What would you look like as a character in Dark Heresy?

Just a fun idea that I haven’t seen on the boards. But what would you look like as a character in Dark Heresy? Career paths are not necessary here.

All characteristics I’ve used are judged on the assumption that 30 is average and nothing deviates far from it. The low end is typically 26 and the high end is typically 35. Although some characteristics can go above or below. Reference table 1-2 on page 23 of the core book.

WS 33 (Years of wrestling and martial arts)
BS 31 (Above average training records)
Str 29
T 34
Ag 31
Int 34
Per 30
WP 37 (Yes... Really)
Fel 29

Lean. 6'0", 165 lbs. Age: 27

Basic Skills:
Awareness
Evaluate
Inquiry
Intimidate
Logic
Scrutiny
Search
Swim

Advanced Skills:
Speak low Gothic... I guess
Ciphers (US Military and college)
Command
Common Lore
Drive (Ground Vehicle)
Forbidden Lore (Top Secret Clearance)
Literacy
Medicae
Scholastic Lore
Survival
Tech-Use
Trade (Merchant)

Talents:
Basic Weapon Training (SP) (Military)
Blind Fighting
Die Hard (medical records to prove it)
Hatred (Emo kids... I’m kidding!)
Peer (Military)
Street Fighting
Takedown

~Administraticon

Sergeant Barnhart
WS 31 (Combatives Level 2, Raised on Farm)
BS 37 (Seriously)
Str 25
T 30
Ag 30
Int 35 (College Educated, Always top of my classes and schools)
Per 23 (Ask my girlfriend)
WP 30
Fel 33

Lean. 5'11", 185 lbs. Age: 32 FP: 1 IP: 20 CP:9

Basic Skills:
Awareness +10
Carouse +20 (7 years of college, 7 years in military)
Evaluate
Inquiry
Logic
Scrutiny

Advanced Skills:
Speak low Gothic... I guess
Ciphers (US Military Signals and Code)
Command +10
Common Lore
Forbidden Lore (Top Secret Clearance)
Literacy +10
Medicae (er...Physic Aid)
Navigation (Surface)
Scholastic Lore
Survival
Tech-Use
Trade (Photographer)

Talents:
Peer (Military)
Pistol Weapon Training (SP)
Melee Weapon Training (Primitive)
Light Sleeper
Jaded
Sprint (I run 2 miles in 13 minutes 30 seconds)
Unremarkable

Insanities:
Phobia: Minor, Spiders (ugly little bastards)
Visions and Voices: Flashbacks (College, man do I miss college).

@peacekeeper_b. Good call on the military skills. I didn’t think too much about that. I could add those for mine.

Peer (Military)
Basic Weapon Training (SP)
Ciphers (US Military, and college)
Forbidden Lore (Top Secret Clearance)

I knew someone was going to say Carouse. But +20 for 7 years of college, 7 years in military? That’s hilarious! Good call!

~Administraticon

PM102
WS 24
BS 29
Str 25
T 33
Ag 32
Int 37
Per 26
WP 21 (Hehe, have no willpower to speak of...)
Fel 19

Avarage build. 5'8", 11stone 6. Age: 17 FP: 3 (I seem to have 9 lives) IP:20 CP:42

Basic Skills:

Evaluate
Logic +10
Swim +10

Advanced Skills:
Speak low Gothic
Common Lore
Literacy +20
Navigation (Surface)
Scholastic Lore
Tech-Use

Talents:
Basic Weapon Training (SP)
Light Sleeper
Unremarkable
Hatred (People)
Paranoia

Insanities:
Phobia: Severe, Bees and wasps

Malignancies
Dark hearted (already included)
Distrustful

Kristoffer
WS 27
BS 31
S 25
T 28
AG 32
INT 36
PER 33
WP 31
FEL 30

Slender build 1.87m 75kg Age 29

Basic Skills:
Awareness
Logic+10
Scrutiny

Advanced Skills:
Chem-use
Literacy+10
Medicae
Scholastic Lore (Chymistry)+10
Speak Low Gothic, High Gothic (just 'cause I do speak several languages)
Tech-Use

Talents:
Basic Weapon Training (SP)
Heavy Weapon Training (SP)
Jaded

..... I guess that's about it..... A little hard on myself?

WS: 26
BS: 27
S: 26
T: 27
Ag: 27
Int: 37
Wp: 34
Per: 34
Wp: 32
Fel: 30

Skills:
Blather
Common lore (history, politic, religion)
Dísguise
Scholastic lore (physics, chemistry+10, psychology, biology)
Forbidden lore (computers)
Litteracy
Logic
Speak language (high & low gothic)
Survival
Swim
Tech-use

Talents:
Good reputation
Total recall (i often remember pointless and not so pointless things that people have told me years ago. People dont like it when i remind them of what "stupid" things they said/thought 5 years ago...)

Slender build, 1,90m, 69kg, Age: 22

Joshua

187cm/110kg/26 years (fatboy yay!!!)

WS 27
BS 30
STR 32
TOU 35
AGI 28
INT 35
PER 32
WIL 37
FEL 29

skills:
speak language (low gothic)
speak language (low gothic german sub)
speak language (tribal, czech)

awarness
deceive
search
evaluate

advanced skill:
tech use +10
trade (building construction) +10
scholastic lore (subway) +10
scholastic lore (building construction)
forbidden lore (role playing games)

talents:
PT (SP)
MWT (primitive)
RPG rules fu
RPG char creation combo mastery

traits:
Gamer (-5 fel tests outside of gamer comunity, be it PNP RPG or cogitator games)

This is nice idea Administraticon. well done!

Meh, you guys are not going far enough with those ego-boosting characters sheets, let me show you how it's done.

WS 41 (I've got a sword!)
BS 45 (I once shot a rifle and hit the target, that's 100% accuracy for you!)
Str 43 (I arm-wrestled an Ork... Okay, it was a resin figure, but still)
T 51 (I've spent a whole day without eating, a WHOLE DAY!)
Ag 42 (I type really, really fast)
Int 46 (I can make sense of Windows... Vista!)
Per 53 (I found Waldo/Wally!)
WP 71 (I once asked a demon to possess me while drunk, so I guess that gives me Daemonhost like WP)
Fel 43 (I can't go to parties without men and women hitting on me)

Lean 1.80m; 80 kg; Age: none of your business

Basic Skills:
All of them. I mean, they're basic, so I'm probably really good at 'em.

Advanced Skills:
The cool ones, and if I don't know something I can always use Wikipedia and HowStuffWorks to figure it out.

Talents:
Weapons Master
Hatred (Otakus; Emos; Chavs; Gangstas; Politicians)
Wall of Steel
Step Aside
Peer (God)
Total Recall
Stuff

Zearoth Kilrathle wrote:Meh, you guys are not going far enough with those ego-boosting characters sheets, let me show you how it's done.

WS 41 (I've got a sword!)
BS 45 (I once shot a rifle and hit the target, that's 100% accuracy for you!)
Str 43 (I arm-wrestled an Ork... Okay, it was a resin figure, but still)
T 51 (I've spent a whole day without eating, a WHOLE DAY!)
Ag 42 (I type really, really fast)
Int 46 (I can make sense of Windows... Vista!)
Per 53 (I found Waldo/Wally!)
WP 71 (I once asked a demon to possess me while drunk, so I guess that gives me Daemonhost like WP)
Fel 43 (I can't go to parties without men and women hitting on me)

Lean 1.80m; 80 kg; Age: none of your business

Basic Skills:
All of them. I mean, they're basic, so I'm probably really good at 'em.

Advanced Skills:
The cool ones, and if I don't know something I can always use Wikipedia and HowStuffWorks to figure it out.

Talents:
Weapons Master
Hatred (Otakus; Emos; Chavs; Gangstas; Politicians)
Wall of Steel
Step Aside
Peer (God)
Total Recall
Stuff

Winnar

WS 30 (Some Martial Arts)
BS 29 (Up to 25 yds pretty good beyond that not so much)
Str 29
T 30
Ag 31
Int 35
Per 25 (I'm blind as a bat)
WP 30
Fel 27 (not so good with new people)

Basic Skills:

Swim
Logic +10
Silent Move
Climb

Advanced Skills:

Speak Low Gothic
Literacy
Speak 3 other Languages (one at Skilled and the other two at basic.)
Chem-Use
Drive (Ground)
Forbidden Lore (Top Secret)
Medicae (at Basic)
Scholastic Lore (College)
Ciphers (US Navy)
Secret Tongue (Navy Slang)
Tech-Use +10
Trade Merchant and Technomat

Talents:

Basic Weapon (SP)
Pistol Weapon (SP)
Melee Weapon (Primitive)
Street Fighting
Disarm
Take Down
Thrown Weapon (primitive)
Peer (Military)

I just made myself as a Rank 1 character. I figure it may be fun to play this character if I ever get a chance to sit on the other side of the screen.

ZERO
Career Path - Imperial Psyker
Sanctioning Brand - Irradience
Home World - Void Born, War Ship (I was a military brat so I moved a lot.)
Divination - "If a job is worth doing, it's worth dying for."
Build - 1.82m, 104kg
Sex - Male
Age - 27

WS - 28
BS - 26
ST - 23
T - 24
AG - 25
Int - 34
Per - 32
WP - 43
Fel - 40

Skills
Common Lore (Imperium)
Drive (Ground Vehicle)
Invocation
Literacy
Psyniscience
Speak Language (Low Gothic)
Trade (Merchant)
Trade (Soothsayer)

Talents
Frenzy
Meditation
Melee Weapon Training (Primitive)
Pistol Weapon Training (SP)
Pistol Weapon Training (Las)
Psy Rating 1

Psy Powers
Forget Me
Precognition
Wall Walk

Equipment
Sword Cane, Compact Stub Revolver, Psykana Mercy Blade, Dice, Tattered Clothing

It's strange the proportion of people who are military related here...

Yeah noticed that too..guess getting drunk and ending in the cooler is not the #1 hobby nowadays..

Career: Adept
Home World: Hive World (Hive Class: Specialist)
Divination: "The only true fear is of dying with your duty not done."

Build: 1.94m - 89kg
Age: 30

WS - 28 (never trained)
BS - 29 (good in ball sports, but never shot a weapon...)
S - 33 (reular training and good physique)
T- 30 (seldom sick, but bad endurance and not really tough either...)
Ag - 26 (two left hands)
Int - 38 (PhD)
Per - 31 (good vision, modest heraring)
WP - 32 (not sure though...)
Fel - 34 (somehow rather handsome)

Skills:
Drive (Ground Vehicle)
Forbidden Lore (Black Library)
Literacy
Logic
Medicae
Scholastic Lore (Chymistry)
Scrutiny
Swim

Talents:
Light Sleeper

It's strange the proportion of people who are military related here...

Something about 40k Appeals to Soldiers and Marines. There are at least four marines in my company who are into 40k. They're not exactly classic gamers, either. Its endlessly surprising how many marines I meet who are obsessed with 40k. Why? I don't yet understand.

Hmmm, I may have to look into this further...

I’m prior service Air Force. The number one reason I got back into 40k (after about 10 years) was that guys in the barracks were playing. It relieved some of the stigma of “tabletop gamers = dorks”.

It’s rare to find a good gaming group. But there are some out there. The best groups I've seen typically consist of college students/grads and/or military (both active and prior service). IMHO

Just my 2 cents on the subject.

~Administraticon

Im wondering if some of you aren't being a bit conservative on your scores?

Im going to try and work out some scores based on what I know I can do and how they compare to the charts in the book.

BS I put mine at least at 50 (I have not yet missed a target up to 500m (rifle), 50m (pistol), with an aimed shot. So +30 for surprised opponent (target or deer I am hunting at the time), + 20 for aim + 50 BS = 100 percent hit rate (with well over 10000 rounds fired down range and a good number of deer in the freezer over the years).

STR and TOU I worked out from table 7-31: carrying, lifting & Pushing. I can olympic lift 100kg (I can deadlift more put went for the harder of the two types of lifting) and carry 45 kg over moderate terrain for 10 hours (the chart doesnt give a specified time so based it the time qualifier from table 7-29: Narrative Movement). So that would give a combined SB and TB of 7, due to accumulated injuries though I would put my TOU in the 20's so that would leave the STR in the 50's. So say 51 STR and 26 TOU.

Looking at table 7-29: Narrative Movement, I can walk for 6km an hour for 10 hours on moderate terrain, so that gives me an AB of 4 so Agility somewhere in the 40's. And on table 7-28 movement (metres/round) I tested that to check and yes I can run 24 metres in 5 seconds, so again an AB of 4.

Anybody else tried to compare what they are able to do with these charts?

well well i dont think anyone with toughness 26 can carry 45kg load for 10 hours, that calls for like 38+ based on the 31 average human statistic

Sanguine wrote:Im wondering if some of you aren't being a bit conservative on your scores?

Im going to try and work out some scores based on what I know I can do and how they compare to the charts in the book.

BS I put mine at least at 50 (I have not yet missed a target up to 500m (rifle), 50m (pistol), with an aimed shot. So +30 for surprised opponent (target or deer I am hunting at the time), + 20 for aim + 50 BS = 100 percent hit rate (with well over 10000 rounds fired down range and a good number of deer in the freezer over the years).

STR and TOU I worked out from table 7-31: carrying, lifting & Pushing. I can olympic lift 100kg (I can deadlift more put went for the harder of the two types of lifting) and carry 45 kg over moderate terrain for 10 hours (the chart doesnt give a specified time so based it the time qualifier from table 7-29: Narrative Movement). So that would give a combined SB and TB of 7, due to accumulated injuries though I would put my TOU in the 20's so that would leave the STR in the 50's. So say 51 STR and 26 TOU.

Looking at table 7-29: Narrative Movement, I can walk for 6km an hour for 10 hours on moderate terrain, so that gives me an AB of 4 so Agility somewhere in the 40's. And on table 7-28 movement (metres/round) I tested that to check and yes I can run 24 metres in 5 seconds, so again an AB of 4.

Anybody else tried to compare what they are able to do with these charts?

Well, on the BS I'd say you're taking time to Aim for a full round(+20), have an accurate weapon (+10), and a red-dot laser sight (+10), and attacking a suprised target (+30), gives you an actual bonus of +70 to your shots. Giving you a base BS of only 30. Considering your experience, I'd still put it in the 40s, though.

For the strength, I'd say 40, and TOU 30. Don't count your injuries against your toughness. generally more injuries means a greater tolerance for pain and understanding of whats going on - organ shock usually does more damage than the injury itself.

And, yeah, AG 4 makes sense too. Granted, a lot of your stats are due to your military training, and not everyone has that. Me, I'd be some fat, corpulescent, heavily-augmented tech-priest (I'm a Biomedical Engineer), so I couldn't really just translate my "stats" over. Needless to say, they'd be in the upper 20s, low 30s at best.

Nah, my BS is definately +50 (Marksman score on my last test), give me a red dot and I dont need to take time to aim to hit a statitic (or moderately moving) target, and Ive never shot pistol with anything other than iron sights, nor would I call a glock an accurate weapon :-p .

But I would think most military with a combat mos should have a BS above 40. 30 is human average, 60 is max human potential (top competition level shooting). So I would hope most combat trained soldiers would be above average, otherwise their country doesnt have very good training.

I reckon my TOU has gone down because my body breaks down easier than it used too as a young buck. But my STR is definately in the +50 (My max deadlift is 250kg, my max olympic lift would be better than it is but I dont train it heavy due to various injuries).

Edit: I guess my TOU probably is still in the 30's as everytime I do break myself Im doing something that normal people wouldnt do

. When I first looked at table 7-31: carrying, lifting & Pushing I thought that I probably could claim to have a SB + TB of 8, but didnt want anyone to accuse me of power gaming, so went with 7 instead

As the rules of DH give the human genetic potential to be between 20 and 60 I would excpect there to be a bit more spread in abilities in real life, and a few more people with abilities above in the +40's. Seriously if you have a PhD (depending on what it is in) I would think your Int should be above 40.

The problem is most stats count for many things. So I gave me Ag 26 even though I am a fast runner and have very fast reaction (was a hockey goaley after all). The problem is my dexterity is really bad, so my fine motor skills are really bad either...

Sanguine wrote:
STR and TOU I worked out from table 7-31: carrying, lifting & Pushing. I can olympic lift 100kg (I can deadlift more put went for the harder of the two types of lifting) and carry 45 kg over moderate terrain for 10 hours (the chart doesnt give a specified time so based it the time qualifier from table 7-29: Narrative Movement). So that would give a combined SB and TB of 7, due to accumulated injuries though I would put my TOU in the 20's so that would leave the STR in the 50's. So say 51 STR and 26 TOU.

Looking at table 7-29: Narrative Movement, I can walk for 6km an hour for 10 hours on moderate terrain, so that gives me an AB of 4 so Agility somewhere in the 40's. And on table 7-28 movement (metres/round) I tested that to check and yes I can run 24 metres in 5 seconds, so again an AB of 4.

Anybody else tried to compare what they are able to do with these charts?

I would say that that is a flaw in the system (looks around for Code 13). Perhaps the charts need modified? Or perhaps we change the way Bonuses work. Instead of using the tens place, round to the nearest tens place. So S 46-55 would be SB 5 and so forth. The issue there is damage is shifted up by 1 point 50% of the time for melee combat, and toughness bonus is shifted up by 1 point 50% of the time against all damage.

But thats the biggest flaw in most RPGs, real world movement, leaping and lifting.

Im going to have to look into this some more.

Administraticon wrote:I’m prior service Air Force. The number one reason I got back into 40k (after about 10 years) was that guys in the barracks were playing. It relieved some of the stigma of “tabletop gamers = dorks”.

It’s rare to find a good gaming group. But there are some out there. The best groups I've seen typically consist of college students/grads and/or military (both active and prior service). IMHO

Just my 2 cents on the subject.

~Administraticon

Army here. RPGs are a easy form of entertainment. When I was down range, on a night of no work (we had them occassionally LOL) all you needed were pencils, paper, a single rule book and dice. You can load that stuff easily in your assault bag and take the game where ever you go.

Now being stationed in the middle of nowhere Germany, its either 20 Euro train ride to nearest big city, 100 euro hotel and bunch of euro exploring the city. So many of us only go out once or twice a month ont he other weekends (when we arent training) we watch movies, play video games and recently began a RPG group.

In fact we are playing Dark Heresy here in a few hours.