This is mostly a placeholder. It's going to get a lot nicer and fancier over time, with stupid amounts of bullshit text that nobody ever reads.
Creating a Character:
Name: you should have one of these
Virtue and Vice: this is bullshit, but I guess it's compulsory
Chapter: your school of combat. Kind of like Vampire Clans.
Homeworld: THE IMPERIUM or CHAOS
Attributes: 6/5/3(Loyalist marines are all pretty much mass-produced. They have 5 Strength, 1 Dex, 5 Stamina. 2 Intelligence, 1 Wits, 5 Resolve. 1 Presence, 1 Manipulation, 1 Composure.)
Skills: 11/7/4(Loyalist marines only have six skills. HUGE, GUN, PUNCH and EMPEROR, and then two contributed by their chapter. Distribute fifteen points.)
Faith: 6(CHAOS for traitor marines)
Faith
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO A LOYALIST MARINE.
10: Emperor bodypillow delivered by the Ecclesiarchy.
9: Sins: Thinking of Chaos or Xenos.
8: Sins: Using stairs, failing to be too wide for doorways.
7: Sins: Failing to charge an enemy upon seeing them.
6: Starting Point. Sins: Failing to mention the Emperor in every sentence.
5: Sins: Having pauldrons smaller than your head, acknowledging that sometimes the Imperium loses
4: Sins: Accidentally saying Khorne/Nurgle/Slaanesh/Tzeentch when you meant to say The Emperor.
3: Sins: Unsightly collections of skulls, not taking your medicine, doing drugs, making plans.
2: Chance to become a TRAITOR MARINE. Sins: Arguing that marines could be more effective if not weighed down by two-ton pauldrons, forgetting to yell the Emperor's name when charging.
1: Sins: Not killing a Xenos, feeling that Love Can Bloom, walking AROUND guardsmen instead of OVER guardsmen
0: EXTERMINATUS
Traitor Marines start at 2 Chaos, and lose 1 point for every time they fail to further their patron deity's goals. Every time they further his goals in a major way, they gain one point. Dropping to 0 Chaos results in turning into a WARP SPAWN and reaching 10 Chaos results in becoming a DAEMON PRINCE.
Imperial Opinions
Xenos: Xenos?! Xenos! CRUSH THEM FOR THE EMPEROR!
Chaos: Chaos?! Chaos! CRUSH IT FOR THE EMPEROR!
Guardsmen: Guardsmen?! They're probably all traitors anyway! CRUSH THEM FOR THE EMPEROR!
Werewolves: Werewolves?! Werewolves! CRUSH THEM FOR THE EMPEROR!
Vampires: Vampires?! Vampires! CRUSH THEM FOR THE EMPEROR!
Homeworlds
THE IMPERIUM
Benefit: FAITH
Stereotype: FAITH, EMPEROR, PAULDRONS, HUGE.
THE CHAOS
Benefit: CHAOS
Stereotype: SKULLS, PLAGUE, PLANS, DRUGS.
Loyalist Chapters
Space Wolves
"Wolf for the Wolf Wolf"
Optional Flaw: You know how Smurfs talk? Like that, but with the word "wolf."
Primary Chapter Skill: BEARD
Secondary Chapter Skill: WOLF
Chapter Equipment: AXE
Ultramarines
"Emperor?! EMPEROR!"
Optional Flaw: None. Too perfect.
Primary Chapter Skill: SUE
Secondary Chapter Skill: PERFECT FAITH
Chapter Equipment: NONE(All Imperials consider Ultramarines so awesome and perfect that their social skills are considered 5/5/5 for the purpose of interactions with them however.)
Salamanders
"[angry freestyle rap about fire]"
Optional Flaw: Pyromania
Primary Chapter Skill: FIRE
Secondary Chapter Skill: HEAVY WEAPONS
Chapter Equipment: MELTA GUN
Dark Angels
"[too stealthy for anyone to ever hear their motto]"
Optional Flaw: Angst
Primary Chapter Skill: STEALTH
Secondary Chapter Skill: WHINING
Chapter Equipment: BOOK OF SAD POETRY
Traitor Chapters
Emperor's Children
"Dude, I'm so hiiiiiiiiiigh"
Optional Flaw: 420 all day erry day
Primary Chapter Skill: DRUGS
Secondary Chapter Skill: MUSIC
Chapter Equipment: NOISE BLASTER, TOTALLY BITCHIN' DRUGS
World Eaters
"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD"
Optional Flaw: Rage
Primary Chapter Skill: SKULLS
Secondary Chapter Skill: BLOOD
Chapter Equipment: ONE OF EVERY MELEE WEAPON
Death Guard
"[sounds of uncontrollable coughing and choking]"
Optional Flaw: Drippy and goopy
Primary Chapter Skill: PLAGUE
Secondary Chapter Skill: DECAY
Chapter Equipment: A BODY FULL OF EVERY DISEASE EVER
Thousand Sons
"Just as planned."
Optional Flaw: Cannot do anything without making an elaborate plan
Primary Chapter Skill: PLANNING
Secondary Chapter Skill: CHANGE
Chapter Equipment: SORCERY
Alpha Legion
"No, no, I am your commanding officer. I've just been working out."
Optional Flaw: Must use stealth if possible
Primary Chapter Skill: STEALTH AND DISGUISE
Secondary Chapter Skill: SABOTAGE
Chapter Equipment: DISGUISES, CARDBOARD BOXES, EXPLOSIVES
Loyalist Skill Descriptions
HUGE
•: No ordinary human could lift your pauldrons.
••: Can't walk up stairs.
•••: Can't walk through doorways.
••••: Bridges buckle under your weight.
•••••: You blot out the sun.
GUN
•: You can shoot at things dramatically.
••: Sometimes you can HIT things.
•••: Guardsmen keel over and die if you press the trigger near them.
••••: You know how to use guns that aren't Bolters
•••••: You can use plasma guns without them blowing up.
PUNCH
•: You can arm-wrestle a guardsman company or beat up an Eldar.
••: You can swing weapons and hit things with them.
•••: You can swing enemies and hit things with them.
••••: You can fold an Eldar grav-tank into origami.
•••••: You can take a bro-fist from Khorne without being crushed.
EMPEROR
•: The Emperor protects!
••: The Emperor literally protects, you are covered in so many purity seals that they form a second layer of armor.
•••: You can shout the Emperor's name loudly enough to kill nearby guardsmen in an instant.
••••: You can sing songs and chants of the Emperor powerfully enough to lift even the spirits of Eldar(if they embraced the light of the Emperor, that is).
•••••: You upgrade your power armour to constantly carry aroudn a candle-lit shrine to the Emperor, if you've got three or more dots in HUGE, it fits on your pauldron.
Loyalist Chapter Skill Descriptions
BEARD
•: Moustache or soul patch, impresses hipsters, Guardsmen.
••: Goatee or sideburns, impresses weak-willed Xenos like Eldar and Tau.
•••: Goatee AND sideburns, Orks will want to have a drink with you.
••••: Full beard, other Space Marines are jealous, the Emperor takes notice.
•••••: Full beard that reaches down to your waist, since you are a space marine it can stop Bolter shells. Can banish daemons.
WOLF
•: Wolf puppy, scares guardsmen.
••: Full-grown wolf, scares weak-willed Xenos like Eldar and Tau.
•••: Cybernetic mecha wolf. You can ride it.
••••: It now has a lasgun.
•••••: Now you have five of them. Orks are impressed by your dakka.
SUE
•: Your armor changes colour according to your mood(but it stays some shade of blue).
••: You're half-Xenos
•••: You have a mutation that's super-helpful, but you're terribly angsty about it, but thankfully all the other Ultramarines accept you for who you are.
••••: You're a son of the Emperor
•••••: You're married to the Emperor, and your children are as perfect as you.
PERFECT FAITH
•: It's perfect.
••: It's super-perfect.
•••: It's beyond perfection.
••••: It's infinitely perfect.
•••••: Even the Emperor is shamed that he has less faith than you.
FIRE
•: If you have matches you can make paper burn.
••: The ability to instantly ignite useless, common materials, like Guardsmen.
•••: You know how to rig up a flamethrower out of empty beer cans.
••••: You are constantly on fire, it doesn't hurt you, but it hurts others.
•••••: You can walk through lava and spit pure flame.
HEAVY WEAPONS
•: You know how to use big guns(like lascannons, big meltas, etc.).
••: You can use big guns one-handed.
•••: Any gun you use instantly becomes a big gun.
••••: You can pick up and wield a Predator tank.
•••••: You always have a big gun on you, even if it's completely impossible.
STEALTH
•: Weak-willed Xenos like Eldar and Tau don't see you.
••: Ability to disguise yourself as something common and harmless, like a Guardsman.
•••: Ability to distract stupid Xenos like Orks and Tyranids.
••••: Psykers can't spot you because you know how to make psyker-proof tin foil helmets.
•••••: You can lead a panty raid on an Adeptas Sororitas monastery and no one will be the wiser.
WHINING
•: Ability to make commoners and Guardsmen leave you alone.
••: You can cry and whine so hard Inquisitors just give up and go away.
•••: You can clear a battlefield with your sad poems.
••••: Daemons don't want your soul, it's too soaked with tears.
•••••: Able to win a whinge-off with an Eldar.
Traitor Skill Descriptions
HUGE
•: No ordinary human could lift your pauldrons.
••: Can't walk up stairs.
•••: Can't walk through doorways.
••••: Bridges buckle under your weight.
•••••: You blot out the sun.
GUN
•: You can shoot at things dramatically.
••: Sometimes you can HIT things.
•••: Guardsmen keel over and die if you press the trigger near them.
••••: You know how to use guns that aren't Bolters
•••••: You can use plasma guns without them blowing up.
PUNCH
•: You can arm-wrestle a guardsman company or beat up an Eldar.
••: You can swing weapons and hit things with them.
•••: You can swing enemies and hit things with them.
••••: You can fold an Eldar grav-tank into origami.
•••••: You can take a bro-fist from Khorne without being crushed.
CHAOS
•: For Chaos!
••: Chaotic things happen around you, often to your benefit.
•••: You've got one leg constantly in the Warp, if you pull it out, you might bring some warp entity with it.
••••: You've got multiple mutations.
•••••: You've got multiple mutations, and a couple of them are even handy.
Traitor Chapter Skill Descriptions
DRUGS
•: Your pauldrons are bongs.
••: Guardsmen within fifty feet of you start tripping out.
•••: You don't feel pain, or your legs.
••••: You're the moon, man, you're the moon!
•••••: Turns out being high actually does make you creative, sometimes you come up with stoned plans that actually WORK.
MUSIC
•: You know how to play the guitar, badly.
••: You can use noise blasters to rupture Guardsman brains or to hold bitchin' concerts
•••: You know how to play two instruments, badly, one of them must be the guitar.
••••: You can impress chicks with your knowledge of totally obscure bands, like these three plague marines who play acoustic guitars but the guitars keep falling apart when they touch them.
•••••: The perfection of your music drives mortals to tears and daemons to buy your CD's.
SKULLS
•: You've got a skull on your power armor.
••: You have ten skulls on your power armor.
•••: Your power armor is MADE OUT OF SKULLS.
••••: You can yell so hard that guardsmens' skulls explode out of their heads and instantly attach themselves to your armor.
•••••: You've got a skull autographed by Khorne, major cred with other Chaos dudes.
BLOOD
•: Anyone you kill explodes into a bloody mess.
••: Your armor leaves a slippery trail of blood wherever you go.
•••: Everything you kill(if it has blood) adds to the glory of Khorne.
••••: You can shoot blood from your eyes like a lizard.
•••••: You've got a retinue of Bloodletter groupies who hang out with you.
PLAGUE
•: You can give someone a cold by sneezing in their direction.
••: Eldar and Guardsmen develop sores and fall over if they get near you.
•••: You've got pockets full of infected pus.
••••: Uncontrollable sneezing and coughing.
•••••: If it's a plague, you've got it, and you can share it.
DECAY
•: Your armor keeps falling apart.
••: You keep falling apart.
•••: Don't lean on walls, they'll crumble.
••••: Tzeentch wants you to stay away because even PLANS start to decay around you.
•••••: You can snap your fingers and make tanks collapse.
PLANNING
•: You can make a shopping list.
••: You can plan your week.
•••: You learn how to steeple your fingers and declare that things are Just As Planned.
••••: You can do your taxes.
•••••: Your plans guide the destinies of empires and worlds.
CHANGE
•: You've got an extra finger on your right or left hand.
••: You've got a pair of extra limbs.
•••: You can grow and discard extra limbs/digits at will.
••••: You can grow a second head, just in case you need to do twice the planning at once.
•••••: You can make others mutate.
STEALTH & DISGUISE
•: You can look like a normal human.
••: You can look like a Xenos.
•••: You can disguise yourself as someone famous.
••••: You can disguise yourself as a vehicle(dreadnought, tank, car, etc.)
•••••: You can disguise yourself as the Emperor or one of the Chaos princes.
SABOTAGE
•: It falls apart after you walk away from it.
••: It falls apart exactly when you need it to.
•••: It explodes exactly when you need it to.
••••: Rig loyalist CD players to belt out Chaos hymns.
•••••: It explodes before you even get near it, because you sabotaged it years ago without anyone noticing.
