Agreed with Artaxerxes.

I think that Inquisitors and their elite retinues are very unique persons. Therefore, I'm not fond of an "Inquisitor", or "Interogator" career. I think that "template packages" (skills opportunities, influence, duties and drawback) you buy with experience points over an additional advanced career would provide more options. With a template system, you can build, psyker primaris interrogator, adeptus arbites judge inquisitor or explicator, and so on...

You can also add more variability with alternatives packages: Radical Inquisitor, Corrupted Explicator, etc... It would be like Rogue Trader Origin path options.

I think that Inquisitors and their elite retinues are very unique persons. Therefore, I'm not fond of an "Inquisitor", or "Interogator" career. I think that "template packages" (skills opportunities, influence, duties and drawback) you buy with experience points over an additional advanced career would provide more options. With a template system, you can build, psyker primaris interrogator, adeptus arbites judge inquisitor or explicator, and so on...

I'd assume that Inquisitor will be an entire career that essentially forks off from others. After all, presumably only one player in a group plays the Inquisitor - granting him all the stuff the Inquisitor template gives out and an entire career sounds a little unfair to the other players.

Cifer said:

What about the Rogue Trader in, well, Rogue Trade RPG? It´s similar situation and it could be handled quite nicely.

Hodgepodge said:

I wholeheartedly agree.

I am really quite looking forward to this, but I do have one worry, to do with the crossover potential with RT. If Ascension introduces many new talents, what does that mean for rank 8 RT characters, who will have XP levels equal to Ascension characters?

Little Dave said:

We all surely know that being an Inquisitor only requires two things (one 'easily' [obviously?] gained as Elite advance).

Foremost: the Trait "Inquisitor". You've been ordained an Inquisitor by other Inquisitors, your remit of authority is now second only to the Emperor's.

Secondmost: the 'gear' Inquisitorial Seal.

There you go, you're an Inquisitor. The rest is simply...trappings, affectations...

On a less pedantic note (though I firmly believe the above), this all looks very interesting. I'm keen to get my grubby paws on it!