A Blaze of Glory OOC

Story thread: http://www.christianforums.com/t7528149/#post56549322

Hello, everyone! If you're a fan of sci fi who doesn't mind a bit of fantasy in the mix, or a fantasy fan that enjoys some sci fi here and there, then you may already be familiar with the dystopian setting by Games Workshop: Warhammer 40,000. Don't know it? That's cool too, you're not the only player in here that doesn't. We can help!

While Warhammer 40,000, or "40K" as I tend to refer to it, is a grim and dark setting, this thread will hopefully replace some of that gloom and doom with a bit of space-faring adventure. This story will, for the most part, take place outside of the Imperium of Man. The lead protagonist will be a Rogue Trader named Glory St. Claire, and she will be played by RPer extraordinaire, Woman of Faith. I will be keeping to the role of GM for this story, mostly due to the sheer volume of people the protagonists will be encountering.


Where do you come in, you may ask? Well, Glory is a darned good spacefarer by her own right, but she can't do her job alone! It's a dangerous galaxy out there, and a girl needs comrades to join in on the fun and fortune! This is an open RPG, but I must ask you to talk with us in here before joining. We want to make sure everything fits in well and flows smoothly with the story's progression.

So what can you play, you might ask? We have only a few restrictions:

-As this is outside of the Imperium, those currently employed by it will likely not work out. Ex-guard mercenaries or drifters, for example, will be fine.

-NO SPACE MARINES! Sorry folks, but the Space Marines, while an absolutely awesome faction, are warrior monks above all else, and would have no reason to be serving aboard the Arrow right now. If you REALLY want to play one, PM me and maybe something can be discussed. But for now, let's try something more mundane.

- Rules on non-humans: Eldar and Tau are acceptable, as they can be peaceful and work with humans if they feel so inclined. Glory is a good, tolerant person, so Dark Eldar will likely not be accepted unless they REALLY downplay their whole, er... sado-maso evil schtik. Orks aren't a likely fit, but stranger friendships have been made. Talk to us a little about it, but I wouldn't advise ork characters be played.

-Tyranids are simply out of the question. Shame on you for even wondering.

-Chaos is bad news, even outside of the Imperium. If you'd like to play a secret heretic of sorts, talk to us. But remember that Chaos forces will more than likely enter the party's crosshairs as foes.

-Multiple characters: For now, I'd like to keep everyone to one character. This may be subject to change as time goes by.

- Alignment: Being a hard-core Imperial will do little more than get you shot in this part of space. Otherwise, as long as everyone gets along onboard the Arrow, things should be good. Expect a good-aligned party.



The story will begin on a neutral spaceport, where Glory will be meeting with an interested party for a very special job. Characters can either be part of Glory's entourage already, or join up on the station by whatever means we decide.


Whew! That gets all that out of the way. Remember, our main goal here is to have fun spinning a good story. If you need help with 40K lore, or have an idea you wanna try, feel free to ask! If you need to do a little research and familiarize yourself, Lexicanum Lexicanum is a great resource.

Thanks for reading, and have fun everyone!

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I'm excited! (and subscribing)

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I am in (uh, you knew that already )

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In case anyone's reading this, we really really do need more players. D= If you've any interest at all, please hit me up 'fore we get too much further in. We can work you in even if this first 'quest' gets underway, but it'd be nice to get folks in sooner rather than later.

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Bumping to say, we're still open and very much eager for more players! First little story arc is drawing to a close, and new people can be worked in.

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I am new to this forum. And I am willing to join in.found you while looking for christian interactive stories. I have read the entire thread for the RPG. I am pretty new to war hammer(think I played 2 or 3 sessions of the table top game with a cousin of mine(who didn't have much experience either) when he came to visit once), but I think I understand enough to get me by to a degree. From what I read in the Lexicanum I think the best race for me would be a Psychic NightSider. I will use the name Swight as that is kinda my default name for most of the characters I play.He will have some abilities that helped him survive on his home planet and uses some special guns. He would aim to be an ally of the group. As for origin I think a lost colony would fit. method of arrival could be a capsule floating in space. I already thought of some back story for this set up.

I couldn't find any info on those in Lexicanum. Sounds dicey, but if you could link me the article you found 'em in, I'll read over it and make a decision. Should work, though.

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From the category page go to Species and Factions. Then go to Human in the second section. Then go to the bottom of the page and click the link for abhumans. They are at the bottom of that page. I would have post a link but I don't have the necessary post count.

Okay. Glanced over it, and I really only see two obstacles.

A. Nightsiders sound like they're a sight farther gone than the people of worlds like Nostramo, whom I don't think counted as abhumans yet. Their world was in near total darkness too, and many people who looked directly at the Emperor when he arrived and walked through the capitol went blind. That presents the issue: If the people of Nostramo could go blind at seeing the Emperor, wouldn't a Nightsider have the same problem from normal daylight?

B. While it's less of a problem and more just something that needs to be figured out: If Swight is a psyker, then he'll have to either A. be a rogue psyker like Drea, and thus lack the training needed to hone his powers to a fine point; thus his abilities will be more wild and less focused/deliberate. Or, B., he could have been sanctioned at one point, but is either on the run from the Imperium, or is on a mission/hit some hard times and is lost; like your capsule would suggest. It might help if you PM'ed me whatever of his backstory you'd like to send.

If you don't have enough posts to PM, we'll banter in here about inane and pointless things until you do!

Also, I've got another friend who is preparing to join. If you'd rather be a sanctioned imperial, this guy might be a good vehicle for getting into the thread. Either way, all this is up to you. We just need to make it all fit, and we're good.

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I will just go more in depth here. As I don't feel like trying to raise my post count for that purpose. For those who don't want spoilers stop reading here.

The reason he is in the capsule is indeed for a mission. His people saw very fast moving objects going through the sky then disappearing and wondered what happened to them. He is one of the first manned attempts to discover if the objects just disappear or actually go somewhere. His goal is to return to his people to report his success. The warp technology of his home planet is similar to the Tau's using the sling shot effect but it isn't able to be mounted to ships yet. So they essentially catapulted his vessel from a fixed location. His vessel has no self propulsion to keep the weight factor down.

His people are fairly peaceful but they deal with a lot of dangerous creatures traveling between their cities. They try to hide themselves when these creatures come near to avoid conflict that could end badly for either party, but sometimes their cover is blown and they have to fight. They avoid bright light and loud noises as this makes them more vulnerable.

His planet has not yet been discovered by the imperium. possibly due to the peoples natural tendency to not want to be found. Possibly the psychics without realizing sent this message to the passing ships."We are not here".

His abilities can act on their own to a degree. Particularly invisibility as this is his first mode of defense. As this is a mental rather than physical ability not everyone is susceptible to this. The Psychic abilities include invisibility. 360 night vision (just shapes and light, so lasers would be very easy for him to spot) . This is able to be focused on a smaller area giving much greater detail. Lastly he can suspend his psychic vision for a short time and release it in a burst to knock surrounding foes away from him a short distance.

For non-psychic he has his guns. not really more powerful than any other but they are designed to be quiet and emit no light. so as to not give away his position and not harm his eyes. He would definitely avoid using laser weapons but could make do with more conventional weaponry if his own guns were unavailable.He fights mid-range using his psychic knock back if his oponnent gets to close.

His eyes are near non existent and he doesn't have extra organs really as he depends mostly on his psychic vision abilities. he is otherwise blind except being able to tell the brightness of light around him(if it is too bright it hurts his eyes). Aside from his eyes (and maybe skin color) he looks perfectly human.

When he first comes on the ship he will likely have problems with the brightness of the lights. This may be remedied by a pair of goggles to block out the light as he can see without his eyes.Not sure if these should be with him or provided by the medical staff or something like that. He has almost no trouble with computers but his warp theory is pretty weak.

That about does it for most of the data I have come up with.