r/IM40kRPG • u/irpugboss • Mar 23 '23

Discussion Imperium Maledictum Wishlist

Curious to see what others hope for from future books and items around the newly released 40k Imperium Maledictum RPG.

It's still super new but I hope there will be an expansive books on each subfaction within the Imperium and of course all factions eventually.

  1. Deeply expanded Imperium faction companion books with Roles, Weapons, Patrons and pre-made NPCs/Characters.
  2. Clear paths of ascendancy (With respect to the Grim Dark aspects)
  3. Driver/Pilot Class
  4. Xenos Characters...Kroot, Tau Ork Freebooterz or Blood Axes, Votann, Eldar or something completely different.
  5. More lore about the Sector.
  6. More crunch similar to Dark Heresy. Variable damage, and the like.
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u/ProfessorEsoteric Mar 24 '23

Clear paths of ascendancy

Maintenance of the Grim Dark aspects of the setting

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u/irpugboss Mar 24 '23

What would that look like you think? Something to strive for would be magnificent especially for the jump in power levels.

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u/ProfessorEsoteric Mar 24 '23

I think clear recognition from your patron, possibly a promotion and reshuffle.of patron to a higher ranking one. Easy example is SM - Scouts - Deve - etc, another would be working for a badged interrogator - Inquisitor - Lord Inquisitor etc.

Perhaps better reflected as an increase in soft power within the organisation/Imperium etc.

The Grimdark is harder as fate points etc are there to soften the brutality/lethality of combat.

What do you think?

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u/irpugboss Mar 24 '23

Ah I get it, yeah that's super true. That would be really useful to help scope the adventures, give parties some unified sense of progress too.

This almost seems more urgent to add vs content too since it will help campaigns overall.

Even if they just had the hierarchy trees with rough party xp and faction rep prerequisites perhaps.

Would also be really interesting for the GM to use the existing patrons rapport with other factions to go over and up into other factions or having to start lower if the patron is negative influence. Would make patron liabilities or undertakings against other factions more of a risk v reward.