Hello

On the last session i've lost a duel vs Inquisitor and i'm preaty upset as a PC. So I thought abouth revange and I came with great idea - Inquisitor hunter. Even better I want to pose as Inqusitor myself . So What will I do is look for inqusitors and hunt them down like dogs they are, let them feel not as the hunter but for once as the prey. Few of you could say that this is very very dangerous and stupid, and I would agree it's stupid as hell! But I would say that in my group is 2 Alpha Legionaries who would act as my bodyguards and we have 10k spend so we will be powerfull.

I wanted to ask you what you think abouth this idea and how Slaanesh renegade and 2 marines could hunt thoes evil Inquistors? How we would find them?

Easiest way would be starting rebelion or cult, then kiling agents and acolytes that would check this and when their boss would finally come to see what's going on, strike him down.

While the CSM provide some decent muscle, try to talk them into disguising themselves as the deathwatch. march them into a cathedral/tech priest sanctum and claim that they are here to pick up the most holy relic they have. cue refusal and gunfight. leave communique showing their orders came from inquisitor X and walk away.

Or pose as a buyer for extreme heretech, attract inquisitorial attention and then murder them, leaving evidence that acoltyes loyal to inquisitor Y resented inquisitor z poking into their affairs...

trentmorten said:

He said they're Alpha Legion, silly. They know how to play the game

The monies and a high Fellowship should be used a lot. You want to get them into places where they are completely outnumbered and matched. I don't think a full fledged Inquisitor is something anyone should want to fight fairly, so make sure you've fed them false leads and paid the right people to tell them where to be, then make sure you've paid another handful of people to be first in line for the return fire when the inquisitor's crew fight for their lives.

Accidently leave behind bread crumbs and use those well-paid friends or yours to make sure the inquisitor walks right into your trap while they think they are the ones pursuing you.

Oh yeaaah,

Goodwin

I don't have much more to say than that I like you style! Bring 'em to the pain.

I would suggest that all the characters take some minions to use as infiltrators and 'eyes and ears' within the Inquisition - feed false intel to them to give to the big 'I' and also feed data back to the players.

Best idea ever!

Try to get your hands on an =][= rosetta and wreck havoc in the imperium!

If it works out, infitrate the =][= and start accusing Thron Agents/Inquisitors of Heresy, Radicalism, they way the =][= works (or rather not works at all) they'll start gutting each other and praise you for your watchful vigil ;-)

Just be sure you have some VERY FAST route out of the Imperuim's reach, because I think the Interrogators will reinvent torture if they ever get you, but I have the feeling that 'Inquisitor Hunter' would be worth all that XD

@Ear-of-Terror

You are aware that rosettas are gene-coded to their owners?

I think you guys are underestimating the power and intelligence of the Inquisition. This might be achievable by a very experienced and devious heretic, but if your Gm lets you get away with something like this with starting characters, then he's moving pretty far outside what is established canon. I'm not saying that you shouldn't play this way, but if your game sticks somewhat with the established setting, you'r ein for a world of hurt unless you are smarter and more resourceful than the smartest and most resourceful individuals in the galaxy.

I didnt write for some time so firstly:

Jackal_Strain:

I'm playing this character since RT so I've gain 12.000 xp so i think he is not a noob

I know it's gonna be hard but road to deamonhood is hard and every god will bless my unholy crusade against the strongest organization of imperium that stands against chaos. The hard part can be gaining attention of =][= but not gaining attention of full blown invasion of IG or SM. It can be easy to pretend to be Inquisitor as nobody who is sane would pretend to be one. If to your room in upper spire of hive world would come man with two space marines and tell you that he is Lord Inquisitor Migeul and he want your full support, would you think that he isn't inquisitor or would you think about how can you please him as soon as possible?

Also about rossete if I would take one from dead Inq what would happened if it isn't genne prepared for me? I always assumed rossete is sign that is hard to make to ordinary citizen of imperium but noting else.

coolzyg said:

With the 12,000xp, you might have the physical or psychic means to personally best an Inquisitor and his cadre, but you haven't said anything about what kind of resources you have at your disposal. That's not something that can be measured in xp, and you can bet that the big I will have more resources than you.

As for your scenario in the spire. Assuming you have an Inquisitorial rosette, they would probably do your bidding at first. They would bow to you, and investigate the name of Inquisitor Miguel while carrying out your orders... slowly. There would be a lot of red tape and beurocratic hang ups that would delay the process, unless you could convince them (with solid proof) that there's an immediate danger that requires their attention. This is what would happen to an actual inquisitor as well. Inquisitors might be "all-powerful" within the imperiums borders, but that doesn't mean that other organizations eagerly drop whatever they are doing to please them. There is a complicated political game between the various Imperial organizations that have been going on since the birth of the imperium.

From there, it's really only a matter of time before you will be exposed. If you've done your homework, you might get away with a lot of mischief under the guise of an inquisitor, but your actions will have consequences, and word will reach other Inquisitors. If you've done shoddy work, you might be found out at once.

There is a reason why this doesn't happen. The most powerful organization within the imperium has many flaws and weaknesses, but easily allowing others to exploit heir power isn't one of them. If you impersonate an Inquisitor, you won't be facing the might of just one Inquisitor hunting you down. You will be facing the might of all of them.

Wit that said, go for it!! If your game is close to canon, you will probably burn on a stake pretty soon, but if you pull it off, you can bask and bathe in the infamy your actions are sure to generate. I just think you shoud think it a little more through, and drop the notion that this will be easy.

@coolzyg

Also about rossete if I would take one from dead Inq what would happened if it isn't genne prepared for me? I always assumed rossete is sign that is hard to make to ordinary citizen of imperium but noting else.

Since the rosette is a symbol of an organization that definitely does not want imposters, there might be all kinds of nasty things happening - for example, the rosette might be loaded with a fast-acting toxin that is injected into the handler should he not pass the gene-scan. Also, I believe it was said that most imperial cogitators come pre-loaded with a program to verify the authenticity of a rosette plugged into them, so faking one would be hard indeed.

In the eisenhorn novels, the rosette is described as an arcane techno device, capable of overriding any locks or cogitators in the imperium. It's also genecoded to each inquisitors, who may in turn allow others to use it. I got the impression that an Inquisitorial rosette is an artefact from the dark age of technology, or at least something that only a very few high ranking tech magos knows how to create.

Wow, that sounds like a surefire way to die in a blaze of glory.

If you want to draw out the Inquisition, just try to pose as one. They'll be on your tail like black on rice! =)

I do admire what you're trying to do though. The Inquisition is only the strongest anti-Chaos weapon the Imperials have. They have access to assassins, Deathwatch, Grey Knights, the works! The Inquisition's strongest weapon, however, will always be information. Their victories are almost always the result of extensive investigation and research. Maybe you can use that. Offer Inquisitor X inside information on cultist stuff (like the Screaming Vortex for instance) in exchange for a complete pardon. He most likely will meet you with the intention of killing you after you spill the beans. Only, you'll spill his guts before it gets to that. =3 Naturally you'll have to set up a one on one meeting to pull something like that off. You might want to have the CSMs on stanby not far away because I doubt he'll truly be alone.

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well xanthites can be considerate chaos agents in their ways. so confronted to them who are familiar with chaos is even less guaranted.

Cifer said:

If you get into a house stating that you are an Inquisitor, people will believe you as impersonating an Inquisitor in the biggest crime in the Empire and the penalty would scare anyone from it. So as long as you use it from time to time, be smart and stay cool you could actually avoid detection for quite a long time.

In the Eisenhorn novels he had to identify his status to a train operator. His Rosette could be activated (after the afromentioned genecheck) and displayed a detailed 3D Holograph of his head that slowly spun in space in front of the Rosette, to show he could activate it and it was indeed his Rosette.

And in the Ravenor novels Ravenor handed his Rosette over to two of his Acolythes to influence a Enforcer investigation. The Enforcer Captain they visited was indeed very impressed when they showed it, but before further conversation could take place the Rosette was inserted in the Cogitator the Enforcer Captain had in his office, and the Acolythe then activated an authentication programm in the Rosette of some sorts. After this greenlighted the went on to "talk".

That would be two ways of several to make sure that not every killed-in-duty Inquisitor´s Rosette is easily used by Criminals/Cutists to wreak havoc, just by waving it around. Or simply building a look-alike and waving that around.

Take on the Inquisition and win? Madness!

Or is it? It's a big galaxy, and the players are the stars of this particular show. I'm not saying they can tip the entire Imperium over like a sleeping grox, but you better be sure I'll let my players feel like they can make progress towards their objectives. There will be resistance, hardship, struggle, but that doesn't mean they can't try and give the followers of the false god a bloody nose.

Inquisitorial Rosettes are complex, come with built-in verification scanners and identity projectors, cogitator uplinks and so on. You can probably make a fake that would convince most people, just like a warrant card or FBI ID. Authorities would expect you to present the rosette to their cogitator, but if you have prepared for such an eventuality there's likely a way around it. Finally, I would expect inquisitors have some means of identifying one another. Possibly the rosettes can talk to one another, or there are secret electoos that members of the Ordos may have (Inquisition War).

Make too much noise, attract too much attention, and the hammer of the Emperor will fall on your warband. Avoid that line, and become the cancer within.

Tommorow will be big day. First session hunting =][=. Dunno what my GM prepered for us and I don't think that we will fight with Inquisitor yet. But we'll see what destiny gods prepered for us.

Noctus said:

Will all planets have this kind of technology readily available on public trains?

@bogi_khaosa

I think that was purely the rosette on its own. However, the intelligent thing to do would be to strike a deal with the AdMech and have them outfit every cogitator created by them with a hardcoded tool for verifying rosettes.

It was grim day for the Imperium and Calixis Conclave when Inquisitor Rykehuss of the Ordo Hereticum was slain by unknow assasins who attacked his temporary HQ in one of Lathes plantetoid. His body wasn't found but massive blood sprays were found and it is confirmed that it's his DNA. Emperor pray for his soul and souls of us left behind withoud his great presnce...

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As it say my group killed Rykehuss, wasn't easy wasn't really hard. Our GM wasn't ready for redone party and in result one =][= dead, but 9 to go... In overall review nice session had much fun!

Cheers

Cifer said:

Yeah, the Rosette did it on his own.