I was thinking about having a campaign in the system of Baal, which everyone knows is the home of the Blood Angels. But I dont know how do set this up. any suggestions? backstory and info about Baal would be nice too.

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im also planning on using many important characters such as Mephiston and others from Blood Angel Lore. I may also tie it with the plot of the blood angels omnibus and its sequel, Red Fury

Baal is a death world, populated by primitive tribal peoples who war with each other fiercely. It's a desert planet, prone to startling weather changes, where flesh-shredding winds can give way to bone-freezing chill, to face-melting heat. Baal was devastated by a war, meaning that there are a ton of technological remnants all over the planet, many of which the natives have use of, despite their primitive tribal societies, they have an understanding of some technology. It also means that ancient weapons buried underneath the soil are another danger to people, emitting lethal radiation or detonating at inconvenient times. Also, the remnants of leftover bio weapons sometimes "snow" on the populace, sending people mad, mutilating them, and most often just killing them.

Nice place.

You forgot that Baal is irradiated as it is, the tribes have poor radiation suits to prevent death but are often suffer badly from the radiation. Yeah it is not a nice place to live, do you want to PC's to be from Baal because if you do you are buggered, the only way off that world is to become a Space Marine althogh this would be a perfect setting for showcasing the Trials of Blood and characters at the end would get to play a Marine which would be interesting. You would need a large pool of characters at the start because most if not all are going to die.

Are you wanting it to be an Inquisition game and do you mind if they are working for a Radical or a Puritan. One option it to have an Inquisitor determine the location of a massively powerful weapon or other really big bit of Tech to have been located on Baal during the Dark Age of Technology and have the exact co-ordinates to that piece of Tech. Que players who have to try and find it by sneaking onto Baal in radiation suits and make it to the co-ordinates somewhere in a range of mountains where the secure facility that supposedly held this artifact was held. Of course things do not go to plan and their shuttle is picked up and fighters scrambled, you are hit before being lost in the irradiated atmosphere and somehow survive. Send a search party of space marines to try and determine if there are any survivors and que the fun. Obviously there was no item on Baal, the chances of the records surviving intact with exact co-ords are zero. Think up some reason why they were sent there that involves the destruction of the Blood Angels in some way and have them found by the Marines eventually preferably before they do something stupid and have them brought before Mephiston who interogates them and informs them they have been lied to. Then spare their lives if they will help track down this rogue Inquisitor. Que chapter 2.

Thats off the top of my head and leaves alot to be filled in but thats something to consider for a campaign on Baal. Really a bit more info about the type of game you want to run is needed.

Kaihlik