[DH1] Some Q&A I had with a producer about The Inquisitor's Handbook (Questions 1-10)

By ThenDoctor, in Dark Heresy

So I've been asked to send my questions in batches of 10 by who I was talking to, and this is the first batch of them that I had. Likely to be lots more (I've got about 35 right now and I'm not even halfway through IH).

  1. Any word on what the Helstrom Pursuit was? From the Forge World quote. ——— > Unless there is something in the text on it, this is probably just a cool name drop to spur GMs to create new things. This goes for a lot of things in the game.

  2. What is an Inhumanatrix? From the Mind Cleansed quote. ——— > See above :)

  3. Were Quirks, Colouration, Age, or Build tables ever made for the new homeworlds in First Edition? I remember you mentioning that they had some stuff in DH2, I was just curious if they existed beforehand. ———— > Nope, not unless someone did them as a fan thing.

  4. How do Moritat feel about using melee attachments on a ranged weapon? ———— > They’d probably rather use the blade part than firing the weapon.

  5. Page 42 states that you must hail from a Feral World, Imperial World, Schola Progenium, or Noble background to be a Sororitas. The Table 1-4 Career Paths only include a percentage for the Schola Progenium background to be a Sororitas, and the Noble background contains no information on what Noble Sisters are like. Likewise there is no update for Feral Worlds or Imperial Worlds to contain a Sororitas in their table 1-4 from the Core Rulebook and mentioning of what they are like either. So the question is, am I missing something? Or is the mentioning of the other backgrounds fluff only? ———— > The table is more an option—players can always just pick their homeworld, and as such can then move to Sororitas. If you want to play a Sororitas in 1st Ed, decide that first then pick which of the listed homeworlds you want for your PC.

  6. Is Peer (nobility) in the Famula Advances on page 45 supposed to be 100 XP or 200? Is Scholastic Lore (Archaic) +20 and (Cryptology) +20 in the Nunciate Advances on page 46 supposed to be 100 XP or 200? I ask because it seems out of place in terms of order by xp and alphabetical. ————— > Text is correct as far as I know.

  7. Anything more on Saint Ezrabeth? From the Amoness Advances page 47? ————— > See #1

  8. On the Almoness her Good Reputation (Imperial Guard) and (Imperial Navy) both have requirements of Fel 30, but other Good Reputations are all Fel 50. Should this be corrected? ————— > Nope

  9. Can Pure Faith allow you to resist even Holocaust? ————— > Yep!

  10. Any more on Seedworld Gamma 9, from the Xeno-Arcanist quote? ————— > See #1 :)

I have to agree on #4,

I play a Moritat who carries a Kavan Munitions “Deathstalker” Pistol (so he can blend with others who carry guns), and well he doesn't even carry ammo in it. Instead I have 3 small meat sticks (if I get hungry) and 2 pencil for writing

Kaven Munitions

Cool.

Could you please ask about Harpoon Needler? It appeared in the profile of Cryon Tech-Priest in The Lost Dataslate , so there's nothing about it beyond (rather nice) basic weapon stats.

On 8/28/2017 at 6:45 AM, TBeholder said:

Cool.

Could you please ask about Harpoon Needler? It appeared in the profile of Cryon Tech-Priest in The Lost Dataslate , so there's nothing about it beyond (rather nice) basic weapon stats.

You can ask about it. Because Lost Dataslate is literally the last thing I will ask about when it comes to Dark Heresy as it's at the end of the line along with The Lathe Worlds supplement.