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New Formation called 'Severe the Head'

Marines in this formation can all take drop pods. They may all deep strike on the same turn. In addition, the Space Marine player doesn't automatically lose if there are no models on the board turn one.

When deep striking, the marines auto land without scatter. They may shoot on the turn they land, due to many centuries of practise the marines count as stationary on the tun they deep strike. Due to the overwhelming shock, on the next enemy turn enemy units may only snap fire at the marines. In addition, Marines may assault the turn they land.

In order to buff space marines power armour is now av11 and terminator is now av14 with invunrable, artificer loses invunrable save.

Bolters now take profile from vulkjan mega bolter, storm bolters shoot twice
Melta guns now strength D
Plasma guns now plasma weapons off titan
Plasma anilator is now plasma cannon.
Laser cannon is now a vulcano cannon.
All troops get vortex grenades, master crafted thunder hammers at initive, and 1+ FNP for 3 points per model.
Land raiders have 22 hull points.
Chaptermasters get free strength D CC weapons.
Bikers get 2+ re rolling jink save
Empror class titan is a hevey support choice for 250 points.
Chainswords gain shred, conclusive

Eldar OP is now a thing of the past. Long live the emperors sons!

All unit point costs remain the same. Terminators get 2 wounds. Sane I know!
Proof of balence in rules lol!
Enjoy it well it lasts eldar!

The new codex will be a 365 page "masterpiece" and will be released in 365 limited edition 'pieces', for the low low price of £1 per piece. These pieces will be posted in order 1-365, 1 piece per day to celebrate GW's take on a year long advert calendar.

All 365 pieces are required to use the codex.

The final piece will also provide details of how to order the next Space Marine codex, due for release July 2016

All Space Marines will be able to replace their bolter with a heavy bolter for five points.

They are still worse than Eldar.

Pathetically if you gave SM Heavy bolter each for 5pts they still wouldn't be on par with the Jet Bikes....kinda sad

62-In order to reduce the number of SKUs stores must support there will be a new Rhino/Razorback/Predator/Vindicator/Whirlwind/Stalker/Hunter/Damocles/Massada/Apache/Jackel/Hamster joint kit retailing for $150. It will be made of a new plastic formula that combusts when it comes in contact with rare earth magnets.

63-Similarly there will be a new Tactical/Assault/Devestator/Stern Guard/Vanguard/Strategic/Annihilator/Battery/Bow Defender/Robotron joint kit with 10 torsos, 10 legs and 144 different arms, 164 heads and 1200 shoulder pads. Retails for $250.

My lord. It seems like the current codex JUST came out.

Martel732 wrote:
My lord. It seems like the current codex JUST came out.

Well, it came out before 7e BRB, so it can't be THAT "just" I would actually be happy if GW updated every codex to the current edition, before advancing to a new edition. It sucks to be stuck with a 5e (or older!) codex.

And I dunno, but a 2 year cadence feels like a nice pace change. 3 years would be ok, too, but 4+ feels too long. I just end up playing another faction until the rules are updated.


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 jhe90 wrote:
In order to buff space marines power armour is now av11 and terminator is now av14 with invunrable, artificer loses invunrable save.

Sweet... Space Marines and Terminators are now vehicles?

 Talys wrote:
Sweet... Space Marines and Terminators are now vehicles?

Vehicles for revenue

Captains can now take a new ability in place of Orbital Bombardment.

It's called the Abduction Cannon, and costs 200pts. At the start of every controlling player turn, roll a D6. On a 1, using a 12" Blast template, all models caught make a initiative tests(vehicles count as initiative 1). Remove all models that fail this test, as they were sucked into space. This is a one use weapon.

This weapon was totally a STC, and not a combination of ork and Imperial technology.

74-Assault marines are no longer limited to chain swords, now they may take chain axes, chain mauls, chain hammers, chain glaives, chain flails and chain chains (a length of chain with chainsaw teeth on it).

Each one naturally have a fully page of special rules, because when you're playing a game with 100+ models on a side nothing says 'fun' like every last one of them having different rules for their weapons.

75-new rules to account for the differences between Mk VI and Mk VII helmets, something fans have been screaming for years.

76-Random tables for which pattern of bolter ammo your marines were issued, because um, forge the narrative or something.

77-Following the success of Centurion Armor space marines now get a new even bigger armored suit, the Termi-Knighter armor.


Despite being a big robot the Termi-Knight will count as a monsterous creature because of I dunno, balance maybe.

Rumors of the Centuri-Titan armor remain unproven.

Chapter tactics will be cut from the book. However there will be fluffy formations to make up for it, which are available to everyone.
All non ultramarine special characters will be cut. They will be released a few weeks after the codex as dlc formations for only $15 for two pages of rules. However to use them, you need to include the other fluffy units in the formation, which will mostly be one of each random box set.
Shrike requires you to take four assault squads and four vanguard veteran squads with jump packs. The formation bonus is cause fear.

I really hope vindicators get strength D blasts so everyone will stop complaining.

78 Matt Ward makes his big comeback with the new space marine exclusive imperial knight, the knight itself is commanded by a marine in Centurion armor
79 space marines are now monstrous creatures
80 In order to make things fair to ultra marine players they will be receiving Ultra Wolf Calvary
81 a space marine supplement called the warriors of Ultramar because the ultra marines just weren't relevant enough in the last codecies

82. All Marine troop choices gain IWND USR
83. All Marine Bikes choices gain Repel the Enemy USR
84. All Marines vehicles gain Eternal Warrior USR
85. All Marines Flyers gain Adamantiun Will USR
86. All Non-named Characters gain Vector Dancer USR

Because, er, Matt Ward's legacy.

Space Marine Tactical Squad sergeants may now equip a Vortex Grenade for 5 points.

 Talys wrote:
Space Marine Tactical Squad sergeants may now equip a Vortex Grenade for 5 points.

It may be thrown 36" and is assault 4. Also, to be as WYSIWYG as possible, GW sells vortex grenades for 15$. They will be in FineCast and come in sets of 1, but with additional frag grenades for all your WYSIWYG purposes

Give all bolt weapons Shred.

Terminator armour re-rolls armour saves and confers a 4++.

Terminators are veteran statline as standard (BS/WS 5).

All marines gain +1 FNP (FNP 6 if they don't have it).

Veteran sergeants get a buff, or a points reduction.

Hmmm...
Preferred enemy (come the apocalypse)?

I love how the Necron and Blood Angels threads for this were full of vanilla SM players making fun of those armies and this one is a ghost town

12. 5 Centurions can now combine to form an Imperial Knight.

You forgot to mention that this requires chapter tactics: power rangers.

Mustela wrote:You forgot to mention that this requires chapter tactics: power rangers.

That has to be the most amusing dakka forums post I've read all day.

Dreadnoughts will run on gasoline, and surprisingly many of them will get good mileage.

93-BIG NEWS!

The 2015 version of Codex Ultramarines will be the most detailed treatment of the chapter so far!

Clocking in at well over 1000 pages it gives a full page to each and every member of the storied chapter! Not only will you have the full background of each marine, but special rules for each one to account for their legenary careers!

Did you know that Brother Rajyasabha leaves his combat knife behind but always goes into battle with 3 extra clips and 4 extra grenades? Thus his bolter is Assault 3, but he does not gain an attack when charging.

Meanwhile Brother Hissa leaves one clip behind so that he can carry his clan's traditional short sword along with his combat knife. Thus he has base 2 attacks but if he rolls a 1 he may not use his bolter for the remainder of the game. In addition his old war wound means you subtract 1 from every charge roll, but he has feel no pain 6+!

This is truly a game changer for Marine players and makes me even more psyked for the next Eldar codex which will have compete rules for all 150 surviving eldar!

94: The Razorback will get a 10 point bump to encourage people to actually take Rhinos.

95: The Drop Pod will get a 30 points bump to make people take Rhinos.

96: Rhinos will now come in a box with a minimalist design and cost $3 more.

97: Centurions are now MCs.

98: Dreadnoughts are now MCs.

99: Land Raiders get a 25 points decrease.

100: Terminators are now a mandatory selection.

101: Marneus Calgar is now a MC.

102: The Ultramarines Chapter Tactic grants Hatred: Tyranids

103: Land Raiders Lascannons now counts as two weapons rather than a single twin linked Lascannon.

104: Storm Talons are now Flying Monstrous Creatures

105: Storm Ravens can no longer carry units.

106: Tactical Marines have been removed. Bikes are now the basic troops choice.

107: Assault Marines gain rage when they lose a flamer.

108: Drop Pods are now Monstrous Creatures.

110: The Predator Autocannon is now S: 8 AP: 4 Heavy 3

111: Scouts with Shotguns may infiltrate anywhere on the table.

112: Scouts with Sniper Rifles are now only 1 ppm.

113: Heavy Bolters are free.

114: Sternguard Veterans cost 3 ppm more now.

115: Tigrius is now a Monstrous Creature.

116: Storm Bolters are now ordnance weapons.

117: Vindicators are now immune to Crew Stunned/Crew Shaken on a 4+

118: Land Raiders are now scoring.

119: Vanguard Veterans are now flying monstrous creatures.

120: Grav cannons are S: D.

121: Chapter Master Smashbane will be released as a new clampack model. He wears sunglasses and the words, "Deal with it", are etched onto his shield eternal.

122: Plasma Pistols are now 20 points.

123: Grav guns confer feel no pain to the user.

124: Attack Bikes may now take Grav Cannons.

125: Scout Sergeant Telion is now a monstrous creature.

The New Landraider kit comes with a creditcard reader so you can buy re-rolls during the game!!!!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
93-BIG NEWS!


This is truly a game changer for Marine players and makes me even more psyked for the next Eldar codex which will have compete rules for all 150 surviving eldar!

Truly one of the finest and nerdiest things I've read on Dakka to day

 Crimson Devil wrote:
The New Landraider kit comes with a creditcard reader so you can buy re-rolls during the game!!!!

Lmao oh geez, don't give them any ideas

The SM Codex will come in a lead lined special edition so you can assault your opponent or his\her minis if the game doesn't go your way.

GW is partnering with pfizer to sell the geneseed to loyal customers so they can become space marines themselves. (It only looks like a little blue pill)

Each Space Marine codex will have a trap page opposite the wargear points page (like in Army of Darkness) that rather than sucking you in goes for your financials instead.

103: Land Raiders Lascannons now counts as two weapons rather than a single twin linked Lascannon.

In all seriousness - this plus a minor points drop would make Land Raiders good again.

Perhaps call it a 'godhammer lascannon sponson' and have two fire modes?

heavy 1 tl
or heavy 2 fixed mount
fixed mount: both shots must be at the same target.

also, why the hell isn't it AP1... I've never understood why the fabled tank-buster doesn't actually, y'know, bust tanks...

104: Black Templars get back their Holy Orbs of Antioch! Unfortunately, the range is 1" and uses Large Blast marker.