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|Image         =Dark Heresy 2nd Ed Rulebook (cover).jpg
|Name          =Dark Heresy Second Edition: Core Rulebook
|Released      =2014
|Pages         =443
|ISBN          =ISBN 9781616616946
}}

== General Information ==
[[Dark Heresy Second Edition (RPG series)|Dark Heresy Second Edition]] is a roleplaying game of danger, mystery, and brutal violence set in the decaying far future of Warhammer 40,000. Players take on the role of defenders of humanity and embark on hazardous adventures into the dark heart of the 41st Millennium. As an [[Acolyte]] of an [[Inquisitor]], player'll serve at the front line of a great and secret war to root out dangers that imperil all of humanity.

The book contains rules for character creation, combat, and adversaries are supplemented by informational source materials that will help Game Masters bring the [[Askellon Sector]] and its horrors to life. The Dark Heresy Second Edition Core Rulebook can be used to enjoy standalone adventures and ongoing campaigns in the grim future of the 41st millennium.

== Contents ==
*Into the Dark (Introduction)
*Chapter I: Playing the Game
*Chapter II: Character Creation
*Chapter III: Skills
*Chapter IV: Talents and Traits
*Chapter V: Armoury
*Chapter VI: Psychic Powers
*Chapter VII: Combat
*Chapter VIII: Narrative Tools
*Chapter IX: The Imperium and the Inquisition
*Chapter X: The Askellon Sector
*Chapter XI: The Game Master
*Chapter XII: NPCs and Adversaries
*Chapter XIII: Dark Pursuits

== Credits ==
*Dark Heresy originally designed by
:[[Owen Barnes]], [[Kate Flack]], and [[Mike Mason]]
*Dark Heresy Second Edition designed by
:[[Andrew Fischer]]
*Produced by
:[[Tim Huckelbery]]
*Development and Writing
:[[Dan Abnett]], [[Owen Barnes]], [[Max Brooke]], [[Tim Cox]], [[John Dunn]], [[Tim Flanders]],
:[[Jordan Goldfarb]], [[Andy Hoare]], and [[Tim Huckelbery]]
*Editing and Proofreading
:[[Jim Jacobson]], [[Andrew Kenrick]], [[Mark Latham]], and [[Alex Stragey]]
*Managing RPG Producer
:[[Chris Gerber]]
*Graphic Design
:[[Taylor Ingvarsson]]
*Graphic Design Manager
:[[Brian Schomburg]]
*Cover art
:[[Mathias Kollros]]
*Interior Art
:[[David Ardila]], [[A.L. Ashbaugh]], [[Jacob Atienza]], [[Cristi Balanescu]], [[Lin Bo]], [[Alex Boca]],
:[[Matt Bradbury]], [[Filip Burburan]], [[Jon Cave]], [[Anna Christenson]], [[Alexandre Dainche]],
:[[Mauro Dal Bo]], [[Vincent Devault]], [[Guillaume Ducos]], [[Álvaro Calvo Escudero]], [[Zack Graves]],
:[[Ilich Henriquez]], Imaginary FS Pte Ltd, [[Toni Justamante Jacobs]], [[Nicholas Kay]], [[Julian Kok]],
:[[Anton Kokarev]], [[Mathias Kollros]], [[Alex Konstad]], [[Sam Lamont]], [[Clint Langley]],
:[[Ignacio Bazán Lazcano]], [[Diego Gisbert Llorens]], [[Henning Ludvigsen]], [[Mark Molnar]],
:[[David Auden Nash]], Niten, [[Hector Ortiz]], [[Shane Pierce]], [[Yos Bayu Pratama]], [[Neil Roberts]],
:[[Michael Rookard]], [[Martin de Diego Sádaba]], [[Christian Schwager]], [[Stephen Somers]], [[Ray Swanland]],
:[[Theo Sylinades]], Thrung, [[Eric Tranchefeux]], [[Ben Zweifel]] and the Games Workshop Design Studio
*Managing Art Director
:[[Andrew Navaro]]
*Art Direction
:[[Andy Christensen]]
*Production Management
:[[Eric Knight]]
*Executive Game Designer
:[[Corey Konieczka]]
*Executive Producer
:[[Michael Hurley]]
*Publisher
:[[Christian T. Petersen]]
*Special Thanks
:To Marco for getting it rolling, Ross and Michael for keeping it alive, and of course Rick for starting it all. *Special thanks also to
:our invaluable playtesters (see page 443 for the full list).
===Games Workshop===
*Licensing Managers
:[[John French]] and [[Graeme Nicoll]]
*Head of Licensing
:[[Jon Gillard]]
*Business and Legal Adviser
:[[Andy Jones]]
*Head of Intellectual Property
:[[Alan Merrett]]

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