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Inquisitor

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Inquisitor Rulebook
Author(s)	Gav Thorpe[1a]
Editor(s)	Talima Fox, Dylan Owen and Mark Owen[1a]
Cover Artist	Karl Kopinski and Stefan Kopinski[1a]
Illustrator(s)	John Blanche, Alex Boyd, Paul Dainton, David Gallagher, Neil Hodgson, Nuala Kinrade, Karl Kopinski, Stefan Kopinski, Adrian Smith and Kev Walker[1a]
Released	May 2001[2]
ISBN	1-84154-077-3[1a]

The Inquisitor Rulebook is the core rulebook for Games Workshop's Inquisitor game.^[1c] It was first released in may 2001.^[2] It would later be provided freely in the Specialist Games website as a two-part digital publication.^[3][4]

Contents

Core rules

This chapter describes rules and gameplay, as well as detailing characters and their abilities.^[1c]

Armoury

A descriptive list of the weaponry available to the characters in the game.^[1d]

The 41st Millennium

The background section of the book provides tips for player-generated characters, rules for special characters and offers background on the available factions in the game:^[1e]

Faction	Characters
Inquisition	Inquisitor Eisenhorn[1e]
	Witch Hunter Tyrus[1e]
Space Marines	Battle-brother Artemis of the Deathwatch[1e]
Adeptus Mechanicus	Magos Delphan Gruss[1e]
Rogue Trader	Duke von Castellan[1e]
Cultists and fanatics	Devotee Malicant of the Redemptionist movement[1e]
Imperial Guard	Sergeant Stone[1e]
Desperados	'Slick' Devlan, freelance gunfighter[1e]
Enforcer	Special security enforcer Barbaretta[1e]
Mutant	Quovandius[1e]
Ecclesiarchy	Preacher Josef[1e]
Arco-flagellant	Damien 1427[1e]
Assassin	Severina and Sevora Devout, Death Cultists[1e]
Daemonhost	Cherubael[1e]

The Gamemaster

Advice for the Gamemaster, including a sample scenario and scenario concepts.^[1f]

Authors, Artists and Co-workers

During the production of this book, the following persons were involved considerably:

• Design concept

John Blanche^[1a]

• Graphics and layout

Stefan Kopinski^[1a]

• Colour production and photography

Adrian Wood^[1a]

• Miniatures designers

Mark Bedford, Jes Goodwin, Mark Harrison, Gary Morley, Brian Nelson, Alan Perry and Michael Perry^[1a]

• 'Eavy Metal team

Owen Branham, Martin Footitt, Neil Green, Tammy Haye, Kirsten Mickelburgh, Keith Robertson, Chris Smart and David Thomas^[1a]

• Model makers

Dave Andrews, Mark Bedford and Chris Smart^[1a]

• Omniscenti

John Blanche, Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson, Alan Merrett, Rick Priestley^[1a]

Sources

• 1 Inquisitor Rulebook
  • 1a : pg. 4, Credits
  • 1b : pg. 5, Contents
  • 1c : pgs. 18, Core Rules
  • 1d : pgs. 66-93, Armoury
  • 1e : pgs. 94-163, The 41st millennium
  • 1f : pgs. 164-177, The Gamemaster
  • 1g : pgs. 178, Designer's Notes
  • 1h : pgs. 180-186, Appendix
• 2 : White Dwarf 257 (UK), pg. 10
• 3: Inquisitor Rulebook Part 1 - Specialist Games Website (archived from the original 05 November 2006, last accessed 25 February 2026)
• 4: Inquisitor Rulebook Part 2 - External Archive (archived from the original last accessed 25 February 2026)