Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

[Drhoz]

Lets see if I can work this out. Though I'll probably get it wrong.

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The path sounds like the Eldar Webway, unless it refers to characters in the campaign I'm not aware of. The only surviving Eldar gods are the Trickster god, probably a thief, and the War god, who was split into the avatars possessed by each Craftworld.

The God of Flesh would be Slaanesh, since he is in charge of pleasure and pain and was key to the corruption of Eldar society that unleashed the Chaos Gods and Dark Eldar on the world. No surprise if you can find a shrine to him in or through the webway. Knowing nothing of the world beyond suggests a cult who have no idea of the galactic powers they are playing with.

The Gods of Iron could refer to the mysterious Men of Iron, who rebelled against the first Terran Empire and are the main reason why AIs are immensely illegal and heretical in the Imperium. Or they could be Necrons/C'Tan. Though the C'Tan are usually referred to as Star Gods.

The Pearl is presumably the X-1.

Couldn't hazard a guess about the numbers.

Beastmen might be some kind of chaos-beast/mutant, Orks are pretty bestial as well but they are technically a kind of fungus so maybe not. Creatures beyond the veil sound like Demons, Tyranids are an outside possibility since most of them currently live 'beyond' the Milky Way and are gradually plunging into it like teeth into a chunk of meat.

Overall I'd say. Move to another section of the galaxy, invest in a lot of weapons and try to forget that any of this ever happened.

Do Not Seek The Treasure!

All I can say is that like all good prophesies, it'll only make sense in retrospect although I expect a certain amount of outrage from my players when some of it is revealed

[Drhoz]

Illicit Still Configurations, eh? Makes sense, I suppose -- after all, just about everything else
in the WH40K universe has an STC for it somewhere.

Or was, once - the Adeptus Mechanicus would launch all-out religious war at the mere rumour of an intact STC somewhere, in their efforts to seize it.

[Christopher]

Or was, once - the Adeptus Mechanicus would launch all-out religious war at the mere rumour of an intact STC somewhere, in their efforts to seize it.

I just picture the adeptus starting a crusade - on the Rumor of a STC for a Still. "For the holy technology of making alchol!"

[Drhoz]

I just picture the adeptus starting a crusade - on the Rumor of a STC for a Still. "For the holy technology of making alchol!"

They'd do it for the STC Standard Colonial Spork. These are, after all, people who consider the Rite of Percussive Maintenance divine writ.

[Major Tom 2009]

I just picture the adeptus starting a crusade - on the Rumor of a STC for a Still. "For the holy technology of making alchol!"

Better yet, they could start a crusade in the name of St. Brendan's (Irish Whiskey)...
but they'd have to fight off McGinty's descendants at the same time (a Herculean
task under the best circumstances, to say the least).



Major Tom 2009

[Ian Mackinder]

Better yet, they could start a crusade in the name of St. Brendan's (Irish Whiskey)...
but they'd have to fight off McGinty's descendants at the same time (a Herculean
task under the best circumstances, to say the least).



Major Tom 2009

Given McGinty's progress in CoC, I expect that his WH40K descendants will be people that the Ruinous Powers try to avoid and don't like talking about.

[Lucius]

I've been remiss in posting the Adventures of Achmed the Agile. I may yet pull my notes together, but here is a "might have been" sample.

We have two Trin'Dar groups going.

My group is preparing to travel to the Kash'Ra Deserts. Achmed has been practicing disguising himself as a native.

The other group, including characters who were part of Achmed's very early adventures, has been shipwrecked off the coast, taken captive, and carried to the Defiled Lands as slaves. Every once in a while, we speculate about whether the people running the games would ever have our groups cross paths again. The Kash'ra lands border the Defiled Lands (that's one reason their funerary customs include cremation....)

I said "Maybe our group is supposed to come rescue yours. I can see it now..."

Achmed Out of Continuity: My name is Achmed the Agile. I'm here to rescue you!
Ember OoC: Aren't you a little short for a Kash'Ra?

Lucius Alexander

This is not the palindromedary you're looking for.

[Drhoz]

Given McGinty's progress in CoC, I expect that his WH40K descendants will be people that the Ruinous Powers try to avoid and don't like talking about.

Well, the space marines had to get that superhuman genetics from somewhere... and there's no way McGinty's tolerance for certain organic poisons is natural...

[Ian Mackinder]

Well, the space marines had to get that superhuman genetics from somewhere... and there's no way McGinty's tolerance for certain organic poisons is natural...

Now THAT raises a truly frightening possibility.

Consider that the genuine story about WH40K's God-Emperor is buried under so much propaganda as to be downright unrecognizable. So, can we be sure who is REALLY in the Golden Throne?

Could it be .... McGinty?

Fast forward to when McGinty emerges. The entire Inquisition perishes from cranial explosions when they read 'The Book Of McGinty (Complete Edition)'. Millions of other Church Adepts suddenly discover that 'Alcoholism' is now a required Talent for them. The Adeptas Sororitas struggle to learn the 'Trade (Go-Go Dancer)' skill. And the Ruinous Powers finally decide "Sod this" and run away screaming.

And, for me, the horrifying thought is that, given how bleak and incredibly dystopian the WH40K universe is, all this might actually be an improvement.

[CrosshairCollie]

Our group played a cooperative superhero card game called Sentinels of the Multiverse last night. After we select our characters, someone looks over the roster, but has a bit of a brain stutter ... and gave us a Blazing Saddles moment.

"Hmm. Legacy, Wraith, Absolute Zero, and Wraith."
"You said Wraith twice."
"I like Wraith."

[DusterBoy]

Now THAT raises a truly frightening possibility.

Consider that the genuine story about WH40K's God-Emperor is buried under so much propaganda as to be downright unrecognizable. So, can we be sure who is REALLY in the Golden Throne?

Could it be .... McGinty?

Fast forward to when McGinty emerges. The entire Inquisition perishes from cranial explosions when they read 'The Book Of McGinty (Complete Edition)'. Millions of other Church Adepts suddenly discover that 'Alcoholism' is now a required Talent for them. The Adeptas Sororitas struggle to learn the 'Trade (Go-Go Dancer)' skill. And the Ruinous Powers finally decide "Sod this" and run away screaming.

And, for me, the horrifying thought is that, given how bleak and incredibly dystopian the WH40K universe is, all this might actually be an improvement.

A drunken, lunatic Irishman as the God-Emperor? Thank you, I think you just broke my brain.

[Reality]

One afternoon I GM'd a story with my friend.

Me: (sitting on the floor next to furniture) So you turn Desolid, and reach through the wall, like this.

Phantom: (player, seated ahead of me, turns pale, looks stunned) Um, how are you doing that?

Me: Doing what?

Phantom: Putting your hand through that bureau!?

Me: It's a desk. The legs go here.

Phantom: Ah. So you did not turn intangible just now.

Me: (smiling). No, I did not.

[Ragitsu]

"Nepotism. NEPOTISM!"
Dude, it's a lemonade stand"

[Major Tom 2009]

Our group played a cooperative superhero card game called Sentinels of the Multiverse last night. After we select our characters, someone looks over the roster, but has a bit of a brain stutter ... and gave us a Blazing Saddles moment.

"Hmm. Legacy, Wraith, Absolute Zero, and Wraith."
"You said Wraith twice."
"I like Wraith."

Just wait until the card that says "Stampede the local evil superagent group through the
local opera house" comes up. Then you'll know that you're having a Blazing Saddles
moment.



Major Tom 2009

[Drhoz]

Now THAT raises a truly frightening possibility.

Consider that the genuine story about WH40K's God-Emperor is buried under so much propaganda as to be downright unrecognizable. So, can we be sure who is REALLY in the Golden Throne?

Could it be .... McGinty?

Fast forward to when McGinty emerges. The entire Inquisition perishes from cranial explosions when they read 'The Book Of McGinty (Complete Edition)'. Millions of other Church Adepts suddenly discover that 'Alcoholism' is now a required Talent for them. The Adeptas Sororitas struggle to learn the 'Trade (Go-Go Dancer)' skill. And the Ruinous Powers finally decide "Sod this" and run away screaming.

And, for me, the horrifying thought is that, given how bleak and incredibly dystopian the WH40K universe is, all this might actually be an improvement.

Well, it would explain the Emperor's well-known aversion to gods, especially ones starting with N- and ending with -yarlathotep. It would CERTAINLY explain some of the utterly boneheaded things he did between the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Exactly how drunk WAS the Emperor when he refused Angron permission to save his fellow slaves?