forward unto dawn said:

Agreed 100%.

I know for certain that my group will be playing all three games. DH for the gritty, down to earth rooting out of heretics and burning them. RT for exploration, money, sex and power xD And DW for epic stories of the Emperor's finest facing the vilest of humanity's foes.

Frankly, I see the three games as supporting each other, never replacing. My RT group has as much fun being Rogue Traders (acting like semi-legal pirates with -very- big guns) as they do playing their DH acolytes (Who act like the Shadow Police of the sector, more or less ). I imagine they will love bringing the Emperor's fury with blade and bolter and epicness just as much

My players have voted to stick with DH and RT.  The toys in the DW books might be interesting, but the idea of space marines does not appeal to them.

The group i play in has 1 RT with 3 other players currently as throne agents(rank 9).If anything; both books have expanded the possibilities for us.Not sure how DW will mesh once i get it but im sure there wont be much complaing in my group once we have all 3.

I know of one or two hardcore fans of Space Marines who would be SALIVATING if they knew about this book and when it is (planned) to be released. The most we've used RT for thus far is weapons and talents, but we'll see when DW comes out. I doubt we'll our current characters for it (unless we cap out) though.

Urikanu said:

i agree 110%.

My players have abandoned RT about two thirds of the way through Character Generation, I feel like I wasted A$110 at GenCon OZ 09 buying the book, I'll be very wherry buying DW unless I can get a commitment from my players before hand, utherwise I'll just get the PDF to see what I can put to use in DH.

 Dark Heresy doesn't interest me over-much.  Rogue Trader is the game I want to PLAY, Deathwatch is the game I want to RUN.

miles1739 said:

Add another 100% for me.  My group uses both rulebooks.  The difference is RT contains all the DH errata...  and which Campaign setting we're in.  I run RT, my buddy runs DH.  I use the groups DH characters from a previous campaign as NPC's in my RT campaign...

I really don't see us NOT integrating DeathWatch into our current DH or RT games.  I'm running on the assumption that DW will have compatible game mechanics and DW characters will be on-par with Ascended DH or top-tier RT characters.

This might have been answered earlier and I missed it, but can't Deathwatch and Dark Heresy , and rogue trader characters be cross compatable? can you make parties containing elements of all three??

Bruticus99 said:

Unless I missed it also they haven't officially stated that they are mixable. But it's being assumed that they are cross compatible because they are making it using the same system, d10, with the same characteristics. Most likely even if they are not *made* cross compatible, as in the rulebook tells you how to do it, a good GM can swing it easily enough.
 

TCBC Freak said:

I am hoping that they will provide some way of being a bit cross compatible.  My players all want to play something different from an Inquisitor to Rogue Trader to a Devastator.

I remember when they first started these books that they wanted them to all be compatible is some way.  I think that was what their mission statement was way back in the day.  I hope they hold true to it.

Not us. As it is right now, we'll be running DH, RT, and DW in order. Once we finish our DH campaign, we'll do the RT campaign I've cooked up, then we'll get on to the mashing of heads with the marines.

SonofDorn said:

This sounds like an EXCELLENT idea.  While each game has its own unique flavor, there's definitely a lot of potential overlapping with missions and character motivations.  Rogue Trader itself contains suggestions for integrating Dark Heresy characters into RT games, and vice versa; I can only imagine Deathwatch will do the same.  

In fact, here's a potential group:  Inquisitor Severus (DH, Ascension) of the Ordo Xenos is being sent to the fringe-world of Sodallagain (thanks to Sandy Mitchell for that one), where the locals appear to be trafficking in goods from an especially vicious Xenos race.  He tasks Brother Frastus of the Deathwatch (Deathwatch, natch) to accompany him, along with Brother Techmarine Delmarius (same) to analyze said Xeno goods to their ultimate source.  But due to a hilarious paperwork shuffle (which, at least in my DH games, appear with alarming frequency), Inquisitor Severus has to pay his own way, and so he finds a down-on-her-luck Rogue Trader from a once-noble line by the name of Artesia (Rogue Trader, obviously), whose only trustworthy crewmember is Navigator Taurn (RT, again).  The real fun begins when you mix DH Ascension's Influence (which Severus obviously needs to increase, since he's begging around for a ride), Rogue Trader's Endeavours (deliver the Inquisitor and pray he doesn't find anything untoward in the under-decks), and whatever mission system the Deathwatch uses (Protect Severus, kick aliens in the teeth/mandibles/etc).

LeBlanc13 said:

Currently playing an arbitrator as my Sister of Battle most certainly did die .. I wasn't trying. I reckon DH will remain our primary game. The guy running the game also has Rogue Trader, he's using some ship stuff out of that but DH remains the focus. Primarily see Deathwatch as short sharp shocks, he may have different ideas mind.