The Skitarii Praecursatorius and My first warband

[Quickdraw McGraw]

- I think that Nathaniel may need a gun, I want to encorporate it into the cane but not sure what to do.... any suggestions?

I like the original cane.  The active counter measures can simply be on his body.  Unless you don't want to model it on the mini and prefer to keep all his gadgets rolled into one.   

About the gun...Sure, why not...but ask yourself this (before you start loading your characters up) how involved is he combat wise? (1) He's not a front line man. (2) He can defend himself. (3) Does Nathan bring anything important to the table?  Not every game of Inquisitor is a shootout.  Most, but not all. Ask yourself as many questions about Nathan as possible.  This may help. 

Josh

[Koval]

Edit - I think that Nathaniel may need a gun, I want to encorporate it into the cane but not sure what to do.... any suggestions?

Rogue Trader gives us concealed-bolter canes, which are canes (well yes) that also work as a single-shot bolt pistol. It's got a fake base that's designed so that firing the bolter shell destroys just the base and not the whole cane. They're not the most practical things ever devised, and they understandably take quite a while to reload (as you'd probably have to dismantle the cane) but it's definitely not something your opponent's going to see coming.

Failing that, a google for gun-canes reveals, among other things, 20-bore shotgun canes.

[Eziah Kranox]

Well I have been thinking about Nathaniel over the last couple of days, specifically my dileamour about the gun.
So:
Im thinking a suped up hot shot laspistol that has one shot then it needs to recharge, I was thinking maybe 6 actions of not firing before it can shoot again.

Unfortunately, I'm no closer to finishing the write up of the Psyker as I have had a number of other warband ideas and am currently brainstorming on those, plus I've had a hectic schedule at school recently. Holidays start at the end of this week, so I'll be able to continue the write ups later this week/next week.

[Koval]

Well I have been thinking about Nathaniel over the last couple of days, specifically my dileamour about the gun.
So:
Im thinking a suped up hot shot laspistol that has one shot then it needs to recharge, I was thinking maybe 6 actions of not firing before it can shoot again.

Recharging works in turns, not actions. As a result I wouldn't see much of a problem with your las-cane having Rld:1.

[Eziah Kranox]

Ah didn't realize that.
Thx for clearing that up for me.
Yeah 1 turn seems appropriate for it.

[Eziah Kranox]

Ok so I have finished up the gun for Nathaniel and have finished writing up Rebecca (the psyker), so the first post has been updated, and now that I have finished this I'm going to start writing up the rest of my warbands. 1 thought that struck me though, was to have Rebecca after she had become a full operative as a solo character (well sort of), with stronger psychic powers, better stats and a couple of psychically controlled automatons. I'd be interested in your thoughts on that?

[Koval]

Just one thing I'll say about your character post -- it's starting to look really cluttered now. Could you space it out a bit better so that we can more easily read what we're meant to be critiquing?

I'll give you an example of what I mean, using your current (at time of posting) version of Eziah.

Eziah Kranox
Eziah Kranox was born an orphan on the world of Nakre. Nakre is a forge-world known as one of the few planets capable of production of the Executioner Class Leman Russ Battle Tank. His mother died during child birth and his father used to be (KIA) a sergeant in the Imperial Guard.

Eziah had a rough childhood, growing up in an orphanage situated in one of the less desirable areas of the planet. He was bullied and teased right through his schooling life, both for his intelligence and the fact that his mother was a whore. He was fluent in High Gothic, which was so uncommon in the area that most people didn't even know what language he was speaking. Although Eziah was bullied during school, he was quite capable socially and maintained a plethora of friends, that even rivalled the so called 'cool kids' that would torment him when they were alone.

During his period at the orphanage, Eziah, would help with the electrical systems, as like the rest of the orphanage, they were in a decrepit state. It was because he was tasked with the electrical systems that Eziah discovered his love of machinery and as an intelligent adolescent, he joined the machine cult.

The years of bullying and subsequent fighting had made Eziah into a very tough teenager. It was just by pure chance that Ordan Grant (of the Skitarii Praecursatorius) was looking for his successor on the world of Nakre at the time. Ordan gathered a large number of the new members of the cult and made them compete in a number of trials. Eziah thought these trials to be reminiscent of those conducted by the Space Marines that he had read about in Imperial Propaganda Novels.

Eziah went through to the final stages of the trials and he with ten other applicants would have to pass one final test. They were unaware what was to come, but judging by the previous assessments it would most likely entail a feat of strength or stamina. In the end they were completely wrong.

They arrived on the planet Adron V, they were taken to a bar on the very edge of the civilised area of the hive. Told only that someone inside knew the whereabouts of a traitor to the Imperium, the aspirants were given the job of obtaining the information. Most of the other applicants had been raised in the teachings of the Machine Cult and so had no sense of social intelligence, making all their attempts to gain information almost laughable. One applicant almost asked the bartender outright for the information, which led to the boy being flung out the door of the bar, landing at Ordan's feet.

Out of the applicants the ten applicants only three (Eziah and two others) had any chance of success, they had been raised with normal (ish) lives and could socialise properly (unlike the others who were 'Machine Cult' inductees from a very early age). However, the other two had chosen the people that looked most likely to have been associated with a traitor.

Eziah, realising that this was all a test, took a huge gamble; He chose to speak with a woman that was sitting in the corner of the bar. Although she was dressed like a commoner, she gave off an air of authority. His gamble paid off, as when he moved down the bar to sit closer to her (although still some 5 or so metres away), he noticed the las pistol strapped to her thigh. It wasn't standard issue pistol, so it was unlikely that she was a local enforcer or a member of the PDF and it wasn't a low quality manufacture that would be found in the hands of a street criminal.

It was a highly modified, high quality pistol with a number of additions that not even a rogue trader could get his hands on, but most importantly it had a cog imprinted on the grip. She was quite definitely a member of the Mechanicus, although she did not look it, but neither did Ordan. This could only mean that the two worked together and so Eziah walked over to her and proceeded to make small talk.

After roughly ten minutes of small talk, Eziah asked her how she knew Ordan Grant, at which point she walked out of the bar and straight over to Ordan across the street. Not only had Eziah worked everything out, he had done it before the rest of the applicants had finished bumbling around inside the bar. What followed was twenty years of training and a number of inconspicuous bionic upgrades to his person.

Profile
Ws   Bs   S   T   I   Wp   Sg   Nv   Ld
52   65    46   51   74   67   63   78   79
Right Handed

Special Abilities
Compassion - Olivia (The character counts as having the Heroic special ability when the GM deems it appropriate (the other character is wounded, and needs saving from the hands of an enemy, for example), also if the character of his/her affections is in a situation where they are in danger (GM discretion) the character must pass a Leadership test if trying to complete an action that would not help his/her companion)
Fast Draw
Hip Shooting

Equipment
Implants:
Neural Telepathic Indicator (Counts as a vox, can transfer images as well)
Advanced Bionic Eyes (+20% to sight tests) – Prey Sense (ignores negative modifiers from lighting conditions), Gunsight Overlay: Range Finder

Weapons:
High Magnum Revolver – Armour Piercing Rounds and Recoil Dampening Suspensors – 3 reloads
Name   Type   Rng   Mode   Acc   Dam   Mag   Rld   Enc   Spcl
High Magnum Revolver   Pistol   B   Sn   -   3D6+3   5   3   20   Mn, Light AP, Trivial
Mn: Manual Weapons are immune to jamming (under normal circumstances)
Light AP: Reducers armour by 33% (rounding down)
Trivial: Any hits from this weapon are resolved at +1 to the character's Base Injury Value.

Armour:
3 armour on all locations except head

It takes up more space, but it's easier for us to digest.


With regards to turning Rebecca into a puppet-mistress with automated thralls, the Inquisition would be very interested in either "convincing" her to further their agendas (which would be the sort of thing that an Istvaanian or Recongregator might try to do), or killing her before she became a threat (which most puritans and probably even some radicals would prefer to do). If I remember rightly you also suggested she wouldn't have been sanctioned anyway, so while I'm not out to nix your idea, you do need to remember all the risks involved.

[Eziah Kranox]

Yeah, she hasn't been sanctioned, so your right, it would be very difficult to explain how she had avoided detection if she was controlling random automatons. Oh and I just formatted the first post .