Character Creation Supplement...

By Tim Huckelbery, in Dark Heresy General Discussion

So you may have noticed we put in an assortment of tables from pages 80-81 covering xp costs for advancing characteristics, skills, and buying talents into the final version that went up, along with all the mementos and whatnot from the beta version. Any other bits folks would like to see added to make creating characters fun and easier?

-Tim

If you could add Table 2-5: Skill Attributes (page 81 in the rule book) to the existing Character Creation Supplement, as well as tables 4-1 to 4-3 (page 120-122) - for one lovely overview - then I'd be a happy camper.

Additional things that would make the supplement more functional/handy.

  • Table 2-5; Skill Aptitudes
  • Tables 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3: Talent Tiers 1-3

These would be handy in regards to quick references when spending the character's initial XP.

Divinations might also be useful.

EDIT: And Keffisch beats me by moments while I flip through my book.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Edited by Brother Praetus

A spreadsheet where you can plug in all of your aptitudes and it will show you how much every skill and talent costs.

A spreadsheet where you can plug in all of your aptitudes and it will show you how much every skill and talent costs.

Heresy Forge!

-=Brother Praetus=-

Total shot in the dark without actually having seen the finished produce, but what I would love for a handy, dandy supplement is all the necessary tables to do one thing on one page or one double-page.

For example:

Spending Experience Points: Costs, comprehensive Skill and Talent lists with aptitudes and a brief blurb what the talent does.

Combat: All the modifiers and all the possible actions on one page. If it fits, critical hit tables as well.

The tables, in the end, are what we find ourselves using most, while the actual rules text we read through maybe once or twice. It would save us a lot of work and probably speed things up rollswise to have it all in one place and it reduces wear and tear on the books from constantly flipping pages in a pinch.

So, basically, echoing the above posters in essence :D

As far as character creation itself goes, something that strikes me as immediately "cool", but maybe not too practical given deadlines etc., is a kit for making your own homeworld, similar to the regiment creation rules in Only War. That's just a spontaneous idea, though; no clue on how practical it may be without really thinking on it.

Edited by DeathByGrotz

Table 3-3 (or 2-5), 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 on the pages right after the cost page.