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te c h-Pr I e s t abIlItIes IN ga m e te r m s Whilst the abilities of Tech-Priests are a complicated blend of technology, mummery and religion, it is sometimes useful to know how to translate these seemingly miraculous powers into game terms. As far as Player Characters are concerned, Tech-Priest powers are expressed in a very simple way. In Da r k Heresy, each character in the Tech-Priest career starts play with the Mechanicus Implants trait. This represents the various augmentations that have been fitted inside the character. (See page 27 for the full details on each of these implants.) By spending Experience Points on various Talents, the character learns to use these implants to generate all sorts of effects, from bolts of bio-electrical energy to powerful magnetic fields. The augmentations described in the Mechanicus Implants trait are so closely intertwined with the Tech-Priest’s body they are not considered to be equipment. They are indistinguishable from his mortal flesh. These implants are such an integral part of a Tech-Priest that he would not survive their wholesale removal—or even want to. Life without them is no life at all. To all intents and purposes, a Tech-Priest’s Wounds represent damage to both his soft tissue and these trait-specific augmentations. As a Tech- Priest heals damage, he is considered to be repairing any damage to this machinery as well as to his body. In addition to these “free” augmentations, Tech-Priest Player Characters can also purchase other cybernetic implants, such as auger arrays, mechadendrites and bionic limbs. Unlike the augmentations granted by the Mechanicus Implants trait, these are treated just like any other cybernetic implant. They can be targeted, damaged, removed, or improved—see Bionic Replacement Limbs & Body Parts on page 153 for more details. As ever, questions about the damage or removal of implants, and what this does to a Tech-Priest’s Talents, should be adjudicated by the Game Master. No doubt this wise and august person will provide a common-sense answer, agreeable to all. Table 2-9: Tech-Priest Characteristic Advances Characteristic Simple Intermediate Trained Expert Weapon Skill 250 500 750 1,000 Ballistic Skill 250 500 750 1,000 Strength 500 750 1,000 2,500 Toughness 100 250 500 750 Agility 500 750 1,000 2,500 Intelligence 100 250 500 750 Perception 250 500 750 1,000 Willpower 100 250 500 750 Fellowship N/A N/A N/A N/A tec h N o g r a P h e r ad V a N c e sc h e m e “If yer find owt with mystech properties, like, tek it t’ Technographers. They’ll diagnosticatearise it alright.” Technographers learn the many patterns of manufacture and formation that they might better comprehend the many mysteries of the Omnissiah. They can identify and catalogue technology with ease. Advance Cost Type Prerequisites Common Lore (Machine Cult) 100 S — Common Lore (Tech) 100 S — Drive (Ground Vehicle) 100 S — Evaluate 100 S — Literacy +10 100 S Literacy Logic 100 S — Pilot (Civilian Craft) 100 S — Trade (Copyist) 100 S — Trade (Scrimshawer) 100 S — Basic Weapon Training (Primitive) 100 T — Basic Weapon Training (SP) 100 T — Binary Chatter 100 T — Chem Geld 100 T Feedback Screech 100 T Tech-Priest Light Sleeper 100 T Per 30 Pistol Training (Primitive) 100 T — Pistol Training (SP) 100 T — Rapid Reload 100 T — Sound Constitution † 100 T — Technical Knock 100 T Int 30 Thrown Weapon Training (Primitive) 300 T — † You may take this Talent up to two times at this Rank. 89
90 me c h-Wr I g h t ad V a N c e sc h e m e “Explosive breech… bzztttt… shell gantry five… gzzkkkkttt… plete macro cannon failure… zzztkkkk… mechwright team immediately!” Mech-Wrights learn the properties of metal, plasteel and many other materials. They conduct heavy repairs and tend dangerous manufactorum processes. el e c t r o - Pr I e s t ad V a N c e sc h e m e “Dunno what he said but this red light started blinking under the electro-priest’s hood, then it touched him, and Throne blind me if he didn’t fly back across the room with an almighty thump! I knew there was a reason they guarded the generator-temple!” Having mastered form and material components, Electro-Priests apply themselves to the sacred study of energy. Thence they learn the animating principles of machine spirits, and the means by which they may be propitiated. Advance Cost Type Prerequisites Common Lore (Tech) +10 100 S Common Lore (Tech) Demolition 100 S — Drive (Ground Vehicle) +10 100 S Drive (Ground Vehicle) Drive (Walker) 100 S — Medicae 100 S — Scholastic Lore (Chymistry) 100 S — Security 100 S — Tech-Use +10 100 S Tech-Use Trade (Miner) 100 S — Trade (Smith) 100 S — Trade (Technomat) 100 S — Arms Master 100 T BS 30, Basic Weapon Training (any two) Deadeye Shot 100 T BS 30 Heightened Senses (Sight) 100 T — Iron Jaw 100 T T 40 Luminen Charge 100 T Tech-Priest Mimic 100 T — Peer (Adeptus Mechanicus) 100 T Fel 30 Quick Draw 100 T — Sound Constitution 100 T — Blind Fighting 200 T Per 30 Luminen Shock 200 T Tech-Priest Advance Cost Type Prerequisites Common Lore (Machine Cult) +10 100 S Common Lore (Machine Cult) Common Lore (Imperial Creed) 100 S — Common Lore (Imperium) 100 S — Drive (Ground Vehicle) +20 100 S Drive (Ground Vehicle) +10 Drive (Hover Vehicle) 100 S — Drive (Walker) +10 100 S Drive (Walker) Literacy +20 100 S Literacy +10 Logic +10 100 S Logic Scholastic Lore (Numerology) 100 S — Secret Tongue (Tech) +10 100 S Secret Tongue (Tech) Speak Language (High Gothic) 100 S — Trade (Wright) 100 S Crack Shot 100 T BS 40 Electrical Succour 100 T Tech-Priest Heightened Senses (Hearing) 100 T — Heightened Senses (Touch) 100 T — Leap Up 100 T Ag 30 Mechadendrite Use (Utility) 100 T Tech-Priest Nerves of Steel 100 T — Sound Constitution 100 T — Ciphers (Acolyte) 200 S — Secret Tongue (Acolyte) 200 S — Basic Weapon Training (Bolt) 200 T — Basic Weapon Training (Launcher) 200 T — Luminen Blast 200 T Tech-Priest Mechadendrite Use (Medicae) 200 T Tech-Priest Melee Weapon Training (Shock) 200 T — Pistol Training (Bolt) 200 T —
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