Skill Descriptions

Generally, a player will make a test with the main characteristic for a skill. However, sometimes the GM determines that an alternate characteristic would make more sense in a given situation - perhaps an attempt to use Deceive to craft a disguise would rely on a character's Intelligence, rather than their Fellowship. Should a test need to be made with an alternate characteristic, this must be determined before the roll.

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Recommended alternate characteristics for skills can be found in Table 3-3: Skill List on CB p. 99

Name	Main Char	Type	Description	Special Use
Acrobatics	Agility	Full Action	Keep balance or to avoid falling, jump to or from a height, or move around obstacles without falling.	Contortionist: Can use his Acrobatics skill to escape from bonds as a Full Action. May also escape from a grapple by using their Acrobatics skill instead of their Agility or Strength when grappling. Manoeuvring: The character may make a Disengage action as a Half Action if he passes a Challenging (+0) Acrobatics skill test. Jumping: When jumping or leaping, may use the Acrobatics skill in the place of AG and S tests. When determining Falling damage, can make an Acrobatics skill test to reduce the effective distance fallen by a number of metres equal to his AGB.
Athletics	Strength	Full Action	Swim across water, push beyond one's limits, or climb difficult terrain	Endurance: As a Free Action, can make a Dificult (-10) Athletics skill test whenever he suffers a level of Fatigue as a result of running, swimming, or climbing to ignore its effects. They can continue to take tests and ignore Fatigue gained indefinitely; however, if a test fails, they must rest for at least 4 hours and cannot use his Athletics skill again during that time. Heft: As a Free Action, a character can make a Challenging (+0) Athletics skill test to increase his carrying capability for a single encounter. For every degree of success, Strength is increased by 10 for how much weight can carry, lift, or drag, to a max S of 100. Hefting can only be attempted once per encounter.
Awareness	Perception	Free Action	Spot ambushes, search for clues or hidden items, or evesdrop on conversations	Lip Reading: Dificulty of this test is modified -10 for every 10 metres of distance between the character and the speaker. A successful Awareness skill test reveals the general gist of the conversation.
Charm	Fellowship	1 minute	Improve someone's opinion of thet character, distract someone by drawing his focus away from others, or gather information from locals or strangers.	Target makes a Willpower save against Charm's characteristic test.
Command	Fellowship	Half for Simple, Full for complex	Send an NPC ally into an extremely dangerous situation or into open combat, rally allied fighting forces, or organise them in the face of a surprise attack.	Inspire: As a Full Action, the character can make a Challenging (+0) Command test to inspire one or more of his followers. Inspired followers receive a +10 on their next skill or characteristic test. Terrify: As a Reaction, try to counter the effects of Fear in his allies should they fail their WP test. Make a Command skill test opposed by the WP of the Fear-causing creature. Both the character and the creature add +10 to their rolls for each level of Fear they possess. If the character is successful, his allies ignore the effects of Fear
Commerce	Intelligence	1 minute, or more for complex deals	Gain a bonus when attempting a Requsition test, try to track down a rare item, or ascertain the value of an item.	Target makes a Commerce or Willpower save to oppose. Evaluate: A success tells the character the Availability of the item he is evaluating, while a failure tells him nothing. If he fails by more than 3 degrees of failure, the GM should give a false Availability.
Common Lore	Intelligence	Free Action	Learn about a situation, location, character, or object; subject to specialization.	Common Lore has multiple specializations; these are listed on the character sheet.
Deceive	Fellowship	1 minute, or more for complex deception	Tell a convincing lie, distract someone with rambling nonsense, or try to disguise oneself.	Disguise: Can create a disguise, given time and raw materials. The time taken depends greatly on the complexity of the disguise. Additional deception checks may be necessary as one comes under scrutiny.
Dodge	Agility	Reaction	Dodge a melee or ranged attack, or to avoid hazards.	Dive for Cover: If there is cover with a number of metres equal to the character's AGB and they are not Prone, they can Dive for Cover as a Reaction against a ranged attack instead of trying to Evade. This requires an Ordinary (+10) Dodge test; if successful, the character leaps behind cover and goes Prone. They are still hit by the attack, but benefit from the AP of the Cover.
Forbidden Lore	Intelligence	Free Action	Seek information about potential cult activity, learn about the operations of xenos, or determine the proper procedure to summon a Daemon.	Forbidden lore has multiple specializations; these are listed on the character sheet.
Inquiry	Fellowship	One hour or more	Try to track down a local crime lord, attempt to learn the attidues of the local populace, or gather information about specific locations.
Interrogation	Willpower	One hour or more	Attempt to learn battle plans from a commander, force an Imperial Adept to reveal hidden information, or have a cultist reveal a hidden meeting place.
Intimidate	Strength	Full Action	Coerce someone into acting a certain way, or try to make an opponent back down from a fight.
Linguistics	Intelligence	Free Action	Decipher an archaic text, compose a moving piece of prose, or convey a message with limited vocabulary.
Logic	Intelligence	1 minute, or more for complex problem	Solve a riddle, look for clues in vast amounts of unreleated information, or try to win a game of chance.	Gambling: In a typical game, each participant wagers an amount, though these are typically the same, and makes an Opposed test with the Logic skill. The character with the most degrees of success or fewest degrees of failure wins the pot. Ciphers and Decoding: A character can use the Logic skill to unravel ciphers and codes. This usually takes a great deal of time. In general, these tests should be Difficult (-10) at the easiest, unless the cipher is already partially decoded or the character has a key available to aid his efforts.
Medicae	Intelligence	Full Action	Apply first aid to a wounded ally, diagnose an affliction and develop a treatment, or perform a surgical procedure for removal of a organ or implantation of a cybernetic	First Aid: make a +0 Medicae test, with a -10 penalty if Heavily Damaged or a -10 penalty for every point of Critical damage. If successful, remove damage equal to IB, plus one point of damage per DoS on the test (removing Critical damage before normal damage). A character can only be treated with first aid once every 24 hours, and only when not also under extended care. Extended Care: Can treat paitents equal to IB, plus one per assistant. For each patient beyond this number, he suffers a -10 penalty on Medicae tests. For each assistant trained in the Medicae skill, gain +10. At the end of each 24-hour period of extended care, the primary healer performs a (+10) Medicae test. If successful, patients heal double the wounds as with their natural rate of healing. Diagnose: A successful skill test yields the name of the ailment and basic treatments. When used on groups, a successful skill test can prevent the spread of disease or mitigate the effects of malnutrition.
Navigate (Surface)	Intelligence	1 minute for simple location; 1d5 hours for plotting courses or routes.	Make a journey across unfamiliar terrain, find one's bearings in a strange place, or create a map showing the quickest route from one point to another.
Navigate (Stellar)	Intelligence	1 minute for simple location; 1d5 hours for plotting courses or routes.	Make a journey within a star system, find a ship stranded in an unknown region of space, or find the quickest route from one location within a system (such as a planet) to another location in the system.
Navigate (Warp)	Intelligence	1 minute for simple location; 1d5 hours for plotting courses or routes.	Guide a starship through the Warp, or convert a journey into a Warp route chart
Operate (Surface)	Agility	Half Action	Drive a vehicle in combat, push a vehicle beyond its normal limits, or attempt to manoeuvre though a crowded highway.
Operate (Aeronautica)	Agility	Half Action	Pilot an aero in a combat situation, fly beyond its limit, or try to land on difficult terrain.
Operate (Voidship)	Agility	Half Action	Manoeuvre a voidship or oversee the use of a macrobattery, orbital laser, or ship's weaponry.
Parry	Weapon Skill	Reaction	Attempt to deflect blows in melee.
Psyniscience	Perception	Half Action	Hunt for the location of daemons, detect the effects of psychic power, or determine a thin point in the veil between the Materium and the Warp.
Scholastic Lore	Intelligence	Free Action	Recount legends from the past, understand an obscure law, or identify a rare beast.	Scholastic Lore has multiple specializations; these are reflected on the character sheet.
Scrutiny	Intelligence	Half Action	Tell if someone is lying, collate information and gather conclusions from a report, or interpret augur or auspex readings.
Security	Intelligence	1 minute, reduced by 10 seconds for each degree of success.	Open a locked door, break into a cogiator and discover its secrets, or lay traps for a ambush.	Traps: Can fashion and set traps. The time and resources required, and damage caused by, these kinds of traps depend on the GM's discretion and the intended complexity and effects of the traps.
Sleight of Hand	Agility	Half Action, or can be performed as a Free Action with an additional -10 penalty.	Attempt to steal something from the target's pocket, seek to palm evidence at a crime scene, or try to plant illegal narcotics into a suspect's robes.
Stealth	Agility	Free Action	Scout an enemy force without being detected, sneak up on a foe and kill him quietly, or follow someone without arousing suspicion.	Shadowing: Stealth can be used to shadow others and follow them unseen, either on foot, in vehicles, or even in shuttles and starships. Stealth skill tests for shadowing are always Opposed tests against the opponent's Awareness. A single Stealth skill test is sufficient to follow the opponent unseen for 5 minutes per degree of success.
Survival	Perception	Full Action	Find food or water in a hostile environment, start a fire with homemade tools, or track a foe across a hive.	Crafting: Survival can be used to make all kinds of primitive devices, from cloaks and stone buildings to spears and armour. Tracking: A character can use the Survival skill to follow the signs left by his quarry. A cunning or devious quarry might attempt to conceal or erase any tracks; in cases where an opponent has done this, the tracker should make an Opposed test against the prey's Stealth. Wrangling: Characters can tame, train, and potentially ride animals encountered in their travels. Both taming and training beasts are Extended tests, the duration of which is determined by the nature and temperament of the creature involved. Wrangling is of no use against cyber or psy-bonded animals, nor against any creatures with true sentience.
Tech-Use	Intelligence	1 minute, or more for more complex systems.	Repair a broken weapon or vehicle, push a piece of technology beyond its normal limits, or determine how to use unknown technology.	Crafting: can be used to make technical devices, from simple clockwork and steam engines to advanced weaponry and armour. The time, difficulty, and materials it takes to create these items are greatly dependent on their complexity. Demolitions: Success on a Tech-Use skill test indicates a character has successfully planted an explosive charge, and set a trigger of his choice. Defusing charges also falls under the Tech-Use skill, with an Opposed test against the Tech-Use skill test of the individual who set the explosives. Winning the test defuses the bomb. Simple failure means that while the charge has not been disarmed, neither has it gone off. Four or more degrees of failure indicate the character has set off the device, suffering the consequences of the explosion.
Trade	Intelligence	Variable depending on task and complexity.	Prepare a meal for high ranking officers, carve one's sigil on a chainsword, or uncover the remains of a lost colony.	Trade has multiple specializations; these are detailed on the character sheet.

Talents

Exp Costs:

Aptitudes	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
Two	200	300	400
One	300	450	600
Zero	600	900	1,200

  or choose a tier   ... Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

Name	Prerequisites	Aptitude 1	Aptitude 2	Tier	Benefit	Page
Ambidextrous	Ag 30	Weapon Skill	Ballistic Skill	T1	When combined with Two-Weapon Wielder, the penalty for attacks with both weapons in the same turn drops to -10.	PG 123 CB
Blind Fighting	Per 30	Perception	Fieldcraft	T1	Ignores all penalties for fighting with a melee weapon while suffering from obscured vision	PG 123 CB
Bodyguard	Ag 35	Agility	Defence	T1	After an enemy makes a successful attack against an ally, the character may use a Reaction to move up to his Half Move distance in order to interpose himself between the attacker and target. The attack is then resolved against the character instead of the original target. In the case of a melee attack, the character may also attempt to Parry the attack as part of his Reaction.	PG 60 EB
Catfall	Ag 30	Agility	Fieldcraft	T1	Reduces the effective distance of all falls by a number of metres equal to his Agility bonus. Also adds +20 to his Acrobatics skill tests when using Jump	PG 124 CB
Clues from the Crowds	Fel 30	General	Social	T1	Once per day, he can re-roll a test made to gather information from a group of people.	PG 124 CB
Die Hard	WP 40	Willpower	Defence	T1	Test Willpower to avoid Fatigue from Blood Loss with a Challenging (+0) Willpower test.	PG 125 CB
Disarm	Ag 30	Weapon Skill	Defence	T1	As a Full Action, may make an Opposed Weapon Skill test and force opponent to drop weapon. If 3 or more DoS, can steal weapon.	PG 125 CB
Double Team	-	General	Offence	T1	Gain additional +10 for outnumbering opponent.	PG 126 CB
Enemy (choose)	-	General	Social	T1	Suffers a -10 times X penalty to Fellowship and Influence tests when dealing with group.	PG 126 CB
Ferric Summons	Ferric Lure Implants, Mechanicus Implants	Willpower	Tech	T1	Can summon larger metallic objects up to 2 kilograms per point of his Willpower bonus, and can summon such objects up to 40 metres.	PG 127 CB
Flagellant	Willpower 30	Offense	Toughness	T1	As a Full Action, the character can take 1d5–2 levels of Fatigue (minimum 1) to gain a +10 bonus on Willpower tests to resist Fear, Pinning, psychic powers, or Corruption, for one hour or until the end of the current encounter. If the Acolyte also possesses the Frenzy talent, he can enter a Frenzied state as a Free Action while under the efects of this talent.	PG 127 CB
Frenzy	-	Strength	Offence	T1	May spend one full round to enter Frenzy gaining +10 bonus to Weapon Skill, Strength, Toughness, and Willpower, but suffering a -20 penalty to Ballistic Skill, Intelligence, and Fellowship and is immune to Fear, Pinning, Stunning effects, and the effects of Fatigue; he cannot Parry, retreat, or flee. He remains Frenzied for the duration of the combat, and cannot use psychic powers while Frenzied. After combat ends can make a Willpower test to snap out and cannot Frenzy again for at least an hour.	PG 127 CB
Grenadier	BS 35	Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T1	When the character misses with a thrown weapon or weapon with the Blast quality, he may reduce the distance it scatters by a number of metres up to half his BS bonus	PG 62 EO
Iron Jaw	T 40	Toughness	Defence	T1	Test Challenging (+0) Toughness Test to overcome Stunning.	PG 128 CB
Jaded	WP 40	Willpower	Defence	T1	Ignore mundane horrors - dead bodies, xenos abominations, etc. do not cause the Acolyte to gain Insanity points, nor do they require a fear rolls. Daemons, manifestations of the Warp, and other unnatural or supernatural horrors still inflict their effects.	PG 128 CB
Keen Intuition	Int 35	Perception	Social	T1	Can retry Awareness test once with -10 modifier.	PG 129 CB
Leap Up	Ag 30	Agility	General	T1	Stand as a Free Action.	PG 129 CB
Leaping Dodge	Ag 35, Rank 2 in the Dodge skill	Agility	Defence	T1	When he would make an Agility test to avoid attacks from weapons with the Spray quality, he may make the test using his Dodge (Ag) skill instead.	PG 63 EO
Mounted Warrior	Rank 2 (Trained) in any Operate skill or Rank 2(Trained) in Survival skill, BS 30 or WS 30	Weapon Skill / Ballistic Skill	Offence	T1	Reduces any penalty for making attacks (Melee or Ranged) from a moving vehicle or mount by 10 for each advance.	PG 58 EI
Nowhere to Hide	Per 30	Perception	Offence	T1	Can add DoS from the attack to reduce armour value of cover.	PG 130 CB
Peer (choose)	Fel 30	Fellowship	Social	T1	Character has good reputation amongst chosen group with bonus to Fellowship tests increases to +10 times X. Additionally, when the character acquires his talent, also increases his Influence by 1.	PG 130 CB
Quick Draw	-	Agility	Finesse	T1	Draw weapon as Free Action.	PG 131 CB
Rapid Reload	-	Agility	Fieldcraft	T1	Reduce reload time by half time.	PG 131 CB
Resistance (choose)	-	Toughness	Defence	T1	Gain +10 bonus to particular resistance test.	PG 131 CB
Skilled Rider	Rank 2 in any Operate skill	Agility	Fieldcraft	T1	Whenever the character would be thrown from or tossed about within his vehicle, he makes an Ordinary (+10) Agility test. If he succeeds, the character may choose to either land safely on his feet or retain in his original position in the vehicle. In addition, once per round the character can attempt an Ordinary (+10) Agility test to Mount or Dismount a vehicle as a Free Action.	PG 63 EO
Sound Constitution	-	Toughness	General	T1	Gain an additional wound.	PG 131 CB
Takedown	-	Weapon Skill	Offence	T1	Make special attack to stun opponent.	PG 132 CB
Technical Knock	Int 30	Intelligence	Tech	T1	Un-jam gun as Half Action.	PG 132 CB
Warp Sense	Psy Rating, Psyniscience, Per 30	Perception	Psyker	T1	Allows Psyniscience test as Free Action.	PG 133 CB
Weapon Training (choose)	-	General	Finesse	T1	Use Weapon Group without penalty.	PG 133 CB
Weapon-Tech	Tech Use +10, Int 40	Intelligence	Tech	T1	May enhance any Melta, Plasma, Power, or Exotic weapon by increases the weapon's damage and penetration by an amount equal to the character's Intelligence bonus until the end of the round once per encounter.	PG 133 CB
Ambassador Imperialis	Fellowship 35, Intelligence 35	Perception	Social	T2	Any penalty to Interaction skill tests for dealing with xenos or non-Imperial NPCs by 20. In addition, once per encounter, he can reroll a failed Interaction skill test when interacting with such an NPC.	PG 62 EO
Archivator	Intelligence 40	Knowledge	Social	T2	A Scholastic Lore or Forbidden Lore test utilising sources of recorded information of any sort can re-roll with -10.	PG 62 EO
Armor-Monger	Int 35, Tech-Use, Trade (Armourer)	Intelligence	Tech	T2	Gains an extra amount of Armor points equal to his Intelligence bonus. Takes an hour each day.	PG 123 CB
Battle Rage	Frenzy	Strength	Defence	T2	Can Parry while Frenzied, and can re-roll a failed test to snap out of Frenzy or resist entering Frenzy if they choose.	PG 123 CB
Bulging Biceps	S 45	Strength	Offence	T2	Remove bracing requirement from Heavy weapons, and +20 to his Athletics skill test when using Heft.	PG 123 CB
Bulwark of Faith	WP 45, Iron Faith	Defence	Willpower	T2	When passing a Fear test caused by a Daemon, the Daemon suffers 1 Energy damage ignoring armour and Toughness bonus for each degree of success on the Fear test.	PG 60 EB
Combat Master	WS 30	Weapon Skill	Defence	T2	Opponents get no bonus for outnumbering the character.	PG 124 CB
Constant Vigilance (choose)	Int 35 or Per 35, Awareness +10	Perception	Defence	T2	Can use Per or Int instead of Ag for Initiative rolls, and rolls two dice (picking higher) for the result.	PG 124 CB
Contact Network	Cover-Up, Int 35	Fellowship	Leadership	T2	Use Fellowship instead of Influence for Requisition tests.	PG 124 CB
Coordinated Interrogation	S 40 or WP 40, Clues from the Crowds, Rank 1 (Known) Interrogation	Intelligence	Social	T2	Has a +10 bonus to all Interrogate tests, additional +5 for others who also have Coordinated Interrogation	PG 124 CB
Counter Attack	WS 40	Weapon Skill	Defence	T2	May make a Standard Attack after successful Parry with -20 to Weapon Skill.	PG 125 CB
Cover-Up	Int 35	Intelligence	Knowledge	T2	Can reduce Influence by 1 to gain 1d5 Subtlety.	PG 125 CB
Daemonhunter	Forbidden Lore (Daemonology), WP 40	Offence	Willpower	T2	May re-roll failed Awareness and Psyniscience Tests to detect the presence of Daemons. In addition, his attacks against Daemons gain the Proven (3) quality.	PG 60 EB
Daemonologist	Psy rating 3, WP 45, Forbidden Lore (Daemonology)	Psyker	Willpower	T2	When the character takes the Focus Power action and the target of the psychic power is a Daemon, he gains a +10 bonus to the Focus Power test. At the GM's discretion, this bonus may apply to other tests, such as rituals to summon or bind a Daemon.	PG 60 EB
Deny the Witch	WP 35	Willpower	Defence	T2	Can use Willpower to Evade against psychic attacks.	PG 125 CB
Devastating Assault	WS 35	Weapon Skill	Offence	T2	Successful All Out Attack grants, may make a second All Out Attack once per turn.	PG 125 CB
Double Tap	Two-Weapon Wielder	Finesse	Offence	T2	A second ranged attack against the same target, grants a+20 bonus if scored 1 or more DoS.	PG 125 CB
Exotic Weapon Training	-	Intelligence	Finesse	T2	Gain proficiency with one exotic weapon type.	PG 127 CB
Face in a Crowd	Fel 35, Clues from the Crowds	Fellowship	Social	T2	Can use Fellowship instead of Agility when Shadowing.	PG 127 CB
Field Vivisection	BS or WS 40, Forbidden Lore (Xenos-Any), Rank 2 in the Medicae skill	Ballistic Skill/Weapon Skill	Knowledge	T2	When using the Called Shot action with a melee or ranged attack (depending on the Specialisation) against a target for which the character has the appropriate Forbidden Lore (Xenos) skill, he makes a Medicae (WS) or Medicae (BS) test in place of the normal Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill test.	PG 62 EO
Hard Target	Ag 40	Agility	Defence	T2	-20 to hit character when he Charges or Runs.	PG 128 CB
Harden Soul	WP 35, 10 Corruption points	Defence	Willpower	T2	Whenever the character would gain Corruption points, he may reduce the amount gained by half (rounded up) and gain Insanity points equal to the amount reduced.	PG 61 EB
Hardy	T 40	Toughness	Defence	T2	Character always heals as if Lightly Damaged.	PG 128 CB
Hatred (choose)	-	Weapon Skill	Social	T2	Gain +10 bonus to attack Weapon Skill tests. Must make a Challenging (+0) Willpower test to retreat or surrender.	PG 128 CB
Hip Shooting	BS 40, Ag 40	Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T2	As a Full Action, can both move up to his Full Move rate and make a single shot attack with a ranged weapon per weapon.	PG 128 CB
Hotshot Pilot	Rank 2 in Survival or any Operate skill, Ag 35	Agility	Tech	T2	On an succesful Operate test, he may voluntarily suffer 1 level of Fatigue to add a number of DoS equal to half of his Agility bonus. When failed an Operate test, he may voluntarily suffer 1 level of Fatigue in order to reduce the degrees of failure by an amount equal to his Agility bonus, to a minimum of 1.	PG 62 EO
Independent Targeting	BS 40	Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T2	Fire at multiple targets more than 10 metres apart when firing two weapons.	PG 128 CB
Inescapable Attack (choose)	BS 40 or WS 40,Per 35	Weapon Skill / Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T2	Attacker imposes penalty on all evasion attempts made against this attack equal to 10 times the total degrees of success scored on the attack test.	PG 128 CB
Inspiring Aura	Halo of Command	Leadership	Willpower	T2	can affect allies of any kind with the Terrify special use for the Command skill (pg 101 CB). This need not represent threats and intimidation, but might represent inspiring words, encouragement, or sheer steadfastness in the face of terrifying foes.	PG 61 EB
Iron Resolve	Resistance (Fear), Jaded	Defence	Willpower	T2	After failing a Fear or Pinning test, the character can re-roll the test with a -10 modifier.	PG 61 EB
Killing Strike	WS 50	Weapon Skill	Offence	T2	Spend Fate point to make melee attacks unavoidable.	PG 129 CB
Lexographer	Rank 3 in Linguistics (Any)	Intelligence	Knowledge	T2	The character can attempt any Linguistics skill in which he is not trained as an untrained skill test as if it were not a Specialist skill.	PG 63 EO
Luminen Shock	Luminen Capacitors, Mechanicus Implants	Weapon Skill	Tech	T2	Counts as a melee weapon that inflicts 1d10 plus his WPB in Energy damage, with Pen 0 and the Shocking quality. Must pass a Toughness test or suffer 1 level of Fatigue after attack.	PG 129 CB
Maglev Transcendence	Maglev Coils, Mechanicus Implants	Intelligence	Tech	T2	Can hover for a number of minutes equal to 1d10 plus twice his Toughness bonus. He can move his Run speed when making a Half Move action and suffers no damage from falling if the coils are active. Each use drains half the power stored in the coils (can use the coils twice before recharging them).	PG 129 CB
Marksman	BS 35	Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T2	No penalties for firing at long or extreme range.	PG 130 CB
Mechadendrite Use (choose)	Mechanicus Implants	Intelligence	Tech	T2	Gain ability to use certain Mechadendrites. Weapon or Utility.	PG 130 CB
One-on-One	WS 40	Finesse	Weapon Skill	T2	When fighting a single enemy in melee combat, the character scores extra degrees of success on successful Weapon Skill tests equal to half of his Weapon Skill bonus (rounded down).	PG 61 EB
Penitent Psyker	Psy rating, Strong Minded, WP 40	Psyker	Defence	T2	psyker or ally within 10 metres target of a psychic power suffer any number of levels of Fatigue, each level grants +10 to opposed test to resist or avoid.	PG 58 EI
Precision Killer (choose)	BS 40 or WS 40	Ballistic Skill/Weapon Skill	Finesse	T2	No penalty to making Called Shot in either Ranged or Melee Combat.	PG 130 CB
Prosanguine	Auto Sanguine Implants, Mechanicus Implants	Toughness	Tech	T2	Spend 10 minutes and make a Tech-Use test to heal 1d5 damage. Rolls 96 or higher, loses the ability for one week.	PG 131 CB
Purity of Hatred	Hatred (Any)	Offence	Willpower	T2	Attacks gain the Vengeful (9) quality against opponents of Hatred group.	PG 58 EI
Rites of Banishment	Common Lore (Imperial Creed) +10 or Forbidden Lore (Daemonology)	Offence	Willpower	T2	Once per round as a Half Action, the character may speak the litanies and invocations to disrupt Daemons. Until the beginning of his next turn, Daemons within a distance equal to twice the character's Willpower bonus in meters suffer a -10 penalty to Willpower tests.	PG 61 EB
Strong Minded	WP 30, Resistance (Psychic Powers)	Willpower	Defence	T2	May reroll failed WP tests to resist psychic powers.	PG 131 CB
Swift Attack	WS 30	Weapon Skill	Finesse	T2	May make multiple melee attacks.	PG 131 CB
Tainted Psyker	Psy rating, Rank 2 (Trained) in Psyniscience Skill, 10 Corruption points	Knowledge	Psyker	T2	When making a Focus Power test, the character may gain a number of Corruption points up to his psy rating. For each point he gains in this way, he gains a +10 bonus but adds +5 to rolls on Table 6-2 Psychic Phenomena	PG 58 EI
Two-Weapon Wielder (choose)	-	Weapon Skill/Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T2	Attacks with two weapons count as being part of the same Half Action, and both tests made to attack with the weapons suffer a -20 penalty.	PG 132 CB
Unarmed Specialist	Ambidextrous, Ag 35, WS 35	Strength	Offence	T2	When fighting unarmed, attacks hit as Deadly Natural Weapons and user can re-roll damage.	PG 132 CB
Warp Conduit	Psy Rating, Strong Minded, WP 50	Willpower	Psyker	T2	Spend Fate point to add 1d5 to psy rating however he adds +30 to rolls on Table 6-2: Psychic Phenomena	PG 132 CB
Whirlwind of Death	WS 40	Weapon Skill	Finesse	T2	As a Half Action, may make one Standard Attack action with a melee weapon against a foe, plus one additional Standard Attack action with the same weapon targeting each other foe also engaged in melee combat with the character beyond the first (to a maximum number of attacks up to his Weapon Skill bonus).	PG 133 CB
Witch Finder	Rank 2 (Trained) in the Forbidden Lore (Psykers)skill, WP 45	Knowledge	Perception	T2	Counts as possessing the Psyniscience skill at Rank 1 (Known), even though he is not a psyker.	PG 58 EI
Xenosavant	Rank 3 in Forbidden Lore (Xenos-Any)	Intelligence	Knowledge	T2	The character can attempt any Forbidden Lore (Xenos) test in which he is not trained as an untrained skill test as if it were not a Specialist skill.	PG 63 EO
Adamantium Faith	Jaded, Resistance (Fear), WP 45	Willpower	Defence	T3	Subtract Willpower bonus from his degrees of failure on a failed Fear or Pinning test. If this reduces the result to zero or less, he counts as having passed the Fear test with 1 degree of success.	PG 123 CB
Aegis of Contempt	Shared Destiny, Shield of Contempt, Hatred (any)	Defence	Leadership	T3	Character or an ally within 10 metres gains Corruption, reduce the amount by 1 to a min of 0.	PG 57 EI
Assassin Strike	Ag 40, Acrobatics	Weapon Skill	Fieldcraft	T3	After a melee attack, a Challenging (+0) Acrobatics skill test allows to move at half rate as a Free Action. Only once per round, and opponent does not receive a free attack.	PG 123 CB
Bastion of Iron Will	Psy Rating, Strong Minded, WP 40	Willpower	Psyker	T3	Adds 5 x his psy rating to any Opposed test when defending against psychic powers.	PG 123 CB
Blademaster	WS 30, Weapon Training (any Melee)	Weapon Skill	Finesse	T3	When attacking with any bladed weapon, can re-roll one missed attack per round.	PG 123 CB
Crushing Blow	WS 40	Weapon Skill	Offence	T3	Add half WS bonus (Round up) to damage inflicted in melee.	PG 125 CB
Daemonic Disruption	Bane of the Daemon, WP 50, Untouchable elite advance	Willpower	General	T3	Whenever a creature with the Warp Instability trait makes a successful attack test against this character, it must immediately test for Warp Instability after resolving the attack.	PG 60 EB
Dark Soul	Hardened Soul, 20 Corruption points	Toughness	Willpower	T3	When the character would test to gain a mutation as a result of increasing Corruption, he may choose to automatically pass the test. If he does, he also gains a Malignancy and increases his Corruption total by 1d10.	PG 60 EB
Deathdealer	BS 45 or WS 45	Perception	Finesse	T3	Selects the Specialisation that matches the prerequisite used in purchase (Melee with Weapon Skill, Ranged with Ballistic Skill). Attack in that combat type inflicts Critical damage, add his Perception bonus to the damage result.	PG 125 CB
Delicate Interrogation	Fel 50, Coordinated Interrogation	Intelligence	Finesse	T3	Reduce Subtlety loss by 1d5 when conducting an Interrogation. If this results in a negative number increase the warband's Subtlety by 1.	PG 125 CB
Divine Protection	BS 45, WP 35	General	Finesse	T3	Attacks using Spray quality only effects enemies.	PG 57 EI
Eye of Vengeance	BS 50	Ballistic Skill	Offence	T3	Spend 1 Fate point to add the number of DoS scored on the attack test to damage and Penetration.	PG 127 CB
Favored by the Warp	WP 35	Willpower	Psyker	T3	Roll twice for Psychic Phenomena and choose result.	PG 127 CB
Flash of Insight	Int 40, Contact Network, Coordinated Interrogation	Perception	Knowledge	T3	Spend 1 Fate point to reveal a clue.	PG 127 CB
Halo of Command	Fel 40, WP 40	Fellowship	Leadership	T3	Affect NPCs within 100xFelB metres with Social skills.	PG 127 CB
Hammer Blow	Crushing Blow	Strength	Offence	T3	When he uses an All Out Attack action to make a single attack, he can add half his Strength bonus (rounded up) to the weapon's penetration. The attack also counts as having the Concussive (2) weapon quality.	PG 128 CB
Hull Down	Rank 2 in Survival or any Operate skill	Agility	Fieldcraft	T3	When the character takes a vehicle combat action with the Movement subtype, his vehicle or steed counts the value of its Size trait as being one lower for purposes of attack modifiers and the benefits of cover until the start of his next turn.	PG 62 EO
Indomitable Conviction	Shared Destiny, Strength through Conviction, Resistance (Fear), Jaded	Leadership	Willpower	T3	Character or an ally within 10 metres gains Insanity, reduce the amount by 1 to a min of 0.	PG 57 EI
Infused Knowledge	Int 40, Lore (anyone)	Intelligence	Knowledge	T3	counts as having all Common Lore and Scholastic Lore skills at rank 1 (Known).	PG 128 CB
Instrument of His Will	WP 50	Offence	Willpower	T3	After making a successful attack against a Daemon (this can include striking it with a psychic power), the character may spend a Fate point to increase the damage of the first hit he inflicts as part of that attack by an amount equal to twice his Willpower bonus. This additional damage ignores armour and Toughness bonus.	PG 61 EB
Into the Jaws of Hell	Adamantium Faith, Halo of Command, Will of the Inquisitor	Leadership	Willpower	T3	Subtract the fellowship bonus from DoF for failed Fear or Pinning test.	PG 57 EI
Iron Faith	Iron Resolve	Defence	Willpower	T3	The character is immune to the effects of the Baneful Presence trait.	PG 61 EB
Lightning Attack	Swift Attack	Weapon Skill	Finesse	T3	Character may make many melee attacks with single roll.	PG 129 CB
Luminen Blast	Luminen Shock, Luminen Capacitors, Mechanicus Implants	Ballistic Skill	Tech	T3	Counts as being equipped with a single shot Pistol weapon with a 10m range and deals 1d10 plus twice his Willpower bonus in Energy damage. Must pass a Toughness test or suffer 1 level of Fatigue after attack.	PG 129 CB
Mastery (choose)	Rank 4 in selected skill	Intelligence	Knowledge	T3	May spend Fate point to succeed on test if the final modifier to his skill test is Challenging (+0) or better, score a number of degrees of success equal to the characteristic bonus.	PG 130 CB
Mighty Shot	BS 40	Ballistic Skill	Offence	T3	Add half BS (rounding up) bonus to ranged damage rolls.	PG 130 CB
Never Die	WP 50, T 50	Toughness	Defence	T3	Ignore penalties from Critical damage by spending Fate point. Once the encounter ends, the effects trigger as normal.	PG 130 CB
Preternatural Speed	WS 40, Ag 50	Agility	Offence	T3	Double speed when charging.	PG 130 CB
Push the Limit	Rank 2 in Survival or any Operate skill, Tech-Use	Perception	Tech	T3	Once per round, the character may add +20 to an Operate test however, if he fails the test by 4 or more degrees of failure, immediately roll 1d5 on Table 7-32: Motive Systems Critical Hit effects and apply the result. If he is riding a living mount, roll 1d5 on Table 7-18: Impact Critical effects - Leg	PG 63 EO
Sanctic Purity	Daemonologist, Favoured by the Warp, WP 50	Psyker	Willpower	T3	When the character triggers Psychic Phenomena when manifesting a power from the Sanctic Daemonology discipline, he may spend a Fate point in order to negate the result entirely.	PG 61 EB
Shield Wall	Ambidextrous, WS 40	Defence	Weapon Skill	T3	When armed with a shield, the character can re-roll one failed Evasion test to Parry an attack per round.	PG 61 EB
Sprint	-	Agility	Fieldcraft	T3	Move more quickly in combat.	PG 131 CB
Step Aside	Ag 40, Dodge or Parry	Agility	Defence	T3	Can make additional Dodge or Parry attempt per round.	PG 131 CB
Superior Chirurgeon	Rank 2 in Medicae skill	Intelligence	Fieldcraft	T3	Gain +20 to Medicae tests, bonuses to first aid tests and only suffers a -10 penalty for those suffering Critical damage.	PG 131 CB
Target Selection	BS 50	Ballistic Skill	Finesse	T3	May shoot into melee without penalty. Also an Aim action beforehand, prevents any chance of hitting friendly targets as well.	PG 132 CB
Thunder Charge	S 50	Strength	Offence	T3	Break enemies with armoured charge.	PG 132 CB
True Grit	T 40	Toughness	Defence	T3	Reduce Critical damage taken.	PG 132 CB
Two-Weapon Master	Ag 45, Ambidextrous, BS 40 or WS 40, Two-Weapon Wielder (Melee, Ranged)	Finesse	Offence	T3	No penalties when fighting with two single handed weapons.	PG 132 CB
Warp Lock	Psy Rating, Strong Minded, WP 50	Willpower	Psyker	T3	Ignore Psychic Phenomenon once per session. Suffers 1d5 Energy damage to the Head location (not reduced by Armour or Toughness) as a result, and cannot make any Focus Power tests or sustain other psychic powers until the beginning of his next turn.	PG 133 CB
Weapon Intuition	Exotic Weapon Training (Any)	Intelligence	Finesse	T3	The character reduces the penalty for using a weapon without the proper training by 10.	PG 63 EO

Traits

Name	Effect	Page
Amorphous	May increase or decrease its Size trait value by 1 as a Free Action. Also has the Crawler trait.	CB 134
Amphibious	Creature can breathe underwater.	CB 134
Auto-stabilized	Always counts as braced.	CB 134
Baneful Presence	All suffer a -10 penalty to Willpower tests taken while within X metres of the creature.	CB 134
Bestial	Automatically passes Survival skill tests, test a Challenging (+0) Willpower test when frightened, startled, or injured. If it fails, the creature flees.	CB 134
Blind	Cannot see. The Blind Fighting talent reduces the penalty to Weapon Skill tests as normal for Blind creatures, from -30 to -15.	CB 134
Brutal Charge	Deals an extra (X) points of damage on each hit it inflicts that turn when performing a Charge action.	CB 134
Burrower	The number in parentheses (X) indicates its speed when burrowing. Can burrow through soil, rock, sand. When burrows, it leaves behind a tunnel. Characters with a Size trait value lower than the borrower can enter these areas without impediment. At the end of each round after the borrower passes, roll 1d10; on a result of 5 or lower, the tunnel collapses behind.	CB 134
Crawler	The base move for a creature with this trait is half its normal movement rate (roundup) as determined by its Agility bonus, but it does not take penalties for moving over difficult terrain.	CB 134
Daemonic	With this trait increase their Toughness bonus against all damage by the number indicated in the parentheses (X), in the same manner as an Unnatural Characteristic, and stack if the latter also increases Toughness. This increase is negated by damage inflicted from force weapons, psychic powers, holy attacks, or other creatures with this trait. Daemonic creatures also have the Undying trait, and gain benefits when using psychic powers.	CB 135
Dark-sight	Can see in darkness and never takes a penalty for fighting in areas of dim or no lighting.	CB 135
Deadly Natural Weapons	Gains all the benefits of the Natural Weapons trait, except that its attacks no longer have the Primitive weapon quality.	CB 135
Fear	Always has an associated rating (1-4). This is indicated by the number in parentheses (X). When a character encounters a creature with this trait, must make a Willpower test with a penalty based on the creature's Fear rating. If he succeeds, the character suffers no ill effects; if he fails, he must roll on Table 8-11: Shock, adding +10 to the roll for every degree of failure on the test.	CB 136
Flyer	Fly and enter any altitude. (X) indicates its speed when flying. This number replaces the creature's Agility bonus for movement actions while airborne.	CB 136
From Beyond	Their minds are beyond the petty frailties and precarious sanity of a mortal mind. Such a creature is immune to Fear, Pinning, Insanity points, and psychic powers used to cloud, control, or delude its mind.	CB 136
Hoverer	Fly and enter the hover altitude flying no higher than two metres. The number in parentheses (X) indicates its speed when hovering; this number replaces its Agility bonus for purposes of calculating Movement while airborne.	CB 136
Incorporeal	Insubstantial and weightless, cannot be affected by mundane weaponry. Gain the Hoverer (6) trait and a +30 bonus on Stealth tests due to their ability to merge with objects and nearly silent movement. Also immune to normal weapons, which simply pass ineffectually through its body. Daemons, psychic powers, Warp creatures, other Incorporeal creatures, and opponents armed with force weapons can all injure an Incorporeal creature normally. An Incorporeal creature cannot usually affect the mortal world, and thus cannot damage normal opponents unless it has a suitable special ability or talent.	CB 136
Machine	Machines do not breathe, are immune to vacuum, extremes of cold, and mind-influencing psychic effects. Machines have a certain number of Armour points (indicated by the number in parentheses). This armour stacks with worn armour, but not with the Natural Armour trait, and can damage from Fire	CB 136
Mechanicus Implants	Character has mechanical augmentations. Cranial circuitry, Cyber-mantle, Electro-Graft, Electoo Inductors, and Potenia Coil.	CB 137
Mind Lock	If faced with a situation outside of its programming and with no recognised master to issue orders, the creature must pass a Routine (+20) Intelligence test or be Stunned for 1 round.	CB 137
Multiple Arms	exact number of arms is indicated in parentheses (X), so with Multiple Arms (4) has four arms total. It gains a +10 bonus on Athletics tests involving climbing and swimming. In addition, for each full pair of arms it has (the Multiple Arms value divided by 2) it can make an additional attack as if wielding multiple melee weapons. In this case, the creature must either have natural weapons or actual melee weapons to wield for this to take effect. Note that a creature still requires the Two-Weapon Wielder talent to make multiple attacks in the same turn.	CB 137
Natural Armor	Gain additional Armor points to all locations and stacks with worn armour, but not with the Machine trait.	CB 137
Natural Weapons	Counts as being armed even when not wielding weapons, with attacks deal 1d10 points of damage plus its SB. Can make attacks with its Natural Weapons using its Weapon Skill, though it cannot Parry with its natural weapons, nor can it be disarmed unless, of course, its limbs are hacked off. In general, creatures with Natural Weapons are immune to the Power Field quality, as it is assumed they have enough teeth, claws, or spines to ignore a few being removed. Natural weapons have the Primitive (7) weapon quality unless stated otherwise in the profile.	CB 137
Phase	Switch between incorporeal and corporeal as a Half Action.	CB 137
Psyker	Creature has a psy rating of 1 or more.	CB 138
Quadruped	Movement equals ABx2. With more than four legs may gain this trait as well, increasing their movement as indicated above but adding an additional 2	CB 138
Regeneration	Each round, at the start of its turn, the creature can make a Toughness test to remove an amount of damage indicated in the parentheses after the trait.	CB 138
Sanctioned	Avoid Corruption from Psyker elite advance; start at psy rating 2.	CB 138
Size	Determines creature size and benefits.	CB 138
Sonar Sense	Perceive surroundings flawlessly within 30 meters. Other within this 30 metre range that succeed on a Difficult (-10) Awareness skill can detect the echoing.	CB 138
Soul Bound	Bound to a particular group or creatures in exchange for certain benefits. Upon becoming soul-bound, the psyker must choose one of the following effects: 3d10 Insanity points, the permanent loss of his sight, permanent loss of 1d10 points from one characteristic, or a random mutation.	CB 138
Stampede	Failed Willpower test causes creature to flee, trampling anything in its path. Anyone in the way suffers a single hit from the creature's Natural Weapons (or 1d5+SB Impact damage if it does not have that trait). One stampeding creature automatically causes all other creatures with the same trait within sight to stampede as well. The stampede lasts until the source of danger is no longer visible or for 1d10 minutes, whichever occurs last.	CB 138
Stuff of Nightmares	Become immune to most conditions that would harm normal creatures. Count as having the Undying trait, and are completely immune to most environmental hazards, Blood Loss, and Stunning. They also ignore any Critical Effect other than one that would destroy them outright, unless it was caused by a psychic power, force weapon, or holy attack.	CB 138
Sturdy	+20 bonus to resist grapple, Knock Down, and Takedown.	CB 139
Touched by the Fates	NPC has Fate points.	CB 139
Toxic (X)	Gain poisonous attack. When struck in melee, the attacker must make a Toughness test at the end of his turn with a penalty equal to 10 times the number in parentheses (X), or suffer 1d10 points of Energy damage not reduced by Armour or Toughness.	CB 139
Undying	It cannot be harmed by diseases, poisons, or toxic effects. It also has no need to breathe, and thus can survive unaided in a vacuum.	CB 139
Unnatural Characteristic	Increases one characteristic bonus.	CB 139
Unnatural Senses	Perceive surroundings by uncanny means. Includes a range in metres indicated by the number in parentheses (X).	CB 139
Warp Instability	If a creature with this trait takes damage and does not deal any damage or Insanity points to another creature by the end of its next turn, it must make a Willpower test. The creature suffers 1 point of damage for failing, plus 1 additional point of damage for each degree of failure. If this would deal damage equal to (or in excess of) the creature's wounds, it is cast back into the Warp.	CB 139
Warp Weapons	Creature's attacks ignore armor, unless the armour is created from psychoactive materials or is somehow warded against the Warp. Force Fields still work against these attacks normally.	CB 139

Homeworlds

Homeworlds	Char +	Char +	Char -	Fate Base	Emperor's Blessing	Home World Bonus	Aptitude	Wounds	Page
Feral World	Strength	Toughness	Influence	2	3+	The Old Ways: A Feral World character's Low-Tech weapons lose any present Primitive Qualities and gain the Proven (3) Quality.	Toughness	9+1d5	PG 32 CB
Forge World	Intelligence	Toughness	Fellowship	3	8+	Omnissiah's Chosen: A Forge World character gains the Technical Knock or Weapon-Tech Talent.	Intelligence	8+1d5	PG 34 CB
Highborn	Fellowship	Influence	Toughness	4	10+	Breeding Counts: A Highborn character reduces Influence losses by 1, to a minimum loss of 1.	Fellowship	9+1d5	PG 36 CB
Hive World	Agility	Perception	Willpower	2	6+	Teeming Masses in Metal Mountains: A Hive World character moves through crowds as if they were open terrain and gains a +20 bonus to Navigate (Surface) Tests in closed spaces.	Perception	8+1d5	PG 38 CB
Shrine World	Fellowship	Willpower	Perception	3	6+	Faith in the Creed: When spending a Fate Point, a Shrine World character's number of Fate Points are not reduced on a 1d10 result of 1.	Willpower	8+1d5	PG 40 CB
Voidborn	Intelligence	Willpower	Strength	3	5+	Child of the Dark: A voidborn character starts with the Strong Minded talent, and gains a +30 bonus to tests for moving in zero-gravity	Intelligence	7+1d5	PG 42 CB
Agri-World	Fellowship	Strength	Agility	2	7+	Strength from the Land: An agri-world character starts with the Brutal Charge (2) Trait	Strength	8+1d5	PG 25 EI
Feudal World	Perception	Weapon Skill	Intelligence	3	6+	At Home in Armour: A feudal world character ignores the maximum Agility value imposed by any armour he is wearing	Weapon Skill	9+1d5	PG 27 EI
Frontier World	Ballistic Skill	Perception	Fellowship	3	7+	Rely on None but Yourself: A frontier world character gains a +20 bonus to Tech-Use tests when applying a personal weapon modification, and a +10 bonus when repairing damaged items	Ballistic Skill	7+1d5	PG 29 EI
Death World	Agility	Perception	Fellowship	2	5+	Survivor's Paranoia: While a death world character is Surprised, non-Surprised attackers do not gain the normal +30 bonus to their Weapon and Ballistic Skill tests when targeting this character	Fieldcraft	9+1d5	PG 29 EO
Garden World	Fellowship	Agility	Toughness	2	4+	Serenity of the Green: A garden world character halves the duration (rounding up) of any result from Shock or Mental Traumas, and can remove Insanity Points for 50xp per point, rather than the normal 100xp	Social	7+1d5	PG 31 EO
Research Station	Intelligence	Perception	Fellowship	3	8+	Pursuit of Data: Whenever a research station character reaches Rank 2 (Trained) in a Scholastic Lore skill, he also gains Rank 1 (Known) in one related or identical Forbidden Lore skill specialisation of their choice. The GM is the final arbiter of whether the two specialisations are related.	Knowledge	8+1d5	PG 33 EO
Daemon World	Willpower	Perception	Fellowship	3	4+	Touched by the Warp: A Daemon world native begins with one rank in the Psyniscience skill. Should he gain this skill again in a later step of character creation, he instead gains one additional rank of this skill. This character also begins with 1d10+5 Corruption Points	Willpower	7+1d5	PG 26 EB
Penal Colony	Toughness	Perception	Influence	3	8+	Finger on the Pulse: One survives a penal colony by instinctively knowing who is in charge and who is a threat. A penal colony character begins with one rank in Common Lore (Underworld) and Scrutiny skills, and starts with the Peer (Criminal Cartels) talent.	Toughness	10+1d5	PG 28 EB
Quarantine World	Ballistic Skill	Intelligence	Strength	3	9+	Secretive by Nature: Those who manage to leave a quarantine world learn how to keep secrets. Wheneve the warband's Subtlety would decrease, it decreases by 2 less (to a minimum of 1)	Fieldcraft	8+1d5	PG 30 EB

Backgrounds

Backgrounds	Starting Skills	Starting Talents	Starting Equipment	Background Bonus	Background Aptitude	Page
Adeptus Administratum	Commerce or Medicae, Common Lore (Adeptus Administratum), Linguistics (High Gothic),Logic, Scholastic Lore (Pick One)	Weapon Training (Las or Solid Projectile)	Laspistol or stub automatic, Imperial robes, autoquill, Chrono, dataslate, medi-kit	Master of Paperwork: An Adeptus Administratum character counts the Availability of all items as one level more available (Very Rare items count as Rare, Average items count as Common, etc.).	Knowledge or Social	PG 46 CB
Adeptus Arbites	Awareness, Common Lore (Adeptus Arbites, Underworld), Inquiry or Interrogation, Intimidate, Scrutiny	Weapon Training (Shock or Solid Projectile)	Shotgun or shock maul, Enforcer light carapace armor or carapace chest plate, 3 doses of stimm, manacles, 12 lho sticks	The Face of the Law: An Arbitrator can intimidation and Interrogation test, and can substitute his Willpower bonus for his degrees of success on these tests.	Offence or Defense	PG 48 CB
Adeptus Astra Telepathica	Awareness, Common Lore (Adeptus Astra Telepathica), Deceive or Interrogation, Forbidden Lore (the Warp),Psyniscience or Scrutiny	Weapon Training (Las, Low-Tech)	Laspistol, staff or whip, light flak cloak or flak vest, micro-bead or psy focus	The Constant Threat: When the character or an ally within 10 meters triggers a roll on the Table 6-2: Psychic Phenomenon (pg 196). Adeptus Astra Telepathica character can increase or decrease the result by amount equal to his Willpower bonus. Tested on Terra: If the character takes the Psyker elite advance during character creation, he also gains the Sanctioned trait (pg 138).	Defense or Psyker	PG 50 CB
Adeptus Mechanicus	Awareness or Operate (Pick One), Common Lore (Adeptus Mechanicus), Logic, Security, Tech	Mechadendrite Use (Utility),Weapon Training (Solid Projectile)	Autogun or hand cannon, monotask servo-skull (utility) or optical Mechadendrite, Imperial robes, 2 vials of sacred unguents	Replace the Weak Flesh: An Adeptus Mechanicus character counts the Availability of all cybernetics as two levels more available (Rare items count as Average, Very Rare items count as Scarce, etc.).Starting Trait: Mechanicus Implants (pg 137).	Knowledge or Tech	PG 52 CB
Adeptus Ministorum	Charm, Command, Common Lore (Adeptus Ministorum),Inquiry or Scrutiny, Linguistics (High Gothic)	Weapon Training (Flame) or Weapon Training (Low-Tech, Solid Projectile)	Hand flamer (or Warhammer and stub revolver), Imperial robes or flak vest, backpack, glow-globe, monotask servo	Faith is All: When spending a Fate point to gain a+10 bonus to any one test, an Adeptus Ministorum character gains a +20 bonus instead.	Leadership or Social	PG 54 CB
Imperial Guard	Athletics, Command, Common Lore (Imperial Guard), Medicae or Operate (Surface), Navigate (Surface)	Weapon Training (Las, Low-Tech)	Lasgun (or laspistol and sword), combat vest, Imperial Guard flak armor, grapnel and line,12 lho sticks, magnoculars	Hammer of the Emperor: When attacking a target that an ally attacked since the end of the Guardsman's last turn, the Guardsman can re-roll any results of 1 or 2 damage rolls.	Fieldcraft or Leadership	PG 56 CB
Outcast	Acrobatics or Sleight of Hand, Common Lore (Underworld), Deceive, Dodge, Stealth	Weapon Training (Chain, and Las or Solid Projectile)	Autopistol or laspistol, chainsword, armored body glove or flak vest, injector, 2 doses of obscura or slaught	Never Quit: An Outcast character counts his Toughness bonus as two higher for purposes of determining Fatigue.	Fieldcraft or Social	PG 58 CB
Adepta Sororitas	Athletics, Charm or Intimidate, Common Lore (Adepta Sororitas), Linguistics (High Gothic), Medicae or Parry	Weapon Training (Flame or Las, Chain)	Hand lamer or laspistol, chainblade, armoured bodyglove, chrono, dataslate, stablight, micro-bead	Incorruptible Devotion: Whenever an Adepta Sororitas character would gain 1 or more Corruption Points, she gains that many Insanity Points minus 1 (to a minimum of 0) instead.	Offence or Social	PG 31 EI
Mutant	Acrobatics or Athletics, Awareness, Deceive or Intimidate, Forbidden Lore (Mutants), Survival	Weapon Training (Low-Tech, Solid Projectile)	Shotgun (or stub revolver and great weapon), grapnel and line, heavy leathers, combat vest, 2 doses of stimm	Twisted Flesh: A Mutant character can always choose to fail any test associated with resisting malignancy or mutation. Whenever he would gain a malignancy, he may roll on Table 8–16: Mutations to gain a mutation instead. Starts with 10 corruption and rolls 5d10 to determine starting mutation. Has one of the following Traits: Amphibious, Dark-sight, Natural Weapons, Sonar Sense, Sturdy, Toxic (1), Unnatural Agility (1), Unnatural Strength (1), or Unnatural Toughness (1)	Fieldcraft or Offense	PG 33 EI
Heretek	Deceive or Inquiry, Forbidden Lore (pick one), Medicae or Security, Tech-Use, Trade (pick one)	Weapon Training (Solid Projectile)	Stub revolver with 2 extra clips of Expander bullets or Man- Stopper rounds, 1 web grenade, combi-tool, flak cloak, filtration plugs, 1 dose of de-tox, dataslate, stablight	Master of Hidden Lores: When a Heretek makes a Tech-Use test to comprehend, use, repair, or modify an unfamiliar device, he gains a +20 bonus if he has one or more relevant Forbidden Lore skill specialisations at Rank 1 (Known) or higher. Hereteks also start with Mechanicus Implants.	Finesse or Tech	PG 35 EI
Imperial Navy	Athletics, Command or Intimidate, Common Lore (Imperial Navy), Navigate (Stellar), Operate (Aeronautica or Voidship)	Weapon Training (Chain or Shock, Solid Projectile)	Combat shotgun or hand cannon, chainsword or shock whip, flak coat, rebreather, micro-bead	Close Quarters Discipline: An Imperial Navy character scores one additional degree of success on successful Ballistic Skill tests he makes against targets at Point-Blank range, at Short range, and with whom he is engaged in melee.	Offense or Tech	PG 37 EI
Rogue Trader Fleet	Charm or Scrutiny, Commerce, Common Lore (Rogue Traders), Linguistics (pick one alien language), Operate (Surface or Aeronautica)	Weapon Training (Las or Solid Projectile, Shock)	Laspistol or autopistol (fitted with Compact weapon upgrade), shock maul, mesh cloak or carapace chestplate, auspex, chrono	Inured to the Xenos: A character from a Rogue Trader Fleet gains a +10 bonus to Fear tests caused by aliens and a +20 bonus to Interaction skill tests with alien characters.	Finesse or Social	PG 39 EI
Exorcised	Awareness, Deceive or Inquiry, Dodge, Forbidden Lore (Daemonology), Intimidate or Scrutiny	Hatred (Daemons), Weapon Training (Solid Projectile, Chain)	Autopistol or Stub Revolver, Shotgun, Chainblade, Imperial Robes, 3 doses of Obscura or 3 doses of Tranq, Disguise Kit or Excruciator Kit, Rebreather, Stablight or Glow-globe	Touched by a Daemon: An exorcised character counts his Insanity Bonus as 2 higher for purposes of avoiding Fear tests. Additionally, he can never again be possessed by a daemon. In addition, an exorcised character begins with one Malignancy	Defense or Knowledge	PG 32 EB

Roles

Role	Role Aptitudes	Role Talent	Role Bonus	Page
Assassin	Agility, Ballistic Skill or Weapon Skill, Fieldcraft, Finesse, Perception	Jaded or Leap Up	Sure Kill: In addition to the normal uses of Fate points(pg 293), when an Assassin successfully hits with an attack, he may spend a Fate point to inflict additional damage equal to his degrees of success on the attack roll on the first hit the attack inflicts.	PG 62 CB
Chirurgeon	Fieldcraft, Intelligence, Knowledge, Strength, Toughness	Resistance (Pick One) or Takedown	Dedicated Healer: In addition to the normal uses of Fate points (pg 293), when a Chirurgeon character fails a test to provide First Aid, he can spend a Fate point to automatically succeed instead with the degrees of success equal to his Intelligence bonus.	PG 64 CB
Desperado	Agility, Ballistic Skill, Defense, Fellowship, Finesse	Catfall or Quick Draw	Move and Shoot: Once per round, after performing Move action, a Desperado character may perform a single Standard Attack with a Pistol weapon he is currently wielding as a Free Action.	PG 66 CB
Hierophant	Fellowship, Offence, Social, Toughness, Willpower	Double Team or Hatred (Pick One)	Sway the Masses: In addition to the normal uses of Fate points (pg 293), a Hierophant character may spend a Fate point to automatically succeed at a Charm, Command, or Intimidate skill test with a number of degrees of success equal to his Willpower bonus.	PG 68 CB
Mystic	Defense, Intelligence, Knowledge, Perception, Willpower	Resistance (Psychic Powers) or Warp Sense	Stare into the Warp: A Mystic character starts the game with the Psyker elite advance (pg 90). It is recommended that a character who wishes to be a Mystic have a Willpower of at least 35.	PG 70 CB
Sage	Intelligence, Knowledge, Perception, Tech, Willpower	Ambidextrous or Clues from the Crowds	Quest for Knowledge: In addition to the normal uses of Fate points (pg 293), a Sage character may spend a Fate point to automatically succeed at a Logic or any Lore skill test with a number of degrees of success equal to his Intelligence bonus.	PG 72 CB
Seeker	Fellowship, Intelligence, Perception, Social, Tech	Keen Intuition or Disarm	Nothing Escapes My Sight: In addition to the normal uses of Fate points (pg 293), a Seeker character may spend a Fate point to automatically succeed at an Awareness or Inquiry skill test with a number of degrees of success equal to his Perception bonus.	PG 74 CB
Warrior	Ballistic Skill, Defense, Offence, Strength, Weapon Skill	Iron Jaw or Rapid Reload	Expert at Violence: In addition to the normal uses of Fate points (pg 293), after making a successful attack test, but before determining hits, a Warrior character may spend a Fate point to substitute his Weapon Skill (for melee) or Ballistic Skill (for ranged) bonus for the degrees of success scored on the attack test.	PG 76 CB
Crusader	Knowledge, Offense, Strength, Toughness, Willpower	Bodyguard or Deny the Witch	Smite the Unholy: In addition to the normal uses of Fate Points, a crusader can also spend a Fate Point to automatically pass a Fear test with a DoS equal to his Willpower Bonus. In addition, whenever he inflicts a hit with a melee weapon against a target with the Fear (X) trait, he inflicts X additional damage and counts his weapon's Penetration as being X higher.	PG 34 EB

Divinations

Rolls	Divination Prophecies	Divination Effects
1	Mutation without, corruption within.	Roll once on the Malignancies table and apply the result.
02-05	Trust in your fear.	Increase this character's Perception by 5. He also gains the Phobia Mental Disorder.
06-09	Humans must die so that humanity can endure.	This character gains the Jaded talent. If he already possesses this talent, increase his Willpower characteristic by 2 instead.
10-13	The pain of the bullet is ecstasy compared to damnation.	Reduce this character's Agility characteristic by 3. The first time this character suffers Critical damage each session, roll a 1d10. On a result of 10, he does not suffer any Critical Effects, though the damage still counts as Critical Damage.
14-17	Be a boon to your allies and the bane of your enemies.	The character gains the Hatred (choose any one) talent. If he already possessed this talent, increase his Strength characteristic by 2 instead.
18-21	The wise learn from the deaths of others.	Increase this character's Agility or Intelligence Characteristic by 3. Reduce his Weapon Skill of Ballistic skill characteristic by 3.
22-25	Kill the alien before it can speak its lies.	This character gains the Quick Draw talent. If he already possesses this talent, increase his Agility characteristic by 2 instead.
26-29	Truth is subjective.	Increase this character's Perception by 3. The first time he would gain 1 or more Corruption points each session, he gains that amount plus 1 instead.
30-33	Thought begets Heresy.	Reduce this character's Intelligence by 3. The first time he would gain 1 or more Corruption points each session, he reduces that amount by 1 (to a minimum of 0) instead.
34-38	Heresy begets Retribution.	Increase this character's Fellowship or Strength characteristic by 3. Reduce his Toughness or Willpower characteristic by 3.
39-43	A mind without purpose wanders in dark places.	When gaining Mental Disorders, the character may choose to gain a new Disorder instead of increasing the severity of an existing Disorder.
44-49	If a job is worth doing, it is worth dying for.	Increase this character's Toughness or Willpower characteristic by 3. Reduce his Fellowship or Strength characteristic by 3.
50-54	Dark dreams lie upon the heart.	Whenever this character would roll on the Malignancies table, he may instead select any one result and gain that Malignancy.
55-59	Violence solves everything.	Increase this character's Weapon Skill or Ballistic Skill characteristic by 3. Reduce his Agility or Intelligence characteristic by 3.
60-63	Ignorance is a wisdom of its own.	Reduce this character's Perception characteristic by 3. The first time he would gain 1 or more Insanity points each session, he reduces that amount by 1 (to a minimum of 0) instead.
64-67	Only the insane have the strength to prosper.	Increase this character's Willpower characteristic by 3. The first time he would gain 1 or more Insanity points each session, he gains that amount plus 1 instead.
68-71	A suspicious mind is a healthy mind.	Increase this character's Perception characteristic by 2. Additionally, he may re-roll Awareness tests to avoid being Surprised.
72-75	Suffering is an unrelenting instructor.	Reduce this character's Toughness characteristic by 3. The first time that this character suffers any damage each session, he gains a +20 bonus to the next test he makes before the end of his next turn.
76-79	The only true fear is dying without your duty done.	This character gains the Resistance (Cold, Heat, or Fear) talent. If he already possesses this Talent, increase his Toughness characteristic by 2 instead.
80-83	Only in death does duty end.	The first time this character would suffer Fatigue each session, he suffers that amount of Fatigue minus 1 (to a minimum of 0) instead.
84-87	Innocence is an illusion.	This character gains the Keen Intuition talent. If he already possesses this talent, increase his Intelligence characteristic by 2 instead.
88-91	To war is human.	This character gains the Dodge skill as a Known skill (rank 1). If he already posses this skill, increase his Agility characteristic by 2 instead.
92-95	There is no substitute for zeal.	This character gains the Clues from the Crowds talent. If he already possesses this talent, increase his Fellowship characteristic by 2 instead.
96-99	Even one who has nothing can still offer his life.	When this character burns Fate threshold to survive a lethal injury, roll 1d10. On a result of 10, he survives whatever grievous wound would have killed him but does not reduce his Fate threshold.
100	Do not ask why you serve. Only ask how.	Increase this character's Fate threshold by 1.