The Radiant Shepherd - A Warhammer 40K God-Emperor Quest
- Thread starter Azel
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No? Too many people, too little result for a vision that spread out. They're doing what we wanted, finding the Choral Engine, improving the average level of equipment and working to repair the Golden Throne.
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I'm not interested in that. Or even sure we can. Even if we could, still not really interested.
ChiefTurtle117
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It does seem likely that we'd have to use Visions if we want to communicate with any Aliens, like Eldrad or Cegorath. I'm loath to do so unless there's a good reason to do so given our limited action pool. Like say tinkering with Ynnead's god-birth ritual.
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[x] Scatter Shot v2
@ChiefTurtle117 give me a heads up when you've edited things appropriately with the blessings and whatever tarot is approved by the GM.
@ChiefTurtle117 give me a heads up when you've edited things appropriately with the blessings and whatever tarot is approved by the GM.
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Ultimately, I understand we can't stop every threat, but some threats are too large to ignore. The Tyranids might, might, not be as big a threat as Chaos in this quest.
That doesn't mean that they can't ultimately make it far harder to win if not properly opposed.
That doesn't mean that they can't ultimately make it far harder to win if not properly opposed.
[X] Armageddon to the Necrons
-[X] Commune
--[X] Baldo Slyst (4 points):
—-[X] Tell him that you look upon the state of the Imperium and find yourself… disappointed. When I set out to build this Imperium I envisioned that all of humanity would eventually live in a new Golden Age where they would know neither hunger or poverty and could be great enough to carry themselves without my assistance. And yet even here on Terra untold billions suffer in squalor, shackled by ignorance and blind adherence to dogma, kept under boot by cruel masters who only demand more, toiling away in miserable lives spent for the benefit of the decadent and corrupt who have grown fat from the labor of countless menials they so callously disregard. And here you are, one of the most powerful men in all the Imperium, who could move fleets and shape worlds at a word… spending months at a time on your knees before me begging for a miracle. You are right to see yourself as a servant to me, but you and the Ecclessiarchy as a whole have forgotten that you also should be servants to humanity. The Priest who demands a towering and gilded cathedral be constructed while surrounded by a squalid ghetto and cares not for how many thousands die to make it, is no true servant of humanity. Any great shepherd must try to uplift their flock to the best they can be.
—-[X] Also, while there are Xenos that are undoubtedly deserving of extermination such as the Orkz and the Tyrannids, there are groups out there that are more… agreeable and we can stand to benefit working with more, or at least spare resources fighting them than other threats, such groups include the Craftworld Aeldari, the Jokaero and the Tau in the Damocles Gulf. Regarding the Latter, while naive and arrogant, they can still be useful, if not as allies, then at least as a buffer state. Try to get someone to reach out diplomatically to set boundaries on their expansion, non-aggression pacts, and see how they can help us, whether it be tech-exchanges or defense agreements.
—[X] Blessing (1 point): Helbrecht's Sword
—[X] Blessing (1 point): Bless the Throne Wrights, shield them from malign influence.
—[X] Blessing (2 points): Commissar Yarrick
—[X] Curse (1 Point): The Inquistor(s) who seek to have the Celestial Lions assassinated for daring to speak out against their abuse of power. May their treachery be exposed.
-[X] Guide the Tarrot (1 Point):
—[X] Orpheus Sector (1 Point): Send visions of a deathless host rising from its grave and with their grim scythes glowing of green death, snuffing out the great torch in the sky before reaching for the rest of the heavens.
-[X] Commune
--[X] Baldo Slyst (4 points):
—-[X] Tell him that you look upon the state of the Imperium and find yourself… disappointed. When I set out to build this Imperium I envisioned that all of humanity would eventually live in a new Golden Age where they would know neither hunger or poverty and could be great enough to carry themselves without my assistance. And yet even here on Terra untold billions suffer in squalor, shackled by ignorance and blind adherence to dogma, kept under boot by cruel masters who only demand more, toiling away in miserable lives spent for the benefit of the decadent and corrupt who have grown fat from the labor of countless menials they so callously disregard. And here you are, one of the most powerful men in all the Imperium, who could move fleets and shape worlds at a word… spending months at a time on your knees before me begging for a miracle. You are right to see yourself as a servant to me, but you and the Ecclessiarchy as a whole have forgotten that you also should be servants to humanity. The Priest who demands a towering and gilded cathedral be constructed while surrounded by a squalid ghetto and cares not for how many thousands die to make it, is no true servant of humanity. Any great shepherd must try to uplift their flock to the best they can be.
—-[X] Also, while there are Xenos that are undoubtedly deserving of extermination such as the Orkz and the Tyrannids, there are groups out there that are more… agreeable and we can stand to benefit working with more, or at least spare resources fighting them than other threats, such groups include the Craftworld Aeldari, the Jokaero and the Tau in the Damocles Gulf. Regarding the Latter, while naive and arrogant, they can still be useful, if not as allies, then at least as a buffer state. Try to get someone to reach out diplomatically to set boundaries on their expansion, non-aggression pacts, and see how they can help us, whether it be tech-exchanges or defense agreements.
—[X] Blessing (1 point): Helbrecht's Sword
—[X] Blessing (1 point): Bless the Throne Wrights, shield them from malign influence.
—[X] Blessing (2 points): Commissar Yarrick
—[X] Curse (1 Point): The Inquistor(s) who seek to have the Celestial Lions assassinated for daring to speak out against their abuse of power. May their treachery be exposed.
-[X] Guide the Tarrot (1 Point):
—[X] Orpheus Sector (1 Point): Send visions of a deathless host rising from its grave and with their grim scythes glowing of green death, snuffing out the great torch in the sky before reaching for the rest of the heavens.
ChiefTurtle117
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This should be the final revision unless the GM has a problem with something @Arcanestomper
[x] Scatter Shot v2
[X] Guide the Tarot: Orpheus Sector and especially the Caracol System: Send visions of a deathless host rising from its grave and with their grim scythes glowing of green death, snuffing out the great torch in the sky before reaching for the rest of the heavens. (1 point)
[x] Guide the Tarot: Logan Grimnar and High Marshal Helbrecht: an old wolf wielding the spear of his father and a faithful knight unites to banish the storm that that bears a crown. The crowned head must be slain and his glory tarnished. (1 point)
[X] Guide the Tarot: Arcadian Leontus: a warlord riding a horse of metal and flesh rallies his army to fight a marionette of cannon, claw and tusk, tugged by two ephemeral green giants, on the planet named for the end of days. (1 point)
[x] Guide the Tarot: Inquisitors of Segmentum Ultima: The harried exile and his loyal hunters of aliens must be restored to the fold of the all seeing eye and his wisdom heeded in combating the encroaching flood. (1 point)
[X] Commune with the Ecclesiarch (4 points)
-[x] The methods of the Ecclesiarchy are wasteful. Worthless priests luxuriate on thrones and offering false prayers while the faithful masses starve and languish. What right have priests to palaces and claims to being the intermediary between humanity and the Emperor, when under the shadow of Ecclesiarchal palaces, the taint of mutation and works of the Great Enemy go unnoticed and unhindered. Including on Terra itself. The work of Sebastian Thor must be continued, reform the faith. The priesthood, including you, must cease to be a hindrance and false shepherds, and instead become healers like the Orders Hospitaller and mentors and exemplars towards righteousness, devoted service and selflessness.
[x] Bless the Ecclesiarch with the strength to meet the challenge of the throne and gift him with the clarity to understand our will undistorted and unclouded by his biases. (1 point)
[x] Bless the Throne Wrights to secure them from malign interference and enhance their wisdom and insight (1 point)
[x] Astartes Founding
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Eh, personally I would have tried to mention in the commune, that the place the tech priests want to find is one a planet called Malakbael, with the emperor's blessing to do whatever is necessary to take what is on that planet, off it at once in the name of two high lords of Terra.
ChiefTurtle117
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The Mechanicus already knows where the Choral Engine is. Plus removing it from Malakbael isn't optimal when we can use it as a localized signal booster for the Astronomicon or feasible for that matter.
"[...] this machine - whose siphon coils ran all the way down to the planet's core - dated back to the Dark Age of Technology."
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I specifically asked about having the Ecclesiarch tell them that. GM said it was already known.
Just a note for tarots. As thematic as symbolic votes are. There's a decent chance I'll misinterpret them myself. Which means that the people you send them to will misinterpret them.
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So, point out the intent/message OOC?
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Yes
MSH is correct. The plan needs to have -[X] for the actions. Otherwise the tally regards each option as separate.
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Could you please format the plan correctly and point out the intent of the tarots for the benefit of the GM so they are not misinterpreted?
Could you please format the plan correctly and point out the intent of the tarots for the benefit of the GM so they are not misinterpreted?
ChiefTurtle117
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Rewrote Leontus. We're before the 3rd war.
[x] Scatter Shot v2
-[X] Guide the Tarot: (1 point)
--[x] Orpheus Sector and especially the Caracol System: Send visions of a deathless host rising from its grave and with their grim scythes glowing of green death, snuffing out the great torch in the sky before reaching for the rest of the heavens. (1 point) [Warn the Orpheus Sector about the Necron threat, the Caracol System in particular must be watchful for activity targeting its suns]
-[X] Guide the Tarot: (1 point)
--[x] Logan Grimnar and High Marshal Helbrecht: an old wolf wielding the spear of his father and a faithful knight unites to banish the storm that that bears a crown. The crowned head must be slain and his glory tarnished. [Logan must wield the Spear of Russ and join Helbrecht in slaying Imotekh]
-[X] Guide the Tarot: (1 point)
--[x] Lord Solar Arcadian Leontus: a warlord riding a horse of metal and flesh rallies his army to assist the one eyed hunter of the marionette wielding cannon, claw, tusk and guile unsurpassed, tugged by two ephemeral green giants, lest a 3rd calamity breakout on the planet named for the end of days. [Leontus must take his army and assist Yarrick in hunting down Ghazghkull and prevent the 3rd war for Armageddon]
-[X] Guide the Tarot: (1 point)
--[x] Inquisitors of Segmentum Ultima: The harried exile and his loyal hunters of aliens must be restored to the fold of the all seeing eye and his wisdom heeded in combating the encroaching flood. [Kryptman's exile must be overturned and the Inquisition must follow his strategy for combating the Tyranid menace]
-[X] Commune (4 points)
--[x] Baldo Slyst, Ecclesiarch: The methods of the Ecclesiarchy are wasteful. Worthless priests luxuriate on thrones and offering false prayers while the faithful masses starve and languish. What right have priests to palaces and claims to being the intermediary between humanity and the Emperor, when under the shadow of Ecclesiarchal palaces, the taint of mutation and works of the Great Enemy go unnoticed and unhindered. Including on Terra itself. The work of Sebastian Thor must be continued, reform the faith. The priesthood, including you, must cease to be a hindrance and false shepherds, and instead become healers like the Orders Hospitaller and mentors and exemplars towards righteousness, devoted service and selflessness.
-[x] Blessing (1 point)
--[x] Imbue the Ecclesiarch with the strength to meet the challenge of the throne and gift him with the clarity to understand our will undistorted and unclouded by his biases.
-[x] Blessing (1 point)
--[x] Secure the Throne Wrights from malign interferences and enhance their wisdom and insight