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Huh, sure, I am still around, but you know that, Bayou, right? ^^

Nothing will keep me down, Brother.
Techmarine Tiamat from the Salamanders ready when you are.

After finishing the quick job, he shoulders the weapon again, whispering to it's machine spirit while lining up a quick shoot on the approaching enemies...
"Unload your wrath, spirit of war! Destroy the Xeno! Annihilate the beast!"

Readied action, lascannon shot. Trigger: First enemy to surface, if they attack together: target will be the big one from the front.

Full-Aim, Short Range, size again? 40+20+10+10=80: 1d100 ⇒ 47
Lasbeam of death: 5d10 + 10 ⇒ (7, 4, 7, 2, 7) + 10 = 37 E, Pen:10, Proven(3)
With proven thats: 38E, Pen:10

Grandfather Nurgle has sent me a present I couldn't resist, so I am out-of-order for some time (my head feels like it is about to explode any moment ...)

Of course it does not fit...
With a voice not unlike that of a chaplain taking the last rites, the Techmarines set on to rigg the power pack to the lascannon with an odd mix of high gothic and binary chant.[/i]
"I call thou, 010100111001,
oh spirit of war 0001,
angered by the disrespect of the Xeno 1111
and the weakness of your former owner 10011110
Accept this source to power your might 11010011
I 0011 was introduced on Mars 11001100
and thou I miss the time 1000
and tools 11100100
to make this right, I beg your forgiveness 0010
for your strength is needed NOW 00011000."
Tech-Use 60: 1d100 ⇒ 56
Disregarding all protocols and requirements, he forces two totally distinct power circuits together, knowing that he angers the machine spirit with such a handling and feeling the hate for the Xeno burn bright in him for they force his hands to do what needs to be done.

"This is not over! Recover, keep spacing, help me search ammo or another powerful weapon if you have time!"
Searching for: Lascannon ammo, or another weapon capable of a good punch regardless of ranged or melee
With that he quickly kicks away sand and gore in search of ammo or weapons to use against the foes as soon as it comes back at them.
Search Per/2=40+20+10=70/2=35 or 50 if modifiers comes after the halving: 1d100 ⇒ 23
Oh this looks good! Is this a half or full action? Will start reloading/arming if its a half action

Thanks for the clarification bayou.
Something is not right with these things ...
Intelligence 60: 1d100 ⇒ 92 Maybe I can come up with an explanation about the weird behavior of these (this?) thing(s)... Haha, nope!
... they have to die!
Low Ammo Brothers. Only two more shots in the pack! We have to figure out how to kill this beast - Fast!
Then the Salamander levels the heavy muzzle of the gun on the beast attacked by Feliks.
Aimed, Point-Blank, Single Shot, Size, Into Melee 40+20+30+10-20=80: 1d100 ⇒ 99 Oh no, you don't! Using the purity seal reroll.
As the heavy weapon begins to humm like it is about to overload, Tiamat whispers the prayer seal's inscription to the weapon, calming down the machine spirit just in time...
Aimed, Point-Blank, Single Shot, size, into melee 40+20+30+10-20=80: 1d100 ⇒ 93
... the shot goes wide nevertheless as his attention was drawn away from the target in the worst possible of moments.
Man, what the heck? 3x >90 in a row?! Thanks rng ... my ammo!

Not that close. I live near Stuttgart, so way south and somewhat west but in the same time zone - the only real problem in pbp in my eyes ;-)

<-- Germany ;-)

And yeah, that really is cool! Also it really helps (me) to keep (written) English present and improving it.

Ahh, am I considered being in melee with the beasts? I think our last line was using my melee 'attack' as helping out another marine so I could keep shooting the laser ... So no melle = no dodge?

Eh, it states that the servo arm has a reach of 2m.

Jup you guessed right, thanks for resolving. I did roll by second ten in my RF. It was labeled exploding dice in the first and RF! In the second.

Gang up is just another example of POOR wording. "if they outnumber their enemy" RAW.
I always thought it as a per-target thing. If you attack one enemy together, you will have an advantage, don't you? Also it make melee fights a bit more tactical ... Do the team attack different targets to kill them quickly, or do they attack one target together to get rid of them ASAP.
Your call, just thinking out loud.

Wow those are ... disgusting. As I set overwatch ... it really just will hit the first worm to make its appearance. Lets say its Worm 1, just to have a decision?
"Oh by Vulkan! Where is the Breath of Nocturne when you need it. I would give an arm for a heavy Melta right now!"
After unleashing a perfectly aimed shot at the first monstrosity, Tiamat does not move one inch as he carefully takes aim again.
As I am after Vorenthar and Knutr I will depend my action on the outcome of their attacks as well as my own attack from before. If my shot did not kill the worm I will shot the same worm again, otherwise the shot will go at the target of Knutr and Vorenthar as long as they did not kill it together...
Aimed, Point-Blank Lascannon-Shot at hulking target: 40+10+30+10=90: 1d100 ⇒ 26 Well, that are 6 DoS
Lascannon damage: 5d10 + 10 ⇒ (5, 3, 8, 3, 6) + 10 = 35E, Pen:10
Substitude the 6 from the attack roll for one of the three's for a total damage of 38, Pen 10.

Also the second shot finds its mark un to giant and disgusting body of the worm. As if as an afterthought, Tiamat also lashes out with his servo arm at the closest worm.
Reaction Servo-Arm Attack Gang-Up, Hulking 58+10+10: 1d100 ⇒ 44 3 DoS
Servo Damage: 2d10 + 14 ⇒ (8, 10) + 14 = 32I, Pen:10
RF?: 1d100 ⇒ 18
The arm crushes against the foul hide of the worm with crushing force and a sickening sound of braking chitin.
RF!: 1d10 ⇒ 6 for a total of 38I, Pen 10

1d10 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Noticing the defensive cordon of his new-found Brothers representing their abilities and also their trust in him. Weighting the heavy weapon in his hands his analytical part follows the burrowing trace, ready to unleash a fist-sized laser beam the moment the thing surfaces. In parallel the remainder of his mind mils about the current situation, searching for a solution, a glimmer of hope, a ray of the Emperors light down here in the pit of hell...
Intelligence 60: 1d100 ⇒ 66
... but he cannot see any way for the warband to escape now, surrounded by enraged Xenos on all sides, in unknown territory and without any means of transportation. For the first time in his Astartes life he feels a shimmer of fear creeping into his thoughts. Not the fear of death. But the fear of ending his duties. Fear that he and all those faithful Astartes at his side will be lost. Another hole in the shield that protects humanity from the darkness of the final loss.
With a low voice he transmits on a general vox channel with maximum range: "Make sure your deaths benefits humanity. Fulfill your oaths. Make your fathers pride. Die well." The message is ended with his personal code in the old Salamander battle-tongue and its binary ID assigned to him on Mars.
Readied shot, as soon as the enemy surfaces 40: 1d100 ⇒ 27 1DoS, may be more because of close range & size
Dmg: 5d10 + 10 ⇒ (4, 7, 10, 2, 9) + 10 = 42E, Pen:10
RF if needed, Xeno would be auto-confirmed? 40: 1d100 ⇒ 32
RF dmg: 1d10 ⇒ 10
Exploding dice: 1d10 ⇒ 3
For a total of 55E, Pen:10

Awareness 60: 1d100 ⇒ 95
In the middle of the grapple with the Raven Guard Marine, Tiamat notices nothing, but the vox relays the warning of the Space Wolf. He releases the grip and scrambles for his dropped lascannon.
They got bored and sent us the big one...

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I would go the narrative route. No need to play that farce out in-depth...
Thinking quickly Tiamat continues his charge at the nearest Raven Guard, dropping the heavy lascannon a few meters before he reaches the opponent of choice.
Slamming into the other with his full weight, he immediately tries to lock the other marine with the help of his powerful servo arm.
Despite it seems to onlookers that he struggles to get a deadlock grip on the marine, his motions and used strength are training niveau only so to not crush bones or squeeze out the air from his lungs.
The close grapple fighting is the perfect opportunity to whisper forth and back.
"I am Tiamat of the Salamanders."
"Loyal Descendants of those present at Istvaan IV should not fight each other!"
"Do the sons of raven have an escape plan? You are well known for your ad-hoc thinking capabilities."

Tiamat is completely surprised at the sight of their new 'enemies' and stops his charge, trying to think of a way to stop the madness which seems to be inevitable.
"What is this? Are those Battle Brothers? Have they gone mad or are they hexed? Try to reason with them or maybe disable rather than kill them if possible. We should not do the work of enemies!"
Can I think of a way to prove to them that we are allies? Like some codeword or hand signs or ..? I'll give a roll on Common Lore Astartes or maybe Codex Astartes.
The Salamander in me would really hate to fight other marines even if they are hexed or simply driven mad by Xenos...
Common Lore Astartes / Scholastic Codex Astartes 60: 1d100 ⇒ 31 2DoS

Reminder: We all got our Servo Armors back, so we got auto-senses giving us all +10 hearing/seeing in addition to the normal +10 of our astartes eyes&ears!
Awareness 40+10+10-10=50: 1d100 ⇒ 71
Insanity! The logic part of his mind is confused, but he follows his Brothers into the unknown.
run, 24m. Yup, I'm the slowest here xD

I was thinking about sargent myself, but stepped back because I cannot guarantee high frequent posts, which can be difficult if you are the leader. Throwing some dice in:

WS: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (6, 6) + 20 = 32
BS: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (2, 9) + 20 = 31
S: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (3, 1) + 20 = 24
T: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (7, 10) + 20 = 37
Ag: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (4, 3) + 20 = 27
In: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (9, 4) + 20 = 33
Per: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (10, 5) + 20 = 35
Wp: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (5, 5) + 20 = 30
Fel: 2d10 + 20 ⇒ (2, 6) + 20 = 28

Those are ok. Would have wished for a higher BS though.
Oh, just saw that we can assign them freely. Cool.
We'll see if I find the time to put a char together.

[Edit]Started clumbing something together ... from which book is anti-armor discipline?

Feliks said that he didn't heard of the material - same goes for me.

Both cakes sounds yummy, but I pretty much expected Tiamat to stay on the good side - he's a Salamander after all - even if the dark side waves with chocolate chip cookies xD
Playing Astartes for a while is fine with me - I'm interesting of how you gonna pull that of in fact, as every one of us should be primarily interested in returning to his chapter after breaking the chains.

Might be interested, played a lot of DW here already.
And I am a big fan of "the all guardsmen party" which is a DH game featuring only guardsmen PCs - and is completely hilarious xD
Not sure if I can keep up with one post per day in another campaign though - at least no lengthy posts - but guardsmen are many and die a lot so if I hold things up - just kill/wound me and go on? xD

I did not yet looked deeper into OW - lots of rule changes and new char generation I heard.

Lots of my favorite roles are already noticed (medic, sniper, heavy weapons) so maybe simple rank&file, or maybe another heavy according to the regiment build.

If I am correct, the original idea of Gathrix was something like the following:
- Astartes from various chapters were captured in various raids and are currently made to fight in the arena
- Eventually they will make an escape or are rescued somehow
- Dues to their experiences are sent to the Deathwatch
- Start of some Deathwatch campaign with the kill team having a cool and common background

He was planned on using the Soul Reaver campaign only as a ... background ... jump board ... starter for a follow up DW campaign. See his initial post @ page 1 - especially the ooc part. Here is an extract:
"I am merely using the coliseum portion of the book and some of the plot hooks, but 80% of it will be fresh material."

[EDIT:]So think of a way of how we may exit that damn Xeno closet and this can go every way you want it to go in your universe ;-)
I have the vision of us cleaning up all the mess the other group left behind =DD

Yeah of course every other day is fine ... I have a heavy year coming myself, with lots of exams, work and master thesis, so I cannot guarantee for a everday-average myself - at least no long posts.

Nono, I think he was just surprised - and happy to see - that someone stepped up to make this going again.

@Gathrix: thanks for starting and GMing this. It has a really cool format and was lots of fun already! Just throw in a post if you are doing better - or you are starting something new. I think you will always find interest here.

@Snowman: Same as Feliks - and I mean: completely the same ;-)

That sounds fair enough.

Also interested in the game, but I was under the assumption that gathrix is on a good path back to health again, so ...

Nothing against you taking over Snowman, I am in fact a player in your other campaign (bloody greetings) and really enjoying it, simply thinking about gathrix here. Might be a thing for him to continue on as soon as he gets well again.

Wow, that sounds awful!
Hope for the best, we'll wait for your return as soon as you are up to it again.

Oh, ahm well yeah. I forgot that. But if I would be the chief engineer all would be "fine". Just kidding. I will find enough projects to keep me and Seth's occupied ;-)
@Seth:I feel like we are about to create a green r2d2+c3po for this ^^

have to say that the Rogue Trader will probably not allow his ship modified with Orky Tech at the risk of being blown by any and all Imperial ships in the vicinity.

I thought so, but maybe a little bit. As in "emergency repair" and "just a little 'biz 'ere and 'ter ta make it go red-painted 'an more Dakka"? ^^

Bte. Ork characteristics are f+$*ed up compared to Kroot and Human ones ... You trade two +5's for two -10, one -15 and two -5's compared to humans. A bit harsh isn't it? But well ... You have to pay a prize to play a green brute with lots and lots of lolz I think? ;-)

I have this incredible idea of a Freeboota Orc Pilot or Mec-Boy keeping the starship working and driving all the Ad-Mechs Nuts with orcish technology 'understanding' *giggle* and utterly crazy flying maneuves. And of course always eager to 'collect' some teeth's planetside :-)
Would you allow that kind of char-concept? Could get pretty hilarious I think ... Always wanted to play an Orc in 40k... Definitely one big advantage of rogue trader to allow such things!

I'll leave a dot here for now. Depends a bit if one of my campaigns continues, the setting you have in mind and how fast - if at all - this will start off as I have a lot to do for the rest of the month.

I have played quite a lot Deathwatch and a little Dark Heresy (v1) and know a lot about the wh40k fluff, dislike psykers, love techies and poor guardsmen. So much on me as a possible player.

Tip Radavel: Give some info about setting, possible homebrew-rules, etc for possible players. It will speed things up if the players know those things beforehand. Better than dropping out afterwards if one dislike something.

Yeah the support of FFF is ... Enhanceable. I would love something like the pathfinder reference homepage. I would have bought the books nevertheless, because they are really beautiful, but as a quick reference ... Even as PDF (they are to big and to confusing) it is hard to find things fast. Possible advise: Use some online-document thing like OneNote, googledocs, Everest, etc to store pre-formated rolls and quick lookup's for things needed often. But it is often hard to determine what is needed beforehand, I know that^^

It is sad that it slowed down a bit, but on the other side it gives me more time to learn for the coming exams ... so maybe it does make me happy, but maybe its a good thing if it slows down for some time ... At least for my grades?^^

Before Tiamat attacks the crash-landed helion with his servo arm, he takes a quick check of the battle field. "They cannot be so stupid, thinking we would go down that easily, could they?"
Awareness +AutoSenses 60: 1d100 ⇒ 96
Aimed Short-Range Lascannon 60: 1d100 ⇒ 91
Unable to detect a thread and missing the quick Xeno with his attack enrages the cold thinking marine and a red glow of increasing insensitivity becomes visible behind the lenses of his helmet.

hahaha, love that explanation gathrix ^^

Reaction Serco Arm Attack 58: 1d100 ⇒ 57
As the Dark Eldar are passing the group, the vicious servo arm on Tiamants back wirrs loadly and quickly expands full 1,5m from its socket, slamming into the foul Xeno machinery, ripping through the armor as if it was made of paper.
Dmg: 2d10 + 14 ⇒ (1, 5) + 14 = 20 I, Pen 10

Do they come within 1,5m from me as they pass by? If so I will use my reaction from round three to make a melee attack with my servo arm against one of them

I will go with the search action posted above after feliks killed the leader. It was a half action? Then maybe go for another search, after the first one failed considerably. Search for lascannon pack 30: 1d100 ⇒ 95

Awareness 60: 1d100 ⇒ 27
Tiamat clearly notices the exchange of the Xenos, and interprets it correctly.
He let his autosenses mark the Xeno Leader and sends a quick message and targeting information over the secure vox.
+++ Focus their Leader. Designated Target: Prime +++

I will hold fire for now, waiting on the others. If they are able to break them, I will save ammo for the heavier enemies yet to come... otherwise I will put up another aimed shot at their leader.

"This is the fate of all Xenos... Brother Cato focus on designated target Epsilon, force him into a dodge and I will ensure his quick death."
The voice of the marine is concentrated, near emotionless but nevertheless filled with a roaring fire - a fact uncomprehensible to any Non-Nocturnean.
Against highly agile enemies it is best to soak their dodges with "smal-arm fire" and then one-shot them with the big one. That's a lesson learned the hard way against a assassin in our rl-game
Training the heavy weapon skywards towards the illuminated target, he waits for the Blood Angel to open fire, ready to catch the agile warrior in mid-air like the last one.
Aimed Lascannon, short distance BS+20=70: 1d100 ⇒ 42 1DoS
Lascannon DMG: 5d10 + 10 ⇒ (1, 4, 8, 5, 5) + 10 = 33 Proven 3 -> 35E, Pen 10. I rolled 10d10 now and no 10? come on you sneaky dice roller that's not fair!

We have a lot of melee power ... but beside of my lasconnen with few shots and a torchlight (laspistol) no range capabilities, am I right?
This can get a real problem if those cowards remain at a distance, refusing to a proper melee with us....

Tiamat quickly reviews his superficial knowledge of the Dark Eldar technology for any weakness that could be used to bring them low, like problems with sand in their turbines or something like that.
Common Knowledge Tech 60: 1d100 ⇒ 86
Tech Use 60: 1d100 ⇒ 80
"Not that I know of, but they seem to avoid Brother Vaylunds Storm, so maybe those vehicles don't like sand in their engines."
After that he takes careful aim and takes a shot with the powerful weapon he found - trying to catch one of the scimmers in mod-dodge. Half Aim, Half Attack, aiming at a scimmer which has already dodges one of the shoots from the others if possible
Lascannon Shot, Normal Range, Aimed: BS 40+10: 1d100 ⇒ 100 What the heck are those rolls?!
fp reroll : 1d100 ⇒ 45 At least a straight success...
lascannon dmg: 5d10 + 10 ⇒ (9, 6, 9, 9, 1) + 10 = 44 Proven 3 => 46E, Pen10 Die scum!

Not to forget that incredibly awesome plume on the helmets top :-)

ini: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Tiamats readies himself, after he recovers a lascannon from the sands. Not a flamer but indeed something powerful. The powerful servo arm of his armor whirrs and repeatedly opens and closes as if eager to rip and tear again while his master responds to the oath lead by the templar.
He himself scans already the new battleground, looking for obvious routes were the attackers will possibly come from.
If there is such a route, he will prepare to shoot the first approaching target. Overwatch on a possible route of attack ... Like a door or something like that

Short Question: We DID heal in between those matches despite the torment, didn't we?

Reminder: Auto-Senses: +10 Per on hear&see! Possibly more/less dependant on your mk type
Tiamat quickly searches the sand for something big. The Xeno talking about "fighting my people" sounds like an event to only show up in with the largest gun you can wield!
Search me a Heavy Flamer 60/2=30: 1d100 ⇒ 43 1DoF

The familiar feeling of the power armor thrills Tiamat to his core. He enjoys the present of a machine spirit once more, completely ignoring his surrounding, marching like a robot alongside his fellow Marines. At the last word of the new Xeno echo in his mind, he is confused. Dying? Now? Not a chance. They have survived everything so far without loosing a Brother while wearing scraps as armor and worn out weapons. Now that they are back in Power Armor...nothing will overwhelm them!
He silently takes pictures of the Archon, the unknown symbols of the Incubi and important looking Structures of the surrounding with his armor for later inspection. They still have to find a way of escaping this place. He tries to open an encrypted vox channel to his Brothers, whispering: "Tiamat speaking. This channel should be secure. Take in as much as possible about this place. Now that we are back in power armor and in the top levels of this forsaken place, the chances for escape are increasing. Tiamat out."