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{{quote|''The intoxicating lure of Chaos leads untold millions down the path of corruption, and the noblest of intentions offers little protection against its dark influence. A soldier’s bloodlust, a politician's ambition, a lover’s desire, and even a mother’s whispered prayer over her feverish child – they are all the playthings of the Dark Gods. Why resist? Wealth, power, and happiness await those who serve the Ruinous Powers, and the only price is your humanity.''}}
''[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 40000]]'' universe. While its sister games ''[[Dark Heresy]]'', ''[[Rogue Trader]]'', and ''[[Deathwatch (game)|Deathwatch]]'' focus on characters that are (at least outwardly) loyal to [[The Empire|the Imperium of Man]], ''Black Crusade'' focuses on characters who serve the dark powers of [[The Corruption|Chaos]] -- [[The Heretic|the heretics]], [[The Mentally Disturbed|the madmen]], [[Despair Event Horizon|the lost]] and [[Deal with the Devil|the damned]]. The game contains rules for playing both [[Super Soldier|Chaos Space Marines]] and human [[
See also ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', ''[[Dark Heresy]]'', ''[[Rogue Trader]]'', and ''[[Deathwatch (game)|Deathwatch]]''.
== This game contains examples of
* [[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).
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* [[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 (game)|Deathwatch]]'' respectively.
* [[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....
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