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Deus Pater (Exalted/40k)

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[X] Hereticus. The Agri-World of Palin's Reach has risen in rebellion against the Imperium, and without its harvests a dozen industrialised worlds will rapidly experience food shortages. The Admiral knows little of the purported causes for such rebellion, but he is certain that his fleet is not the only one that the Imperium will commit to see the world returned to the fold.
 
[X] Malleus
Adhoc vote count started by Japanime on Mar 11, 2019 at 5:54 AM, finished with 2349 posts and 80 votes.
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I'm not quite sure what to vote for - my exposure to 40K is mainly through Ciaphas Cain books. Any thoughts that could help a filthy casual decide what to vote for?
 
Hereticus sounds almost easy. Even if a cult has taken a few important positions or sewn the right kind of sorcery, it would spontaneously deflate into diehards almost as soon as we started speaking.

The other two look more challenging, and the eldar is a personal affront, but Daemons are nicely more predictable.

[X] Malleus
 
Maugan Ra said:
You really must speak with the Mechanicus before too much longer, however. There has to be some kind of protocol for speaking to a machine-spirit that will prevent it from tearing your spine free over an errant word. Who knows, perhaps you might even be able to seek out a member of the priesthood on this very ship before too much longer… but first, the wait.
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Silly Imperial Heir, don't you know of the tried and true Exalted method of dealing with uppity gods? You just punch them, in the face, and tell them that the beatings will continue until morale improves!
 
[X] Xenos

Rescuing shrine worlds extends our religious influence and so build towards a position where we might spread our reform agenda. Talking down rebels might fit our ethics but probably doesn't advance our position in the cynical world of the Ecclesiarchy. Taking on the hulk and demons is heroic but will have even less effect on the way the Imperium does things because Space Marines keep out of all that.

Plus we get kill evil pointy heads.
 
[X] Malleus

I want nice and straightforward curbstomping of demons, not moral conundrums of imperial rebels or eldar's conspiracy theories.
 
DB_Explorer said:
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I'm not quite sure what to vote for - my exposure to 40K is mainly through Ciaphas Cain books. Any thoughts that could help a filthy casual decide what to vote for?
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Mallus is dealing with Daemons, so if you want to go on a kung fu adventure and possibly punch a bloodthirster in the face this is the one you want.

Xenos would have us fighting space elves, specifically the Drow subspecies (presumably anyway, one Aeldari can be just as brutal as another should their plan call for it) so if you want to cleave an arrogant elf in half this is your best bet.

Hereticus has us dealing with a heresy. This is the most tricky one because Heresy can be a lot of different things, for example what we preached before the God-Emperor shined a flashlight up our asses could be considered heretical simply because we didn't say that everyone not completely and totally obedient and human should be burned alive and cast into hell. Hereticus would have us either fighting a daemon, fighting a fledgling religion/cult, or even fighting a reflection of our younger self. It could be on the battlefield, or a religious debate, or even something as strange as a simple chat over tea. The Old Corpse on the Golden Toilet only knows.

[X] Hereticus
 
[X] Hereticus. The Agri-World of Palin's Reach has risen in rebellion against the Imperium, and without its harvests a dozen industrialised worlds will rapidly experience food shortages. The Admiral knows little of the purported causes for such rebellion, but he is certain that his fleet is not the only one that the Imperium will commit to see the world returned to the fold.
 
[X] Hereticus

Things are complicated and, to me, that is a positive. We may be up against people we sympathize with or vile men manipulating people we sympathize with. We don't even know which side we'll be on, or if we will have to be a third side altogether. We will have to defend our philosophy with word and weapon both though, and adapt it as it is tested to its limit.
 
[X] Malleus. A Space Hulk has exited the warp in half a dozen systems in a broadly predictable path, and wherever it appears the local worlds and indeed the spaces between them are rapidly beset by tides of daemonic predators. The Angels of Death are moving to cut out the threat at the source, and have called for any available forces nearby to buy them the time they need to find victory. The Admiral knows not how many will be free to answer the call.
 
[X] Malleus

It's good to get a bit of demon hunting in when you can. Concentrates the mind.
 
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