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.
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.
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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.