For all your questions on Dark Heresy (1st and 2nd Editions), Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, Black Crusade, and Only War. Not the wargame. Not Chapter Master. Or Space Hulk.
There is a new Homebrew Megafolder option in above MEGA directory containing several things formerly listed individually on this post.
40K RPG tools, a site that contains stats or references for almost all weapons, armor and NPCs/adversaries. Not updated past DH2 core. 40krpgtools.com/
40k RPG Combined Armory (v6.45.160417), containing every piece of gear in all five lines. Now containing some of the DH2 content up to the first supplement. mediafire.com/folder/i3akv9qx9q05z
Fear and Loathing (Ver 1.5.2) and The Fringe is Yours (Ver 1.6.0), Veeky Forums made Rogue Trader homebrew supplements for playable xenos, Knights, Horus Heresy gear, and other things. Now found in the Homebrew Megafolder.
Additional Resources: Now found in the Homebrew Megafolder.
I thought more that vortex grenades are already described in RT Faith and Coin, and in the tabletop it gains the vortex rule. Wouldn't it be more logical to adapt already existing RPG mechanics? That question is more out of curiosity to understand your thought process.
Jordan Collins
Okay anons, I wanted to grimdark but my party is trying to go full noblebright. Has someone already been confronted with this? How did you solve it?
Long story short, I had planted a horrible scene with lots of dead Eldar and even an agonizing baby because that's what your rogue trading ass gets, as a warning that there were DE in the vicinity. Through a magical save roll of 1 the magos biologis and medic managed to save the kid and they gathered the soulstones and want to "do the right thing" and bring all that back to some other Eldar.
I'm completely torn between a "it's not that kind of game" thing and reminding them there is such a thing as "kill the xenos, purge the heretic", OR going fuck it, it's a nifty side quest thing, letting them have some ray of sunshine Star Trek moment even if it's not fucking canon. What do.
Daniel Perez
So I want to make the strongest character I can in only war on account of our bloodthirsty GM and I want to know what power tastes like
Carson Moore
Keep it serious, and try to see how long they can keep going with being noblebright.
Benjamin Clark
I DID adapt already-existing RPG mechanics. Check the Deathwatch Vortex Grenade. I decided it was much simpler to adopt the descriptors and mechanics of the Deathwatch Vortex Grenade, rather than the Vortex Table of Faith and Coin.
You know, I think that if I did change the weapon to use the RT Vortex Table, it would become FAR more powerful than it currently is. I could run some numbers, see what happens as a sort of standardization.
Eldar are known to kill you even when you return soulstones. The question is that since you want grimdark, and they want noblebright, why not part ways and let everyone find better luck in a game they want to be a part of?
Julian Cruz
Ahh I understand now where you got the basic rules from, it makes it more balanced than rogue trader yes. But even death watch mentions "Those who fail, along with everything else in the area, are dragged into the warp, never to be seen again." why did you replace that with a flat increase to damage? Another balance concern because of vehicles beeing a likely target? Again, I'm just curious.
Nathan Edwards
It depends on the kind of eldar. Biel Tan will, while some of the minor craftworlds probably wouldn't. They're a dying race, getting soulstones back for free and without a fight is a deal they'd take.
Camden Lee
Because on tabletop, the weapon starts at Str 8, and transitions to D on a 6. Remember, the Graviton Singularity Cannon is NOT a Vortex Grenade. It has NO connection to the warp. It is more akin to Grav weaponry that supercompress stuff. Instagib via being sucked into the warp is not what the weapon does.
It merely shares the Vortex rule with it, which would turn the weapon from a battle cannon equivalent to a Destroyer equivalent, examples of which exist throughout the lines.
