Warhammer 40K : Rogue Trader - Grimdark Sci Fi Heretic Purging RPG 

"It is just a sword. Not a power sword, not a force sword, a sword sword. Little conscerning" He then proceeds to cleive two people in half with said "Ordinary sword" God I love this setting

Note on the Warrant. The original ones, the best ones, aren't assigned by the imperium at all, they were assigned by the Emperor himself and as such a Rogue Traders authority is above many of the imperiums systems.

Can we all just appreciate the irony of splat goin 'I'm concerned i have a just a sword!" only to imediattely bisect two enemies in half in one swing :D

My favourite part of splat videos is listening to him rant about niche 40k lore, and this was just 45 minutes of exactly that.

Really looking forward to this one. We need more good 40k games and we need more good RPGs.

The fact the navigator is called Cassia brings bit of joy to my heart. For those who`ve been around this channel some time might remember, way back Splat did a collab 40K narrative campaign with some other Ytubers and his character was called Cassius. That was fun, to bad we never got a round 2 of that again.

30:20 that melta-shot has to be the most satisfying attack I've ever seen in a turn-based-rpg

On the topic of Binary, at this point that "language" is a closely guarded secret of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Pretty much the only "outsiders" who are able to understand it are Tech-Marines, who aren't really outsiders. Since the Mechanicus probably made the Elucidator, they probably made sure that it wouldn't translate Binary to help protect their secrets.

Actually, the Tau use the Warp as well, they just skim along the top of it, which in turn limits the distances they can cover. 7mm is just .3 in, I think what you meant to say was .75 cal, or 3/4 in.

Gotta love how they brought bolters, melta guns, a sniper rifle, and plasma pistols to a diplomatic meeting. Just incase you need to defend yourself from a tank, you know.....

The Pathfinder games are some of the best RPG's in never times. When i heard they were doing a 40k game, i was overjoyed. This is sooooooooooooo cool.

The original rulebook for Warhammer 40,000 in the eighties was called Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader. And it was fantastic! I still have my copy. Worth it just for the illustrations.

I remember the first time I played Dark Heresy TTRPG. A buddy of mine played a haughty commissar who had an NPC servant that would literally bring him re-caf in the middle of fire fights. That poor kid got shot soooo many times lol; my tech priest was indifferent to it.

Kinda weird to have a navigator running around active combat zones shooting people with a rifle. Lose that chick and it's like losing the ship itself.

LMAO 40 minutes 40K lore rundown by Splat. Been looking forward to this game since I saw the trailer. Love it!

As someone who ran a Rogue Trader game for 2+ years, this looks absolutely delightful!

Tau use the warp as well Splattercat, though without navigators or psykers they're limited to very shallows "skips" along the outer boundaries. So their warp travel is rather inefficient. However, their lack of a warp footprint means that daemons usually aren't interested anyway. The only "true" FTL travel in Warhammer 40,000 belongs to the Necrons. The Warp is anathema to them, so they don't use it. They have a network of "Dolmen Gates" which function a little like the webway, except they don't use the warp. And their starships use some unknown kind of inertialess drive to travel faster than light. Much more reliable than Warp travel, but quite a bit slower unless it's over relatively short distances.

Every Warrant of Trade has a drop of the Emperor's blood in the signature. This makes the astoundingly important to many, many factions. Especially ya boi Fabulous Bill.

11:48 "Yeah, exactly. See? The Inquisition and Rogue Traders, they're like a hand and a glove. You know what I mean? They're like a ween and the balls. Like, they hang out with each other a lot." I love Splat's analogies. XD

9:59 "Everybody else has to tear a whole in reality and basically fly through hell" lmao perfect explanation 😂👌🏾

I'm glad you know a bunch of the lore and can give us context to a lot of the things because I am one of those people who doesn't know most of the lore. I've just recently started to learn bits and pieces and it's overwhelming trying to piece things together.

I was a little bummed Owl cat didn't do Starfinder CRPG, but I really do enjoy 40k as well and probably has a bigger appeal. Seriously a dark sci-fi CRPG. Yes please!

The necrons also don’t use the warp. They just go really really fast by using their super advanced tech and the fact they are you know “metal”

I need to see more of this game played by Splat; his commentary is so great for 40k; absolutely rolling in laughter

I believe Owlcat has the experience to pull off one heck of a game here.

"Don't have a power sword, warp sword or even chain sword... just a normal sword... BLAM! Ohh apparently I'm good with a normal sword!" That part cracked me up. Thanks splat for a great video!

They got the art correct. The ship in the book and the planet map are spot on.

This...this is badass. Definitely on the Steam short list. For the Emperor!

Dude, this is nostalgic as hell. Of all of the 40K settings, I GMed and played Rogue Trader the most. Time went by and we simply can't find the time to play again so, this game is gonna be a bitter-sweet experience. I hadn't been this stoked for a game since... can't remember. Mass Effect, maybe?

What made Rogue Trader stand apart from the other Dark Heresy offshoots is that you play imperial nobility and their retinue. The PCs command a lot more resources than in any other Warhammer RPG. As imperial nobility, they can use personal gear and enjoy luxuries other DH characters could only dream of. You have a dang imperial spaceship with 20.000 crew as your shared starting gear. The game plays like a freewheeling merchant-explorer sandbox where you decide where to go (within your particular Warrant) and try to engage in planetary-scale projects. You fund your own colony worlds and each one adds to the economic weight of your dynasty. The biggest addition in rules mechanics was the addition of space combat on capital ship scale where you had to manouer your spacecraft and blast people with boarding torpedoes and lance batteries. You designed your ship, handled crew loyalty, each PC worked a number of stations on board.

the sharpened wood incident you are referring to was actually a regular human with a sharpen piece of wood, the charging space marine's momentum brought the wooden spear through his neck and tore out his whole throat and they couldn't get an apothecary to him before he bled out. Apparently the dude was still trying to yell curses and insults for a few minutes without a throat before he finally dropped.

i absolutly lost it when you said the inquistion and traders were like the wein and the balls. Perfect analogy

Turnips? You were lucky! *Everyone else in the Galaxy eats reconstituted turnip paste and corpse wax, or SOOOOOOULS

Yeah, Pathfinder meets Tyranny. Seems good. Splats knowledge of the lore is impressive.

I never even seen the boardgame but i watched and read books about the lore. This would translate so amazing sci-fi/horror movies.

"This guy brought an anti-tank weapon to personal combat" lol

Used to run Dark Heresy campaigns. And this is definately looking like will scratch that 40k rpg itch.

"Apparently we only have a sword...not a special sword, not a power sword, not a magic sword, not a force sword, just a sword...a little disconcerning ....." turns two guys into meatloafs with one swing.....Splattercat: 2 seconds pause. LMAO

"This guy brought an anti tank weapon to personal combat!" I think this guy and my rogue trader would become fast friends along with the bolter ahem .. nun.

17:38 so true. if not for solasta i'd never get to show the depth of my D&d background to my friends.

7:45 to 9:25 made me howl with laughter. Such dense lore and terminology. Dude just says, "It's a lot to unpack here" LMFAO

I can't wait for this one, gonna be so very very very good. pathfinder was awesome what will make this even better for me is that I like 40k a hell of a lot more hen d and d (personal preference). Edit: this is the deep dive type of crpg for 40k video game I've been dying for.

I've been looking forward to this since 2009 or so. I kept asking people "Why the hell wouldn't Games Workshop not make a Rogue Trader video game? It might as well be printing money." A lot of them said, "Who the hell are you, and how did you get in my house?" A lot of other people agreed with me, though.

If it is the Sister Argenta that would be crazy, she's an awesome character, not the least because she was delivered at birth by a Dark Angels Apothecary

Melta cannon is also used to fight titans, So basically that madlad is holding a god slaying weapon

I said it before, I'll keep saying it: 40k Splat, Best Splat.

Splat: "I may have played Dark Heresy a few times in the past." Yes, mate. That's what caused a lot of us to become fans to begin with.

Thank you for the 40k crash course. The game looks dope.

Im pleasantly surprised to find how attuned you are to 40k lore. its an interesting perspective to see many new people getting into such a gargantuan property. I remember reading articles online for weeks on end

Is that a space wolf on the thumbnail. Omg a sister and a wolf brother, 2 of my three armies is represented I'm so happy.

Adeptus ridiculous prepared me for this. I am only half lost.

Looking good, and looking forward to the final release. Crazy to me that Rogue Trader has been tapped for more video games.

I miss playing Dark Heresy. Funniest thing I did was creating a still on an Inquisitor's ship. It is great to see the RP system get made into a CRPG. Can't wait to play it.

It's not that Daemons or warp spawn don't like psykers using magic, it's like you said, it's like a beacon. They want you to so they can kill/eat you or posses you.

My busy friends, and some with children, we manage to play a tabletop RPG once or twice a month! (40-50 years old) I am a gamer slacker, so I just say Yes to whatever date/times they suggest to play. :P We all need gettogether activities whether it be fishing, tabletop gaming, board games, knitting :P.

I could certainly stand to see more of this Splatster - Lets Get Heret... Uh... Loyalist!

Owlcat is making a 40k game? Oh boy oh boy can't wait to sink a few hundred hours into this

18:03. Actually, Splat, you’ll do fine. From what I have gathered in my research on the game, the rules are heavily inspired by but not identical to those of Dark Heresy or FFG’s Rogue Trader. For one thing, characters have more health in this game. The action economy is also different. Whereas tabletop tracked free actions, half actions, and full actions, here you have 4 Action Points. Also, this game has a momentum mechanic that FFG’s games do not. Therefore, knowledge of tabletop doesn’t seem to be all that important. 18:40. On the contrary, the techpriest might actually be tankier than your other units, given that he would be highly augmented and mostly machine, especially if he is of senior rank. The Navigator and Psyker are likely softer targets.

This is really cool but I hope there will be Real time pause as well just like in Pathfinder games

I really enjoy you breaking down some of the 40k lore. Keep up the good work splatty.

Dang it, Splat! You got my hopes up saying we could download it already, lol. I've been looking forward to this along with a lot of others here. Can't wait to see you play this on stream. EDIT: I guess we can play now if you want to buy the $85 or $300 editions.

I've been waiting for this... Rogue Traders are basically like Black rock.

From what I got about 40k lore(watching videos a few times a year) existing in 40k is horrible and being a rogue trader is about the best fate you could have . Followed by being a rich lord on a paradise planet or a space marine, everything else you gonna have a short and horrible life and clean death is a privilege (turned into a servitor is one of the worst deaths)

you said a Bolter is 7mm, its 0.75 Cal, so 3/4 of an inch more like 17mm, Launched like a grenade with a low explosive charge, and propelled forwards by a solid fuel rocket engine so it keeps accelerating after it leaves the barrel, the armor piercing tip hides a mass reactive explosive warhead that detonates once it is inside the target

This looks so damn cool. Thanks for showing us! Can't wait. Love me 40k, and as someone who used to run rogue traders games...oh yeah!

Luetin09 has over 100 videos on the lore of 40k for those interested

I don't even know what this game is. But I kept nerdgasming. I want divinity os2 in the 40k universe.

Most of my youtube "watching" is listening while I do something else. Listening to your playthrough was like listening to an audio book.

It's been a long time since it felt like a game was made just for me. While I don't have time I used to, Baldur's Gate style games still hold a place in my heart; I loved Fantasy Flight's take on 40K better than Game's Workshop's most of the time, and that might be the single manliest protagonist I have seen in a long time.

Oh wow, wasn't expecting to see this game so soon, Owlcat did great with the Pathfinder games so the hype is real right here

"the tech priest is squishy"....yeah it's been a while since you played dh or rt

I want to play this SO BAD. But in my current situation it will probably take me approximately 7 years to finish a cRPG these days.

10:03 Common misunderstanding. Tau TOO travel through warp. Eldar (from one of Craftworld), which created them in current image, drop on their travel route faster-than light engine. This engine let you do controled dive in Warp on its superficial layer.

nice to hear that one of my favorite Streamer also is good in the: Knowing (40k) skill ;) good video like always!

A Don Frye reference?... truly a man of culture.

As a Rogue Trader you also have the authority to colonize worlds, have the most precious thing in the Galaxy - freedom. Archeotech is bascially ancient technology archological-tech. They also do have to comply with some laws and the Imperial Navy will board your ass if they have reason to do so.

When your fav YT reviewer is a 40K guy, i can only say one thing! INNOCENCE PROVES NOTHING!!!

I would love to see a full playthrough from you!

Small detail about the warp travel: Tau actually travel using the Warp. They just skim it, don't jump deep enough, like skipping a stone over a lake. Only the Eldar and the Necron don't actually traverse inside the warp at all. Each has their own technology for FTL.

I truly hope this turns out to be a good game, I played a tabletop RT campaign with some friends and it was incredible fun.

Standard bolters are .75 caliber or roughly 20mm not 7mm. But I agree on the large man's pinky full auto mass reactive rocket launcher description better lol.

Niiice, ive been waiting for this game for a while now. Excited to see Splatt play it

Pretty sure you meant bolters are .75 caliber (which is 19mm), although I disagree with any "bolters are this caliber" claims (despite official GW sources) as in the canon there are numerous patterns of bolters of unspecified, but suggested to have differing caliber AND case length. I mean, some bolters can be fired by measly humans while other bolters seem to weigh as much as a car engine, with recoil that would tear a human's arms off, all that is to suggest that "bolters" have a very wide degree of different calibers and charge. I don't disagree that your everyday Adepta Sororitas Godwyn-De'az, Mars Scourge, Locke or Enforcer bolter is probably the standard .75cal, but something like an Adeptus Astartes Artifex, Executor or Cawl bolter is probably much, much bigger.

The amount of heresy said in this video warrants the visit of His most exquisite excellency, the Imperial Inquisitor. Thanks for the preview Splatter Cat! :)

Bwahaha - Two most numerous comments: 1 - Bolters are not 7mm caliber, but .75 inch 2 - Tau do use the warp, just differently Yes arguing about in lore technicalities. Love it. Never change 40k fandom, never change... Also y'all are technically farther from the truth than Splat. Godwin pattern standard astartes bolters are .75 caliber, this one is most probably Godwyn-De'az pattern for Sisters of Battle and other non-enchanced human use. They are stated to be of a smaller caliber. Also, that's not a melta cannon, that's a melta gun. The cannon variant is titan sized. Also, yes, that navigator is just running around shooting people, that's how the original TTRPG rolls, deal with it. Also, that's the infamous station Footfall. It's technically located outside of Imperial space and so is a pretty lawless place, you would want to bring your arsenal with you. Also... Love the lean into the roleplaying Splat, very lore-accurate. Man I'm hyped.

Former Rogue Trader player here... yeah this looks like the old FFG Rogue Trader RPG system they're using. Surprised they're using that instead of Wrath and Glory but yeah, that's the lifepath system they used in Rogue Trader to justify the higher power level over Dark Heresy. I see they're also using the Kronus Expanse setting that Fantasy Flight Games made for the RPG. That can get... interesting very quickly depending on where the campaign goes.

imagine trying to explain how to use the warp to travel to someone who has never heard of 40k, "you have these people who's head are jacked into the navigation of the ship and they have to use their psyke power to find a stable enough path through basically hell using navigational markers like a big light house that may or may not be visible. Then the ship has to use a massive amount of energy to rip open a hole in reality to jump into hell then fly through it at near light speed and hope their path doesn't get messed up. Oh and they may end up where they were trying to go and the may end up there on time but they also could end up in the middle of no where or thousands of years after they initially jumped. Oh and some people die just from trying to go through the warp because their brains just can't handle it."

5:17 I would just like to say, this was a missed opportunity right here. How amazing would it have been to have 2 options instead, where you are basically making said final decision of "taking on the candidate" where the first option is to accept candidate into new position (confirm character) and a second option to "deny requisition"? (go back and make a new character)

Tau do also use the warp (though they skirt only the surface and not go deep like the Imperium hence no need for navigators) only necrons do true ftl.

Melta-gun guy knows how to party.

I mean I would hope the ship was airtight before jumping through the immaterium. Sorry for being 'that guy' 🤣

Holy shit. I haven't been hyped for a game in years (they usually always sucked) but this is one I just couldn't help myself with. I've wanted a good 40k rpg for so long and I enjoyed Owlcat's other games

Splat's Condensed Review: 45:35

Yess bro! Thanks for covering this game. I've wanted to play since it got announced!

It's a joy to hear your passion for the setting. 👍

Bolters are .75 caliber, which would be 28mm for us EU folk... It's a tad bigger than 7mm :D

The moment your guy pulled out a melta and gibbed a whole squad was when I decided to wishlist the game.

We need more videos on this. Looks pretty interesting.

Bolters are more like 20mm autocannons that fire armor piercing RPGs.

Splatt not just immediately killing the refugees for their insolent behavior is most troubling. For the emperor!