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 McNinja wrote:
Anyone playtested this yet?

I haven't played a game in a year and a half, and this will likely continue for the next two years.

I live in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately unable to playtest.

I brake up from school today so I will go to my loacal GW tommorow and ask if I can.

 McNinja wrote:
Anyone playtested this yet?

Well, I can safely assume I haven't found the time (school, studies etc).
It would be great to know if someone has, though...

 LlamaAgility wrote:

 McNinja wrote:
Anyone playtested this yet?

Well, I can safely assume I haven't found the time (school, studies etc).
It would be great to know if someone has, though...

Same here. The only people I play with also have wonky schedules, so getting a game together if fairly tough. Once school is done, I'll be playing a lot more.

I have asked a friend about playtesting with him on Vassal, have yet to get a response.

 Blacksails wrote:

 McNinja wrote:
Anyone playtested this yet?

I haven't played a game in a year and a half, and this will likely continue for the next two years.

I live in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately unable to playtest.

And yet you are one of the more active people on the forum. ^_^

 Niiai wrote:

 Blacksails wrote:

 McNinja wrote:
Anyone playtested this yet?

I haven't played a game in a year and a half, and this will likely continue for the next two years.

I live in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately unable to playtest.

And yet you are one of the more active people on the forum. ^_^

Well, it is just a good thing
He does seem to know about the game enough, even if he is not to play the game. Although, gaming experience in the 6th ed(or any current ed in general) is REALLY important.

Niiai wrote:

And yet you are one of the more active people on the forum. ^_^

LlamaAgility wrote:
Well, it is just a good thing
He does seem to know about the game enough, even if he is not to play the game. Although, gaming experience in the 6th ed(or any current ed in general) is REALLY important.

Thanks guys. Yeah, its really all I can do to keep in touch with the game. I paint occasionally, but I have to wait for the better weather to go outside and prime all my guard before painting unfortunately.

I spend a lot of time reading tactica on various boards, blogs, and other related sites. I sift through bat reps and read/build army lists and spend a lot of time theory-hammering. In doing so, I get to know the rule book almost better than if I was actually playing.

Then again, I should really look into this whole 'Vassal' thing and give it a shot.

This looks really awesome! Big likes from a salamanders fan.. Curious about the strength of the rules though, some of the rules might be a little strong but they do come at a price.. I like that you put the stormraven in there, all marines should have acces to it imho, from a balancing point of view. Will be following this thread!

Could it be possible that you compile those rules in a .pdf or at least a .doc / .xls ?
Would be much easier to read / explore in depths if people are to playtest it, much easier to submit to the FLGS mailing list so that opponents can have an idea beforehand and so on
Happy to playtest it afterwards

TanKoL wrote:
Could it be possible that you compile those rules in a .pdf or at least a .doc / .xls ?
Would be much easier to read / explore in depths if people are to playtest it, much easier to submit to the FLGS mailing list so that opponents can have an idea beforehand and so on
Happy to playtest it afterwards

Yeah, McNinja should perhaps do it. But no point really making a .pdf, because it is still a changing codex.

I'll put it into Word then upload to scribd. I have no clue how to upload straight to Dakka. I feel like its really simple. I cannot do it today, however, as I work all day.

 McNinja wrote:
I'll put it into Word then upload to scribd. I have no clue how to upload straight to Dakka.

When you are editing a post, or posting a new one you'll see the button "attachments".
Click that. Then you can see the "Filename" and there's a button for "choose file" (or what ever it is in the Engilsh version).
Also a "Description" and a bar to write in.

Note that the max size of uploads here in total is 10240kb(102,4mb I think).

Oh. I will do it tonight if I can, or tomorrow night at the latest. It is supposed to snow here, so if work gets called off due to snow, I'll put it up earlier.

Also, if anyone wants to check out my Fandex: Forge Knights thread a few threads down, that'd be awesome.

Hey, if you can make it into a PDF I can put it on my iPad and take it to the club Sunday and have a buncha people look at it and maybe play test a little...

Lord Magnus wrote:I have asked a friend about playtesting with him on Vassal, have yet to get a response.

PM me to arrange a game and I'll playtest it with you, if you run the Salamanders, as I've only just come across this thread and I gather you have more knowledge of whats going down.

McNinja wrote:
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Acute Vision: Due to the darkness that surrounds them constantly, Salamanders, and indeed many of the people of Nocturne, have a sort of night vision. When the Night Fighting rules are in play, Salamanders see normally up 24". Between 24" and 36" enemy units have the Stealth special rule, and beyond 36" they have the Shrouded special rule. Salamanders cannot see past 48" during Night Fighting.

You may wish to re-consider this:

If you wish to keep the changes as you have above, it needs a changing of the wording, as people will try to make the argument, that you still can't target over 36" because of the wording, if you want to do this, just simple add in that Salamanders can (keyword) Target units beyond that of normal marines, this allows them to target units up to 48" when the Night Fight rules are in effect, granting the target unit the following benefits....

It's not a drastic change, but it's one of those things, that if this was a GW codex, it would get argued and rule lawyered to the nines, until the FAQ comes out, so it's better to remove any doubt from the beginning.

Storm: ill be doing that tonight around 11pm est.

Eldar: thanks, I didn't see that. I'll change it before I put up the pdf.

Thanks McNin...

I've been thinking about a Marines Malevolent codex myself...

PDF is up! Those who want to dl the 'dex can do so to their heart's desire.

Also, I edited out the Promethean Cult special rule for the Firedrakes, as it is redundant with the Ancient Enemies part of the salamanders USR, and adjusted the Night Vision thingy so they can actually target units part 36".

Cool. I will let you know on Sun night, maybe Mon what the group thought and how it worked out...

It looks like fun.

Sweet. Hopefully it works well.

Nice job man.
Really nice.

Thanks Llama!

Now, I does anyone want me to do another? I could do Exorcists or something, or a non-marine army. Anyone want to see more?

 McNinja wrote:
Thanks Llama!

Now, I does anyone want me to do another? I could do Exorcists or something, or a non-marine army. Anyone want to see more?

Let this one be play tested first and then make the changes according to that, before considering this one signed sealed and delivered.

Don't worry Eldar, I'm not considering this one done just yet regardless. I'm just seeing if there's a desire for more.

 McNinja wrote:
Don't worry Eldar, I'm not considering this one done just yet regardless. I'm just seeing if there's a desire for more.

I was personally going to do the Exorcists at some point. I've been thinking Deathwatch also, but can't decide. Right now I'm busy on the Thousand Sons, so do as you wish.
I haven't playtested the Relictors myself yet, but got someone working on that too. It's not terrible, if you're quite done on a codex and start working on another, as you can make small changes even if you have to projects.

Llama if you've got dibs on the Exorcists, I could do something else.

 McNinja wrote:
Llama if you've got dibs on the Exorcists, I could do something else.

I'm already busy, so you're welcome to them for now. But you do have the Forge Knights.

True, although I'm not getting a whole lot of feedback from people. I don't know if that means it'sgarbage or it's so awesome people can't handle it and must navigate away from the thread.

 McNinja wrote:
True, although I'm not getting a whole lot of feedback from people. I don't know if that means it'sgarbage or it's so awesome people can't handle it and must navigate away from the thread.

I guess it's just because it's a homebrew. I believe people mostly click to chapters they know, but this one is just "What the feth is this chapter? I don't dare look!"