Origins are a part of creating your character in Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader. Your origin is essentially the backstory for your character before taking on the Rogue Trader mantle, and is key to creating the specific kind of character you want to play in the Imperium of Man.
Choosing an origin affects directly the kit of abilities and attributes you will have in Rogue Trader. Besides learning what you were doing before the game begins, your character receives Features (unique abilities that some origins have), Characteristic and Skill Modifiers, and Talents.
Full stop, there isn’t a right or wrong origin in Rogue Trader. It will all depend on your playstyle. If you enjoy role-playing characters, pick an origin that catches your eye. But if numbers going up matters most to you, read on to see the best origins in Rogue Trader. And for more tips on creating a character, be sure to consult our guide on the best archetypes in Rogue Trader.
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As mentioned, there isn’t a right origin to go for in Rogue Trader, but it’s unquestionable that some are extremely useful to run during the extensive campaign. In case you don’t know which origin to pick, here are the three best origins to consider:
Below, we’ll explain why these are the best origins in Rogue Trader.
In the Imperium of Man, respect and fear go hand-in-hand. Many dialogues give you options to enforce people’s respect toward you by threatening them. With that in mind, Commissar fits perfectly in terms of the plot. Commissar’s Feature, “At All Costs!,” buffs attacks, allowing you to jump into action more safely.
Commissar origin gives you Fellowship +5 as one of your Characteristic Modifiers, an attribute that affects Persuasion, Coercion, and Commerce skills, all of which are required in many tests that define your journey through the Koronus Expanse.
While exploring undiscovered corners of the universe is the Rogue Trader’s mission, you might want to use the voyages as an opportunity to spread the religion of the Imperium. The conflict between heretics and the teachings of the God-Emperor is a constant theme in the game, and you might want to take part in this dispute as a Ministorum Priest.
In terms of gameplay, Ministorum Priest is capable of charging the party’s Momentum, a special resource you can use to cast heroic acts or desperate measures — powerful unique abilities that in most cases you can activate only once per battle. At the same time, this origin is the perfect fit if you want to play the role of a tank for your party. With the Toughness and Willpower Characteristic modifiers and Medicae as one of the Skill Modifiers, Ministorum Priests are ready to stand for their allies.
If any of the previous two options called your attention, and you would rather play a more grim and mysterious character than bastions of the God-Emperor’s will, then you should go for the Sanctioned Psyker. You have been chosen — or cursed — with psychic abilities which connect you with the warp.
The Sanctioned Psyker origin allows different approaches in terms of playstyle due to the origin’s specialization. You might want to go for a space-battle mage and pick the Biomancer, or might want to tackle encounters from afar, burning enemies as a Pyromancer, for example. In addition to all of this, the origins has Lore (Warp) as one of its Skill modifiers, which is pretty useful to explore the places you visit in the game.
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Listed below, here’s a full list of all origins available to you when creating a character in Rogue Trader.
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