For those who might be looking for new material for RT, I bought DH: Ascension the other day and found that it, like Creatures Anathema, had a lot of useful material for my RT game.

It provides a method for creating some high powered adversaries and allies for a RT crew, includes new 'Skill Mastery' and 'Paragon Talent' rules that can clean up a RT character sheet and some cool new equipment. Most importantly, though, it includes an Acquisition chart that finally settles just what it takes to hire out the help of Sisters of Battle, Marines and other high level characters. And it's a cracking good read as well.

Good stuff, FFG...

Thanks for the recommendation. Will add it to my want list.

The assassins are interesting, as is the Greater Daemon...

In my personal yet honest opinion. Ascension isnt even a good purchase for Dark Heresy!

ouch!

I noticed that 'starting level' Ascension player characters are more powerful than beginning level Rogue Trader pcs. This means I will have to rethink my plan to run an Ascension/Rogue Trader campaign. It's no great issue, however.

Wilfred Owen said:

Yeah, that was the only thing that disappointed me. But, everything else was so great that it was only a slight disappointment. I figure that NPCs 4 Ranks higher than the PCs is a good start for a villain, so I'm still going to get some use out of it and I'm sure that once folks have reached 4th Rank in the RT game, which really isn't that far away, there will be some deaths that open up a spot for Ascended characters. If the Rogue Trader dies, for instance, perhaps his brother, an Inquisitor looking to retire, takes up his warrant of trade (there is mention of this sort of thing happening in the original 40k:RT book).

Also, once Deathwatch comes out, I might start running a DHA/RT/DW campaign in which the adventures are split into multiple parts that feature characters from different ends of the spectrum all working at different goals. So a RT adventure might uncover something that interests an Inquisitor and his Throne Agents whose investigations reveal an alien horror that requires him to call in the Deathwatch.

Until then, however, the Influence tables, wargear, new adversaries, Master Skills, Paragon Talents and setting info will be very useful in the upcoming campaign...

Luther said:

I've got a Rank 7 Rogue Trader myself, and I'd like to know if my Lord-Captain can use anything out of this book (until they come out with an RT version of this book). I figure I'll get it sooner or later for my DH campaign, but I'm in no hurry.

Wayfinder said:

There are a lot of things you could use, actually. The Master Skills and Paragon Talents could really clean up a Rank 7 RT character sheet. The Influence chart has the entries for requisitioning various levels of imperial troops from the guard to Sisters of Battle to Space Marines as well as what it takes to requisition a ship and specialist personnel. Plus the equipment section has a lot of truly unique stuff that will really make your Rogue Trader stand out as one of the best of the best...

Sweet. Even if the idea of having Adeptus Astartes anywhere near my ship makes me cringe, it's good enough for me to buy it. Just have to keep them on one of my transports.