PigMey: переводы

→MOVEMENT IN COMBAT
A character can move a number of metres equal to his Agility Bonus. He can give up his attack to move twice this amount.

→Should the result of this die also be a 10, the Emperor has indeed smiled upon the character. The player may immediately roll a third 1d10 and add that to the Damage Total as well. This process continues until the player rolls a number other than 10.

→[ EXAMPLE
It’s Cimbria’s turn. She has a laspistol in hand so she decides to blast the shrieking Mutant. Her target’s in range and she has a clear shot, so she makes a Ballistic Skill Test. Her Ballistic Skill is 39, so she needs to roll a 39 or less on the dice. She rolls and gets a 24. She hits! A laspistol deals 1d10+2 damage, so she rolls a 9, adds 2, for a total of 11. Now the Mutant has a 3 Toughness Bonus, but no armour. The GM subtracts 3 from 11 for a total of 8 damage. The Mutant has 6 Wounds, so the attack is powerful enough to knock the Mutant unconscious. If Cimbria wants to finish the job, she can shoot it again on the next round (an automatic hit since it’s unconscious) and put it out of its misery. ]

→RIGHTEOUS FURY
Normally, when a character hits with an attack, the resulting Damage Total equals 1d10 plus the weapon’s damage. However, when you roll a 10 on the die, it may indicate the eye of the Emperor is upon the character. This calls for a second test—Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill—as if the character were making another attack. If this second test is successful, the spirit of the Emperor is with him, aiding his attack and guiding his aim. The player can roll for damage again and add the result to the Damage Total.

→INFLICTING DAMAGE
Whenever you hit an opponent with a weapon, and your opponent fails to get out of the way, you inflict damage. Each weapon includes a Damage value, usually 1d10 plus a number. Roll the die and add the modifier. This is the damage total. Then, you subtract the target’s Toughness Bonus (again, this is the ‘tens’ number that’s shaded next to the Toughness score) from the damage total. If you’re wearing armour, also subtract the armour points. Whatever is left is damage that’s applied to the target. Record this number somewhere, since damage is cumulative. So long as the accumulated damage is less than the character’s Wounds, the character is fine. But if the damage exceeds the target’s Wounds by 4 or less, the target falls unconscious and doesn’t awaken until the end of the combat. If the damage exceeds the target’s Wounds by 5 or more, the character dies.

→For nearly fifty years, you spent your life in the manufactorum of Malfi, one of the pre-eminent hive worlds in the Calixis Sector. Like your parents before you, you toiled long hours, giving your blood, sweat, and nearly all your time for the good of the hive. It was a thankless existence and one you were happy to perform since you knew that your efforts added, even in a small way, to the prosperity of your world.

→You found the work of a Guardsman especially suited to you; your fighting skills honed by fighting sabre cats, blood wolves and worse on Fedrid, and it wasn’t long before you attracted the attention of Lord Inquisitor Anton Zerbe of the Ordo Hereticus. Impressed by your zeal, natural toughness, and ability to take orders, he lifted you from the faceless throng of Guardsmen and gave you a place in his retinue. Having only served your master for a few weeks, you are not yet comfortable with your duties and wonder where fate will take you.

→You are a rangy young man with fair skin, long brown hair and flinty grey eyes. Whorls and geometric symbols cover your flesh, tribal tattoos you gained as a right of passage to adulthood. You still wear the uniform of your battalion, a camouflaged suite of fatigues and thick jungle boots, but you’ve worked in a number of disturbing trophies taken from your enemies—fingers, locks of hair, and scraps of clothing. You believe that by taking a trophy from a vanquished foe, you gain ownership over his soul.

→Before we get started with the adventure proper, it’s worth going over the core game concepts so you have an idea how certain things are handled in the game. Do note that the rules provided in this preview are simplified versions of those that appear in the full game, streamlined to whet your appetite for adventuring in the many worlds of Dark Heresy.

→Dark Heresy is a roleplaying game, where the action and adventure takes place in the imaginations of those who participate. To play this game, one person should take the role of the Game Master (GM), while the rest of the group, preferably four people, are the players. If you’re selected to be the GM, read on, for you have the best job. If you’re a Player Character (PC), you should stop reading when you get to the Adventure Background lest you ruin your fun as you play through the scenario. To use Shattered Hope, you’ll need to make copies of the Character sheets and the Skills and Talents reference sheet (permission is given to photocopy these sheets for the players) found at the end of this booklet; at least two ten-sided dice, each of a different colour; pens; and scrap paper.