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i have a space marine army based on being all techoligical and stuff so i was thinking of making a special forgefather for my army and he would have special rules e.g. all plasma weapons within 12" of him dont have the get hot! rule. you know stuff that brings out the techy side of my army so post what your views about making your own special characters and if you think that it is okay to do that maybe help me with my forgefather stats and rules

put something like motf stats and the special rules and it would be better if he simply alloys re-roll get hot

taylorton147 wrote:i have a space marine army based on being all techoligical and stuff so i was thinking of making a special forgefather for my army and he would have special rules e.g. all plasma weapons within 12" of him dont have the get hot! rule. you know stuff that brings out the techy side of my army so post what your views about making your own special characters and if you think that it is okay to do that maybe help me with my forgefather stats and rules

All plasma weapons within 12", or do you intend to mean all UNITS within 12" that have a plasma weapon in the unit....

You know, it is surprising that this topic doesn't come up more often. I mean, there are tons of custom Space Marine Chapters out there with very flavorful background like taylorton147's. Don't they deserve their own specials?

Probably I'd find an existing special character (like in the Space Marines Codex) and modify him just a little. When you're done, your points will be reasonable, and people will be more likely to accept him in games.

hey good idea i will use ulkan and replace flamers and ,meltas with plasmas cheers

i agree with Solorg, when i considered a space marine side-army i maurnus clegar model with some moddifications would still be just as ka. space marines can get away with homemade rules and sometimes it can get a little interesting. just make sure to up the points accordingly, so you dont tick someone off. alos consider that your *master model* should have some weaknesses to cope for his new powers. if you are very tech-oriented how about his saving throws are better, but hes not so great in close combat, there's a fair tradeoff

I'd like that

I think it's fine to make your own rules, when you are playing with friends. Don't even TRY to take him to a tournament, and make sure you tell your friends he's different/explain his special stats. Other than that, I think it makes the arm more fun! Make sure you keep it balanced though.

Just watch yourself. Be fair about it. Bump the points or throw in some drawbacks. Nothing will kill the mood faster than a 125 pt CPT with master crafted, poison coated lightning claws