"THOSE FAITHFUL TO THE EMPEROR WILL HAVE HIS PROTECTION"
Hello out there! Just doing an interest check to see if we can get a forum game going of something similar to "Only War" (The RPG) but more sandbox with a custom and looser dice system.
Players will be imperial guard troopers in a unit of their own "comrades" -- basically each player will have a handful of NPCs to fight along side them and do much of the dying that will be required in the grim future where there is only war.
I will help each player create a character and a unit (maybe even a company background) and the players will be thrust into horrible terrifying situations where blood and bodies are a currency to be spent by generals and life can be cheap and short, but sometimes -- heroes rise above -- inspire their comrades and turn the tide of a battle, or even a war.
As far as story goes I have plenty of ideas but I was thinking of short engagements in a variety of scenarios -- some including but not limited to -- Xenos Safari, Pitched battles against Traitors/Heretics/Cultists, Assisting the Arbites in the Underhives, Liberation of territories from ravening orks, search for ancient and xenotech, and just all manner of desperate scenarios where surviving is winning, and actual true victory may be naught but a vain hope one bravely strives and dies for.
Characters may die frequently (but there is always another to take their place) and comrade NPCs will likely die CONSTANTLY -- but that is just part of life in the imperial guard. The lucky, the brave and the truly mad might rise to something more than cannon-fodder... But they will have to stand on hills of the dead -- both comrade and enemy alike.
Depending on how many people are interested I might include vehicles or various roles for particular units (Medics, Stormtroops, Heavy Weapons, Vehicle attachment) -- but for now I would just like to see who is out there with me and interested in getting something together.
Hello out there! Just doing an interest check to see if we can get a forum game going of something similar to "Only War" (The RPG) but more sandbox with a custom and looser dice system.
Players will be imperial guard troopers in a unit of their own "comrades" -- basically each player will have a handful of NPCs to fight along side them and do much of the dying that will be required in the grim future where there is only war.
I will help each player create a character and a unit (maybe even a company background) and the players will be thrust into horrible terrifying situations where blood and bodies are a currency to be spent by generals and life can be cheap and short, but sometimes -- heroes rise above -- inspire their comrades and turn the tide of a battle, or even a war.
As far as story goes I have plenty of ideas but I was thinking of short engagements in a variety of scenarios -- some including but not limited to -- Xenos Safari, Pitched battles against Traitors/Heretics/Cultists, Assisting the Arbites in the Underhives, Liberation of territories from ravening orks, search for ancient and xenotech, and just all manner of desperate scenarios where surviving is winning, and actual true victory may be naught but a vain hope one bravely strives and dies for.
Characters may die frequently (but there is always another to take their place) and comrade NPCs will likely die CONSTANTLY -- but that is just part of life in the imperial guard. The lucky, the brave and the truly mad might rise to something more than cannon-fodder... But they will have to stand on hills of the dead -- both comrade and enemy alike.
Depending on how many people are interested I might include vehicles or various roles for particular units (Medics, Stormtroops, Heavy Weapons, Vehicle attachment) -- but for now I would just like to see who is out there with me and interested in getting something together.