Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

As some people may or may not know, when I'm bored I sometimes write my own rules for 40k or similar.
Well, this Codex first spawned from that such boredom, as well as one I worked on in the past. That moment of boredom turned into inspiration and I've now been working on this for a while now, and I've finally decided I'm happy enough with it to actually share it. It isn't 100% complete yet (Warp Talons aren't done, Daemonic Steeds rules are missing, I've only put one relic in it so far and I'm missing background and pictures) but it's complete enough. Just use the relics and rules for steeds and Warp Talons from the actual codex until I update them (which I will do, don't worry)


Hopefully it isn't god-awful or too complicated. All feedback is welcome.

Download from my Google Drive here

Link to download the updated Special Characters WIP

Thanks for looking,
MK

Great effort! I like the pictures.

So using your codex I can have a Flying Daemon Prince with a (3+) re-roll able save and possible 4+ FNP, ill take it

Filch wrote:Great effort! I like the pictures.

Thanks! I try.

Mojo1jojo wrote:So using your codex I can have a Flying Daemon Prince with a (3+) re-roll able save and possible 4+ FNP, ill take it

I'm guessing the combo is a Flying Nurgle DP with Power Armour and a Gift of Power, fishing for Cosmic Fate in a detachment with Chosen of Nurgle?

Well I'm going to have to change that, giving DPs Feel No Pain (4+) for free is too much...


Also I've updated the file with a few small changes (including a new version of Chosen of Nurgle)

Changelog
Legacies of Chaos:
- Abaddon's Chosen now only effects one Undivided Chosen or Terminator unit.
- Chosen of Nurgle gives models with MoK FNP (4+). DoN instead get FNP (6+).
Cults:
- Adjusted the formatting so Warp Scream is no longer cut off.
Devotions:
- Vehicles Dedicated to Slaanesh only decrease enemy Ld by 1, not 2. Reworded to not stack with itself
- Warp Scream reworded to not stack with itself
Other:
- Minor grammatical changes

I like very much what is in there, like that you reworked the Chaos Boons table in 3 distincte tables.

Like what you did with the Zerkers and the Legacies really.

Now maybe its a silly question, but why in the Artifacts there is only the Scrolls?, where is the other artifacts, or you plan on adding them later?

Also if you redo some SC's, please give Kharn's EW and a freakin 4++ save, it always baffled me that an Ex SML Captain only had a 5++ save, when a Snot nosed SM Captain have an in-built Iron Halo...

I'm planning on adding the other Artefacts, don't worry Slayer. The scrolls are the only ones there for the time being because I was redoing their effect.

I will be redoing the SCs, currently working on Abaddon and Lucius the Eternal. Kharn will probably be the next SC I work on, and I'll be giving him a 4++ (and maybe a 2+, it bothered me that his 30k incarnation is more survivable than his 40k one)

I've been working of Kharn, Lucius and Abaddon. I'm still not entirely happy since I think I may have gone a bit too far, since I opened up the old 3rd Ed dex for some inspiration.

I'll be tweaking these guys a bit more until I'm reasonably satisfied.


Also note Dark Destiny will eventually have the effect of disallowing them (and Typhus and Ahriman, as they'll have it too) from rolling on the Ascension table, and maybe some other effect.

Link to download the updated Special Characters WIP

Thanks,
MK

Very interesting. I've plans to do a rewrite myself and this definitely inspires me. How many points for the legacies? Won't they make Chaos Space Marines too powerful?

I've tried to keep the Legacies as close as I can to be half as powerful as Chapter Tactics (the more average ones, not the stronger ones like White Scars) so that 2 Legacies should be equal to 1 Chapter Tactic and then increased the cost of CSMs to that of SMs so that they are about equal (in practice CSMs are probably a tad less powerful as Fallen Astares isn't as strong as ATSKNF).

Some units didn't get a cost increase since they already looked to be appropriately priced compared to their SM counterparts or I simply blanked when I was writing their entry. I should probably look back and check to see which units I may have miss-costed...

LIke it.

Just a shame that you din't flesh out the Horus Talon like it used to be.

in Old times the Talon inflicted -1LD on all Imperials models in a 12" radius, excepte for BA that had another rule wich i can't remember...

Hopefully as this is my thread (and it's only been ~70 days) it's ok to Necro this. I don't really see the point in make a new thread for the same project.

Anyway it's been a while. Uni started so I had less time to work on this, however I've done some work over the past week of Easter holidays.

The 5th version of the Codex has been uploaded to me Google Drive (link as always in the OP).

There aren't many changes to the pre-existing stuff, and there are still no SCs in the main document, and there's still only 1 relic...

so what have I done? Well I'm working on a Decurion-style detachment to replace the old one, so I've been adding some formations.
Also Power Axes are now Special Weapons, but only available to Bezerkers.

There's probably some other changes I've also forgotten about... I know I've tweaked the point costs of a few thing and changed a few psychic powers, but I can't remember which ones. That said I know for sure Fueled by Pain has been changed from 'additional attacks for saved wounds' to 'FnP and extra attack'.


Hopefully I'll be able to work on this some more over the next few weeks... hopefully.

Thanks,
M.K

Well if you've been working on decurion style formations, you might want to take a look at my decurion style chaos legions thread where I did the same. They were meant more as an inspiration to GW..not a final product though.

Maybe it'll give you some ideas.