Ok, I am new to Dark Heresy, but not RPG gaming. I love the WH40k universe and am totally stoked to start playing.
I am rolling up an Imperial Psyker, and had some questions:
1. From the errata:
"Sanctionite Advances on page 75 should include the Invocation
skill at a cost of 100 xp, the Literacy skill at a cost of 100 xp, the
Psyniscience skill at a cost of 100 xp the Trade (Merchant) talent at
a cost of 100 xp, the Melee Weapon Training (Primitive) talent at a
cost of 100 xp, and the Psi Rating 1 talent at a cost of 100 xp. "
Why does the errata include such things as Literacy, Psyniscience, and Psy Rating 1 as advances for the Imperial Psyker, when you start with all of those already? It's not as though you can take Psy Rating 1 a second time, am I right?
2. When building an encounter, how do you know how many "bad guys" and which "bad guys" to use? In other RPGs, you have specific levels to guide you as to what is properly leveled for your group, but this game seems to have such a vague manner of listing the "difficulties" of the baddies. For instance, what is "Hereticus Minima"? I understand the designation of "Hereticus" but "Minima" doesn't tell me much of anything about what rank of PC should be facing them, or how many of them is an appropriate encounter for a group.
I am sure I have other questions that I just can't think of yet, so I will post them as I think of them, but for now this would be great! Thanks to anyone willing to lend a helping hand!