Arcane Tower

Beef and Black Rice for dinner again. (I'm just lazy, those are easy to make) If someone wants a more interesting side dish options, bring something easy to prepare and we'll add it in.

 I believe Rob will be out again, so we'll continue trying out the wrath and glory rules. 

A detail I didn't know about the setting, the Gilead System; its not just on the dark side of the warp storm, its a clear area in the middle of the storm, so there aren't any good ways out. When the storm bisected the galaxy, the Gilead system was surrounded on all sides by open tears into the immatereum. After three years of being cut off, the rogue trader house, House Valorius, successfully navigated the storm to bring a fleet of supplies in. His fleet is now one of the most significant power blocks in the system, and no one has successfully come or gone since. 

There are five inhabited planets in the system, collectively known as the heartworlds. There are at least five space hulks in the asteroid belt beyond the heartworlds, and most alien and demonic threats are hiding in the system. Because the system is cut off from the greater imperium, all supplies are short. There are factoried all over, but there are trillions of people. Food is always questionable, but many consider the low ammo supply to be a worse problem.

The Absolvers chapter of space marines is the toughest military power in the system, and this is considered their homeworld. Only 25% of them were in the system when it was cut off, the rest are assumed to be lost. Valorius brought a bunch of primaris marines with him when we made it through, so the chapter is at about 50% strength, and recruiting. The notable thing about the Absolvers, is that they consider their oaths to be more important than their lives, and their first chapter master swore to protect the system for some reason, so they all make the same oath, and take it seriously. 

You guys work for Brevet Captain Akahir, a marine of the Absolvers chapter. This gives you the following Framework (a framework is the reason for your team, and a small bonus ):

Team Framework: Kill-Team (meant for Tier 3, you guys are almost strong enough, so its all good). The primary bonus for this framework is +1 ammo and +1 die against mobs, but I'm also assigning +Rank die on requisition tests for gear with the ASTARTES keyword (including human-scale versions if appropriate) if you didn't spend ammo on the last mission. 

Character creation if anyone wants to change their character:

Character Creation: Create a Tier 2 human or scout marine, and increase XP to 265 (the total after the mission to the Wasted Effort). All characters must have the Transhuman talent, and must meet the prerequisite (rating 5 in the selected attribute).

Bonus Gear: The result of the first mission is each human is able to requisition a bolt pistol (human sized) from the stores of the Wasted Effort, and each scout marine may similarly requisition an assault bolter (the premier weapon of the Primaris marines).

Rules Spotlights

Requisitions: Once per session (at the beginning for this campaign), make an influence test against the value of a piece of gear you would like added to your war gear (modified by rarity and circumstance), and a test for ammo to restock ammo (if necessary). If you fail, you may reduce your wealth by the amount of failure to instead succeed. (This is the rules as written). Currently, the tests for gear you likely want are impossible (mostly target numbers 5-7). Consider raising your Fellowship score, use good role playing to increase your influence through the story, or rely on wealth to make up for shortfalls of influence. Captain Akahir doesn't understand wealth, and doesn't care to. He may temporarily grant gear for specific missions, and once granted may allow you to continue using granted gear until he forgets that it isn't yours; use persuasion instead of influence for borrowing relevant gear. Everyone in the Gilead system is currently feeling a bit of an ammo drought, so this could be a good lead in to getting gear that will use less ammo.

// posted by S'Ren @ 2:08 AM