40k RPG by Black Industries, the RPG branch of the Black Library (as Sabretooth games is the card game branch while the BL itself is fiction/novels).
Does anyone have this and does it provide new insights into the inner workings of the Imperium?
The website provides a sample page on the Guardsman.. class? In it it shows how someone can advance from a Conscript to a Guardsman to a rifleman?, then branch off into either the sniper, command or shock troop (storm trooper) disciplines.
It's not due out until the end of January, but someone may have a copy already.
It will mean that in the next few years, information on the Imperium will expand massively - just take a look at the sheer volume of expansions for WHFRP. Exciting times indeed.
Don't use the titles of ranks to be any indicator of background, each rank encompasses several different possible ranks within the organisation (the Tech-priest career has an Electro-priest, for example, but not everyone in that rank will be an electro-priest).
Think it's worth getting just for the background?
Depends. if you want to know about the Inquisition or the Calixis sector, then yes, as these are what the majority of new material is about.
So it's like inquisitor, but without having to buy models?
Or can you actually get background info on an entire "party" that doesn't have an inquisitor?
NO party has an Inquisitor in it, players are Acolytes working for an NPC Inquisitor. there is no progression into becoming an Inquisitor (it's hinted that that will be in another game later on). This particular fact has led to lots of people whining like crazy on the BI boards.
It's not at all like Inquisitor, because Inquisitor is all about combat. Dark Heresy is a proper roleplaying game, with skills and interaction with other characters.
RPG books are mostly worth it, if you are interested in background information and fluff, even if you don't like RPGs.
Inquisitors can order the descruction of a planet, so they are way to powerful for a beginner's character. So you basically play his retinue, which offers high diversity of player options and a good setting for adventures.
The second wave of "Dark Heresy" centers on rogue traders, perhaps even allowing the first Xeno characters, the third one allows playing the god-like Space marines.
I can't wait to get my greasy paws on this game. Charax, may I ask how you acquired it early?
I think it'll be worth buying just for the background, as will many of the forthcoming supplements, I'm sure. As I've said before, just take a look at the work done on the Warhammer world through the WHFRP supplements.
Ah, ok - I thought that was being dispatched at the end of January, too.
I couldn't bring myself to part with that much money for it, even if it does look utterly beautiful.
Charax must love it - there seems to be a zero chance of ever playing anything remotely cool, while the combat rules would seem to rule out any kind of heroic action - five mooks with assault rifles are gonna rip up even a 75 session/2 year maxed out PC, while skill rolls in the 40-50% range means you can't rely on stealth or diplomacy (and I'd avoid climbing to any high places, given the odds of falling off).
Hey - where'd this lemon come from?
Damnit, see, the game restricts playing with this cool stuff to the writers of the books, or maybe the GM - the players just get to watch!
The designers were also fairly clear that Dark Heresy would be very thematic, and primarily Narrativist and Gamist (which is to say that it abstracts reality for a specific narrative theme, if I recall the definitions of those terms correctly). There was also a claim of Simulationism (reflecting 'reality'), but since it is also stated that the acorn of Dark Heresy doesn't fall far from WFRP, and that system is primarily narrativist/gamist with little Simulationism (beyond being Low Fantasy and, therefore, closer to medieval reality)...? Couple that with statements that it would - essentially - be a dark medieval fantasy game in space?
If you're after it solely for background, it has been stated by some owners of the game (collectors edition, again) that you're probably not going to find anything that you could not already find in such things as Inquisitor, the Thorian Sourcebook and other 40k publications. (These also have the added bonus of being free.) Also, if your vision for the 40k universe doesn't subscribe to how GW are touting it at the moment (again, dark medieval fantasy in space rather than, say, RT "sci-fantasy"), you're more than likely going to be disappointed.
Expensive, even if not inappropriately expensive for what you're getting (400 page full colour, glossy page book with all the lovely design that makes GW what it is).
Unavailable in electronic format. While I can understand GW's paranoia with regards to the free (illegal) electronic distribution of their product, with the increasing popularity of electronic media and the development of things such as Amazon's Kindle...? Well, I'm not a business person, but it might have cost them at least one sale.
Purported highly themed "dark medieval fantasy in space" approach. I like my fantasy games to be a bit more "honest," thus if I want to play a fantasy game I'll play a fantasy game. Thus I'm going to stick to earlier renditions of 40k and the interpretations thereof. After all, that's why the 'fluff' is the way it is - to maximum the freedom for interpretation, even if there is always a "change things and you're not playing 40k anymore" approach.
Disappointment with the Shattered Hopes demo that, while it was stated was to demo the rules, was otherwise fairly limited to a "fantasy dungeon bash" and the typical "Chaos did it" approach.
I don't necessarily feel the need to RP as a mook, and if I'm going to have to homebrew everything to play how I want, then what is the impetus for me to actually buy the book in the first place? Otherwise I'm going to have to wait 2-4 years to play anything else.
That's just me, though. As it was pointed out to me, thumb through the book in your local game store and if you like the look of it, then buy it. If you're wanting it just for the background? Well, remember that it is primarily dedicated to the Calixis sector, and what isn't has purportedly been published in one form or another before, and the general background on the Imperium will likely take the "you will not be missed" depressing theme.
As always, though, make up your own mind. Perhaps if I manage to see a copy (no local game stores for me) I will change my mind! :D Regardless of that, though, "in-depth" background material? Has GW every really done in-depth background material, or have they primarily given us a superficial look at the surface to engender the fans to get creative and work in the depth themselves?
Actually, I'd have said it was sim to the point of impracticality - you could run the adventures with GURPS no problems. Either way the only sensible way to tackle a cult is with a heavily armed swat team, and rag tag adventurers are going to be relying entirely on GM fiat to survive scenarios.
by a chap who has something to do with forge world.
Thanks for the reference to the new adventure. I'll take a gander it when I get the chance.
The Logicians are an alliance of heretic factions who have long been a thorn in the side of the Calixis and the nearby Ixaniad Sectors. Founded not around a single charismatic figure or dark religion, they find their inspiration in a forbidden heretical text called "In Defence of the Future: A Logical Discourse", banned now for several millennia. The Logicians are a so-called "progressive" cult, they favour the advancement of mankind through progress and the acquisition of technology, believing that they should cast-off of the oppression of the Ministorum, overthrow of the High Lords of Terra and put an end to the smothering constraints of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Ultimately, the Logicians aim to bring about a return to the mythic power of the Dark Age of Technology.
Finding adherents through a secret network of ruthless mercantile interests and power-hungry nobles, they are a haven for hereteks and rogue techpriests, and are highly organised and well resourced. Although no Daemonic force or apocalyptic agenda lies at their heart, the Logicians are still a phenomenally dangerous group, utterly callous in their pursuit of power and unceasing in the hunt for ever better weapons and tools by which to achieve their ends.
So the bad guys are what we'd consider, in the real world, to be the "good guys". I like that.
I dont know about that...personally I would like to move away from "good guys" and "bad guys". Its all about perception I guess.
Oh aye, you could go loads of ways with it - The Logitians in the scenario have been kidnapping people to experiment on turning them in to soldier drones, and try to cover their tracks by virus bombing a hive level. One could decide they are right to do so, as the Imperium routinely does much worse, or they could be self serving, or they could be misguided and their messing with tech without the rituals of the mechanicus could unleash the Demons. Or whatever. And the PCs could twart them or join them (a Logician faction in the Inquisition would be entirely acceptable, given that some of them are chaos cultists already), or it could turn out that the Logicians are a faction of the Inquisition, either because someone in the organisation thinks it is a good idea, or because someone in the organisation wants to unleash the demons to serve some long term goal or whatever.
Nothing is true, everything is permitted and all that.
I love it - no more "chaos did it". I for one would join the Logic lads - Down with mysticism and forward with technology comrade!
I for one would join the Logic lads - Down with mysticism and forward with technology comrade!
im going to get it just for its background on 40k.


text:
June 7, no time listed — Diana Hickman, no age listed, of Delphos, was cited for having a fictitious license plate and failure to reinstate her driver's license after a traffic stop in the city.
June 5, no time listed — Abbey Harter, 30, of Delphos, was cited for failure to reinstate her driver's license following a traffic stop in the city.
June 4, no time listed — Jeramy Hanjora, 41, of Delphos, was charged with domestic violence in connection with an alleged assault on his son at their residence in the 100 block of West Cleveland Street.
June 3, no time listed — Michael Copeland, 24, of Delphos, was charged with criminal damaging and persistent disorderly conduct following an incident in the 400 block of East Cleveland Street.
June 1, no time listed — Kayla Boswell, 20, of Delphos, was arrested on an active warrant issued in Allen County for failure to appear in court on a previous charge.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Economics of Hajj: Umrah, Hajj Revenues to Exceed $150 Billion by 2022
Published August 28th, 2017 - 10:22 GMT
Mecca is set to host 30 million pilgrims and Umrah performers by 2030. (File photo)
Economic experts have said Hajj and Umrah revenues are poised to exceed $150 billion by 2022, in light of the expected mergers of economic blocs and groupings to meet the growing demand on Hajj and Umrah economics in terms of transport, commercial stores and expansion in small, medium enterprises (SMEs).
Muhsin Al-Sharif, a member of the Committee of Real Estate and Investment, said Hajj revenues will feed the national economy and, therefore, an integrated plan should be worked out to control revenues and financial resources in a manner that would serve Vision 2030.
"The plan would also serve the national economy and create a mega market not only for seasonal jobs, but also for sustainable jobs which form the nerve of Hajj and Umrah economics," Al-Sharif said.
He said the announced plan to host 30 million pilgrims and Umrah performers by 2030 is a real mirror of plans to bring markets in Mecca and Madinah out of disorganization and put them into well-organized economic frameworks serving changing economic mechanisms that attract high returns estimated at billions of dollars annually.
Accordingly, specialized research centers should be established in coordination with the Institute of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Hajj and Umrah and the Mecca Chamber of Commerce and Industry to provide the economic index, act as a nucleus to attract Saudi capital, and fix the economic figures for Hajj and Umrah seasons in the National Transformation Plan (NTP) 2020.
Al-Sharif added there are a number of opportunities that serve SMEs as they serve a wide sector of Hajjis and Umrah performers.
He said the volume of revenues arising from Hajj and Umrah economics in the next five years is expected to hit $150 billion. However, a small category of investors are exploiting foreign workers and controlling the capital flows which should be fed into investments in the Hajj and Umrah sectors to reflect the dynamics of the growing revenues of the sector, according to Al-Sharif.
He added the $150 billion should be directed to re-structure the sector and re-arrange its priorities instead of pumping such money out of the Kingdom. Additionally, decision makers have to be informed on the creation of 100,000 permanent Hajj-related jobs for Saudis.
Economic aspects of Hajj and Umrah cannot be ignored as they are capable of providing high profit margins in light of mega challenges facing the sector, which will pave the way for the capital flow to Mecca and Madinah, not only in Hajj and Umrah business for the SME sector, but also for the hospitality and hotel sectors.
By Tariq Al-Thaqafi
Copyright: Arab News © 2022 All rights reserved.


This garland has such a sophisticated look and you won't find one like it anywhere else but here! It comes pre strung so all you have to do is clip your 4x6 photos to it.
This garland was designed with luxurious baby pink satin ribbon and includes glitter gold wording clipped on by tiny wooden clothespins that reads "newborn" "one month" "two months" "three months" "four months" "five months" "six months" "seven months" "eight months" "nine months" "ten months" "eleven months" "twelve months".


text:
Unboxing Chanyeol
In what will be his last project before enlisting, they've put Chanyeol in a box, and from the looks of the teasers, I couldn't be more delighted.
The Box first crossed my path when I heard that Chanyeol was doing a song for the OST, which, makes sense considering he's the star of the upcoming movie. First I paused, because, while I love him dearly, I don't think he's the strongest actor, but realizing that The Box is actually a musical? Oooh how the pieces fall together.
The story is about a has-been music producer who comes across an aspiring singer and their relationship as they try to work together. I didn't understand why the movie was called "The Box" until I actually saw the teaser, turns out Chanyeol plays an aspiring singer with horrible stage fright who, in order to still perform, sings in a giant box. Sounds crazy, but we've had people cover their faces/identities under masks, helmets, and wigs, so why not go the full banana and just stand there in a box?
Before seeing the teaser, I wasn't really into it as I'd only seen him in a promo covering a Billie Elish song…
Also? Sorry fact, I'm not that much of a musical fan. But after watching what turned out to be the third teaser?
I'm in, I'm in, I'm in. If this was in the theater here, I'd double mask that shit up and go and watch. (Does anyone else have this huge desire to go to a movie theater? They are open, have you been? If so, did you feel safe? Let me know!) Although looking at the release date of May 24th, if it were to come here, it might just be safe for me to go!
While I'm very sad to see Chanyeol go off to do his military service, 1) I'm always happy to see someone go right now when they can't be super active anyway and 2) I'm happy that we happened to have this going away gift from him. Because, I mean, did you see that teaser? This is a little Chanyeol gift!
Park ChanyeolTeasersThe Box
Musical Monday – The Subtleness of Infection


text:
Q: Are C++ versions of C standard library functions in the std:: namespace? "C++ Primer" (5th edition) states on page 91 the advantage of including the C++ version of a C standard library header instead of the .h version: this way the included names end up in the std:: namespace and do not pollute the global namespace.
I tried including cstdio and was surprised to observe that I can use printf() without specifying std::. Interestingly, including only iostream or only string is also sufficient to get access to a global printf(). Am I missing something?
I am compiling with g++ 4.8.2 with -Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c++11.

A: It is unspecified whether <cfoo> also puts the names into the global namespace. All C library names are reserved in the global namespace in C++.
[extern.names]/3:

Each name from the Standard C library declared with external linkage is reserved to the implementation for use as a name with extern "C" linkage, both in namespace std and in the global namespace.

To restate this:

*

*in order to use a name in std, you must include the correct header.

*You must not redefine any names from the C standard library in the above contexts.

*Nothing says whether any particular names from the C standard library are declared (unless you explicitly include the deprecated header <foo.h>).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange