Just wanted to share a REALLY cool game moment with the community.
My group just finished Final Sanction. Really fun game.
Anyway, at the end of the game, our party is confronted by a Brood Lord and 6 Genestealers. Our party is made up of:
Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Psyker (our female player)
Ultramarine Apothecary
Ultramarine Tactical Marine
Iron Hand Techmarine
Space Wolf Assault Marine (Not a Sky Claw, however)
Strom Warden Devestator
Needless to say, it started looking very grim for the party. Iron Hand and Space Wolf were down and out of the game. They would be dead, but the players burned a Fate Point, keeping their characters alive.
The Inquisitor is under attack from a Genestealer. The Genestealer has 3 attacks, but the Inquisitor only has one Dodge/Parry. The Inquisitor is really hurt. 1 more hit, and she could die.
So, the Inquisitor activates her Personal Demeanour: Pious. (The GM allowed her to have this in order to help her hang with the Space Marines.) She prays to the Emperor to help her smite her foe. The group agrees that she gets to double the effectiveness of her attack. She swings, and hits the Genestealer...only to watch her attack get parried.
All seems lost. The Emperor has forsaken his loyal child. The Genestealer then makes his 3 attacks. The Genestealer has a 75% chance of hitting the Inquisitor. The GM rolls the dice..."00", "99", and "80 something". 3 complete misses.
We were all roaring with laughter. The Inquisitor survives. The Genestealer is destroyed. The Broodlord is put down. The planet is saved. The party survives.
It looks like the Emperor really does protect...