Ascension Announcements

By FFG Ross Watson, in Dark Heresy

Hello Dark Heresy fans!

Two items of note: First, Ascension is now on sale! Second, I will be at the FFG Event Center this Saturday, March 20 from 1 pm to 3 pm to answer questions, sign books, or just chat about all things 40K! Hope to see you there. :)

Can I kiss you?

If I order this, I'm sure it'll get to the UK in time for my holiday, and therefore I can use it in my RP game...SO AWESOMEEEEE.

Nice one Ross, can't wait to get hold of it!

Got mine on order, can't wait to get my power fists on it! lengua.gif

Just ran by my FLGS during lunch. Unfortunately they had Ascension sitting on the shelf. That meant that I was forced to by it.

The one thing I noticed of note is the inclusion of an optional/alternate/revised XP rank progression starting at rank 1 that brings the progression in line with RT.

Just ordered mine from FFG (came to my senses and canceled Amazon). Can't wait for it to arrive! My guys need to rank up faster! Though, we'll probably just make a cadre of new folks. All the same, really excited.

Does anyone know where I can get a fillable / savable PDF copy of the Ascension character sheet?

I am working on a normal high quality scan (not fillable) of the character sheet. Still some cleaning up to do. Should be done with it tomorrow once I have an hour to sit down and photoshop with it.

Alexis

*smiles*

ItsUncertainWho said:

Just ran by my FLGS during lunch. Unfortunately they had Ascension sitting on the shelf. That meant that I was forced to by it.

The one thing I noticed of note is the inclusion of an optional/alternate/revised XP rank progression starting at rank 1 that brings the progression in line with RT.

Care to explain?

Peacekeeper_b said:

ItsUncertainWho said:

Just ran by my FLGS during lunch. Unfortunately they had Ascension sitting on the shelf. That meant that I was forced to by it.

The one thing I noticed of note is the inclusion of an optional/alternate/revised XP rank progression starting at rank 1 that brings the progression in line with RT.

Care to explain?

Put simply, they adjusted the XP/Rank table slightly. And by slightly, I mean my rank 5 Adept who is about 200 shy of rank 6 would now be mid-rank 6 by the new table... Rank 5 and 6 "level up" at 1,000XP less then Core; Rank 7 advances to 8 at the same XP; Rank 8 transitions to Rank 9 at 13,000 instead of the 15,000 XP it would be by Core. ShruG Not sure what I think of the changes yet.

-=Brother Praetus=-

They have evened out the rank advancements cost wise. As is stated in the book, starting around Rank 6 you progress slightly faster through the ranks. I haven't had a chance to compare the new chart to the rank advances listed in DH for strict numbers comparison but the ranks seem more consistently spaced at around 3 or 4,000 XP for upper DH characters before Ascension. It's just a smoother a progression over more ranks. There is also a statement with this info that basically says this is how the progression chart is going to be in all future 40K products .

Brother Praetus said:

Put simply, they adjusted the XP/Rank table slightly. And by slightly, I mean my rank 5 Adept who is about 200 shy of rank 6 would now be mid-rank 6 by the new table... Rank 5 and 6 "level up" at 1,000XP less then Core; Rank 7 advances to 8 at the same XP; Rank 8 transitions to Rank 9 at 13,000 instead of the 15,000 XP it would be by Core. ShruG Not sure what I think of the changes yet.

A "slight" adjustement of 2000 XP? Now that is an understatement lengua.gif . And this progression will be the new canon for future products? Hhmmm, have to think this through before making a final judgement.

Aajav-Khan said:

A "slight" adjustement of 2000 XP? Now that is an understatement lengua.gif . And this progression will be the new canon for future products? Hhmmm, have to think this through before making a final judgement.

Well, in the grand scheme of things, 2,000 XP at those higher ranks really doesn't go that far. happy.gif Trust me, in my character's case 400XP for Secret Tongues: Xenos (pick ONE ) narrows the spread down when I want to be more scholarly.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Brother Praetus said:

Well, in the grand scheme of things, 2,000 XP at those higher ranks really doesn't go that far.

Actually it does. While waiting for Ascension to drop, I started calculating hypothetical pre-ascension advance schemes for PC;s and NPC;s. ( I know. I need a life lengua.gif . ) 2K in the case of my own PC Tech-Priest could mean dropping two Stat advances, three Talents and 2-3 skill advances. So instead of directly qualifying for four Paragon Talents and two Mastered Skills, he will be eligible only for four out of six.

Cailieg said:

I am working on a normal high quality scan (not fillable) of the character sheet. Still some cleaning up to do. Should be done with it tomorrow once I have an hour to sit down and photoshop with it.

Alexis

*smiles*

Have you finished with that yet, and if so how can I get a copy?

Cailieg said:

I am working on a normal high quality scan (not fillable) of the character sheet. Still some cleaning up to do. Should be done with it tomorrow once I have an hour to sit down and photoshop with it.

Alexis

*smiles*

count me in too if you set this up for download. odd that it is not posted in the downloads section of the game.