Hey folks
IF THIS IS TOO LONG SKIP TO THE QUESTIONS AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN ANSWER THEM
This will be my first time DMing although myself and my friends who are joining me are in a similar position, so we're all willing to flip pages before tables should things go less smoothly at first.
Honestly I feel the core mechanics of DW are suited to our ability or lack thereof as the dice rolls are pretty simply, i.e. roll lower than the number required. The compelxity comes in having a lot of things to remember and factor in but I have techniques that will hopefully make this much easier, namely a 'trigger list' that will have different headings such as 'taking skill tests' or taking damage for example, and underneath will be listed all the possible benefits that facets of their character can offer.
In short if somebody is taking a parry test, they can look under tests, and see listed that they may have the Ultramarine chapter trapping that gives a bonus to this test, so as to not need to remember it off the top of their heads.
Overall I feel the real challenge is making the story interesting and not very cliched, with a mixture of interesting single missions tied to together to a greater or lesser degree by a larger overarching story. In this way I feel my main weakness atm in is the Lore department. Out of the players I have the most experience with the universe but more so on a personal level I feel more comfortable knowing I have the lore and stuff nailed down as much as possible.
Here are some questions I have surrounding Lore and other thangs:
-Is terminator armour available for single missions, or is it for specialized squads - can a single mission be in a space hulk?
-How do the various races transport themselves; if i want to have my kill team explore a world or settlement that has recently gone silent, how would tyrannids or orks or chaos have arrived there?
- I plan on having a pre campaign session with pregenerated characters to help with this, but how many enemies can a squad of 5 take on realistically?
-Also any ideas on mission archetypes are more than welcome