Ollumhammersong

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over the span of 40,000 years Archaic is a bit relative I suppose. I would hardly call it low damage. They are still supposedly equivalent to .50 caliber. stronger than an autogun or lasgun, just not a bolter.

in the end I'll go with what the Dm ruling is. but this weight system is messed up

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30kg is total crap



This picture definitely says 7.8kg, which is much more reasonable.

I also found this while browsing the interwebs. Not saying that we should use it. But people come up with some actually cool and decent homebrew rules sometimes.

reddit.com/r/40krpg/comments/1nh9d4/a…

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@Nohbdy

Here is the thing with that. I don't doubt the servitor' can carry the total weight. But it's the physical size of each one. They aren't small. It would not be possible to stuff them in bags or stake them in any sort of way. Certainly none that a tech priest would approve of.

Even if we did the sled idea, where do we get the sled? And why would we cart a bloody sled around? That would slow us down so much we might as well just wear the chutes anyway.

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@Nohbdy

There are weights listed for everything in the inquisitors handbook.

All told each person carries roughly 20kg worth of shit (uniform, rations, bedroll, etc) before you calculate in weapons and ammo.

Plus I also feel like just putting our grav chutes 'on the servitor' is kind of a cheat. How exactly does this servitor' carry 5 grav chutes? I mean physically, where on his body does he fit them all? Plus another 5 from the comrades?

It is honestly easier and makes Infinitly more sense just to ditch them for the purposes of this mission. An enclosed hive is just a bad place to bring a bulky grav chute.

We don't absolutely positively 100% need to have them.

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It's a hive city. The entire thing is one giant urban mountain so filled with twists and tunnels that needs to be retaken almost entirely by foot. A straight line March is admittedly unlikely. But there will be alot of cumulative walking involved with retaking a hive.

Plus grav chutes have limited fuel. And I highly doubt a regiment would be forced to wear them going into an environment notorious for claustrophobic fighting conditions. Where honestly they are just going to be a hinderence going through doorways and tight spaces.

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These weights are also super fucked. In what world does a missile launcher weigh 30kg. That is over 60 lbs. What shmuck is expected to physically cart that around during combat on-top of everything else?

An actual military missile launcher only weighs around 7-10kg

An actual heavy machine gun is only... 12, maybe 14kg. Not 70 goddam pounds.

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@AdvancedJ3llythe comrade is there to carry the ammo.

As for the encumbrance. This is why the athlete skill is given to heavies. They can make a roll each assignment to double their carrying potential amongn other things.

Plus grav chutes get ditched after landing anyway. They aren't much use in hive city tunnels. That saves 15kg

I also have 45 toughness. So my total carrying capacity is 45 in this instance.

To save on weight I would also abandon my shotgun and ammo.

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I know what each option IS, And I am well familiar with what each does. I just don't know which I want to take. that is really all that's holding up the sheet at this point

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I'm still not sure what kind of weapon I want to take

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awesome