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Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP [Open for Recruits]

So, is anyone else getting in on this?

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP [Open for Recruits]

Randuin knelt in silent prayer to the Emperor of mankind. Before a humble altar to his glory, represented by a bronze Aquila wreathed in a halo of candle fire. His armour stood stark contrast, being painted in a deep sable black, mostly devoid of gilded decorations and bright metals other than polished steel. His bare head giving away his parentage. Skin paler than most brothers around him and short mohawk strip of hair as black as his armour, and his eyes for that matter. He was a son of the great lord Corax, proud to bear his blood and share his legacy. His mighty rifle stood upright in his grip, it's butt resting on the ground and his muzzel pointed skyward and it's magazine removed respectfully before this incarnation of Imperial majesty. Here Randuin knelt and prayed along with several other brothers as he was bidden to do before his taking of the watch oath. To offer his revered thanks before the mighty ruler of mankind for permitting him to accept such an gloried undertaking as a member of the Deathwatch.

At least.... that is what he should have been doing. Randuin didn't understand the purpose of prayer. Granted he didn't remember much about his boyhood from the time before his long slumber. He could not even recount the year it was he was taken by father Cawl to undergo his current Apotheosis. In truth he barely remembered his world but he was certain that whatever it was like, it was very much different to how it was today. If it even still existed.

What the Coraxian marine didn't understand was prayer, He never prayed to the Emperor as a boy that much was certain. He knew of him certainly and was awed by him as one would be awed by their most idolized hero, but he was no god. As far as he could tell most astartes did not believe he was a god either, so.... why did they continue to offer prayers? It was not as if the Emperor on his Throne far away could hear any of them. To bow and kneel before his likeness was something Randuin was only too happy to do. To pay homage as a warrior would before his liege, and reflect on the nature of his glories achieved and his glories to come. But talking to a comatose man half a galaxy away made less than no sense to him.

Still it was, as was said by a now dead greyshield brother, 'An unstable subject' in this day and age. And he knew that he still very much had something to prove to the existing stock of astartes officers and masters. So not wanting to ruffle any feathers he knelt, quietly observing his 'prayer' whenever it was required of him though never actually speaking anything aloud.

Here he knelt, waiting and waiting to be given leave to rise again and bring this foolish observance to an end.

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP [Open for Recruits]

Cool, Imma make a son of Corax, an apothecary perhaps...?

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP [Open for Recruits]

Question. Do we have to use the standard bolt rifle? or can I have an auto bolt rifle?

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP [Open for Recruits]

JB has the setting as just after the breaking up of the unnumbered sons, So even if your marine was a part of a formal chapter they wouldn't have been in long enough to absorb any of its culture. Probably would have just found the experience odd if anything.

The greyshields largely identified themselves by their primarch lineage as they didn't have chapters to call home. So your character would also know precisely who they are descended from as that is likely the basis for their identity at least when part of the greyshields.

Though I am not the GM

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP [Open for Recruits]

@NecroKnight

Both actually. The one's from Cawls vaults (he has vaults all over the galaxy not just Mars) have been collected over the millenia. But it is possible for regular marines to be turned into primaris marines, i.e Marneus Calgar

Because Guilliman has been in stasis he hasn't been able to countermand his original order to Cawl, So Cawl has just been building more and more vaults and shoving more and more primaris inside them for the last ten thousand years. Some are from the days following the Horus heresy and others are from various other points in time.

Hello Peoples

Hello again peoples. I'm looking for partners for any of the listed ideas. I'm also very much in the mood for Something based in warhammer. It doesn't have to be a romantic plot but will certainly be an 18+ piece because... Well it's warhammer, not the most PG of settings.

I'm open to hearing anything as well. Space marines, chaos, guardsmen, necromunda style gangers or drukhari privateers. Something to do with tue current vigilus plot perhaps? Hit me up, the worst i can say is 'no'.

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP

I'm actually not against their origin fluff. Nor do I view it as ridiculous nor altogether infeasible, at least no more so than anything else present in 40k. They fit into the lore well enough. I don't like how mini marines are seemingly being cast aside and replaced, but primaris aren't inherently bad. I think people are just butthurt because its a major change no one got to see coming. GW pulled a fast one when they introduced these guys.

Warhammer 40k: A New Breed - Primaris Astartes RP

Cool

Interest Check

The decision between dice rolls and freeform is one of those things that should be put to potential players early. See what's most popular with a given crowd. A dice system might attract some people and drive others away. Neither is better perse, ups and downs to both.

If you decide to go with the honour system just be prepared to crack down if necessary.

Overall just give as clear an image of your game as you can. You don't need to post a novellas worth of backstory and lore to pitch an idea. Just give people a solid idea of what they might be in for. Per mechabics and structure