Hellex_The_Thanatar Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I think with the advent of the forgeworld rules, that Talons of the Emperor could be it's own page outside of Agents. Is there a drawback? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I knew this suggestion was going to come up as soon as I saw the beta rules.The situation in the Agents forum hasn't really changed - aside from a brief blip when Kill Team: Rogue Trader and Blackstone Fortress came out, the preponderance of discussion is about the Adeptus Custodes, but topics about other organizations isn't really being pushed off the first page because there aren't really a lot of other discussions. We can expect discussion about the Assassins to increase in the lead in to the March issue of White Dwarf Magazine (Index Imperialis: Assassins planned for that issue). There is also some anticipation about Inquisitors being revisited in WH40K and/or Kill Team. If/when that happens, we might see an increase in other (non-Adeptus Custodes) discussions in the Agents forum.For now, there isn't a need to pull the Adeptus Custodes out of the Agents forum. If we see a significant sustained increase in other discussions in that forum, moving the Adeptus Custodes into their own forum is one of the more likely scenarios. At this point, though, that's not necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 A minor suggestion then in that case - under the description for the section, it might be worth removing the "Adeptus Arbites" from the list - seeing as there is little to no (or at least very infrequent) discussion on them and they aren't even really supported by rules currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The Adeptus Arbites are included as an example of the broad range of "agents of the Imperium" that are covered, including those for which there are currently no rules.The Adeptus Arbites do have rules in the FFG RPG games, notably Dark Heresy (1st and 2nd editions).And though it has no bearing on whether or not the Adeptus Arbites are explicitly listed in the forum description, I literally have a Microsoft Word document open on my computer for homegrown rules for the Adeptus Arbites/Enforcers in Necromunda, Kill Team, and Warhammer 40,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I volunteer my time to moderate the forum . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I volunteer my time to moderate the forum . Thank you for your interest, citizen, but it is well known that self-nominations for moderator duties require a lengthy verification process and the completion and submission of a five-hundred page application that will only be accepted on the fifth Sunday of the month and which must include the following: Duly sworn warrant of genetic purity from a magenta level Genetor of the Magos Biologis Affidavit from your local Judge at the Adeptus Arbites Precinct Fortress that you have never been suspected of any crimes against the Emperor Seal of contrition from your confessor testifying that you have undergone the prescribed 100-day penance and ritual purification and castigation Validation from a coven master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica confirming that you have been screened and determined to be free from the taint of the psyker mutation If your application is verified to be accurate and without error, you will be notified and will be issued with a pass to report to the Imperial Navy Auxilia recruiter for indentured passage to the interviewing office. This will require that you undergo the ten-year pilgrimage to the Adeptus Terra satellite office in Tharkoris VIII, during which time you will serve as a bonded crewman aboard a ship of the Emperor's Holy Fleet and will be required to serve in at least three planetary assaults against the foul xenos races that infest the Migranthan Tract. If you survive those ordeals, you will be subjected to the eight Trials of Sanctity, which none may dare describe outside of a thrice-warded Sanctioned Isolation Chamber. Should the interviewing cabal agree that your application is true and your devotion above question, you will have only to defeat an arco-flagellant in unarmed combat and then recite the nine-hundred and ninety nine verses of the Lay of the Saint of Blood before the High Lords of Terra and without errors, omission, or stammering. Should you fail in the latter, you will undergo arco-flagellant conversion surgery for the next applicant. Alternately, should you succeed, you will swear the triple oath of loyalty - first upon the Lex Imperialis that you will uphold the Emperor's Law without fail; second upon the Holy Canon of the Imperial Cult that you will remain true to the God-Emperor; and third upon the Codex Astartes that you will have no fear. You will then undergo a second 100-day period of penance and ritual purification and castigation, this time under the supervision of a level six Excruciator, after which you will undergo surgery and augmetic modification to replace any limbs lost in the battle with the arco-flagellant and in the castigation; and you will undergo reconditioning by the Templars Psykologis. You will then be issued a holy meltagun and conferred with a Warrant of Oppression and membership in the Emperor's Holy Order of the Frateris Tyrannus. Remember, applications must be submitted in triplicate and the God-Emperor only accepts them if they are completed in blue ink 683 (you can find this ink in New Rynn City upon the Fortress World of Rynn's World). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Such a beautifully written 'no'. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Such a beautifully written 'no'. But it wasn't a "no" answer. The fact is, we generally don't appoint new moderators simply because someone volunteers. The one exception to this was the so-called "2nd Founding" early in the ezBoard days in which a call went out for volunteers and the crew selected from among those volunteers to fill gaps in a quickly expanding site. I was a product of that moderator expansion, being assigned to what was then called the "Codex Astartes" forum (now the Ultramarines). Under normal circumstances, we pick new mods when we need them using basic criteria and processes that aren't for public knowledge (anyone with common sense can figure them out - I won't give any other hints). I could have simply replied "no" or something along those lines, but that would have been rude. It would have been more accurate and polite to say something like "your application has been noted and will be taken into consideration if we need to appoint a new moderator in the hypothetical new forum" (which, as you can see from replies above) isn't quite in the cards (yet). However, I've been doing a lot of research on the Adeptus Arbites lately and, inspired by the grimdark sense of humor of the game universe and recalling the old bit about hurling rocks at planets, I decided to write "we'll see" as an in-character description of Herculean tasks that volunteers must undergo. It's more fun that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 [*snip* I see standards have slipped since I was inducted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 [*snip* I see standards have slipped since I was inducted. 11/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLŒ FLY Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Brother Tyler I can tell you I meet all of your requirements - send me the application. I really love y’all !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Pics or it didn't happen. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanewatts Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I'd make it to the 999 verses, and end up an arco-flagellant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Lolz love you brother . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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