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I am thinking that the Necron codex needs an HQ Cryptek Character outside of Szeras or Orikan, mainly because I think it would be fun to field a list of all (or at least mostly) Canoptek units.

I can see this being the kind of army the Necrons would field if a dormant tomb world came under attack.

Without further ado, the High Cryptek:



WS: 4 BS: 4 S: 4 T: 5 W: 2 I: 2 A: 2 LD: 10 SV: 3+ PTS: 65

Special Rules - Ever Living, Reanimation Protocols

Wargear - Staff of Light

Options - May belong to any of the 5 Cryptek disciplines in Codex Necrons. However any Cryptek Wargear selected by the High Cryptek is amended as follows to reflect the superior quality of his equipment:

Abyssal Staff - Gains the Torrent special rule

Nightmare Shroud - Target unit has a -2 penalty to LD for morale tests caused by the Shroud

Veil of Darkness - Reduce scatter by D6" when deep striking

Eldritch Lance - STR 9 AP 1

Gaze of Flame - Reduces enemy weapon skill by D3 in addition to defensive grenades

Solar Pulse - May be used twice per battle instead of once

Aeonstave - Affects all enemy models within D6" of the target

Chronometron - May re-roll 2 D6 per phase instead of one

Timesplinter Cloak - No change

Ether Crystal - Increase range to 12"

Lightning Field - Roll 2D6 and pick the highest result for the number of hits

Voltaic Staff - Assault 6 instead of 4

Harp of Dissonance - Str 8 instead of Str 6

Seismic Crucible - Reduce enemy charge by D6" instead of D3 (does not stack if there is a Harbinger of Transmogrification in the same unit as the High Cryptek)

Tremorstave - Large blast instead of small blast

Royal Court - The High Cryptek may choose a Royal Court as normal, but it may only contain Crypteks (no Necron Lords are allowed).

i like, very much so. just wish GW had brought the new units in while leaving most of the background the same

I think that's a very cool unit and the upgrades are cool without being over the top. One thing you could consider is giving each of the disciplines one unique, new item as well as the buffed ones.

Thanks for the feedback.

Do you have any suggestions for new unique Wargear for each discipline?

I was originally intending to make up as few new rules as possible as people tend to respond better to homebrew rules that way but I am open to suggestions if they are needed.

Who are you and how did you steal my homebrew stuff from my game group's word documents?

In all fairness these are pretty solid rules over all and I see that you largely came to most of the same conclusions I did.

I'm at work at the moment but give me some time and I'll show my unique items for the disciplines.