Dark Heresy Second Edition - Dark Heresy Second Edition Core Rulebook

006 | Into the Dark
012 | Innocence Proves Nothing
013 | What is a Roleplaying Game?
013 | Getting Started
013 | What's in this Book?
014 | The Age of the Imperium
016 | The Myriad Foes of Mankind
018 | The Inquisition

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Chapter I: Playing the Game*
021 | The Core Rules
022 | The Core Mechanic
023 | Skill Tests
023 | Characteristic Tests
024 | Extended Tests
024 | Opposed Tests
024 | Test Difficulty

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Chapter II: Character Creation*
028 | Creating an Acolyte
029 | Stage 001: Choose Home World
044 | Stage 002: Choose Background
060 | Stage 003: Choose Role
078 | Stage 004: Spend Experience Points, Equip Acolyte
082 | Stage 005: Give the Character Life
086 | Elite Advances

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Chapter III: Skills*
094 | Using Skills
095 | Specialist Skills
098 | Skill Descriptions

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Chapter IV: Talents and Traits*
119 | Talents
123 | Talent Descriptions
134 | Traits

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Chapter V: Armoury*
140 | Availability and Influence
144 | Weapons
167 | Protective Gear
170 | Gear
178 | Services
180 | Cybernetics
185 | Vehicles and Mounts

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Chapter VI: Psychic Powers*
192 | Psykers in the Imperium
193 | Psykers in Dark Heresy
193 | Psy Ratings
194 | Psychic Disciplines
194 | Using Psychic Powers
198 | Psychic Bolts
198 | Psychic Powers

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Chapter VII: Combat*
215 | Structured Time
216 | Combat Overview
217 | The Turn
217 | Actions
226 | The Attack
229 | Combat Circumstances
232 | Injury
233 | Fatigue
242 | Conditions and Special Damage
244 | Healing
245 | Movement
250 | Vehicle Combat
250 | Driving a Vehicle
257 | Damage and Repair

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Chapter VII: Narrative Tools*
264 | Narrative Time
264 | Encounters
268 | Influence and Subtlety
277 | Social Interaction
280 | Investigation
280 | Clues
280 | Leads
284 | Conducting the Investigation
285 | Fear, Madness, and Damnation
293 | The Role of Fate
294 | Reinforcement Characters

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Chapter IX: The Imperium and the Inquisition*
301 | The Imperium of Man
305 | The Pillars of Imperium
311 | The Inquisition
318 | The Ruinous Powers of Chaos

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Chapter X: The Askellon Sector*
320 | The Apocrypha Askellios
324 | The Domains of Askellon
324 | Worlds of the Processional
340 | The Tributary Worlds
346 | The Low Worlds

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Chapter XI: The Game MaSter*
349 | How to be a GM
351 | The Role of the GM
351 | Game Master Tasks
354 | Crafting an Inquisitor
357 | Combat Encounters
360 | Narrative Encounters
360 | Narrative Resources
361 | Social Encounters
364 | Exploration Encounters
366 | Adventures
371 | Rewards
374 | Themes and Campaigns

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Chapter XII: NPCs and Adversaries*
379 | Building and Balancing Encounters
380 | Using NPCs
384 | Imperial Servants and Citizens
400 | Flora and Fauna of Askellon
404 | The Enemy Within
411 | The Enemy Without
415 | The Enemy Beyond

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Chapter XIII: Dark Pursuits*
418 | GM's Brief
419 | Adventure Background
419 | Adventure Synopsis
421 | Part I: City of Lies
428 | Part II: Beneath the Sky
433 | Part II: Hunting Damnation
435 | Conclusions and Rewards
437 | NPCs Appendix
440 | Index