40K: Death Company's Last Crusade
Black Crusade, Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay | Campaign
About the adventure
What few may know of the notoriously zealous Blood Angels is that their geneseed contains a foul curse...the Red Thirst. After a time, they will see nothing but the visage of the betrayer Horus and be driven into a foul anger from which they will never return. You are nearing these final stages, the Black Rage, and with your brothers you have decided you will not go quietly into this darkening madness. You are the Death Company, and your legend will honor the Emperor's name. For the glory of mankind. This campaign will be the story of the aforementioned Death Company as they prepare themselves to attack Chaos at one of its many sources. I'm a storyteller at heart, but I can't deny that this will be a combat heavy tale with plenty of opportunity to live out a legend worthy of the Emperor himself. Despite the intensity of the source material and theme, this campaign will be friendly to beginners in the 40K roleplay system! Likewise, players don't have to be Space Marines. They could instead be others doomed by the many fates of the 40K universe who will support the crusade, either by their own choices or by fate. Since themes of Chaos and corruption will be heavy, the Black Crusade book will be available. Can your characters resist temptation, or have they already fallen and wish to be redeemed? Do they wish to be redeemed...? The group will have the opportunity to choose which of the enemies of mankind they deem the most worthy of their final conquest, whether it be cleansing Morterion's legions of disease-ridden Nurgle worshippers or turning a Necron Tomb World into a floating pile of rich scrap for the Adeptus Mechanicus. If the campaign lives to its fullest potential, perhaps more than one of mankind's greatest threats can be purged from the cosmos.
5.0
(7)
2 years on StartPlaying
49 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Voices
Average response time: 23 hours
Response rate: 100%
Game Master Reviews (7)
Proficiencies
Players say this GM is great at:
Creativity
Teacher
Voices
Elijah
New review
Played 1 sessions
Very nice and knowledgeable about the system. Was helpful on teaching how to do the basics of PF2e and was eager to help us with our characters. He had nice maps and aided the combat and downtime with background music that was appropriate for the situation.
Devin Carber
Played 19 sessions
Having a blast! Very accommodating with scheduling and the worldbuilding has been very interesting.
Tom
Awesome GM. He can homebrew a campaign better than most modules and he's always willing to listen to player ideas. Will lets you get as creative (and sometimes a little weird) as you like. Get yourself a GM like Will.
Sean Douthitt
9 years ago we learned to play D&D 3.5 together. 5 years ago we learned 5th edition together. This year we learned pathfinder 2nd edition. He's a very accommodating GM, but he won't let anyone get away with anything that would make the game less fun for the other players at the table. He may not have a perfect memory of all the rules, but he's got the skills to make good rulings in the moment. Lately I haven't been able to keep up with his hunger for new systems. Whatever it is he's going to run for you, you can be confident you'll have a good time. I for one always look forward to seeing him at the table.
4G3N7_ CH405
Gave me a sword that gives people cancer, 10/10.
Tyberious05
An excellent storyteller and very creative with characters and monsters to roleplay at the table.
Additional details
How to prepare
Using Discord, you will need a mic. Webcam will be optional (I will not be using one). We will be using digital dice, either through Roll20 or a Discord bot. You can create your character beforehand as long as you keep the theme in mind, and it makes sense when we get Session 0 going.
What I provide
I can bring the Discord server as well as PDFs of a few Warhammer 40K tabletop books, including Black Crusade. It's not required, but if you bring art of your character or art representing your character, I can turn it into a token for use on Roll20.
Gameplay details
SESSION 0 IS FREE! It will also help outline what everyone wants out of the campaign. Regardless, it's going to be a lot of (hopefully) fast-paced combat once the group settles on where they actually want to go and how they get there. Of course, it will be tailored so that everyone gets as much enjoyment as possible! Lines and Veils can be established together or privately. While 40K can be an epic experience, it has the potential to be horrific and uncomfortable given the lengths some of the source material goes to be "Grimdark" as they say. I have no intention of bringing anything beyond violence to the table, and even then, it will be focused on displays of grandeur rather than brutal grotesqueness and that sort. I'll do my best to be accurate to the lore of each faction, and while that does include a degree of prejudice and intensity it will never bleed into real-life prejudices or reflect real-life traumas where it can be avoided. Mankind may certainly hate every Xeno, but all humans are equal under this Empire.
Content warnings
• Blood
• Body Horror
• Death
• Extreme Violence
Safety tools used
• Debriefing
• Lines and Veils
• Open Door
• Session 0
• Stars and Wishes
• X, N, and O Cards
How will character creation work
Characters can be any of the many variants of human available, including any version of Space Marine. You can come with a character, but we'll make characters together at session 0 if needed. I'm happy to help with character creation! I'm not familiar with every option available, but characters from other factions could be possible as long as they end up with the same starting XP as the rest of the group and it makes sense narratively.
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
High
Roleplay
Medium
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Discord
• Roll20
$12.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Wednesday - 7:00 PM UTC
2-5 Hour duration
0 / 5 Seats filled
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: 18+