History VideoGame / Warhammer40000RogueTrader

''Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader'' is an upcoming game developed by Creator/OwlcatGames. It is an isometric RolePlayingGame set in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' setting and based on the ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' system.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: The Rogue Trader him-/herself can feel this way, being constantly surrounded by a retinue comprised of representatives of the Imperium's most powerful and most prestigious institutions, most of which have access to unique backgrounds and game mechanics not available to the player character.

* TheGhost: In the "Underworld" quest, we never do get a conclusive answer for who Fidelio is or what their relationship was to the deceased pirate, but [[spoiler:it's suggested that they're [[PetHeir one of his servitors]], who repays the favor half-consciously by defending his granddaughter]].

* CollateralDamage: Friendly fire is very much active here, especially among the AI, and sometimes enemies will do more damage to their own party in a turn than you can. Whether that's [[ArtificialStupidity awkward programming]] or [[ArtificialBrilliance the result of them being mostly blood-crazed and insane]] is unclear.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: The ''Imperialis'' choice at the end of Chapter 1 [[spoiler:features you doing this, better known to 40k fans as ''Exterminatus''. A planet has had its star removed, and is falling to the forces of a Chaos cult. Your resident member of the Inquisition insists you fire upon the ancient archaeotech fusion reactor on the planet's surface; destroying it will cause an explosion that wipes out the planet's life, killing everyone on it but preventing it from falling to Chaos and turning into a Daemon World.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Lots. You're a Rogue Trader, one of the most powerful noble positions in the Imperium. It's not only possible for you to treat your lessers like scum, punishing them for not only the slightest infractions but the slightest infractions of their neighbors, in many cases it's outright ''expected.'' Some of your own ''subordinates'' will give you the eyebrow if you're too much of a soft touch.

* KarmaMeter: Three. ''Dogmatic'' represents your adherence to the ways and methods used by the Imperium; praising the God-Emperor, exterminating heretics (and ''potential'' heretics, i.e., collateral damage), abhoring xenos, etc. ''Iconoclast'' is your willingness to do the moral act -- protecting people, comforting orphans, finding common ground over uncompromising destruction and the like. ''Heretical'' is your lean towards using the weapons and methods of Chaos and your submission to the Warp.

* ProphecyTwist: Throughout the first chapter, the Chaos cultists frequently make mention of an event known as "The Final Dawn" that is prophesied to occur in Rykad Minoris. It is later revealed that the Final Dawn [[spoiler:is meant to be literal: Drukhari space vessels enter the system and use their advanced technologies to steal Rykad's sun, bringing utter darkness to the whole system. The event causes widespread panic amongst the planet's population, which also results in the majority converting to the Chaos cult and the Imperials losing total control of the planet. Whether the planet converts itself into a Daemon World or the subjected to Exterminatus, either way, Rykad Minoris experiences it's [[DeadEuphemism Final Dawn]]]].

''Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader'' is an upcoming game developed by Creator/OwlcatGames. It is an isometric RolePlayingGame set in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' setting and based on the ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' system. It is scheduled to release 7 December 2023.

The game was was announced in June, 2022, with the first alpha version released shortly thereafter. It consisted of the game's chapter 2. The first beta version was released a year later in June, 2023, expanding to cover the first half of the game -- the prologue and chapters 1, 2 and 3.

** Also, on a practical level, with a female Rogue Trader PC, you can assemble an all-female party with Idira, Argenta, Cassia, Yrliet, and Jae. In fact, overall, the ladies on the playable cast outnumber the men.

* ProphecyTwist: Throughout the first chapter, the Chaos cultists frequently make mention of an event known as "The Final Dawn" that is prophesied to occur in Rykad Minoris. While it is meant to imply that the cultists intend to bring about the planet's destruction, it is later revealed that the Final Dawn [[spoiler:is meant to be literal: Drukhari space vessels enter the system and use their advanced technologies to steal Rykad's sun, bringing utter darkness to the whole system.]]

* ProphecyTwist: Throughout the first chapter, the Chaos cultists frequently make mention of an event known as "The Final Dawn" that is prophesied to occur in Rykad Minoris. While it is meant to imply that the cultists intend to bring about the planet's destruction, it is later revealed that the Final Dawn [[spoiler:is meant to be literal: Drukhari space vessels enter the system and steal Rykad's sun, bringing utter darkness to the whole system.]]

* KarmaMeter: Three. ''Imperialis'' represents your adherence to the ways and methods used by the Imperium; praising the God-Emperor, exterminating heretics (and ''potential'' heretics, i.e., collateral damage), abhoring xenos, etc. ''Benevolentia'' is your willingness to do the moral act -- protecting people, comforting orphans, and the like. ''Hereticus'' is how often you willfully violate Imperium doctrine; using the weapons and methods of Chaos, willingness to work with xenos, and other acts.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ''Benevolentia'' ideology. It generally involves protecting your people and doing the moral, if not necessarily best, thing. As notable directly below, one of the ''40k'' Twists™ the game operates on is that too much of this will actually be seen as ''strange'' in-universe.

''Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader'' is an upcoming game developed by Creator/OwlcatGames. It is an isometric RolePlayingGame set in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' setting and based on the ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'' system.

Unlike Owlcat's previous games, ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' and ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'', ''Rogue Trader'' abandons the real-time-with-pause system completely, instead featuring a turn-based combat system that serves as the first-ever adaptation of the ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' system and its many derivatives (in this case, ''TabletopGame/RogueTrader'') to a CRPG of any platform.

The game was was announced in June, 2022, with the first alpha version released shortly thereafter. It consisted of the game's chapter 2. The first beta version was released a year later in June, 2023, expanding the alpha the first half of the game- the prologue and chapters 1, 2 and 3.

** Your companion Sister Argenta is a member of the Adeptas Sororitas, also known as the Sisters of Battle - an entirely female fighting force under the control of the Ecclesiarchy, aka the Imperial Church.
** Also, on a practical level, with a female Rogue Trader PC, you can assemble an all-female party with Idira, Argenta, Cassia, Yrliet, and Jae. In fact, overall, the number of ladies on the playable cast outnumber the men.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:The ''Imperialis'' choice at the end of Chapter 1 features you doing this, better known to 40k fans as ''Exterminatus''. A planet has had its star removed, and is falling to the forces of a Chaos cult. Your resident member of the Inquisition insists you fire upon the ancient archaeotech fusion reactor on the planet's surface; destroying it will cause an explosion that wipes out the planet's life, killing everyone on it but preventing it from falling to Chaos and turning into a Daemon World.]]

* KarmaMeter: Three. ''Imperialis'' represents your adherence to the ways and methods used by the Imperium; praising the God-Emperor, exterminating heretics (and ''potential'' heretics, i.e., collateral damage), abhoring xenos, etc. ''Benevolentia'' is your willingness to do the moral act - protecting people, comforting orphans, and the like. ''Hereticus'' is how often you willfully violate Imperium doctrine; using the weapons and methods of Chaos, willingness to work with xenos, and other acts.

* SecretPolice: Companion Heinrix van Calox is an Interrogator in the ranks of the Imperial Inquisition - the Imperium of Man's ecclesiastical secret police.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ''Benevolentia'' ideology. It generally involves protecting your people and doing the moral, if not necessarily best, thing. As notable directly below, one of the [=40k Twists™=] the game operates on is that too much of this will actually be seen as ''strange'' in-universe.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Lots. You're a Rogue Trader, one of the most powerful noble positions in the Imperium. It's not only possible for you to treat your lessers like scum, punishing them for not only the slightest infractions but the slightest infractions of their neighbors, in many cases it's outright ''expected.'' Some of your own ''subordinates'' will give you the eyebrow if you're too much of a soft touch.

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* CoolStarship: Naturally. Your dynasty starts off with a city-sized spaceship; you can expand your fleet to include many more, and customize them.

* InjuredVulnerability: Party members cannot die (in combat); instead they accumulate Wounds and Traumas. Wounds can be easily healed quickly once combat is done; failing to heal it quickly results in it becoming an Old Wound, which requires a harder Medicae check to heal. Accumulating 5 Wounds (or getting reduced to 0 HP) means the character gains a Trauma, a much more specific injury with much greater penalties, that can't be healed until you return to your starship.
* KarmaMeter: Three. ''Imperialis'' represents your adherence to the ways and methods used by the Imperium; praising the God-Emperor, exterminating heretics (and ''potential'' heretics, i.e., collateral damage), abhoring xenos, etc. ''Benevolentia'' is your willingness to do the moral act- protecting people, comforting orphans, and the like. ''Hereticus'' is how often you willfully violate Imperium doctrine; using the weapons and methods of Chaos, willingness to work with xenos, and other acts.

* StarshipLuxurious: The higher up in a starship (namely, yours) you get, the more luxurious you get. The top level- for the Rogue Trader- has virtually any luxury you can ask for available at your beck and call.
* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ''Benevolentia'' ideology. It generally involves protecting your people and doing the moral, if not necessarily best, thing.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Lots. You're a Rogue Trader, one of the most powerful noble positions in the Imperium. It's not only possible for you to treat your lessers like scum, punishing them for not only the slightest infractions but the slightest infractions of their neighbors; it's outright ''expected.''

* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ''Benevolentia'' ideology. It generally involves protecting your people and doing the moral, if not necessarily best, thing.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:The ''Imperialis'' choice at the end of Chapter 1 features you doing this, better known to 40k fans as ''Exterminatus''. A planet has had its star removed, and is falling to the forces of a Chaos cult. Your resident member of the Inquisition insists you fire upon the ancient archaeotech fusion reactor on the planet's surface; destroying it will cause an explosion that wipes out the planet's life, killing everyone on it but preventing it from falling to Chaos and turning into a Daemon World.

* StarshipLuxurious: The higher up in a starship (namely, yours) you get, the more luxurious you get. The top level- for the Rogue Trader- has virtually any luxury you can ask for available at your beck and call.

* GuestStarPartyMember: In the first combat you face, the Valancius Master of Whispers will participate and constantly provide buffs; in the second combat, the ambush on the cathedral deck, Captain Theodora and Arch-Militant Mort join the fray and will largely handle the situation on their own while the game tutorializes about a few things. [[spoiler:You won't have a chance to have them in the party again after this.]]

Unlike Owlcat's previous games, ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' and ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'', Rogue Trader has abandoned the real-time-with-pause system completely, instead featuring a turn-based combat system.

* AmazonBrigade: Your companion Sister Argenta is a member of the Adeptas Sororitas, also known as the Sisters of Battle- an entirely female fighting force under the control of the Ecclesiarchy, aka the Imperial Church.

* SecretPolice: Companion Heinrix van Calox is an Interrogator in the ranks of the Imperial Inquisition- the Imperium of Man's religious focused secret police.

* AmazonBrigade: Your companion Sister Argenta is a member of the Adeptas Sororitas, also known as the Sisters of Battle- an entirely female fighting force under the control of the Ecclesiarchy, aka the Imperial Church.