Thread: Legate Investigators

Thanks for the replies guys - I'm curious is there something official on the 'primus' position in one of the rulebooks or is this something that you've come up with. Aureus - re you comment on working alone - what sort of resource did you give them access to in order to perform their investigation independantly?

Initially, nothing.  They just spent their own time, effort, and resources on a line of investigation they felt was valid, and their bosses thought was worth them spending time on if they really wanted to (not expecting much at the time this first came up).  Then they hit paydirt, and started arranging things to get around and get in deeper.  Finally the Inquisitor gave them leave to pursue the case as a main line of...

Maybe just handing out the position of Primus of the group to one of the PCs could resolve some of the problems. I think most players want the Legate advancement only because it is written up to be a better route to Inquisitor status. The Primus rank can function in that way as well as the leadership experience it provides seems to be what players want more than the Legate advance. That depends on the player of course but I think most just...

I did have one player that was interested in the legate position. He worked quite hard at it for a while, performing investigations outside of our normal sessions. Asking for information and pursuing leads, so he would be more prepared for every session. After all the extra work he was putting in I decided to give it some serious thought. I sat down with the player and looked over the advancements and by the time I thought he was trustworthy...

Funny in my groups no one wants to be in charge.  The trick is have a =][= that really puts the fear of failure in them, and that it goes double for the boss.  Also in 40K leader should lead from the front.  Plus all of my players are more than willing to have a weapons malfunction if the leader for the mission get to far out of line.