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So I'm working on a SoB list and for my big stand-back-and-shoot battle sister squads and my retributers with heavy bolters, each has a vet sister with these:
Auspex @ 2 pts
Book of Saint w/e @ 5 pts
and the regular 20-strong battle sister squad vet sisters have storm bolters @ 10 points. My reasoning for this is that I want to maximize the ammount of shots in the squad (already bought 2 storm bolters for the squad) to get the largest benefit from the use of the act of faith that gives me AP1.

Do you think the storm bolters are worth it?
What about the auspex?  From what I hear, the book is pretty much the best wargear available as it provides an UNMODIFIED LD9 for any checks.

I think that an auspex in a HB squad is always a good call. The retributors are not a squad that you want in melee, so any shots that help to remedy that are gold. Also, Chaos/Space Marines aside, HB(s) will do a number on any Infiltrators. As for the storm bolters, I think they are a good choice to maximze shots for Divine Guidance.

ForceVoid

You might want to give her a bolter a minimium, as she has no weapon at all at the moment.....

Stay away from storm bolters, especially on your superiors. It's 10 points, instead of a free bolter. What does that buy you? Nothing at all in rapid-fire range. Two shots while you're on the move? You can almost buy another sister for that many points.

I'd avoid them in the squads too. They add very little to your squads capabilities. A couple of meltaguns means that your squad can threaten any target on the board. A flamer or two gives you the ability to go after targets in cover. What capability do two stormbolters in a squad of 20 girls give you? 4 shots while you're running? Are 4 shots on the move worth the lack of ability to tackle tanks, or the loss of your flamers?

Keep them cheap in most cases.  I like the free bolter they come with and add in a Book of St. Lucius.

There's no way you can convince me that stormbolters are worthwhile, especially when you could be taking meltaguns or flamers instead.  While it's true on a rare occasion those 4 bolter shots on the move will win you a game, I figure 99 times out of 100 they won't and you'd be wishing they were meltaguns or flamers.