While category 1 regards the Rule-of-Cool-fueled weaponry with an eye toward mirth, category 2 regards it with an eye toward how badass their favorite characters look wielding them. Iconic music: Fast-paced rock music that doesn't take itself too seriously.Ģ) Over-the-top warfare in the 41st millenium! What I'd argue is the default tone of the universe, this is the Warhammer of fast-paced action with larger-than-life heroes wielding severely oversized weaponry. The Ciaphas Cain series occasionally pokes its head up in the lower, 'darker' levels of this category. This is the realm populated by canonical Orks (with the exception of Ghazghkull Thraka, who dips down further into category 2), ANGRY MARINES!, and the rest of the Warhammer stuff on 1d4chan Wiki. Thus, I propose to outline the main three tones I've seen in 40k fiction, not least to facilitate better communication should it ever be used as the setting of an RPG in my area.ġ) Light-hearted, bloody fun! This is the Warhammer of explicit comedy, for those who note that the setting is a satire of 'grimmer and darker' and run with it the word 'GRIMDARK!' is always shouted, and everyone talks like the voice actors in Dawn of War. It occurred to me that one setting where this was especially likely to prove a problem is the 40k universe, because there are so many ways in which the setting can be approached-within the canon material itself, even.
To preface, one of the big problems I've seen in RPGs in my local area has been that few people seem to have a solid idea of what tone they want in a game-or worse, they know what tone they want, but they don't know what tone the other members of the group want. This is intended mostly as a way to organize my thoughts, and run them past some 40k grognards to see if they agree.
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