House Rules

Rogue Trader: Drake Dynasty
GM
Adam
Dynastic Power
Character Level: 31,250 XP / Rank 8
Profit Factor: 43𝖕
Command Crew
Lord-Captain Drake Navigator Primus Mordecai Arch-Millitant Winter Astropath Solarus
House Drake Fleet
Aurea Albion Hound of Albion • Abhorrent Fortuitous Purpose • Penance of Iocanthos
Drake Trade Empire
Damaris • Scintilla • Kulth Svard • Dross • Aurum Sepheris Secundus • Tennenberg Killian's Rest
Drake Expeditions
Open Missions
Grand Endevours
Personnel
Magistrates • Retainers Militants Svard 1st • Stormtroopers House Drake Expeditionary Army
Assets
Materiel Aerospace Craft • Ground Vehicles
Armoury Wargear • Relics and Artifacts
Other Estate Secrets and Contacts • Awards and Honors
The Galaxy
Locations Calixis Sector Koronus Expanse • Periphery Subsector Personalities Peers of the Imperium Rival Rogue Traders
Utilities
Rogue Trader Timeline House Rules Guide and Lore

Additions & Clarifications

Minions

Minions are a special kind of Acquisition representing an additional, lesser character who accompanies the player's main character on adventures. Unlike friendly NPCs, who's loyalty may be fleeting and their lives tied up in their occupations, Minions represent individuals who are under the Player's direct control, and although they may not follow every order perfectly, they are willing to serve, fight or even die for their leader. Minions can represent anything from servitors and pets to skilled assassins and bodyguards. Each Player may have a number of minions equal to their fellowship bonus.

Acquiring a Minion Minions do not use the normal Acquisition table, the final Acquisition modifier for a Minion is instead based on two factors, the commonality of their skills and their over all ability. Ability is listed into three broad categories; Lesser Minions (+30), Minions (+0), Greater Minions (-30). This governs the overall attributes, and number of skills and talents a minion can have. Commonality of Skills covers a wider range, and determines the maximum rarity of skill or talent they can possess.

Acrobatics: Plentiful Awareness: Abundant Barter: Plentiful Blather: Common Carouse: Ubiquitous Charm: Plentiful Chem-Use: Average Ciphers: Rare Climb: Abundant Command: Scarce Commerce: Common Common Lore: Common to Scarce Concealment: Common Contortionist: Average Deceive: Plentiful Demolition: Rare Disguise: Scarce Dodge: Common Drive: Average to Plentiful to Scarce Evaluate: Common Forbidden Lore: Very Rare to Near Unique Gamble: Abundant Inquiry: Average Interrogation: Scarce Intimidate: Plentiful Invocation: Very Rare Lip Reading: Rare Literacy: Scarce Logic: Average Medicae: Rare Navigation: Average to Very Rare Performer: Common Pilot: Scarce to Very Rare Psyniscience:: Rare Scholastic Lore: Average to Extremely Rare Scrutiny: Common Search: Plentiful Secret Tongue: Common or Extremely Rare Security: Rare Shadowing: Average Silent Move: Common Slight of Hand: Average Speak Language: Any Survival: Average Swim: Abundant Tech-Use: Very Rare Tracking: Scarce Trade: Abundant to Very Rare Wrangling: Common

(Talents to be compiled as asked.)

'Characteristics A minion has a fixed number of points to distribute between all of their base characteristics. They must have at least 01 except in weapon skill, ballistics skill or fellowship. Their maximum is determined by their Ability. Lesser Minions: 160 Points, Max 30 Minions: 250 Points, Max 35 Greater Minion: 315 Points, Max 40

Speed is calculated as normal, Wounds are calculated by doubling the minion's toughness bonus. A minion's Loyalty characteristic is equal to it's leader's Fellowship score.

Skills Minions have access to a variety of skills at various levels of ability based on their maximum skill rarity. The number and maximum level of the skills is based on their ability. In addition, all minions start with a single Speak Language skill that allows them to communicate. Note that making an untrained skill a basic skill counts as half a rank. Lesser Minions: Three ranks of skills at Trained Minion: Six ranks of Skills, no more then +10% Greater Minion: Nine ranks of Sskills, no more then +20%

Talents Minions also have access to a variety of talents to use to enhance their ability to aid their leader. Any talent may be sacrificed to become trained in an additional skill. The 'Talented' talent may not be chosen. (Subjet to GM approval) Lesser Minions: Five Talents Minion: Seven Talents Greater Minion: Eleven Talents

Traits More then anything else, Traits determine the true nature of the minion. Each Minion can take a number of traits dependent on it's ability. Some traits may be taken multiple times, as indicated by a (x) after the name. The only exception is the Unnatural Ability trait, who's cost is equal to half the number of bonus points is provides. Traits are subject to GM approval. Unused Traits may be sacrificed for additional Talents. Lesser Minions: Three Traits Minion: Five Traits Greater Minion: Seven Traits

Starting Equipment Every Minion comes with at least some of the tools necessary to do their job. Anything beyond that must be provided by their leader through the course of normal Acquisition tests. Lesser Minion: 2 items with a modifier of +30 or greater Minion: 3 items with a modifier of +20 or greater, alternately, they may take 2 items of +10 or greater Greater Minion: 3 items with a modifier of +10 or greater, or they make take 2 items of +0 or greater

Existing Minions

• Catyaina Curiatia Remembrancer, Minion of Lord-Captain Drake
• Crosp ServoSkull, Lesser Minion of Explorator LaForge
• ? Bodyguard, Minion of Lord Tacticus