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Hey all, I am working on a Crimson Fists army and was wondering what people recommend for a generic take all comers captain. I will probably be using Kantor a lot just because I have a nerdcrush on Sternguard and if I am including 20 of them I may as well make them scoring. I am looking for something for the smaller games (500-1000 pts) and just thought I would check and see how people like to run them and why.

Would consider mounting him on a bike with hellfire rounds, stormshield, digital weapon and a relic blade?

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Hmm I think I will do that, since I already have the model built. Thanks for the suggestion - I had consigned him to a bike only list but that isn't necessary now, is it?

Relic blade + Storm Bolter and if you have points to blow SS.

This could be a completely stupid question but i have to ask:

in the SM codex it say: "Replace pistol and/or chainsword with:" and then list of options.

does this mean that i can either
A- replace both with one item ( say relic blade)
or
B- replace both with two different items (say relic blade and storm shield)


again i apologize if im stupid

This is the worst marine codex ever.

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Yeah what is the need for the and/or? Why would you just throw a weapon away.

The only thing I can think of is that it was written that way to imply that you can trade item x or y for item z and you can also trade the other item for another option.

In example:
SM Sergeant can swap his BP and/or chainsword for a plasma pistol and power weapon. written this way he can swap the bolt pistol or chainsword for a plasma pistol or power weapon or he can swap both for both options. Keeping it from being worded in a way that might be exclusionary to the second option.

Its the only way I can rationalize the way it was written.

Green Blow Fly wrote:Would consider mounting him on a bike with hellfire rounds, stormshield, digital weapon and a relic blade?

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You're actually proposing something more expensive than Kantor? Seriously, in smaller games where you need the points for your units, I'd consider the 100p Librarian.

Backno wrote:Relic blade + Storm Bolter and if you have points to blow SS.

You can only have 2 of those 3 options, as far as I know.

Depending on what you want to do with your army, the Relic Blade + Storm Bolter would be relatively inexpensive. Artificer Armor might be a good option, too. Do Hellfire Rounds work with Storm Bolters, too?

Do Hellfire Rounds work with Storm Bolters, too?

After the entry in the codex it states that they can only be used in a boltgun so my interpretation would be no. As a note though it does mention them working with the twin-linked boltguns on a bike.

Relic Blade and a Bolter?

If you are looking for cheap, it is not a bad setup.

I would rather take the stormbolter over a bolter since the former is an assault weapon.

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I like my captain's armed with combi-melta and relic blade.