Alright, so possibly this weekend I am running Dark Heresy for the first time. I had some ideas to start with, but I also had some mechanics issues. Before I start rambling, let me lay out my questions.
1. First, is there anything broken I should worry about as far as class balance goes? Nothing looks broken, but this is my first time running Dark Heresy (just Dark Heresy, not doing Deathwatch or Rogue Trader) so I want to put a stop to something before it gets started. So far I have an Arbiter, Adeptus Soriatus, a psyker, an imperial guardsmen and an assassin.
2. Second, do you role out critical damage for NPC's? That seems very tedious for no-nothing henchmen, guys that are killed by the dozen. I can see rolling for a boss, but I am curious as too what the consensus is. By RAW, I would assume you do, but it seems tedious to me.
3. When it comes to the Inquisition handling bad things in the galaxy, I see Inquisitors as more like today's doctors. They can deal with most simple illness's, injury's and such, but all doctor's specialize. I picture inquisitors orders as specialization's, but an Ordos Malleus inquisitor will deal with an Dark Eldar if it crosses his path, as its his duty. Am I right in this assumption?
4. Pinning. This seems broken to me. It makes me think that you should have someone with an automatic gun in all Acolyte parties as forcing people to keep their head down ALL the time would be beneficial and broken. Even with the Autostubber, with a 40 round clip, that means 4 out of 5 rounds he's pinning NPC's (with the exception of Orks or Daemons, but normal human NPC's are all subject to this). Am I right or wrong in this?
5. Is it possible for the PC's to find places or items that give them permanent stat and skill bumps that are not Chaos bound items or places? Like a holy temple to the Emperor on remote planet X? It just seems like most of the magical stuff is meant for Chaos and Acolyte's have to sell their souls to get powerful artifacts.
Thanks to those that read this. I appreciate any and all positive feedback.
Emperor be with you!