This is an interesting account, can't put much trust in it but fun to think about.
SoS don't speak. The "differently-abled" suggestion was pushed by GW but they don't speak by choice. SoB are too religious and Amazon thinks it'll be a turn-off. The female inquisitor in power armor was the last hope, but Amazon wants to be able to take the character out of the armor and still have them be powerful. It's all been a massive headache.
That paragraph was striking. I always forget how alien and evil these people are. Just the idea that a character might be religiously motivated is anathema to them.
Power armor as a crutch is an obvious story choice, if they were intent on telling a story. Instant stakes and payoffs, just by deciding whether the character starts a situation in armor or not.
They're fine with religion so long as it's blatantly satanic, but not with anything even remotely similar to Christianity (like humanity in 40k). Seriously, check out any atheist forum and they constantly shit on Christianity, but many openly embrace satanism. You'll find contextual clues, either blatant or subtle, for what the people in power support by reading the narratives they push in the sectors they control.
wants to be able to take the character out of the armor and still have them be powerful
Which they could have done with an Inquisitor. Biomancy is a thing (albeit mostly a chaos thing, but still).
You can do anything with inquisitors in this setting, they're outside the law and governed only by rule of cool. You want a super powerful female inquisitor who can dent armor with her bare hands? Have her be warp tainted, tormented by the spectre of Khorne, always half a step away from giving into bloodlust.
Have her be warp tainted, tormented by the spectre of Khorne, always half a step away from giving into bloodlust.
Then they couldn't push their obvious "awesome lesbian power couple who triumphs over all" story nonsense, since they can't make the Chaos characters good guys. That's the only reason they want them out of the armour.
I wouldn't put it past them to make a show where main characters are Slaanesh cultists who "just want to be free to love who they want", fighting against Imperial and Aeldari bigot chuds.
Frankly I think it's a pretty cool setup for a Dark Heresy character. Puritan Inquisitor gets stabbed, starts having nightmares of the skull throne, each time waking up flailing as if in a fight, leaving ever bigger dents in the wall as Khorne's power infects their body.
This is an interesting account, can't put much trust in it but fun to think about.
OK, maybe rage bait as well as "fun"
That paragraph was striking. I always forget how alien and evil these people are. Just the idea that a character might be religiously motivated is anathema to them.
Power armor as a crutch is an obvious story choice, if they were intent on telling a story. Instant stakes and payoffs, just by deciding whether the character starts a situation in armor or not.
They're fine with religion so long as it's blatantly satanic, but not with anything even remotely similar to Christianity (like humanity in 40k). Seriously, check out any atheist forum and they constantly shit on Christianity, but many openly embrace satanism. You'll find contextual clues, either blatant or subtle, for what the people in power support by reading the narratives they push in the sectors they control.
Which they could have done with an Inquisitor. Biomancy is a thing (albeit mostly a chaos thing, but still).
You can do anything with inquisitors in this setting, they're outside the law and governed only by rule of cool. You want a super powerful female inquisitor who can dent armor with her bare hands? Have her be warp tainted, tormented by the spectre of Khorne, always half a step away from giving into bloodlust.
"I'll get you my pretty." -Witch of the West, Oz
Then they couldn't push their obvious "awesome lesbian power couple who triumphs over all" story nonsense, since they can't make the Chaos characters good guys. That's the only reason they want them out of the armour.
I wouldn't put it past them to make a show where main characters are Slaanesh cultists who "just want to be free to love who they want", fighting against Imperial and Aeldari bigot chuds.
Now that you mention it... that's probably exactly what they will do.
Shrug
Frankly I think it's a pretty cool setup for a Dark Heresy character. Puritan Inquisitor gets stabbed, starts having nightmares of the skull throne, each time waking up flailing as if in a fight, leaving ever bigger dents in the wall as Khorne's power infects their body.
Or psykers. Gideon Ravenor was about as powerful as Inquisitors came, and he was essentially a brain in a tank.