each other in a proxy conflict that has been burning since the Mexican Revolution, and likely will continue into the next century. Each nation has their own name for their own machines, from the Canadian "Highlanders" to the British "Centurion" and the French "CharB1 Medium". Warmachines of unparalleled power, enabling either a crew or a single person to mete out destruction of a regimental scale. Mechs. It is this one machine that is considered to be the pinnacle of the Golden Decade, and it is likely this one machine that will bring about… The Weltkrieg.

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Just a short blurb above for the basics, but as one might guess, this is a Dieselpunk RP set in an alternate history setting where World War I simply didn't happen. Myself and a few others have been working for quite some time on the intricacies of what did or didn't change during the timeline, but for now I'm putting this up as a general interest check. So if you like mech on mech combat with a diesel flare, an advancing story that will see the tech advance alongside it, destruction upon an epic scale, and turning the geneva conventions into a checklist, by all means note your interest below.

Fallout: Land of the Sky

@Athol

Fair point, and Apollo is correct on the right way to implement my character into the rp. Thinking about it more and more I think making a super mutant character was a bad idea.

@Eviledd1984

Usually in cases like these, we tend to hash things out a lot more on the discord where back and forth conversation is a lot easier. There's only so much that can be done across the forum, so having a means of extending a topic throughout the day with smaller delays between is a lot more helpful. It is your choice, and I do think that it would still be a bit rough trying to integrate a super mutant PC into the group, but just saying that this would be a lot easier if you joined into the conversation with us lmao.

Star Wars(AU) - After Knightfall

@kingbell821 Pretty much keep things within reason and you're golden. Can yeet some ideas at us in the discord if you want to get some guidance along the way.