Black Crusade
Welcome to Black Crusade...
"To be a man in such times is be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. Yet you are not just any individual—you are a Heretic, a follower of forbidden gods and dangerous schools of thought, cast out by the rulers of the Imperium and their cursed corpse-god for the calling you have chosen. And yet both glory and revenge can be yours as you tread the path to greatness and take your place among the champions of the Dark Gods themselves!" ~ Black Crusade Broken Chains
You are Heretic's, Servants of Chaos, or even those just tired of the tyranny of the Imperium. Whatever your motivation is, you are at odds with the thoughts and deeds of the Imperium of Mankind and there for have been hunted down by the Inquisition.
For this Game I will be taking applications for about a week and half from the time this post goes up. The game I plan to run will be hopefully engaging and fun for you the players as it will be for me to run. I do feel I should mention I would like to see the game be more Role play rather than just Roll play. Combat will have its place, but know that it is not always the answer. If you want to just kick in doors and shoot everything and play morbid hateful evil characters please think very hard before applying as it will probably not mesh well with the game I plan to run. With that said, I do like well thought out characters that are more than just the numbers on the page you use to roll against. I like characters that have flaws that make them unique, personalities that stand out and players that want to delve into their character, their story, and also work well with others.
For this first bit of Black Crusade, I will be running the free adventure Broken Chains that was an intro to this Game with a few twists of my own, New players are welcome to use the character's that come with it (can be found on fantasy flight games website) if they are new to the game and don't own the book yet and would like to apply, feel free to change the back story of the character to fit your story and we may look at rolling you some new stats also.
For applications and Characters:
Core Rule Book only: I don't own the others yet so I will only be able to reference the Core Rule book at the moment. Please don't ask, beg, or offer up explanations for other source's the answer is no at the moment. I will open up the other books when I get them as I do plan on getting them at a later date.
Character Creation: (Follow the Core Rule book step by step with these few exceptions) This may seem draconian but I want to see people try something new. When rolling the stats, you roll for each stat and place what you rolled in it, (Example: you roll for Ballistic skill, add the base number (25 or 30) and add your roll, that is your Ballistic Skill. Not roll 9 times and place stats at you wish.) With that though, I am disregarding character creation prereq's for class types (at character creation only, and then on a case by case basis as you level up)..i.e. psykers needing min WP of 40 to be a psyker, you can have a 20 and be a psyker, you are bad at it, but you never know what chaos will reward your devotion with. I am also giving you a free reroll of your lowest stat, second roll stands even if lower. If you have questions please ask on this.
Character Application: I would like to see your writing style and so I am asking for a 500 to 1000 word short story of how you were captured by the Inquisition, namely a Radical Inquisitor named Renthor, his right hand man, Interrogator Crane, and with the help of Acolytes and a Bound Daemonhost. Think of the last moments as you were captured, were you trapped, cornered, ambushed, tricked, or was it even betrayal of someone you trusted possibly. Only thing is you can't kill any of the above named people or the daemonhost, though you can kill acolytes in your short story and/or injure any of the named people. It also has to end with you being put into a stasis casket for transport in only a thin surgical gown and manacles with about a foot of chain links between your wrists, your items being stowed in another stasis casket.
I also would like some information answered about your character and his goals/concept/desires etc. Each of these questions can be answered with short paragraph's with a minimum of 4 sentences. The easiest way to do so is ask yourself (Why? or What?) after each sentence as you answer the question, do that 3 times after the first sentence and you'll have a much deeper and thought out character.
example.
1. What is your view of the Imperium?
It is a rotten to its core. (here is where you ask the "why?")
because the people are kept ignorant of the truth. (chance for another "why?")
Its so they, the Imperium can keep everyone dancing to the lies they tell them (here would be a good chance for a "what?" as in "what lies do they tell?" ) Like how all aliens should be hated and feared, after having met a few on illicit trades for the master I worked for, most were harmless or even feared us humans.
This helps give a few examples and background for the character that I can possible call on later in the roleplay.
Questions to answer, Pick 4 out of the list to answer that you feel would make your character interesting and answer them at the bottom of your application.
1. What item do you posses that you would go to great lengths to retrieve if lost?
2. You have vowed revenge on someone or something or place, who or what? and why?
3. What or Who are you fleeing from that if it catches up with you will spell your doom?
4. What event in your life made you turn from the Imperium?
5. What one code of conduct or belief that you hold sacred and would not violate no matter the outcome?
6. What flaw do you try to hide from others (physical/habit/or even emotional)
7. What do you dread? (item, person, a rational or irrational fear. i.e. Spiders, women, spider-women.)
8. What Foe did you vanquish, and then let live? Why? and do you regret it?
9. What one regret do you have about leaving the Imperium? (person, place, thing, personal meaning..etc)
10. You killed a stranger for what reason?
Few things I also will NOT tolerate in game:
Racism/bigot speech: to other players based on real world hatred. Your character can be xenophobic and can hate groups, but try to keep the hatred language reasonable in character.
"Rambo" play style: You can be dark and brooding, you can charge the enemy alone that is fine. I'm meaning the "I'm a bad-ass and so I pick fights with other players to show off and prove I'm the toughest but I do it with little speech and right out the gate." If this is your character concept or play style please rethink applying. I want to see the group work together, and work through differences, it might require shouting and butting heads in-character but if it is logical and not going into the realm of trolling other players then it is ok.
Trolling: Don't ruin everyone's fun because your mad or think it would be funny.
Ok enough of me on the soap box, let's get this thing started and see what people come up with and good luck to all you applicants.
