What book or books would I need to be an ork?

[majesticfeet 0]

What books would my group need to roleplay members of an ork clan?  We would need something for the GM and players.

[Errant 185]

Into the Storm has rules for Freebooters, Navis Primer has alternate ranks for WeirdBoyz. That's about it, really. Hostile Acquisitions has some stuff as well, but for the life of me I can't recall what it is. Extra gubbins I think.

[Erathia 648]

Battlefleet Koronus also has the stats for a couple different Ork ships, as well as special Orkship rules and some tables to roll on for making your vessel more Orky.

 

Koronus Bestiary has a few more Ork weapons like the Tankhammer or Urty Syringe, as well as a few other upgrades and ranged weapon types.

 

To play an Ork you really need the two books Errant mentioned. Everything else is just giving you a few more options for gear.

[majesticfeet 0]

I appreciate the help.  Before I burn the $60 to get these two books, is it possible to Mickey Mouse it with what I have?  Rogue Trader Core Rulebook, Lure of the Expanse, Death Watch: Mark of the Xenos, Dark Heresy:Core Rulebook, the Inquisitor's Handbook,  Creatures Anathema, Ascension, The Radicals Handbook, Blood of Martyrs, and Disciples of the Dark Gods

[Erathia 648]

Weirdboys would be tricky to simulate without Navis Primer, but I think if you had that one book you could probably figure out a generic freebooter and some traits from there. If you don't want to play a Weirdboy then you can probably hodgepodge something together.

[majesticfeet 0]

Cool, I'll mull it over at work tomorrow.  Thank you for the help.

[Morangias 465]

Just so you know, the Ork Freebooter as written up in Into the Storm is an extremely fun character to play, with lots of special "Orky" Talents. The same book also has alternate ranks for playing a Mekboy and/or a Kommando. You can probably wing it to satisfying results, but it's really worth giving a look.

 

Meanwhile, the Weirdboy is... glorious. No other word expresses it properly: glorious! I'm not sure if it's actually playable, but it sure looks ridiculously fun to play. It's fighting with the Dark Eldar for the title of most interesting character you can play in any 40k games  if you ask me.

[Erathia 648]

 

Meanwhile, the Weirdboy is... glorious. No other word expresses it properly: glorious! I'm not sure if it's actually playable, but it sure looks ridiculously fun to play. It's fighting with the Dark Eldar for the title of most interesting character you can play in any 40k games  if you ask me.

 

Judging by the report from my player who played one while his Arch-Militant was having his skeleton replaced it is incredibly fun to play. It also is great for doing surprising and unexpected things that will trip up both GMs and players, but with the right player behind it no one wlil mind.

[majesticfeet 0]

Alright you guys talked me into it.  My 9 year old daughter has always liked orks, when she was playing 40K a few years back that was her favorite army....