Steel Legion

BLOOD & IRON: IMPERIAL AMBITION

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring.

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

Ok, I await your constructive criticism. Ive tried to keep his abilities low-key but obviously needed to outline the various skills he has that other scouts might differ from.

Kar'ad Jek

Character Creation Sheet:

Name: Kar'ad Jek
Age: 24
Appearance:

The aspirant marines face is carved with scars from training and even with the marines hastened metabolism he still manages to sustain new injuries faster than he can heal. His skin is gradually changing to the customary charcoal black with red sclera.

Equipment:
Bolt pistol
Scout carapiece armor

Vulkan pattern Boltgun "Validator"

x3 Frag grenades

Psychological profile:
Jek is particularly adept at hunting large predators. Indeed he displays the patience and determination, and relentlessness required to acquire his quarry. He may spend hours getting into the best position while following a pack of predators to ensure that the shot does not miss. This is not to say that he lacks for the vigor and agility of close-quarters fighting, indeed his CQC with boltguns is a subject of much improvement. He also is extremely promising with evasion gymnastics, and always seems to stay clear of the enemy's line of sight. Another subject of note is that this aspirant is fully ambidextrous able to switch sides with the boltgun and not significantly lose any handling characteristics. This aspect is further augmented by the aspirants' flexibility on the battlefield and general good humor. Psychologically, this scout displays the ability to depressurize from battlefield stress taking mere minutes to process and react to situations that are designed to cause emotional overload.

With regards to this aspirant's training; he has already chosen tactical marine as his specialization and has taken to most of his training with relish. As such he has been equipped with the minimal of which Vulkan would demand [see Vulkan pattern boltgun Annex 0093T] The training has progressed within acceptable standards however the aspirant has shown aversion to shock and awe tactics that is not in-keeping with the best practices of the legion. He has, in due course shown developments of a more nuanced nature such as remaining calm under fire and guiding his teammates through terrain hazards such as volcanic eruptions. This has of course been stopped as it is deemed that each son of Vulkan should find their own path through the circle of fire, however as leadership experience this is still a valid form.

Psychologically the aspirant is a maverick and it is unsure if he will ever rise up the ranks to hold command. However, it is entertaining to watch the young marine try to conjure a solution to a task that has not already been considered by several thousand savants and battle brothers. This is his flaw, and it is also a strength, for when the day does come and the savants are not found and the brothers are otherwise engaged it is in this moment his core nature will finally find a use.

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

@Ollumhammersong

Ok ill have to change my charsheet some.

I didnt mean to say "master crafted", i was just thinking in terms of the game Space Marine where in multi-player you can get master crafted grenades which hit harder. This is why i included the bit about it being "acceptable quality". However, i honestly think that working in a hot forge hammering steel into shape all day is just the sort of thing young scouts would be made to do. I also think its plausible that each marine has to produce some sort of project to show off their artisan skills... again im trying to finagle those grenades lol. I can certainly see this coming up in the RP even if its not in the character generation. Some people will want to craft straight away and we're in a chapter [legion] that lets us do that whoho.

I guess i cant be a beastmaster :(
But maybe something will come up about it later??

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

@BangoSkank
Id definitely be down with getting a rivalry with your character. My character is loosely based on captain kirk from the star trek films. He starts out as a maverick but eventually gets brought into line. In a strange way our characters might have that in common...

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

Could be a fun bit for character development too. If your character wants to be tactical but is assigned a heavy weapon, or if he wants to start taking a leadership position but someone else has been granted that spot. If he wants to be a leader and therefore he wants recognition he might be frustrated by being put in a Scouting or Long Range position. Or really with following orders in general.

As a Hunter maybe that's something your guy wants to handle quickly, modifying his weapons or trying to finangle himself into a position with a stronger weapon.

For example my character I'm planning to have quite a high opinion of himself. Doesn't mean he's actually hot shit. But might create an opportunity to get into a contest with someone else, or might result in him getting put on shit duty for being too haughty. Or maybe events come to pass that quickly set him straight and give him some perspective.

@BangoSkank

The weird thing is that ive tried to not make a character that thinks hes a hot shit. I tired to make a character that could plausibly exist in the 41st millennium and is probably covered in cat hair and is an autistic Maverik at the worst possible time XD.

Im surprised that of all of this the one thing no one picked up on is the "Vulkan pattern" bolter. That doesnt exist in the lore but should considering that salamanders all manufacture their own gear.

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

The one thing that you may not be ready to hear is that im aware of all of those restrictions, yes every single one of them. Ive been playing 40kRPs since 2011. So lets deal with them one by one.

@Steel Legion

Alright, A few things. Your character will not have earned themselves any sort of title this early in their career.

@Ollumhammersong

The title is Beastmaster of the Blackened Anvil. Do i really need to prove that there are many anvils and some of them are blackened? The name is meant to be almost a location similar to how Leonardo Di Vinci basically translates to Leonard of Venice. If you arnt allowing titles why did you include them in a name generator?

As for the picture you used, Salamanders are known for their coal black skin and red eyes. A genetic quirk unique to them specifically.

@Ollumhammersong

A fact that i fully accommodated in the picture. See how his face is blackened by ash? There arnt allot of pictures of salamanders. I chose this picture because it represented a marine in a transitional state between flesh colour to charcoal black.

You are not going to start the game with master-crafted anything even if they are consumable grenades. Stick to frag and krak for now. Specialty equipment may be made available based on your assignments.

@Ollumhammersong

Im sorry but all salamanders are craftsmen and artisans. They are known to craft all of their own equipment and thus a scout crafting 3 inferno grenades in a chapter defined by flame weaponry is not out of the ordinary. Especially as all marines not only are genetically related to Vulkan but also evolve to become more like him over time.

Nor would your character have a personal menagerie of pets. barring the Space wolves no chapter, least of all the Salamanders have a history of going to war alongside animals. They hunt them for sport and for trophies certainly, and if you want to give yourself some kind of hunting trophy earned from a trial where you fought a drake than sure, within reason i'll happily allow that.

@Ollumhammersong

The White Scars are on record as having trained falcons. Yes the space wolves train fenrisian wolves. Im pretty sure that Raven Guard get ravens, being that inquisitors are also known to have ravens and eagles as pets.
This is my attempt to incorporate the known trait of compassion that salamanders have into a real world example such as someone who would tame and master animals rather than just kill them straight away like a psychopath.

And i'm sorry but there's no way i'm giving anyone a Grynix. They are not native to nocturne and your not an inquisitor or a librarian so there would be no reason your character would have ever seen or heard of these much less tamed one somehow.

@Ollumhammersong

Fair enough, i was only really looking for a feline-type animal. What about a Phyrr cat?

And marines don't use personal stub weapons of any kind. Feel free to take a bolt pistol as a backup weapon.

@Ollumhammersong

Incorrect. Failed space marine aspirants are issued with stub weaponry and are used as indentured servants. They are often used to repel borders when an Astartes ship is attacked, being that they are not true space marines. So this proves atleast that such weapons exist. I was mainly trying to avoid making the claim that i have both a boltgun and a bolt pistol, however im ready to admit im wrong in this case. My character is not a chapter serf.

As as far as his profile. Marines don't choose a specialty. They train to be devasators-> close assault-> tactical in turn. They have to learn to fill whatever roll may be required of them, and are assigned to a role in a battle company based on what they're good at and where the openings are.

@Ollumhammersong

And that is basically what im saying my character has chosen to do. Not all space marines are tactical, some are exclusively assault marines for example. This means that the tactical marines are a bit of a jack of all trades master of none, whereas someone making a character for this RP for example could choose to be an assault marine with knife/pistol and this would be a perfectly valid choice.

In conclusion, i hope you didnt read this in too impertinent a tone. Im sure that once we're over this stumbling block we can get onto some really interesting RP.

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

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Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

Ok, ill accept Salamanders if it floats several other peoples boats.

Trials of Initiation: A Warhammer 40k Salamanders campaign (currently full, apologies!)

I'll join if you'll have me.

1.) Imperial Fists (because the ability to craft fortifications is a good plot device)
2.) Dark Angels (because hunting the fallen is a fun plot device)
3.) New Chapter (because this gives the ability for the GM to be flexible with all your characters and simply say "well thats just how this chapter is", and it gives the possibility to include flavors from many chapters all under one roof.) I'd keep the progenitor a secret to keep the flexibility.

Remember there's nothing to say you can't play a particularly stealthy Imperial Fist or a scout with a penchant for bionics from any other chapter. You dont have to be "type-cast".

Right now I'm thinking of going a boltgun scout, but i need to brainstorm an appropriate skill set for him. I prefer to keep the equipment simple but go wild with the skills.

(Warhammer 40,000:) Sunbreaker.

Ok im interested. Ive never done a 1x1 before. Im attracted to the lore-building and character-building aspects of this game. With regards to GMing what are your expectations? Are we co-GMing or what? I would be comfortable with a situation of "villain of the week" where we take turns playing the opposition, obviously, recurring villains are likely.

On a note of my noobishness to writing, id be much happier if we were a group of 3 people. Ive found 3 to be the perfect number for creativity and you can add atleast 2 co-GMs on this platform.

I also tend to write somewhat rough-around-the-edges characters. If you arnt prepared to laugh at yourself, to argue, to duel then let me know now. I cant stand prima-donna characters that arnt ready to be told they're wrong about something. We're human, we're all wrong sometimes and ive found an entertaining duel* is the best way to resolve that in RPGs. *the duel is not to the death.

When it comes to lore im not a lawyer and never let a fact get in the way of a good story. Especially since 40k lore can sometimes be contradictory. Beyond that ive been in 40k on and off virtually my entire life. Played the 40kRPGs, GMed etc. I always liked generating regiments and characters using the rules, thats what i enjoy about my games, basically like a civilization builder.

So, this is my application to join :)