Inquisitor/YMMV

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  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: Any player character lucky enough to avoid death will eventually get at least one.
    • Of course, the more 'normal' your character is the more impressive his awesome moments are.
  • Game Breaker: Space Marines. Not just because they're overpowered[1], but because they literally break the system with their abilities: thanks to his immense Strength score, a Space Marine can dual-wield lascannons with no penalty, do more damage by throwing his bolter at you than by shooting it, and hurl a grenade across the length of the battlefield with pinpoint accuracy. The Lightning Reflexes talent was also a Game Breaker, as it fundamentally altered the way gameplay and action assignment worked when used as-written; the game developers attempted to errata the talent, but never decided on a final way to fix it before the game dropped off the radar.
    • It should be noted that the Dark Magenta fan-written magazine has however written rules that fix these two issues. And in Inquisitor, as all characters are written by hand anyway (with no points values - Ready Reckoner? What Ready Reckoner?), fan material is entirely valid in the game, and even recommended.
    • This troper recalls a game (many moons ago) in which a beleagered astartes turned out to be supremely lethal to EVERYTHING, even unarmed and unarmoured. Suffice to say the cornered warrior proceeded to punch enemy mooks heads off (literally) and cleared the table of foes. Ouch.
  1. (and they are -- this much was admitted from the beginning, and Game Masters are advised against allowing Space Marines as ordinary characters without somehow balancing the game out)