Part of the problem is that in shipboard or hive environment, longer range isn't necessarily a benefit, and the GOOD guns would go to more popular people than the Blank
Drawing a Blank [40K]
- Thread starter Horologer
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- Norway
A laspistol (or laspistols) shouldn't be that hard to get a hold of though, especially compared to a flamer, and should be handy for the ranges we are probably going to be fighting at.
I figured we would have the same weapons as a sanctioned psyker, and they usually go around with laspistols afaik.
Edit: actually I'll go amend my vote and make it a write in
I figured we would have the same weapons as a sanctioned psyker, and they usually go around with laspistols afaik.
Edit: actually I'll go amend my vote and make it a write in
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[X] A flamer. Short-ranged but incredibly destructive.
We may not be melee trained, but our Pariah abilities function at close range only. Flamer may be a good compromise.
[X] Interested. See how much you can fig
We may not be melee trained, but our Pariah abilities function at close range only. Flamer may be a good compromise.
[X] Interested. See how much you can fig
[X] A lasrifle. Common, easily replaced, and very reliable.
As much as people like to knock the lasrifle it's still basically a better modern assault rifle. It works just fine against non-superhuman opponents and honestly those are the ones we're most likely to actually be fighting.
[X] Confused. Put your questions aside for now, and avoid making assumptions until you can privately ask someone who can explain.
As much as people like to knock the lasrifle it's still basically a better modern assault rifle. It works just fine against non-superhuman opponents and honestly those are the ones we're most likely to actually be fighting.
[X] Confused. Put your questions aside for now, and avoid making assumptions until you can privately ask someone who can explain.
Night_stalker
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[X] A shock maul. Surprisingly versatile, for such a blunt instrument.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
Horologer
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Yep, laspistol is fine as a write-in.
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[X] A flamer. Short-ranged but incredibly destructive.
Burn them all.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
Burn them all.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
C4d
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- Germany
[X] A lasrifle. Common, easily replaced, and very reliable.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
In the 41 millennium there is only grim darkness.
Good thing we have a flashlight then i would say!
Also going at the whole warp thing as a blank is quite unique, i haven't read anything like that before. Depending on how intense her blank status is this will be quite entertaining.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
In the 41 millennium there is only grim darkness.
Good thing we have a flashlight then i would say!
Also going at the whole warp thing as a blank is quite unique, i haven't read anything like that before. Depending on how intense her blank status is this will be quite entertaining.
Darik29
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[X] A lasrifle. Common, easily replaced, and very reliable.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
I can see nothing wrong with a Blank learning about the Great Enemy and the many and varied ways they have tried to fuck up the Imperium.
Also, here's an argument for the Las rifle I think most people are ignoring. It is literally the most common weapon in the imperium. Even more than a bone shiv, a sharp piece of metal, or even a club, the common Lasrifle can be found on Any Imperial world, in any Imperial ship, and in fact is the easiest weapon to use and maintain you can find.
What's more, even if it is weak compared to the horrors of the world, it is still an effective weapon that Can kill most of the enemies of the Imperium with little need for bulky extras, prayer seals, or god knows how much training you'd need for other weapons.
Hell, it's also damn near indestructible and it's ammunition can be recharged by sunlight. In melee it can either be used as a club, a knife, or even a trench sweeper when set to full auto.
It is a multi use and widely available weapon that can be made useful in very nearly ever situation and at every range.
And as a final bonus, wielding a Lasrifle means Ariadne can easily pretend to be any average PDF/Guardsman you'd care to name across the galaxy. There's is nothing as forgettable as a grunt with a Lasrifle, where as everyone pays attention to the girl with a flamer, or the idiot squishy humans who fight with melee weapons.
Humans don't usually Win in melee, in this galaxy. Not without Massive amounts of cheating, anyway.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
I can see nothing wrong with a Blank learning about the Great Enemy and the many and varied ways they have tried to fuck up the Imperium.
Also, here's an argument for the Las rifle I think most people are ignoring. It is literally the most common weapon in the imperium. Even more than a bone shiv, a sharp piece of metal, or even a club, the common Lasrifle can be found on Any Imperial world, in any Imperial ship, and in fact is the easiest weapon to use and maintain you can find.
What's more, even if it is weak compared to the horrors of the world, it is still an effective weapon that Can kill most of the enemies of the Imperium with little need for bulky extras, prayer seals, or god knows how much training you'd need for other weapons.
Hell, it's also damn near indestructible and it's ammunition can be recharged by sunlight. In melee it can either be used as a club, a knife, or even a trench sweeper when set to full auto.
It is a multi use and widely available weapon that can be made useful in very nearly ever situation and at every range.
And as a final bonus, wielding a Lasrifle means Ariadne can easily pretend to be any average PDF/Guardsman you'd care to name across the galaxy. There's is nothing as forgettable as a grunt with a Lasrifle, where as everyone pays attention to the girl with a flamer, or the idiot squishy humans who fight with melee weapons.
Humans don't usually Win in melee, in this galaxy. Not without Massive amounts of cheating, anyway.
BungieONI
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[X] A flamer. Short-ranged but incredibly destructive.
So most of what we found was hinting at Psyker hunters and the Ruinous Powers. We uh, probably *don't* want to know about the Four for as long as we can manage it just for personal mental health. I'm dubious on a Blank not having a soul since I remember that being countered a few times, but regardless, best to be pious to have something to hang onto. Same with what loyalty we can scrounge up for the Inquisitor.
Also BUUUUURNY!
So most of what we found was hinting at Psyker hunters and the Ruinous Powers. We uh, probably *don't* want to know about the Four for as long as we can manage it just for personal mental health. I'm dubious on a Blank not having a soul since I remember that being countered a few times, but regardless, best to be pious to have something to hang onto. Same with what loyalty we can scrounge up for the Inquisitor.
Also BUUUUURNY!
Sir_Travelsalot
Never wakes up tired.
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[X] A flamer. Short-ranged but incredibly destructive.
It seems so rare to have a non-Sororitas use a flamer, I can't resist
It seems so rare to have a non-Sororitas use a flamer, I can't resist
More that with the reduced Warp presence we're free from the usual influences by dint of being basically invisible even to the Big Four
- Location
- Austria
[X] A lasrifle. Common, easily replaced, and very reliable.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
Lasguns are incredibly rugged and reliable, and we can always pick up one from local PDF/IG/any damn armory if we need a new one. It's just very reliable staple weapon.
And yeah, being a Blank means we are, to a degree, shielded against memetic hazards of the Warp. Not fully, I suspect, but still means that Desire to To Know More Intensifying is not going to be a big issue.
In 40K, being a Blank is a blessing, really.
Yeah, sure, but assault rifle is good enough for any range of combat. And lasguns being so ubiquitous means that we can get at least a passable one regardless of being a blank, while with finicky stuff like flamers we can get something shitty which will break down on us in worst possible moment.
Lasgun won't. Lasguns don't do breaking down.
[X] Interested. See how much you can figure out on your own before asking someone else.
Lasguns are incredibly rugged and reliable, and we can always pick up one from local PDF/IG/any damn armory if we need a new one. It's just very reliable staple weapon.
And yeah, being a Blank means we are, to a degree, shielded against memetic hazards of the Warp. Not fully, I suspect, but still means that Desire to To Know More Intensifying is not going to be a big issue.
In 40K, being a Blank is a blessing, really.
Yeah, sure, but assault rifle is good enough for any range of combat. And lasguns being so ubiquitous means that we can get at least a passable one regardless of being a blank, while with finicky stuff like flamers we can get something shitty which will break down on us in worst possible moment.
Lasgun won't. Lasguns don't do breaking down.
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- Location
- Europe
The first part of the primer is actually on how to mantain and use your equipment, together with some survival tips on how to deal with the wilderness of multiple planets.
It is only the description of the enemies of the Imperium which is complete garbage.
Sir_Travelsalot
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Wasn't there a section in the Primer about what to do if a void ship is vented into space that told you to hold your breath and make swimming motions back towards the ship?
Darik29
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Yes, this is true, but every guardsman must start somewhere. Learning the basics of the basics through reading the Guardsmens Primer is an excellent start to becoming one with the flashlight mob.
Then our aborable Blank just needs to learn how to dig a ditch, build sand bag barricades, shoot straight, run fast, lie like a dog, and die standing.
And those are just the basics of course, but they are rather important basics all told.
Archon of Ghosts
Servant of Rome
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- Luxembourg
Hope is the first step to disappointment. But honestly you're pretty boned if your voidship has a hullbreach and you're in said breach, so I'm pretty sure it's there to give them at least a measure of hope.