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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130914160733/http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=154&enmi=Black%20Crusade Black Crusade]'' is the latest in a series of [[Tabletop Games|tabletop roleplaying games]] set in the ''[[Warhammer
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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: [[In-Universe|Within the context of the setting]], the Imperium can be viewed as a necessary force to safeguard and shepard humanity against the darkness which threatens to consume it, or it can be seen as a brutally oppressive regime which holds humanity back from realizing its true potential. [[Lampshade Hanging|A writer's sidebar]] [[All There in the Manual|early in the rulebook]] makes clear that ''Black Crusade'' is written with the later perspective in mind.
* [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]]: This game allows you to play this ''as well as'' the shallow-one-dimensional cackling [[Card-Carrying Villain]]. As the opening quote shows, sometimes the first tragic step in becoming a monster can be as noble and pure as a parent's love for her child.
* [[Badass Normal]]: The Renegade archetype. The other archetypes are [[Super Soldier|Space Marines]], [[Psychic Powers|Psykers]], [[Magitek|Tech-Priests]], or [[Evil Sorcerer
** The Apostate archetype counts as well, they are ordinary (initially, at least) humans who happen to be incredibly charismatic.
* [[The Baroness]]: The example Daemon Prince in the book was a corrupt Imperium aristocrat who was obsessed with self-mastery and mastery over others. Eventually, she grew so confident that she summoned a [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Keeper of Secrets]] into her own body in the belief [[Suicidal Overconfidence|she could absorb it into her soul to extend her life]]...[[Subverted Trope|and she]] [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|was right]]. [[Moment of Awesome|And then when she got old and decrepit again, she did the whole thing over again]]. ''[[Up to Eleven|Twice]]''. She was about to do it a fourth time when Slaanesh himself showed up and [[Super Empowering|turned her into a daemon prince]] out of genuine respect (and as a [[Stealth Insult]] to his own Greater Daemons for their inability to stand up to her).
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: While Chaos is generally [[
* [[Body Horror]]: As a heretic becomes more and more corrupt, he body will slowly start to mutate, and some mutations are rather...impressive.
* [[Byronic Hero]]: A viable character option. When they turned to Chaos, many Heretics felt the Imperium is far too oppressive and limiting for the good of humanity, especially when they feel that embracing the powers of Chaos can help humanity preserve itself in a galaxy trying to kill them. Sometimes it's a more personal level than that, but for every Lord Byron that serves Chaos, there's probably more who are serving the Ruinous Powers for more selfish goals.
* [[Class and Level System]]: Notably averted. The followers of Chaos are a diverse and fluid lot, and so ''Black Crusade'' characters are not restricted by the same Career Path advancement system as their Loyalist counterparts.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Followers of Tzeentch can develop a neurosis which compels them to obsess over "conspiracies". The scary thing is that, considering [[The Chessmaster|Tzeentch]], [[Properly Paranoid|this might not be entirely inappropriate]].
* [[The Corruption]]: Given ''Black Crusade'''s focus, this is explored in more detail here than in previous ''[[Warhammer
** More specifically, there's actually ''two'' tracks in the game: actual Corruption, and [[Glory Seeker|Infamy]], which is the measure of both how much you've impressed the Ruinous Powers and your ability to control your mutations. Hit the threshold where you lose your humanity with a high enough Infamy score, and it's presumed your patron blunts the impact of the runaway mutations long enough [[Heroic Willpower|for you to control them]], and you become a Daemon Prince. Otherwise...
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: The game as a whole is this to ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' and ''[[Deathwatch (
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Assuming a chacter isn't this already, a possible mutation is that characters will become quite large. Followers of Nurgle have a chance of this being taken [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Human Heretics lack the inhuman resilience and [[Powered Armor]] of Chaos Space Marines, but all possess an ability allowing them to act sooner in combat.
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: In-Universe, Tzeentch followers can become convinced they are incredibly powerful psykers. This makes them incredibly irritating to deal with, especially for ''real'' psykers.
* [[Super OCD]]: Characters can develop this, followers of Tzeentch would manifest it as a paralyzing fear of contamination, while followers of Slaanesh can't focus unless something is "just right".
* [[Swirly Energy Thingy]]: The Screaming Vortex, the game's default campaign setting. [[Hub Level|Through it, one can also reach]] the Calixis Sector, the Koronus Expanse, and the Jericho Reach, default settings of ''[[Dark Heresy]]'', ''[[Rogue Trader]]'', and ''[[Deathwatch (
* [[Tragic Hero]]: Many join Chaos with [[Utopia Justifies the Means|the noblest of goals]] and [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|the best of intentions]]: to protect those they love, to make the world a better place, to stand against the tyranny and cruelty of the Imperium. Many [[Fallen Hero|fall]]. Many more [[The Hero Dies|die trying]]. Hardly any of them live to see their original dream fulfilled, in a form they would still recognize, and remain uncorrupted enough to care.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The flip side of the [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]] example. Yes, Chaos does count among its followers legions of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]], [[Noble Demon
** The version of Imperial history and organization presented here is stripped of the usual implication that it's all justified and things were fine until the Horus Heresy. It really plays up the idea that PCs in the other lines are tainted by evil just for defending it. A repeated theme is that many heretics embrace Chaos just because it opposes the Imperium and have no real loyalty to it.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: ''Black Crusade'' balances Chaos Space Marines against ordinary human heretics by granting the latter a greater variety of starting Skills and Talents and a greater amount of starting [[Experience Points]]. Of course, when the Talents include such things as "is a psyker" and "can shoot lightning from my nipples," the terms "weak," "skilled," "ordinary," and even "''human''" begin to lose some of their meaning....
* [[...Who Needs Enemies?]]: Compacts<ref>(the ''Black Crusade'' equivalent of Endeavours in ''[[Rogue Trader]]'' and Missions in ''[[Deathwatch (
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: A [[World Half Empty|completely]] [[Trauma Conga Line|viable]] [[Tragic Hero|character]] [[Madden Into Misanthropy|option]].
* [[Wretched Hive]]: The Screaming Vortex is a wild and lawless region of space. On the outer reaches, the laws being ignored are those of the Imperium and of common human decency; closer to the center, the laws being ignored are those of [[World of Chaos|physics]].
** On the outer reaches...except for [[Magitek|Q'Sal]]. There, they just ignore physics, as the planet ''itself'' is in much, much better condition then the vast majority of the Imperium. [[Anti-Villain|And they're Heretics, too.]] See why Chaos can be so appealing?
* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: Any Heretic who chooses the "Nihilism" Motivation is actually motivated by [
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