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Age and experience. I

would give it all up and the

horrors that go with it to

be an ignorant babe onceagain safe in the arms of

the Emperor.

Arbitrator Dafnae

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ageand expeRienceWhen youve been on the job as long as I have, nothing surprises you. Ive seen a screaming

widow kill three ofcers with her bare hands, children that hacked administratum data-nets and

scummers who just wouldnt stay dead. Experience lad, you should learn to appreciate it.

Proctor Major Shallom Darst

Very rarely does the Inquisition recruit completenovices into its acolyte ranks. More commonly are

seasoned warriors, experienced adepts, and steel

conrmed assassins taken as acolytes, their track records

proving their worth.

When creating your character for Dark Heresy you may

choose to start as a novice or a more veteran acolyte.

This article replaces the Age table from Dark Heresy and

modies how starting XP is awarded.

Novices roll their starting age as normal and continue with

character creation. Veteran characters roll their starting age

but also increase their age and receive additional starting

XP as detailed below.

Each homeworld origin provides a different age range for

novice characters reecting their standing within society

and their coming of age.

With ExpEriEncEcOmEs agEand grEat

dangEr

As characters spend longer in their career, they gain

valuable experience and knowledge of their craft. However

even the most innocuous profession comes with risks in the

41st millennium. Characters that start the game as veterans

will undertake several terms of service, each granting

valuable experience but exposing them to the dangers that

beset the Imperium of man.

tErmsOf sErvicE

Terms of service represent the time a character has

spent in their career. In effect a term of service representsseveral missions compressed into a single package rather

than playing through them. You may take as many terms

of service as you wish, or as the GM allows. Each Term of

Service conveys the following to the character:

Increases Age by 1D5 Years

Adds one months worth of Income to the characters

Wealth reecting savings kept over the span of time

Grants the character an additional 400 XP

Requires 1 roll on the Career Dangers Table

As you can see, there are downsides to putting a character

through a Term of Service. With experience comes

consequences and potential peril. Even in the relativelysafe connes of an administratum building danger lurks

and death is an ever present companion for Imperial

Citizens.

Apply all effects to the character before the gamestarts, including spending XP. This reects the character

learning his career before he becomes an acolyte of the

Inquisition.

Notes:

All rolls are to a minimum of 1

Wounds lost come from your starting Wounds total and are permanent

losses

Random characteristics are generated by rolling 1D10 and counting

across. A roll of 10 means you can choose which characteristic is

affected.

Lost body parts may be replaced with poor quality bionic equivalents.The cost of these comes out of starting Wealth or you may choose

to become indebted and pay the equipment off over time. This is an

automated removal of funds and cannot be avoided. Discuss with the

GM how much money you wish to pay off per month.

tablE 2: carEErdangErsD100 Effect

0105 -3 to 1D5-1 random characteristics

0610

D10:

1-5: -3 Toughness

6-10: -3 Strength

1115

D10:

1-5: -3 Intelligence

6-10: -3 Agility

1620

D10:

1-5: -3 Will Power

6-10: -3 Fellowship

2125 -1 to 1D5-1 random characteristics

2630 Lose 2 Wounds

3135 Lose 2D5x10 Throne Gelt

3640 Lose a Wound

4145 Gain 1D10 Insanity Points

4650 Gain 1D5 Insanity Points

5155 Gain 1D5 Corruption Points

5660 Gain 1D10 Corruption Points

6165 Lose a Wound

6670 Lose 2D5x10 Throne Gelt

7175 Lose 1D5-2 Fingers

7680 Lose an Eye

8185 Lose an Ear

8690

D10:

1-5: Lose a Hand

6-10: Lose an Arm

9195

D10:

1-5: Lose a Foot

6-10: Lose a Leg

9600

D10:

1-5: Lose a Lung

6-10: Lose a different Organ

tablE 1: starting agEFeral World Hive World Imperial World Void Born

Warrior

(15+1D5)

Nipper

(15+1D5)

Stripling

(20+1D5)

Youth

(15+1D10)

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psykErs, tEch priEstsand agE

Most careers in the Imperium are fairly straight forward

and characters learn their skills on the job. However there

are some vocations with occult and exotic requirements

that take up a great deal of time training.

The arcane methods used in a psykers sanctioning to

fortify their minds to withstand the corruption of the warp

or the mechanical secrets of the Adeptus Mechanicus take

years to successfully train into a prospective agent.

In this time a character will be too busy mastering their

potential or control over articial devices to learn any

mundane skills or abilities. It is enough that a psykers

brain will not implode as soon as he draws energy from

the warp.

As such any character with the Sanctioned Psyker Trait

increases their starting age before choosing to apply terms

of service and receives no additional XP for it. This time

spent is reected by their ability to (almost) safely use

their psychic powers. Theyve been too busy trying to stop

daemons eating their brains to learn anything else!

Tech priests increase their starting age before terms of

service by 1D10 years reecting the time it takes for their

mechanicus implants to be tted and their induction into

the cult mechanicus.

See Tables 3 & 4 for examples of events that could have

been the cause of effects rolled on the Career Dangers

Table. These can act as inspiration for character background

stories and plot hooks for the game.

Note: Using these rules can cause problems with random

character generation. It is suggested that all characters

in a game using these rules start with maximum wounds

and Fate Points.

tablE 3: carEErEvEntsD100 Adept Arbitrator Assassin Cleric

0105 Terrorist Bombing Its a set up! You arent the best after all Starving mobs are a dangerous

beast

0610 Overtime is drainingThe enser has a new toy to play

withPoison most foul

Chemical runoff pollutes the

area

1115 Policy abhors individuality A little punch drunkRooftop getaways are not always

the best idea

Even faith has trouble with

bullets

1620Crushed under the weight of

bureaucracy

One can stand only so much

human refuse

That which doesnt kill you still

hurts

Sacrice in the name of the

Emperor still takes its toll

2125 Data stacks are not for climbing Car bombs are dangerousMust remember to disarm ALL

traps before proceeding

Local gangers have learned to

fear the Emperors st

2630 Feed the mind, ignore the bodyWounds are all in the line of

dutyFoul-most poison

Faith overcomes all disease in

time

3135 Robbed at book pointCensured for use of moderate

forceNot all missions are successful

Coffers are bare when people

are happy

3640 The ague is going aroundA serial viviphage makes eating

an unhappy prospect

Thank the emperor for organ

redundancyThe ague is going around

4145

Tech ciphers in an accounting

code!? Such horrors should not

exist

The blood of children is

disquieting, especially on ones

own hands

He just WILL NOT die!Madness rules when faith is

impotent

4650What do you mean its due at

25:05?!

Some things man was never

meant to see

Murder, no matter how rened

still takes its tollMoments of doubt are insidious

5155

Some datales should not be

opened

Do not stare at the symbols on

the walls

Death by strangulation only

works if the victim has a neck

Purge the unclean to protect the

ock

5660Ofce dinner parties should not

include forbidden texts

Never keep objects from a crime

scene

Becoming the best there is has a

high price

Idolatry shall be punished with

re

6165 The ague is going aroundA serial viviphage makes eating

an unhappy prospect

Thank the emperor for organ

redundancyThe ague is going around

6670 Robbed at book pointCensured for use of moderate

forceNot all missions are successful

Coffers are bare when people

are happy

7175The sword is mightier than the

pen, or the hand for that matter

Trigger ngers make nice

trophiesFailure is not an option

The scum bites the hand that

freed it

7680 Drive-by shootingSuspects on slaught are

dangerousOne shot is not always one kill Pain is the mind cleanser

8185 Servo skull malfunctionPsychopaths rarely follow

Emperors Rules in boxing

Exotic weapons can be

entertaining or annoying

Torture will not break the mind

of the holy

8690 Protect the data with your life!Beware assassins bearing

meltabombs

The enemy cannot ee the crime

if you disable his leg

The insidious cult is impotent in

the light of the Emperor

9195Keep your hands and arms

inside the stack at all times

The Emperors shield may bend

but it will never break

Chrono gladiators are a difcult

prospect

The blades of the unholy shatter

on the hammer of the righteous

9600Poisonous gases are an effective

way to invade a data stack

There is a reason only mutants

live near toxic waste

The chestborer is an insidious

pest

A chest full of lead is as nothing

to a soul full of faith

Fate

Youre destiny is not to die in the gutter (yet). You

may Burn a Fate Point after rolling on the Career

Dangers table to ignore the result. You may do this

as many times as you have Fate Points.

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timEWaitsfOrnO acOlytE

As acolytes get older their bodies become more frail and

their minds more cynical. Eventually their bodies begin

to fail them. The most blessed of acolytes will receive

rejuvenat treatments to restore their physical prowess and

allow them to continue in the ght.

Most however will simply grow old and eventually die in

service to their Emperor. The following are optional rules

to represent the ravages of time on an acolytes body.

Once a character reaches 50 years of age you must test

to see if their age starts catching up with them. At 50 and

every 5 years thereafter you must make a Toughness test to

see if your body starts failing.

At 50 the test is Easy (+30) and reduces by one level of

difculty every ve years to a minimum of Very Hard (-30).

Each failure reduces the characters Strength, Toughness,

and Agility Characteristics by 1D10. This is permanent andthe only way to avoid it is through rejuevenat treatment.

rEjuvEnattrEatmEnt

Cost: 200,000 Throne Gelt per treatment Very Rare

Only the most wealthy have access to these treatments

but regular use can extend lifespans by hundreds of years.

In order to use a Rejuvenat treatment the character musttake a Toughness test as if aging normally.

Poor: A successful test reduces the characters physical age by 1D10

years. This means they will not have to take any more age tests until

their physical ages reaches an age increment again.

Average: A successful test reduces the characters physical age by

1D10 years and another 1D10 years if you score two degrees of success

or more.

Good: A successful test reduces the characters physical age by 10

years and another 10 years for every two degrees of success.

Best: A successful test reduces the characters physical age by 10 years

and another 10 years for every degree of success.

A character may only take a number of Rejuvenat

treatments up to their Toughness Bonus before the bodyrejects them completely. Note that in some instances a

character can lose TB values between treatments which

puts them over their maximum level. This has no effect

but will prevent any other treatments being used.

tablE 4: carEErEvEntsD100 Guardsman Imperial Psyker Scum Tech Priest

0105Unremitting battle is poor sustenance

for the warriorWarp feedback drains the soul Its a setup!

Industrial accidents are extremely

wasteful

0610 Deathworlds are inimical to lifeThe spirits of the dead feast on

your esh

Sometimes even food is hard to

steal

Muscle tissue is an inferior

locomotive apparatus

1115The Commissar says do as you

are told

Daemonic whispers eat away at

your mind

Rooftop getaways are not always

the best idea

Be careful when performing self

neural upgrades

1620 Fighting in the Emperors namehas a high price

The voices get too much Failure to pay protection moneycan result in head injuries

Data ports are far moreimportant than brain tissue

2125Charging the trenches poses all

sorts of health risks

Anonymity is difcult when pets

start exploding in your presence

The sump is not the best place

to hide out

Beware inferior alloys in

biocircuit construction

2630Wounds are all in the line of

dutyFeed the mind, ignore the body Backstabbing scum

Consecrate all data socket

attachments correctly

3135Gambling with ratlings is a sure

thing

Its a heavy burden being a

psyker

Being jumped by muties is

hazardous to your wealth

Experiments require careful

research

3640 Tis but a scratchNot all sustenance is good for

the soul

Personal rad counters are a

mustMore meat for the grinder

4145The Imperial Infantrymans

Uplifting Primer LIED!

The blood of children is

disquieting, especially on ones

own hands

He just WILL NOT die!

Accounting codes in a tech

cipher!? Such horrors should

not exist

4650The bigger they are the more

they should bleed

Fear is the mind killer The tunnels, the tunnels! Does not compute

5155Do not stare at the symbols on

the wallsWhat do you want?

Death by strangulation only

works if the victim has a neck

Use protection when accessing

strange dataports

5660The Imperial Infantrymans

Uplifting Primer was RIGHT!

Never keep objects from a crime

scene

Trading in contraband is not

always a good idea

The Machine spirit is unwilling

but the esh is weak

6165 Tis but a scratchNot all sustenance is good for

the soul

Personal rad counters are a

mustMore meat for the grinder

6670Gambling with ratlings is a sure

thing

Its a heavy burden being a

psyker

Being jumped by muties is

hazardous to your wealth

Experiments require careful

research

7175Rabid snotlings are more

dangerous than they appear

Spontaneously eeing bodyparts

are a sure sign of impending doom

Picking pockets is not worth the

price

Dont let your ngers do the

walking

7680 SNIPER!Sacrice the esh to save the

soulYour eye offends me...

The limitations of the esh can

be overcome

8185 Missed by that much Nothing stills the voicesJust another trophy for some

degenerate scumServo skull malfunction

8690 Stepped on a LandmineExplosive decompression is one

way to kill a witch

Self preservation kicks in at the

most inopportune times

The Hereteks were stopped at a

price

9195 Xenos weaponry is unholyDaemons love the taste of pskyer

esh

Make sure the slag pile is

uninhabited before scrounging

The planned upgrade came

sooner than expected

9600Chemical warfare is just another

hazard in the 41st millenniumBeware the rage of the fearful

There is a reason only mutants

live near toxic wasteOrgans? What organs?

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