In Nomine Imperator, In Nomine Sanctus.

♦ - What does fighting mean to your muse, and how different are they during battle?

♢ - What abilities does your muse possess that makes them an effective fighter?

♠ - What is your muse’s weapon of choice? Is it magical or mundane in nature?

♤ - Given a chance to learn and use a combat ability or magic they don’t possess, what would your muse choose?

♣ - Is your muse particularly merciless or do they leave their opponents relatively whole after a fight? Why?

♧ - Does your muse have any regrets about a battle or incident they had to fight in? Has it changed them?

♥ - Is there an opponent they’ve fought they’ve grown particularly attached to, love or hate?

♡ - If your muse were rendered unable to fight, what about them would change? Would they be able to handle it?

☊ - Give a list or description of particularly notable battles in your muse’s history. Do any stand out?

☋ - Does your muse believe in the ‘brothers and sisters of battle’ concept, growing close to their fellows, or are they distant from others?

⇖ - Is your muse attached to any particular weapon or piece of equipment they own?

⇘ - Has your muse ever used a combat vehicle or siege weapon in battle? Were they enthusiastic about it?

✓ - Has your muse ever lost anyone they cared about on the battlefield? Do they feel responsible?

✗ - Has your muse ever been a victim of friendly fire or been betrayed during a fight? How did they react?

☌ - Is your muse famous or infamous in their world for a battle or fight? Do they embrace or shy away from it?

☍ - Does your muse draw any inspirations for their combat style or spells from their past or the world they live in?

⇈ - Does your muse knowingly or unknowingly draw on any kind of power when they fight? Describe it?

⇊ - Does your muse have many scars or lasting effects from a battle? If not, do they keep any trophies or reminders?

⌤ - Is your muse uncomfortable outside of combat? Do they have problems socializing or relaxing?

™ - Do any inspirations for how your muse fights come from other media? List or describe them.

☎ - Describe your muse in RPG class or archetype terms. Do you actively push for them to be like this, or is it just a comparison point?

↫ - Is there a real life martial art or fighting style that you draw heavily on for your character?

That’s right, it’s the time of the year again! As you may know, having an up to date list of active rp blogs is crucial to our community. It keeps the party going! It helps new blogs see who’s available for rp! You get to find new writing partners!

reblog, reply, or send me a message with the following information to be counted:

@ your rp blog / your primary oc (that is, your muse!) / faction

the 2022 census will run from Feb 22-April 22. Once the countings done I’ll make another post listing all available rp blogs :)

@the-obsidian-mystic Suleiman and Co, Black Legion

@rekhes-au-anpu Aten, Thousand Sons

@mortars-and-martyrs Askari, Maccabian Janissaries (Imperial Guard)

@those--of--the--unlight Kabal of the Wraithkind, Trash Elves

"No offense, and I know I don't know you, but don't talk to him then." Ash let out a sigh, "But realize not talking to people like that isn't always an option. Don't give him anything to work with, or try not to."

Sanguinius.

- No, Kriegers are not zealously suicidal. They believe in dying meaningfully for the Emperor, not throwing bodies pell-mell into a meat grinder. They’ll commit to diehard endeavours only if they know it will bring victory or secure an objective or achieve something that has value. Other than that, they engage largely in standard military tactics centered heavily around trench warfare, defensive combat and slow attrition. They take their meaningful deaths very seriously; Krieg troopers have killed at least one commissar for being overzealous and wasteful with their lives. They also WILL run away and/or retreat just like any other group of soldiers when it is required.

- There is not a single canonical incident of a Krieger killing anyone with a shovel. It is, however, 100% likely that shovels have been used to murder things in trenches in 40k.

- Kriegers are not mindless clones. They are always portrayed as being different people with different personalities, no matter how artificial their births are.

If you want your Kriegers to look 'historical' your options are honestly either French or Imperial German at best. Otherwise just paint them a generic grimdark, 'trenchy' color like a normal person.)

Rishaeron kicked sand over the dying embers of the campfire and narrowed his eyes toward his most unusual of companions. Today was turning out very different than he had ever expected.

"Tell me, human." He began- putting irreverent voice to something that had long confused the Aeldari Ranger-

"How old are you? You can't be older than...30 I don't think" It was always harder to tell with such short lived species.

"I wonder because between the crushing imperial conditions, poor diet and your choice of work, you might not have a very long road ahead of you, so to speak. Why commit it to your Lords, or generals or even the Emperor when you could be anywhere else possibly finding joy instead of suffering?"

He was being annoying, and quite deliberately too, probing at a person's thoughts were a past time to the Ranger and perhaps some entertainment might be mused from his strange bedfellow. He certainly couldn't attempt to kill Rishaeron as both needed the other alive to keep watch through the night on this hostile world.

Askari's pauldrons shifted slightly in a gesture of indifference. Did he not care that he was most likely only destined to be a miserable footsoldier for the imperial regime or had he simply accepted the fact and became complacent?

The Janissary idly tapped a rhythm on his vambraces while thinking of a question before looking back towards the wanderer.