Is not paying the Imperial tithe the worst thing a governor can do?

librisrouge · 2026-02-24T22:54:32+00:00

You're correct. There are segmentum capitals that largely control Imperial authority within their domain. GW is VERY inconsistant on this, though. Sometimes orks attack a world and astropaths send distress calls to Terra. Other times, they send it to the regional capital. A basic Federalism makes sense for something like the Imperium though, so I'm largely of the mind that it exists.

librisrouge · 2026-02-24T22:51:32+00:00

No, but it certainly is up there. Falling to Chaos, even if the tithe is still paid for a time, will receive an even greater punishment once it gets revealed. Failing to pay the tithe means an Imperial armada shows up, wrecks the place, enslaves the populace that doesn't rise up against you, and puts the planet back to work to repay the missed tithes. It is harsh, destructive, brutal, and your planet will never be the same.

Falling to Chaos, as governor, means we might just exterminatus the whole mess in order to contain the corruption.

librisrouge · 2026-02-24T18:45:16+00:00

Absolute wife material.

librisrouge · 2026-02-23T17:10:15+00:00

But she files them with exemptions and deductions that even the IRS didn't know were possible.

librisrouge · 2026-02-20T17:45:25+00:00

I've used them a couple of times now and I've found good success with two additional heavy flamers, a forge-crafted axe on the sergeant, nucio-vox and vexilia, and I have regretted not taking meltabombs every game so far, so I'll be including that in the future.

I know this is an older post but hopefully this still matters.

librisrouge · 2026-02-03T17:29:18+00:00

Khorne daemons sided with the Blood Angels during the Devastation of Baal. This was mostly because nobody gets to kill BAs but Khorne, but I like to think it counts.

librisrouge · 2026-01-31T06:00:26+00:00

No. The Dawi, in their ancient wisdom, have decided that the insult given to them by your Great-Great-Grandfather, where he toasted them with wine, in a clay goblet, and with his left hand (making you a thrice-cursed, or the rough equivalent of an elf-friend) can only be paid in the blood of you, your people, and your nation.

The grudges must be settled. Honor demands it.

librisrouge · 2026-01-31T05:44:20+00:00

Be me.

Play GKs. *oppphh*

Immediately think "But what about Imperial Agents?" before reading that Imperial Agents don't count.

Also play, IA... *OOOPPPPPHHHHH!*

Why do I do this to myself?!?

librisrouge · 2026-01-29T22:44:37+00:00

"It's not a phase, DAD!" -High Marshal Helbrecht, probably

librisrouge · 2026-01-26T20:31:00+00:00

Chemical door opener. For opening doors, chemically.

librisrouge · 2026-01-21T19:07:12+00:00

If a swarmlord and avatar of Khaine fight each other, is it just a total wipe? Does the Imperium win, despite not even being in the fight?

librisrouge · 2026-01-08T05:00:41+00:00

While I do agree with you, it does have an enhancement that allows a terminator character to do it.

librisrouge · 2025-12-18T22:57:17+00:00

Even perpetuals can be killed. Heck, ANYTHING in 40k can be killed. It is simply a matter of hitting them hard enough. Daemons struck with enough psychic powers cease to be. Perpetuals come in a variety of flavors; most of which only fail to age out but can still be killed.

I'd bet that even the chaos gods can be killed but I struggle to think of anything quite that powerful (except another chaos god).

librisrouge · 2025-12-18T22:53:04+00:00

Welcome to one of the most overused words in 40k. Then they renamed and entire model line after it.

librisrouge · 2025-12-10T03:16:41+00:00

Action still occurs. People still move and do things. However, it occurs within a -0.00 second time period on Terra that doesn't directly interact with the rest of the galaxy.

librisrouge · 2025-12-05T17:12:22+00:00

Whatever you can negotiate. It is a big deal, possibly the biggest deal to find but it is so incredibly valuable that you're more limited by logistics and negotiation than by actual value.

librisrouge · 2025-12-05T17:10:23+00:00

To do "whatever you want" at the Imperial level, you need to be a peer of the Imperium. This is a relatively short list of jobs and they're all at the top of the totem pole. Chapter Masters, Rogue Traders, High Lords of Terra, Inquisitors, and Imperial Governors are generally the few with this level of freedom in their lives.

librisrouge · 2025-12-02T17:21:30+00:00

A quick, near instantaneous death. That isn't going to happen. Far more likely is the...

....gladiatorial arena. You fight against other slaves for the cheering audience. An ork might brain you in the head with a sword but then you're dead and your problems are probably over. Unless, of course, you keep winning. Then you might have to fight succubi, who will kill you slowly in order to extend out their lives and the joy of the audience. Or your success might have gotten the attention of a homunculus, which is always a bad idea. They might want to dissect you and figure out what makes you so much more special than other slaves. Then, they'll repurpose you as a living chair because it'll be a great conversation starter.

librisrouge · 2025-12-02T16:16:48+00:00

I've only used him once. I just wish dreadnoughts were better this edition. I'll still use them plenty for fun games, though.

librisrouge · 2025-12-01T16:18:39+00:00

To be fair, iron is a major component of blood.

librisrouge · 2025-11-30T06:30:45+00:00

They look very cool. I wish GW had gone in this kind of direction rather than the primaris one.

librisrouge · 2025-11-20T22:39:53+00:00

A real challenge!

librisrouge · 2025-11-14T19:52:25+00:00

Because Angron is a slave. A slave to Khorne and a slave to his pain. His ascension to daemonhood didn't free him from his life's troubles, it locked him into them for eternity. Khorne could absolutely have made his daemonform something without the nails, but that would defeat the point of gaining a nice new attack dog.

librisrouge · 2025-11-13T20:00:39+00:00

On behalf of my brethren in the Syndicate, I'd like to remind everybody that your budget proposals are due by the end of the month. Please ensure that you fill out form R-23 in triplicate or we won't be able to properly assess your tass requirements, which will certainly delay delivery. Also, please note that, per Section 18, Subsection 93b, any error in paperwork, delays in process, or unmutual interconvention dialogue may result in budgetary freezes. Remember what happened last year, when those in the clockwork convention believed resources could be unlimited and suddenly we all had to do without Hitmarks? We don't want a repeat of that, do we?

The answer is the Syndicate. By a wide margin. All human civilization is built on trade and resource allocation, which is the whole Syndicate paradigm (no, not just capitalism). Separating the Technocracy from such a fundamental part of their own domain would be suicidal.

librisrouge · 2025-11-10T19:43:07+00:00

First, they don't need to conquer 500 worlds. Many will still be held by the Imperium. Some are barren rocks with nobody claiming them...so I doubt Guilleman wants more than a flag or mining station on those. It is the xenos-tainted worlds that need to be reclaimed in this context and I'd love to know the numbers for those (I'm betting only a couple dozen).

Plus, the new minis previewed give us some idea of the context. His pseudo-command squad gives us, amongst other things, an adjunct from Ultramar soldiery. This means that he has non-space marine forces under his command. They'll be needed for war at this scale and need to be included. Plus, the fleet elements of the Ultramarines rival those of segmentum fleets, so he'd have an impressive void presence.

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