Character Sheet
][ 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
Penalties

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CURRENT RP
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RULES SUMMARY
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So, if you want a laugh, people from Questionable Questing, a SB spinoff site, have found Suffer Not, and the contents has pissed off a number of posters there immensely. Obviously, this is fucking hilarious, and really just encouragement to continue.
Oh yeah. Was wondering if you'd find those fun people who wanted porn in their quests, but not even 4chan would allow that.
Also, QQ stalkers, seriously, look up Recongregationism on one of the Warhammer 40,000 wikis, because there's nothing more embarrassing than trying to call somebody out on source material you know less about than them.
These are the people who invented the Failbaddon the Armless meme. The absolute most they're ever good for is a laugh. Anything else, forget it. To paraphrase ADB quoting GW member looking over those sorts of comments: "What kind of game have these people been playing for the past twenty-plus years?" Plus the question of how much they've genuinely read outside their own forum.
 
If you don't mind, what is it, in particular, that they find so enraging? Also congrats for some cross-forum drama.
The main things that pissed them off are...
  • Gay space marines (none of which are seen onscreen) because 'Space Marines are Asexual', which is actually a fairly recent canonical development after years of ambiguity, and of course all asexual people are aromantic.
  • The fact that protagonist is a "Black Lesbian", which isn't even correct, she's pansexual.
  • Sparing the infected humans (the logic behind which is discussed in depth, especially the fact they're being studied rather than released back into the population)
  • "Making the Imperium the Bad Guys" which... like, I hate to break it to you dude...
  • "Making the Imperium homophobic", which I actually deliberately didn't do, even if I didn't make them particularly queer-affirming either. This is a weird one, but, you know, homophobia would make the fascists look bad and they don't want that.
They're fucking weak anyway. None of them have so much as mentioned Praxis' fling with a nonbinary Eldar ranger, her adopted daughter the unsanctioned psyker, her relationship with a gay Sorita, a Tech-Priest that hasn't turned herself into a shapeless mass of industrial lifting robot arms, the Space Marines with PTSD, or the other ways I got creative with canon. No, the stuff that pisses them off isn't where I genuinely get fast and loose with canon, but instead the parts that, to them, read as social justice warrior cultural hallmarks. Funny how that is, huh?
 
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The main things that pissed them off are...
  • Gay space marines (none of which are seen onscreen) because 'Space Marines are Asexual', which is actually a fairly recent canonical development after years of ambiguity, and of course all asexual people are aromantic.
  • The fact that protagonist is a "Black Lesbian" protagonist, which isn't even correct, she's pansexual.
  • Sparing the infected humans (the logic behind which is discussed in depth, especially the fact they're being studied rather than released back into the population)
  • "Making the Imperium the Bad Guys" which... like, I hate to break it to you dude...
  • "Making the Imperium homophobic", which I actually deliberately didn't do, even if I didn't make them particularly queer-affirming either. This is a weird one, but, you know, homophobia would make the fascists look bad and they don't want that.
Hm, looking at those in order:

1) Hah, I know a guy who's been making 'gay Space Marine' jokes for ten years. I mean, they live in all-male organizations and are all maximally beefy, it's impossible to say with a straight face that you wouldn't see that coming.

2) In all fairness, a quick read of this thread would probably only pick up on Joanyn's relationships with Charitina and Marvel Ann. If I'd been doing a quick read in good faith I might have summarized Joanyn as "lesbian" myself, and even not thought of calling her otherwise after learning about Araleth (did I get their name right?). So I wouldn't be too hard on them for that one. But it is darkly hilarious to see them wig out over the protagonist having dark skin, like gee the genetically admixed populations of all Earth in the far future would be lily-white really? [rolls eyes]

3) The idea that there cannot possibly be a way to save anyone who is infected/chaotic/lost is pretty core to the psychological defense mechanisms most Imperium fanboys build around Imperium genocides. They want it done, but they wouldn't feel good about wanting it done if they had to admit to themselves that it could be otherwise, so they get angry about it being otherwise even in microcosm.

4) Yeah. See previous. It's like, any given fan tends to even admit that the Imperium is fucked up, does shit that's unnecessary and self-destructive, and so on. The entire premise that the Imperium is in slow decline from a golden age is built right around that idea. And yet somehow seeing that taken to its logical conclusion (that many Imperial institutions are in fact bad) just... blows them the fuck up.

5) I guess they're just afraid you'd do it because they expect you to do it because Ess-Jay-Double-You.

They're fucking weak anyway. None of them have so much as mentioned...
-Praxis' fling with a nonbinary Eldar ranger,
-her adopted daughter the unsanctioned psyker,
-her relationship with a gay Sorita,
-a Tech-Priest that hasn't turned herself into a shapeless mass of industrial lifting robot arms,
-the Space Marines with PTSD...
or the other ways I got creative with canon. No, the stuff that pisses them off isn't where I genuinely get fast and loose with canon, but instead the parts that, to them, read as social justice warrior cultural hallmarks. Funny how that is, huh?
1) Human-eldar relationships are fetishy enough for them that they probably didn't notice.
2) To their credit I honestly think most of them wouldn't object to that, but yeah, does involve creativity with canon.
3) Internet guys going "hur hur lesbians are hot." Wouldn't cause them to blow up. See (1).
4) See (1). Female tech-priests who actually look good in spite of extensive augmentation are fetish fuel for some of 'em.
5) Probably flew completely under their radar, sadly.

[sighs]
 
Praxis' fling with a nonbinary Eldar ranger
That one did raise an eyebrow.

Mostly because I've heard it argued that the Eldar would consider it the equivalent of having intimate relations with a monkey.

Admittedly the 40K novels do a not so stellar job depicting the alien mind and outlook the Eldar reportedly have. Making them more like pointy eared arrogant humans then an actual alien species.
 
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Considering some of the grosser parts of QQ, I feel like it's a badge of honor if you get their salt.
 
That one did raise an eyebrow.

Mostly because I've heard it argued that the Eldar would consider it the equivalent of having intimate relations with a monkey.

Admittedly the 40K novels do a not so stellar job depicting the alien mind and outlook the Eldar reportedly have. Making them more like pointy eared arrogant humans then an actual alien species.
Sure, but older canon also has Eldar-Human hybrids, and because I'm loosely treating older canon as though it were the past of the 40k setting, we see that is, at best, a cultural objection...
 
The main things that pissed them off are...
  • Gay space marines (none of which are seen onscreen) because 'Space Marines are Asexual', which is actually a fairly recent canonical development after years of ambiguity, and of course all asexual people are aromantic.
  • The fact that protagonist is a "Black Lesbian", which isn't even correct, she's pansexual.
  • Sparing the infected humans (the logic behind which is discussed in depth, especially the fact they're being studied rather than released back into the population)
  • "Making the Imperium the Bad Guys" which... like, I hate to break it to you dude...
  • "Making the Imperium homophobic", which I actually deliberately didn't do, even if I didn't make them particularly queer-affirming either. This is a weird one, but, you know, homophobia would make the fascists look bad and they don't want that.
They're fucking weak anyway. None of them have so much as mentioned Praxis' fling with a nonbinary Eldar ranger, her adopted daughter the unsanctioned psyker, her relationship with a gay Sorita, a Tech-Priest that hasn't turned herself into a shapeless mass of industrial lifting robot arms, the Space Marines with PTSD, or the other ways I got creative with canon. No, the stuff that pisses them off isn't where I genuinely get fast and loose with canon, but instead the parts that, to them, read as social justice warrior cultural hallmarks. Funny how that is, huh?
Since I don't have the actual quotes here to work with, I'm just going to play devil's advocate with the likely reasoning behind that sort of response. Of course, this is based on my own optimistic view that most people do have reasons for being the way they are and doing things as they do, even if they themselves can't fully describe them in an objective fashion.

The reason I've observed for most of the hostile reactions towards, as you put it, 'social justice warrior cultural hallmarks' is in how they've been used in things like movies, comics, games etc. Where the goal isn't to make thought-provoking and memorable, let alone good, stories, but to spread the party line on the author/director/developer's personally championed causes, and the main characters of those works end up being used as mouthpieces with little to no actual personality beyond 'smug, preachy (insert here for any blend of woke buzzwords) who always succeeds at what they do and never struggle or feel conflicted' who invariably end up clashing with and making buffoons out of the cartoonishly inept and irredeemably evil, privileged 'pick your flavor of words that end with -ist'.

In the case of movies, increasingly, the creators go online to proclaim to all and sundry that the film they've made is for a 'progressive' audience and that it isn't made for the usual suspects they'll invariably blame when the film underperforms in theaters or outright flops. (Alienating a chunk of your prospective audience is bad for business, who'd have thunk?)

And with how widespread the media coverage on them ends up being on both sides of the political spectrum, the vast majority of 'woke' films, comics etc. and their shortcomings (not helped by the creators screeching about bigotry and gatekeeping as a response to criticism) stick to the minds of people. So when they see the same hallmarks in a different place, irrespective of that work's actual quality, it will provoke in them a certain visceral reaction. This isn't helped by how many of these 'woke' projects have been as reboots of long-running and successful franchises, so they also have the reaction of seeing something they cherish being changed when they don't see any reason to except to virtue signal.

(Seriously, Hollywood. Stop. Making. Reboots. You have a decades-long track record of being capable of making new things, you're just shooting your own films in the foot from the word go, even without changing anything)

And of course, because this is the Internet, people tend to lose all perspective and filters when they get upset, so they don't exactly phrase any of their outrage particularly well, or even at the right people to voice them towards.
 
I've been lurking in the thread where they are whining. All they are is a bunch of salty nerds who can't even read the lore of 40k, and a few people mocking them for being salty nerds, too. I wish I had popcorn on hand when I read their impotent whining.
 
Sure, but older canon also has Eldar-Human hybrids, and because I'm loosely treating older canon as though it were the past of the 40k setting, we see that is, at best, a cultural objection...
Not even that old canon, since there was that one human pirate lady (can't remember her name at the moment) that was rumored in-universe to have Eldar heritage and almost singlehandedly kills Cato Sicarius. In melee.

EDIT: Found her. Kaarja Salombar was the name.
 
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Well they were kinky hedonists before their god erupted and ate majority of their empire.
I guess some habits are just hard to kick.
 
@Sir_Travelsalot, Wasn't particularly looking for devil's advocating here, buddy. I have a fairly good understanding why they're like this, I just don't think it's very defensible.
Fair enough. Just trying to keep to my own principle that if people are getting talked about in less than flattering terms without them being there, there ought to be someone there that speaks in their stead. Doesn't matter what it's about, in my experience echo chambers are not good to be in.
 
Even though I do find myself disagreeing with out-of-story characterizations quite a bit on occasion here, I still enjoy the story a lot because it remains plausible within the vastness of the setting.

Space Marines are inhuman in mindset largely thanks to the extensive hypnotherapy they undergo on a regular basis starting from their initiation on - a change in this regimen is not strange given the other wild divergences in canon Astartes recruitment. A Magos Biologis not going full machine tentacle toaster also makes perfect sense, and I can 100% see Sororitas being not the straightest ruler amongst drawing utensils given the restrictions on relationships that likely come with the whole battle nun shtick (plus we're on SV, and it and its siblings are very fond of their yuri anyway).

But I'm rambling at this point. All that I can say is that you don't need to worry about a handful of haters in QQ; you set out to write a story with a more hopeful tone and you managed to do it without completely upending the fundamental rules of the setting.
 
I found the discussion in question, and it was an unpleasant reminder as to why my own QQ account is pretty much abandoned and should stay that way. That site's full of fuckin' assholes
Keep wanting to throw my hat into the ring and try to shift the narrative a little, but A: they'd probably call me an sv shill (which is true) and B: they'd probably dismiss me as an sjw, or a simp, or whatever the Usual Suspects are calling people that value other people these days
 
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  • Sparing the infected humans (the logic behind which is discussed in depth, especially the fact they're being studied rather than released back into the population)
Human experimentation is fun for all the family!
or the other ways I got creative with canon.
I mean my entire purpose here so far has been pointing out how actually this Quest is more or less canon compliant, and if these jokers have missed all that then I have failed... something. Not the Emperor probably, Mork maybe. Or would it be Gork in this situation? I'm unsure.

I shall submit myself to the local Commissariat office for my failures at next opportunity.
Well they were kinky hedonists before their god erupted and ate majority of their empire.
I guess some habits are just hard to kick.
Point of order: Slaanesh isn't actually the Eldar's god in any meaningful way, even if they do have an IOU on every Eldar soul. The gods of the Eldar are the Eldar gods, who have the distinction of being mostly dead in varying ways.
 
3) The idea that there cannot possibly be a way to save anyone who is infected/chaotic/lost is pretty core to the psychological defense mechanisms most Imperium fanboys build around Imperium genocides. They want it done, but they wouldn't feel good about wanting it done if they had to admit to themselves that it could be otherwise, so they get angry about it being otherwise even in microcosm.

Yeah that's really typical. People see the genocide, but it's the protagonists, so it must have a reason and they construct one in their head to avoid being grossed out by the hero they identify with. Then when anyone dissent, they start arguing for the genocide themselves because, after all, it must be necessary right? The awfulness is self perpetuating.
 
some of it may be irreversible. But the Imperium may not have even checked, or even worse found a cure, decided that it was to expensive, that people were tainted by their experiences or some other reason and decided to hide the cures existence.

or that is what Pancrea did and the Dark Eldar stopped it. The Imperium is a deeply evil organisation, but it is not the worst in the setting.
Its hard to top groups like the Dark Eldar.
 
One amusing thing I like about this quest is how Praxis herself really doesn't suit the image the universe paints of an inquisitor.

One usually gets the image of some scarred gruff woman with a fancy hat, a voice that demands obedience and the ingrained instincts from decades to centuries of inhuman combat training.

Not a lady who's about to pass out from heat stroke because she wore the wrong outfit or lost her arm from nonexistent OSHA regulations.

It evens out nicely since her first response to problems is not to light them on fire and that restraint has served her well.

I also appreciate the little nuances of this quest like Dahlia's self-hate and depression. Which given how the Imperium's propaganda dehumanizes psykers as a policy is probably a extremely common mental health issue in those that gain the power to warp reality with their mind.


Also Warhammer 40K fact of the day:
Did you know that geller fields are powered by disposable psyker brains? Yeah, they load a battery with some disembodied self-aware brains and nightmarishly force them to power the field until they burn out.
 
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