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REBOOTED, SIMPLIFIED, GLORIOUS 7th EDITION


IT IS THE 41st millennium. for more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of Technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.

YET EVEN IN his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the demon-infested miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperor's will. Vast armies gave battle in His name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless Planetary Defense Forces, the ever-vigilant Inquisition and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliens, heretics, mutants - and worse.

TO BE A man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods.

'Life is to us as the Maze of Illinan was to Ulthanesh. Its mysterious corridors leading to wondrous vistas and nightmarish encounters in equal measure.
Each of us must walk the maze alone, treading in the footsteps of those who came before but also forging new routes through the labyrinth of existence.
In times past we were drawn to the darkest secrets and ran wild about the maze, seeking to experience all that it had to offer.
As individuals and as a civilization we lost our way and in doing so created the means for our doom; unfettered exploration leading to the darkness of the Fall.
In the emptiness that followed, a new way was revealed to us: the Path.
Through the wisdom of the Path we spend our lives exploring the meaning of existence, moving from one part of the maze to another with discipline and guidance so that we never become lost again.
On the Path we experience the full potential of love and hate, joy and woe, lust and purity, filling our lives with experience and fulfillment but never succumbing to the shadows that lurk within our thoughts.
But like all journeys, the path is different for each of us.
Some wander for a long while in one place: some spread their travels wide and visit many places for a short time while others remain for a long time to explore every nook and turn;
some of us lose our way and leave the Path for a time or forever;
and some of us find dead-ends and become trapped.'
- Kysaduras the Anchorite,
foreword to Introspections upon Perfection

Spoiler: Introduction (click to show/hide)

NEW TO THE ELDAR
In this game you play as Warriors of the Eldar, a lithe race of humanoids known for their inscrutability and grace. Since the Fall Of The Eldar, a cataclysm long ago resulting in the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh, the Eldar have become a dying race- their impulses and emotions restricted; ruled by the constant gnawing fear of She Who Thirsts, who has laid her claim to the soul of every Eldar that should ever pass from the mortal world.
In order to prevent themselves from ever again becoming mired in the hedonism and debauchery which resulted in the creation of the dark god, the Eldar developed the 'Path'; a way of living which consists of finding new crafts, pursuing them with the ruthless passion the Eldar are known for; and being able to gracefully disengage from that career when they feel they have mastered the skill, or the emotion that drew them there, shifting to a new Path of which to devote their attention.
Their soldiers fight in various different Aspects of their shattered War God, Khaine- so as to divide and soften the still-burning fervor he imparts into the blood of all Eldar; through this they can master the Path of the Warrior, through the Aspects which resonate most with their personality. However, this still not a perfect solve, as like with any other Path, there falls the risk of an Eldar failing to leave their path- becoming so deeply embedded into their chosen persona that they can no longer leave. The Eldar who fall in this way amonst the Aspect Warriors are known as Exarchs- mourned as the dead and hidden away from the rest of their kin, bound to serve as Mentors, Trainers and Leaders to the many Aspect Warriors who will come and go as they follow their Path.
Exarchs are unable to blunt their deadly purpose- unable to remove the war mask which acts as an Eldar's barrier between their ways of peace and the memories of war.

WHERE THE GAME BEGINS
YOU have been chosen by your Farseer- a diviner and scryer of incredible power, as one on the Path of the Doomed. You shall become exarchs, you shall fall, and your bloodlust will cause unimaginable destruction for your craftword. In order to prevent this cataclysm, you are sent on a million-league journey, bound to the path of the warrior until you inevitably succumb to one of the aspects and take up your rightful place, inhabiting the Aspect Shrines housed amongst your battleship until your inevitable death in battle.
Sent from your home, you are brought aboard a Void Stalker-class battleship, the Divine Whisper of a Thousand Tears which will be your new home in the days to come.
Until this time, you are regarded as pariahs, never approached nor acknowledged by those you once knew or loved, and given curt orders to undertake endless warmissions all around the various Craftworlds of the eldar.

Spoiler: Aspect Mechanics (click to show/hide)

You will begin this game as a standard Eldar- about as squishy as a regular human, but much more agile and swift. Therefore the majority of your focus will be on Not getting Hit, as a single landed blow can be rather devastating.

You start the game joining an Aspect, and are free to switch Aspects between missions, however you feel.

Playing a mission whilst following an Aspect will cause you to become Experienced in the Aspect- giving you extra traits and small stat buffs whilst following it.
Every mission after this, you will Level Up, earning other traits or stat boosts which you might take with you when you switch Aspects.

However, at any time on one of these Aspects you can fall and become an Exarch. The "Exarch Clock" starts as soon as you enter any specific Aspect, and your fall will happen after 1+2D6 missions in that path- Meaning you can become an Exarch of an Aspect at any time after your third mission!
Becoming an Exarch will give you a massive increase in your stats and access to much better wargear, and the ability to sacrifice your life before a mission in order to summon an avatar of Khaine.
But you will NEVER again be able to leave that Aspect. Obviously this will be quite powerful early in the game, however it will result in you being a far less adaptable warrior, and you may even end up being surpassed by those warriors who manage to fully learn many paths.

There will be a maximum of Five warriors per mission, except for special occasions.

Spoiler: Aspects (click to show/hide)

TROOPS:
Guardians
Guardians are the most basic infantry of the Eldar.
They are militia formed when craftworlds under attack, and in this campaign will only really be used when you're worried about becoming an exarch or need to equip in a hurry.
You will still need to do one mission as a guardian in order to become experienced, however you won't gain skills or stats.


Mesh Armor (5+)
Plasma Grenades


Dire Avengers
- Mid-Ranged Generalists
ELITES:

FAST ATTACK:

HEAVY SUPPORT:
Dark Reapers
- Long-Range Heavy Support
Dark Reapers symbolize Khaela Mensha Khaine in his aspect as the Destroyer. Wearing Black, skull-faced Armor, they slowly advance on their targets at range, firing a deadly salvo of armor-piercing rockets.

SPECIAL:
Howling Banshees.
- Light Armored Shock Troops
Howling Banshees are almost exclusively Female. Relying on speed and Agility, they dart ahead of the pack, using their psycho-sonically amplified wails to disorient and debilitate the foe, before cutting them down in an acrobatic display of death.

Wargear:
Power Sword (AP 3)
Shuriken Pistol (S4, AP 5, Max Range 35M)
Banshee Mask (Reduces Agility of all (Except those Experienced in the Banshee Aspect) within 5M)



Striking Scorpions
- Melee-Oriented Stealth Troops


Fire Dragons
- Short-Ranged Tank Hunters

Warp Spiders
- Anti-Infantry Blink Units

Swooping Hawks
- Grenadier Jump Infantry

Whilst it is forbidden for you to stray from the Path of the Warrior- the Eldar Council has ruled that it would be foolish to expect you to fight without being able to ensure maximum tactical flexibility, that the enemies of Eldar should not gain an unnecessary advantage. Therefore they have made available the Path of the Battle Seer, and the Exile.

The Path of the Seer (Warlocks)
- Psykers
All Eldar have very noticeable psychic potential- however only some delve further into it than the basic mental awareness used to activate their consoles and mind-merge with their armor. The Farseers of the craftworlds are known for being incredible diviners, able to pierce the veil to the many futures and know, generations ahead, the effects of any given item. Their attacks upon the other races can therefore seem quite sudden and jarring, however there will have been a Farseer who saw a potential threat to themselves or their craftworld in the future, whether it be a child who grows to become a military leader, a chaos artifact which will corrupt a world, or anything in between.
However, this puts them at considerable risk. To access their psychic powers during battle, and change the fabric of reality; they must draw upon the untempered warp, opening their mind to the immaterium beyond the veil filled with howling demons and the sibilant whispers and baying hunger of She Who Thirsts. It is not without some risk, as at any time an opportunistic demon may choose to use the mind of said psyker during a moment of vulnerability as passage through to the material realm, with visceral and horrifying results. Therefore their minds must be guarded at all times, and their focus honed razor-sharp.

May be adding Path of Exile - depending.

Spoiler: Combat Mechanics (click to show/hide)

Combat mechanics will be happening almost exactly like in tabletop 40k, Bundled with a few killteam rules and Blood bowl effects.

I started copying the entire 40k ruleset, but figured it wasn't worth it. Suffice to say, it's all based on d6 rolls against various stats.

Out of combat effects will either be a stat check amongst the possible stats, or if it's purely luck or alternative-skill based, it'll be rolled on the standard RtD d6.
1 - Catastrophic Failure
2 - Complete Failure
3 - Bare Failure
4 - Close Success
5 - Clear Success
6 - Catastrophic Success
BUT DON'T hesitate to go off-script! You're warriors just as expendable as the standard tabletop models - your only advantage is your ability to set up the field as you wish.

WOUNDING
Being wounded will be easy, and once all of your wounds are gone (You start with one), you're out.
However, never fear, because there's numerous little fixes which have been implemented to make you slightly more bulletproof than the standard eldar.
1. Cover saves (d6 based on how well concealed you are) now stack with armor saves (d6 based on how well armored you are).
2. To reflect on the expert medical tech on the field, you all have a 4+ Feel No Pain save (takes place after every other save, unless it's a particularly hard hit) - however this save will decrease by 1 for each successful save.
3. The same medical tech helps after each mission, with you getting a D6 on your life-saving surgery - IF you are successfully extracted from the field after dying.

Spoiler: Stats and Levelling (click to show/hide)

Your starting statline is going to look a lot like this:

|WS|	|BS|	|S|	|T|	|I|	|M|
|3|	|3|	|3|	|3|	|5|	|7|

Upon becoming experienced in an aspect, your statline will change to:

|WS|	|BS|	|S|	|T|	|I|	|M|
| 4|	| 4|	|3|	|3|	|5|	|8|

And after becoming an exarch, the statline becomes

|WS|	|BS|	|S|	|T|	|I|	|M|
| 5|	| 5|	|3|	|3|	|6|	|9|

Plus an extra wound, and an extra attack.

These basic statlines also will include whatever bonuses you've picked up along the way.

To break down the stats themselves:
WS - Weapon Skill.
This shows your ability to hit an enemy unit in close combat.

BS - Ballistics Skill.
This is your accuracy with ranged weapons and wychfire spells.

S - Strength.
In combat, this affects how grievous of a wound you can inflict on your enemies. Ranged weapons will often have a Strength Profile of their own.
Outside of combat it affects your ability to lift, push, pull and carry objects and weapons.

T - Toughness.
In combat, this affects how easily you can shrug off or diminish wounds which have been dealt to you.
Outside of combat, it affects your healing speed and the level of debuff you will get from Aggrieving Terrain modifiers (Heat, Cold, Sharp Scree, High Gravity).

I - Initiative.
This is a blanket term for Intelligence and Agility. Basically how quickly you can act in situations.
In combat it affects your ability to sense hidden enemies, your ability to chase down fleeing enemies, and the Turn order for attacks.
Outside of combat, it affects your movement and climbing speed, and the how well you navigate Difficult Terrain.

M - Morale
This affects your general combat mindset- how easily you can deal with the stresses of battle, and the ability to use Psychic Powers as a Warlock or Seer.
Various Injuries, Gruesome Injuries on squadmates, Deaths of squadmates and Pinning fire will result in you needing to take a Morale Check

ARMOR MODIFIER
Armor comes in values from 2+ to 6+
As your armor value increases, so does your ability to deflect or reduce the effect of wounds.
Weapons all come with an innate 'AP' value, from 1 - 6.
If a weapon's AP is equal or less than your armor value, the armor is ignored and damage happens as normal.

Spoiler: Character Generation (click to show/hide)

As a normal, mediocre Eldar, Character Generation is quite simple.
You will have a standardized statline, so all you need to provide is your name.
You may also give a backstory.
Metagaming is encouraged, as some Eldar will be young and inexperienced with the world, whilst some may be hundreds of years old already, and well-versed in the enemies the Eldar usually encounter.

I'll add a seperate IC thread when the game gets off the ground

[Tack]

Reserved

[Tack]

Reserved

[Yourmaster]

De'ras of the Warlock aspect.
40k is always fun.

[Caellath]

Name: Kaedros D'elan
Aspect: Warp Spiders
Short Backstory: A young Eldar of Craftworld Ulthwé with parents focused on non-warrior paths, he has fought once as a Guardian during the Kaurava conflict. There he saw first-hand the foolishness and short-sightedness of the mon-keigh and the other races, who refused to notice the danger posed by a race as ancient and powerful as the necrons. Like every other good elfdar, the fact the members of his own species usually have their heads stuck too far up their own asses to cooperate effectively with others without wanton backstabbing (the whole "kill a world of mon-keigh to save a single Eldar's life" being an example of the problem) has mostly evaded his notice! His own inability to notice his race's shortcomings aside, it was there that he was infatuated by the swift blades and deadly monofilament storms of the aspect warriors of the warp spiders. Wishing to become graceful and powerful like those mighty warriors, he joined their Aspect.

[blazing glory]

Name: Kaelyth.
Aspect: Striking Scorpions

[SaberToothTiger]

Might join later. For now, PTW.

[Crimson]

Sounds fun. Sadly though, the Eldar are the one I know the least about. Heck, I know a little more about their dark brethren than them. Anyway, here's mine.

Name: Talrendil
Aspect: Dire Avengers
Background: Talrendil is an Eldar hailing from the Craftworld Il-Kaithe, he had participated in several battles against the ruinous force. Notably, some of the battles had them allying with mankind and at one battle, they fought together with the Dark Eldar. While Talrendil believed in the focus of his Craftworld, he believed that some were too overzealous, a few readily sacrificing themselves if they believe it would bring the slight hope of victory in their battle against the forces of the Great Enemy. Even so, he found their cause and their bravery noble and so Talrendil himself wished to gain strength, hoping to one day contribute greatly in their continuous fight for survival.

[Ghazkull]

Name: Ulthran
Aspect: Warlock
Short Backstory: A former Exodite, fed up with life on a planet and thus returned to the Craftworld, Ulthran has only been reluctantly accepted upon (i guess we are Craftworld Ulthwe) Ulthwe as a fellow Eldar. His latent Psychic Powers, which would paint him even more an outcast among humans, has been taken in stride among the Craftworlders along with his many other oddities and his strange Exodite manners.

[Cheesecake]

Name: Oresys
Aspect: Howling Banshee

Don't know a lot about the Eldar, so I can't think of a back story.

[Hawk132]

Name: Laenel
Aspect: Dark Reaper

[Ghazkull]

cough cough

[Tack]

Just finished the books I was using to get a bit more background info on the Eldar.
Next step, trying to point-balance the different aspects in order to make it a 'fair' RPG.

Yes, I jumped the gun a bit when I made this, but hey.