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we ve everProduced?Oh, go on iher lf you insrst NatLrra/ly I leit obligedto do the best iob I cou d and set about drearningLrpa warband Although Rowands tastein characieBtendsto the extremein one direction(Rowand, a devoutsupporterof the Cood Cuys, can often be seenrunningaro!nd the " 8 u r nt h e n r l ' ) ,r n i n e S t u d i os h o u U n g tendstoward the leli field OK, the slightlystrangeA right then i ll admit It. My warbandis comprisedof total oddballs,fascnatedby the machnauonsol Chaos and fone more so than lnquisitorLichtenstein L i c h t € n s t ei n sa s e n i om r emberofihe l n q u i s i t i o nH.e b e l o n g tso t h e lstvaanan faciion and believes,with liter conviction,that the way to defeat a gaiaxy-spanning torcesuchas chaos s to turn ii upor itselt.As a result,I had no qualnrsabout kitting him out wih a DaemonSword.As Lichtensi€n K a very acconrplished due list, it seemed n a t u r at h a t h e s h o u l dh a v ea * swordof sonrekind,and choosinga p o w e rs w o r di sa l i t t e i o o o b v l o u sT h e

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w€aponhe carries,sch'lacta,hasa B l o o d l e t t ebfo u n dw i t h i ni t a n d untoriunatey its w I rsonly sllghtly ess than Lichtensteinl,50 if he faik a PsychicPowertest by any real nrargln t will possess hin and probablyatiackh s comrades.Thiscould be irlcky,but it s o f t s e tb y t h e u i h o y p o w e ro f t h e sword Not on y doesii do a nasty a m o u n to i d a m a g e( 3 D 6 + Lc h t e r s t e isn damagebonusof 2) due to its Cnawing power,it can ako set ih victimson firer I was confidentthat he could hold off t l r ea w e s o m p e o w € ro f T y r u sl n a d u e , s h o u l di c o m ei o t h a t Lichtenstein s psychicpowersshould pfove very iiterest ng as well.Although n e t h e rP s y c h llcm p e l o rT e l e k i n e sairse particuany offensivepowers,they are both very veBatie I was hop ng thai I cou d teiekinetically cout an enemy with somenearbyscenery,or Psychlc lmpe thernoff a h gh ganiry Eothof t h e s eu s e sa r ev e r yc r n e m a i i cl r.q u s i t o r encourage!creaUvityand so shouldthe Camesmaster funn ng it. M a g o sD i m i t r i f i hn i c e l yw r i hi h l s scenaro With hrsknowledgeof the M a c h i n eS p i r i ih e w o u d b e I n v a l u aeb r t h e h a u n i e dm i n ew o r kn g s .H i s tendril-ike rnechadend.ites, coupled w i t h h s e x t e n s v eh a i nn g i n t h e AdeptusMechanicus,give him a +40% modrterto any rolh he makeswhen u sr S m a c hn e r y lE v e nt h o u g hh e h a ! very averagestais lre hassomeof the mostadvancedequiprnentto be found

in eitherwarband A fitt ne lieutenant r thesecircurnstances, he would nick The Daemonhostwas a wild cardand, despitehavingplayedihesellttle b ightersbefore,lsu l haveni rnuchof an /deahow io get the bestout of ihem The new power Crahamand I invented Bloodfreeze, was a variation of EloodBoil and had the potentialto causereal havoc lt inflicisa wound eve on ihe victims chest(the head and chestare very importantin Inqu/sitor;any hitsihere and you ll be debiliatedat the very east)and, of course,it ignoresarmour Usefui againstany gold arrnouredbehemoths ihat rnaycomechargingtowafd him Finaly cryx ihe seryltorwarriorwas prettystraighttorwardMy plai for hirn was d stinctlybruta get lnto cornbatas soonas po$ ble Rowlandwould be expeciinghim to go for the power arrno!redTyrus(possiblydue to the Siantcan-openeron his ieft afrn)so intendedto do exactlythe oppositerhe wouldtake on Barbareiiaa'rd Stone Ihe speciaru es we devisedfor his powerclawmeantthat he coud feasibly snipa foe in two beforethey knewwhat h t them (We decidedthat if he rolled two or more 10son his damageroll he d tear off that locationcompletely; very un kely,but vefy powerful) (Fora more detalledlow-down on Phils nquisitorwarband,turn to page 4 0 , " D i a r yo f a n I n q u i s i t o r ' )

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repo . li wolld meanthai I would get t o p l a yl n q ! i s t o ri n s t e a o df gamesnasteingone of ouf Siudo camPaigngames.Noi thai running Samesisnt tun, exciuneand rewarding it s iusi a toially different on actuallyplaying PersPective l i q u s i t o r N o w / d h a v et o d e c d e €xactlywhat qrpeof lnq!istor I Well, as far as I'm concerned,there! nothingquite like bu.ningpeoplein the nameof ihe EmperorI love the smellof burnt sinnerin the morningl Forall the ure of Chaoticweirdness. t h e p r o ms e o f b l a s p h e m o u s t e c h n o l o g ay n , d a l l t h ef u n o f Iniergalacticploh, nothingquite beah tying a hereticto a stickand absolvng h m of hls sins.Or fa ing that, s h o o t i ' rh g i m w i t h a n l n f e r n ob o t E U R NT H E M ,B U R NT H E MA L L ! So,when the dlscussion startedabout whlch lnquisior characters shouldbe

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