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    • ≡][≡ Inquisitor Joanyn Praxis ≡][≡
    Imperial Inquisitor, Ordo Hereticus
    Attributes
    Physical Attributes
    Strength - 1
    Agility - 2
    Melee - 1
    Endurance: 4

    Mental Attributes
    Intelligence - 3
    Tactics - 2
    Nerve - 1
    Fortitude: 6

    Social Attributes
    Charm - 4
    Presence - 3
    Contacts - 3
    Resolve: 10

    Faith Attributes
    Belief - 2
    Scripture - 0
    Fire - 1
    Conviction: 3
    (3) - The Imperium should be an alliance of solidarity for the weak, not an alliance of strength for the strong.
    (2) - People are more than problems, weaknesses, corruption vectors to eradicate. Their feelings and dreams matter.
    (1) - A Shot Fired is a Shot Wasted

    <1> - Victory makes me feel alive.
    Strength is raw physical conditioning. Lifting stuff, swimming, running a long time, punching hard. It's added to many melee attack damage as well.

    Agility is swiftness, reaction speed, and immediate awareness. It's used for dodging things, jumping, ducking, outrunning folks, and other twitchy reactions.

    Melee is the general skill of up close combat with knives, swords, fists (power or otherwise), chainsaws, whatever else.

    Intelligence is raw intellectual power, knowledge, and drive to learn and study stuff. It is also used for military logistics.

    Tactics is your knowledge of battle tactics, from the strategy of leading armies to simply knowing when it is safe to rush across a hallway in a gunfight.

    Nerve is the stat both for shooting firearms and for keeping your cool. Nerve checks are common in combat to prevent from panicking or fight through pain.

    Charm is the social stat used for flattery, smoothtalking, lying, seduction, verbal sparring, deflection, and navigating high culture.

    Presence is the social stat used for reasoning, explaining, teaching, intimidating, impressing, or public address.

    Contacts is rolled to know people you need to know, and to have a good reputation with them.

    Belief is your actual faith in... whatever you have faith in. The Emperor, hopefully. It is used to resist temptation and corruption.

    Scripture is your knowledge of the intellectual side of your religious faith. If you can quote from the holy books and theologians. It's intelligence for matters of faith.

    Fire is your ability to project your faith out and convince others of it. Want to convert somebody or whip a crowd into a fanatical fury? This stat.
    Weapon: Laspistol
    Weapon: Hellpistol
    Trade: Manager
    Trade: Spy
    Trade: Political Operator
    Talent: Verbal Sparring
    Talent: Seduction
    Talent: Dishonesty
    Talent: Intimidation
    Talent: Exfiltration
    Talent: Logistics
    Talent: Propaganda
    Talent: Indirect Persuasion
    People: Dahlia
    People: The Corrupted
    People: High Imperial Politicians
    Knowledge: Imperial Political Theory
    Social Loadout
    1 Compact Laspistol, 1 Laspistol Reload, Flash-Safe Glasses, 6 Concealed monoknives, 1 Show Knife, 1 Belt Buckle Gun, 1 Plastex Bodyglove/Flakweave Suit, Displacer Field

    Combat Options
    +1 Hellpistol, +1 Transonic Machete

    Compact Laspistol
    Small Handgun
    Attack Dice: 1/d10 -or- 2/d10-1
    Aim Bonus: +1
    Damage Bonus: +2
    Armour Reduction: 0
    Magazine Size: 4
    Special
    Laser: Does not cause bleeding.
    Blinding: If operated without flash protection, witnessing the impact of a las-weapon will blind for 3 rounds.

    Concealed Monoknife
    Small Knife
    Attack Dice : 1/d10
    Damage Bonus : Agility + 1
    Armour Penetration : 2
    Parry Bonus : -1
    Disarm Bonus : +0

    Show Knife
    Medium Knife
    Attack Dice : 1/d10+1
    Damage Bonus : Agility + 1
    Armour Penetration : 0
    Parry Bonus : +0
    Disarm Bonus : +0

    Buckle Gun
    Tiny Handgun
    Attack Dice: 2/d10-2
    Aim Bonus: +0
    Damage Bonus: -2
    Armour Reduction: 0
    Magazine Size: 1
    Special
    Hidden: Will always escape searches.

    Plastex Bodyglove/Flakweave Suit
    Clothing
    Armour Value : 3
    Coverage : All but Head and Eyes
    Resistances : Impact, Blunt

    Displacer Field
    Energy Screen
    When hit with an attack, roll 1d10.
    1: Displaced into worse danger.
    2: Displacer field fails. Take the hit.
    3-6: Displaced hard. Take 1 Sore from bumping into something.
    7-9: Displaced. Attack avoided.
    10: Nothing personal, kid.

    Hellpistol (Voss Pattern)
    Medium Handgun/Carbine
    Attack Dice: 1/d10 -or- 2/d10-1 (One-Handed)
    Aim Bonus: +1
    Damage Bonus: +3
    Armour Reduction: 2
    Magazine Size: 12
    Special
    Laser: Does not cause bleeding.
    Blinding: If operated without flash protection, witnessing the impact of a las-weapon will blind for 3 rounds.
    Convertible: When converted to Carbine mode, gain +1 to Attack and Aim Bonus.

    Transonic Machete
    Medium Knife
    Attack Dice : 1/d10+2
    Damage Bonus : Strength + 3
    Armour Penetration : 1 + Half of enemy Armour (Round Down)
    Parry Bonus : +0
    Disarm Bonus : +3
    Special
    Sickening Vibrations: Enemies with 3 meters of an active blade count as being at -1 to all stats.
    Sister Charitina
    A member of the Order Famulous who found her faith again thanks to the Inquisitor. Praxis' closest confidant, dearest friend, and irritating ex-girlfriend.
    Attributes of Note: Nerve 3, Contacts 4, Charm 3, Scripture 2, Fire 2
    Skills of Note: Career - Order Famulous, Weapon - Bolt Carbine, People - Inquisitor Praxis
    Equipment: Half-Plate Power Armour, Bolt Carbine, Burning Blade
    Known Values: (3) The nobility is a blight on the Imperium, (2) I trust the Inquisitor's vision for the future, (1) Galaxy grim and dark, tiddy soft and warm.

    Dahlia Hussian
    A 17 year old unsanctioned psyker, rescued by Praxis from the witch's pyre she volunteered for at age 12. Loves the Emperor, and hates herself for being unworthy and twisted.
    Attributes of Note: Power 1, Control 2, Sight 2, Faith 5, Strength -1, Nerve 0
    Skills of Note: Talent - Self Discipline, Talent - Self-Hatred
    Equipment: Web Derringer
    Known Values: [3] I am here because I was given a chance. I should extend the same chance to others, [2] The Emperor is all things, [1] I can atone for my existence by aiding the Inquisitor

    Marvel Ann Alemanga-Zero
    A Magos of the biology wing of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Marvel Ann is an exuberant, odd, and enthusiastic cyborg lady who is an expert in medicine and bionics. She's Joanyn's current sweetheart, and she autotunes her voice.
    Attributes of Note: Intelligence 4, Charm 3, Strength 4
    Skills of Note: Career - Cyberdoc, Talent - Surgery, Talent - Singing
    Known Values: [2] Adventure is to be seized with both hands (and as many mechandrites as possible)

    Fraser Bookter
    A positively ancient scribe who served Praxis' teacher, Bookter has seen all manner of things. Despite that, he keeps good humour.
    Attributes of Note: Intelligence 4, Scripture 2, Contacts 2, Strength -2
    Skills of Note: Career - Archivist, Knowledge - Imperial History
    Known Values: ???

    Korey Kilimnik
    Once a Lightning fighter pilot for the Navy, until he was caught fucking an admiral's son. Kilimnik professionally doesn't care unless it has jet engines.
    Attributes of Note: Nerve 5, Agility 3
    Skills of Note: Career - Fighter Pilot, Talent - Piloting, Talent - Causing Trouble
    Known Values: [2] By death or rejuvenation, age will never slow my reflexes
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    XP3​
    33 XP​
    9 XP​
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    CURRENT RP
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    RULES SUMMARY
    ROLZ ROOM​
     
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    • open_sketch said:
    Likely nothing that heavy, that's Imperial Guard field kit. Ever try to get a combat servator through a door with a heavy bolter for an arm? Big claws, blades, heavy stubbers and boltguns, chainswords, grenade launchers, the classics. Think Special Weapons instead of Heavy Weapons lol.
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    Well, a bolter and a chainsword is pretty much what every Marine worth his salt carries into centuries of battle, so... I'm very OK with that.
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    We don't want servitors.

    We absolutely do not want to let @open_sketch write servitors. Not up close. Not properly. There's a reason that most Imperial citizens do their best to ignore them in fluff that's nowhere near as well written and humanising as this story.
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    They're meat stitched together from parts grown in vats and a brain that's mostly computer. It's a literal meat-machine about as smart as an average dog. The whole "grimdark" thing about people being turned into them is for super-tech-hereteks, not the normal procedure. And stuff about 'personality retention' is just when the person maintaining them does a hackjob leading to glitches.
    While many of these programmable cybernetic slaves are genetically-engineered, vat-grown sub-human clones or replicae created by the Adeptus Mechanicus from human genomes who have their bionic implants installed after "birth," others were once truly human. These Servitors were usually criminals who fell afoul of Imperial Law, particularly a person who has offended or damaged the Adeptus Mechanicus in some fashion.
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    Servitors are generally mindless, semi-organic robots, possessing only the most basic of instincts, though some are fully capable of speech if such functions and knowledge are programmed into them. Their brains are programmed to perform only the task they were designed for, whether that be maintenance, construction, or even warfare.

    The altered and fragmented brain of a Servitor functions poorly unless constantly supervised. Most will eventually go into a state of mindlock, babbling incoherent nonsense as the Servitor tries to assert some form of control over its functions.
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    You're exaggerating the squick. There is squick, not saying it isn't fucked up, but not that bad.
    open_sketch said:
    Thanks, you just created servitor dogs. The suffering of billions of cute canines is now all your fault.
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    They already had Cherubim: Servitor Babies. Dogs were just the next 'logical step'. They couldn't get cats, the Imperial Navy has its traditions.
     
    open_sketch said:
    Trust me, when I write human <-> eldar relations, you will know.

    Because there will be a content warning.
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    But will there be
    ear molesting?

    Okay seriously, it seems our choices are:
    PDF troops
    -slow?, lots of people, might discover our eldar companion, sending lots of mooks to their death, the opposite of subtle
    +easy to get, unlikely gangs will fuck with such a big group

    Servitors
    -going to have a very not-fun time of existential horror IC and possibly OOC as the grim nature of servitors is driven home, going to struggle with heavy terrain
    +No witnesses, probably pretty good in combat without the unwieldiness of a PDF platoon. Psychological advantage, because who wants to fight the murdercyborgs?

    Hiring bounty hunters/small elites
    -we'd have to spend time and effort finding them, this might be time sensitive, as high-quality mooks more likely to discover our eldar companion's nature
    +keeps group small and able to move quickly, probably pretty badass, potentially familair with underhive and able to act as guides, potential recruits for retinue later?

    Just go alone, don't overcomplicate it
    -Just four people, only two dedicated combatant in an underhive feels very undergunned to me, will need to rely on stealth
    +What was originally intended by the Gm so it's probably not a trap option, stealthy, doesn't overcomplicate things needlessly
     
    Always Late said:
    They're meat stitched together from parts grown in vats and a brain that's mostly computer. It's a literal meat-machine about as smart as an average dog. The whole "grimdark" thing about people being turned into them is for super-tech-hereteks, not the normal procedure. And stuff about 'personality retention' is just when the person maintaining them does a hackjob leading to glitches.

    You're exaggerating the squick. There is squick, not saying it isn't fucked up, but not that bad.
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    That is canon, however.

    This is speculation, but I somewhat suspect that open_sketch has opinions on the mass production, enslavement and mistreatment of what is designated as an inferior and subhuman population.
     
    Sarcasm. It doesn't really convey well in text, I'm sorry.


    Edit: Sarcasm isn't quite the right word. Hyperbole? I am deathly afraid of dogs; and while I would never wish bad things on a live one, barring it attacking me, I have no problem exaggerating my dislike of them for comedic effect. This, apparently, fell flat.
     
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    @Swedish15

    Randomly, I sympathize; I have a loved one who's in a similar place due to PTSD and lingering medical issues from a random dog attack.

    Our society tends to assume that dogs are an unambiguous positive, that increasing everyone's exposure to dogs is a zero-cost thing, and that everyone should be expected to love and approve of them.

    And yet dogs are, when you get down to it, nonsapient animals. They act on instinct. They can cause considerable harm to humans, and cannot be expected to restrain themselves without intensive training. And sometimes this harm is lasting and protracted and cannot be easily restored or made good.

    But because of the cultural value that "dogs are just plain good," there's an expectation that people who are afraid or traumatized or hurt by dogs' presence will silence themselves.

    ...

    Sorry for the tangent everyone.
     
    Okay, so we need something to haul stuff, we need a decent amount of bribes, and potentially we need more than just Charitina and Praxis. We also need to have backup prepped.

    ...is there any way we could setup, like, basically a panic button?
     
    In all seriousness, Cyber Mastiffs would be an ideal choice of additional forces since they are; in possession of highly potent olfactory sensors, the physical dimensions of a hunting dog (ideal for the cramped conditions of an underhive), and depending on the model are equipped with jaws that can tear off the arm of an Ogryn (who are tough enough to kill Orks by headbutting them) and up to lasgun turrets.
     
    While comms might be difficult, @open_sketch , is there any way to consistently send a signal even to those not in the depths of the hive? I was thinking of a literal panic button sort of deal. Just 'a signal at all on this frequency/etc means trouble' if we can't do anything more detailed?

    ...though, that also gives me ideas. Imagine morse-code with panic signals. :p
     
    The Laurent said:
    While comms might be difficult, @open_sketch , is there any way to consistently send a signal even to those not in the depths of the hive? I was thinking of a literal panic button sort of deal. Just 'a signal at all on this frequency/etc means trouble' if we can't do anything more detailed?

    ...though, that also gives me ideas. Imagine morse-code with panic signals. :p
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    Nothing terribly consistent, except maybe handing Bookter your webway iphone so Araleth can call him. But that'll involve looping Bookter in on the details of your Eldar friend. Dude has rolled with everything Praxis ever did. around him, but who knows?

    (aka, a charm roll may be in order)
     
    Hakazin said:
    Funnily enough, that's actually close to my own headcanon about the AdMech, though I've always drawn more on "embracing the ritualized aesthetics of science and high technology while rejecting the actual process" as the point of similarity between them and the tech-bro crowd.
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    Now I'm thinking of AdMech as Hipsters - it fits surprisingly well, both deal in their position from a high ground of greater insight they do not really possess i.e. fake intellectuals.
    The difference is that AdMech also have a lot of real skill, even if half of it is rote.
     
    open_sketch said:
    Nothing terribly consistent, except maybe handing Bookter your webway iphone so Araleth can call him. But that'll involve looping Bookter in on the details of your Eldar friend. Dude has rolled with everything Praxis ever did. around him, but who knows?

    (aka, a charm roll may be in order)
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    At the same time, it might be worth the risk, because the worst thing we can be down there is cut off from everyone else.

    ...so, who's in favor of charming Bookter? Have him be mission control... and then figure out what our backup extraction plan should be?
     
    Can we use something that's usually not a road? Abandoned sewers? Maintenance shafts? It is not a good extraction plan, but barring a transporter or a web way it is the sole thing I can think off.
     
    [X] Plan: Always have three ways out
    -[X] Give Bookter the Webway device, and talk to him about who it is. Have him set himself up as mission control, set the thing on silent if possible, and keep in at least occasional contact. Convince him that this is on the up and up. You're an Inquisitor, and it's fine, it's all fine.
    -[X] Find and pick out a small squad, perhaps five or six, PDF/ex-PDF/Mercs, using your contacts and information to come up with a small but skilled team. One briefed on just enough to do their jobs without any awkward questions if they have to extract an eldar.
    -[X] Talk to his mother. Dress well, be as charming as possible and act as some somewhat unspecified authority, and inquire as to what he's like, his habits, tell her about the 'expedition' he's going on, and reveal--if needed--the Inquisitorial badge, but without trying to panic her. Learn everything you need to know to, hopefully, figure out what he'll do and how to get him to go along with you.
    -[X] Look up and research fast ways in and out of the depths of the hive. Air-shafts, abandoned sewers, maintenance tunnels. You'll need them to get out if all goes wrong, and the mercenary squad'll need to find the nearest one to you if they want to rapidly respond to the situation.
    -[X] Grab a nonlethal weapon or two, in case you have to put down your target. Or at least something with a stun setting. Give it to Charitina or Araleth, because they're both better than you at this.
    -[X] Have Dahlia look over the Mercs, try to feel whether she notices any bad vibes about them, psychically speaking, etc, etc. You'll be checking into them carefully anyways, but it might help... and just as importantly, it'll let Dahlia feel like she's contributing without her actually being in harm's way because she's a young girl and you actually had a small nightmare about the Juicers kidnapping her to sell her off.


    How about this? Any obvious problems, @open_sketch ? As in, things that Praxis would know wouldn't work or are stupid?
     
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    We still need to figure out a way to get the target on our side. We can't simply kidnap them. We rely on them looking positively towards us to get something done.
     
    10ebbor10 said:
    We still need to figure out a way to get the target on our side. We can't simply kidnap them. We rely on them looking positively towards us to get something done.
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    I don't know if that's something to really plan for? I mean, I guess we could go talk to his mother to learn things to, like, convince him? But beyond that we'll have to play it by ear.

    ...actually, talking to his Mom wouldn't be a bad idea. Could she keep the fact that we're an Inquisitor secret? I mean, she has to be pretty discreet, and Araleth describes her as one of the "least objectionable" people among her particular class/location/etc, and they're an eldar, so it's not like they're given to pointlessly flattering humans. So, thoughts on something like that?
     
    Plan: Underhive Hunting Party-ception
    -[X] Talk to his mother. Dress well, be as charming as possible and act as some somewhat unspecified authority, and inquire as to what he's like, his habits, tell her about the 'expedition' he's going on, and reveal--if needed--the Inquisitorial badge, but without trying to panic her. Learn everything you need to know to, hopefully, figure out what he'll do and how to get him to go along with you.
    -[x] Requisition a pack of Cybermastiffs + their handler from local Arbites
    -[x] Requisition a squad of Arbites with Concussion Carbines
    -[x] Send Bookter to find any and all maps of the underhive, as recent & accurate as feasible.
    -[x] Take neither.
    -[x] Bring Marvel Ann

    For those who are wondering: Concussion Carbine - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
     
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    The Laurent said:
    ...actually, talking to his Mom wouldn't be a bad idea. Could she keep the fact that we're an Inquisitor secret? I mean, she has to be pretty discreet, and Araleth describes her as one of the "least objectionable" people among her particular class/location/etc, and they're an eldar, so it's not like they're given to pointlessly flattering humans. So, thoughts on something like that?
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    I think it would be a neat idea.
     
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