If you could make a codex for anything what would it be?

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**SaintHazard**

Slick wrote:I would redo the tau so when my blood angels eat my friend tau alive his main excuse of 'my codex is old' would be moot

That's an absolutely ridiculous excuse, used by someone who doesn't know how to run Tau properly.

In my opinion, of course.

**Xylthian**

codex: kitchen appliances

with some sort of ninja toaster vampire daemon

**H.B.M.C.**

Codex: Inquisition - a full Codex encompassing all three major Ordos, along with their Chambers Militant.

--- OR ---

Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus - a Codex filled to the brim with Tech-Priests, Electro-Priests, various types of Skitarii and Servitors, plus some really crazy stuff like the Legio Cybernetica.

With those, 40K would be complete.

**SaintHazard**

I still disagree with ^ that, and think that the SoB, GK, and possibly DW need their own codices, whereas the Inquisition needs to have one big codex (with the ability to take DW, GK and SoB allies).

I'd say that SoB could go in the Ordo Hereticus/Inquisition codex if SoB was part of the Ordo Hereticus.

But they're not, so.

**Laughing God**

Really should be a codex: Mechanicum they have all the units!

**Mattlov**

Codex: Halo Covenant.

Might be interesting. GRUNT SWARM!

**armbarred**

Codex: Rifts
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dies laughing
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I can't even say it with a straight face.

**CaragaraPDF**

Codex: Gnome Alliance
Guys with pointy red hats long and noses that are fat but Tiny.

And Dog Riders. The dog has to be at least 4times their size.

Their primary Gun is yelling at you in gibberish in tell you leave.

you hit them on 2+ and they Save on 2+ because they so dam small.

**Zip Napalm**

Codex: Harlequins
Codex: Rogue Trader
Codex: Noise Marines
Codex: Brady Bunch

**Quintinus**

Codex: Mercenaries
Codex: Feral and Medieval Worlds
Codex: Rogue Trader
Codex: Rouge Trader

**scarskull5**

Some foos stole my Covenant idea, well heres the dang codex I wrote. Smugface.

**blood reaper**

The Codex that scarskull5 made is relly good but there are little HQs and lacks Dedicatded transports .

**Reaver83**

codex Care Bears

**Dreg Warpspawn**

Codex Cthulhu!

Plenty of troop types, especially Mi-Go and Great Race of Yith, and Monstrous Creatures galore!

I'd love to see the Space Marines take on the scariest mythos ever!

--- Dreg

**scarskull5**

blood reaper wrote:The Codex that scarskull5 made is relly good but there are little HQs and lacks Dedicatded transports .

TYVM, I just used whatever actually exists for covenant forces, so it's not exactly my fault for lack, I probably could have made more HQ's though. Still TY for feedback.

**Kurgash**

Codex: Forgotten Empires

The name of the race doesn't have to be put in but you can guess where I'm going with this.

**Melissia**

http://commissar.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Ally&action=display&thread=10614

Yes.

**Slick**

SaintHazard wrote:
Slick wrote:I would redo the tau so when my blood angels eat my friend tau alive his main excuse of 'my codex is old' would be moot

That's an absolutely ridiculous excuse, used by someone who doesn't know how to run Tau properly.

In my opinion, of course.

I concur, when we played a doubles game and my demon hunter partner smoked some stuff tau friend started with the QQ and I told him 'well its an old codex and therefore sucks by your rationale.' He was not impressed.

**SaintHazard**

Slick wrote:
SaintHazard wrote:
Slick wrote:I would redo the tau so when my blood angels eat my friend tau alive his main excuse of 'my codex is old' would be moot

That's an absolutely ridiculous excuse, used by someone who doesn't know how to run Tau properly.

In my opinion, of course.

I concur, when we played a doubles game and my demon hunter partner smoked some stuff tau friend started with the QQ and I told him 'well its an old codex and therefore sucks by your rationale.' He was not impressed.

Geez. Tell him to get a grip or try a different codex, whining is unacceptable.

I'd lay into him, and possibly pimpslap his whiny little ass, but then I also lack common sense and enjoy looking for a fight. So, y'know. Don't do that maybe.

Just saying.

**Ardensfax**

Mattlov wrote:Codex: Halo Covenant.

Might be interesting. GRUNT SWARM!

You're muscling in on my business plan, sir!

One more idea, Codex Superhero Comic Characters! The rules for that would be interesting. Presumably Superman would have a 1+ Invulnerable save!

Oh, and how about Codex Ewoks?

**SaintHazard**

Ardensfax wrote:One more idea, Codex Superhero Comic Characters! The rules for that would be interesting.

Codex: Marvel or Codex: DC? Ya gotta be more specific about this stuff, man!

Ardensfax wrote:Presumably Superman would have a 1+ Invulnerable save!

No such thing.

Ardensfax wrote:Oh, and how about Codex Ewoks?

Hell no. I would accept Codex: Wookiees, but Codex: Ewoks is right now.

**Samus_aran115**

Codex: Drow

I like the drow. They have a certain flair about them that needs to compiled together. A codex would be good.

Also, Codex: Internet would be cool too.

**SaintHazard**

Samus_aran115 wrote:Codex: Drow

I like the drow. They have a certain flair about them that needs to compiled together. A codex would be good.

Also, Codex: Internet would be cool too.

DE are Drow in space.

**Samus_aran115**

SaintHazard wrote:
Samus_aran115 wrote:Codex: Drow

I like the drow. They have a certain flair about them that needs to compiled together. A codex would be good.

Also, Codex: Internet would be cool too.

DE are Drow in space.

The drow are much more spider-y and scary than the DE. The drow worship completely different things. Honestly, they're nothing alike, dunno what you're talking about.

**SaintHazard**

Samus_aran115 wrote:
SaintHazard wrote:
Samus_aran115 wrote:Codex: Drow

I like the drow. They have a certain flair about them that needs to compiled together. A codex would be good.

Also, Codex: Internet would be cool too.

DE are Drow in space.

The drow are much more spider-y and scary than the DE. The drow worship completely different things. Honestly, they're nothing alike, dunno what you're talking about.

Evil version of elves, who enjoy a hedonistic lifestyle and delight in torture, and only strike out from their safe haven in piratical raids or hired out as mercenaries?

To hell with spider-worship, that's purely superficial. Drow and Dark Eldar are exactly alike in every way that counts.

**Samus_aran115**

Ah, I see. Big picture facts.

Sure, I'll agree with you, but their mannerisms are totally different, their looks are totally different (IMO. Dark purple skin and white eyes are way different.) too.

**SaintHazard**

Fair enough.

**Samus_aran115**

SaintHazard wrote:Fair enough.

Also, a Codex: Linux would help me a lot. I'm installing ubuntu on this old computer from like 2003, and I'm overwhelmed by all the options available to me now. A codex would help

**Captain Roderick**

Dreg Warpspawn wrote:Codex Cthulhu!

Plenty of troop types, especially Mi-Go and Great Race of Yith, and Monstrous Creatures galore!

I'd love to see the Space Marines take on the scariest mythos ever!

--- Dreg

This could work really well, I have the Arkham Horror board game and there's plenty of stats for all the different mythos monsters. You could even include the concept of a 'doom track', so you roll for the arrival of the Ancient One instead of for the end of the game, and unless the 'goodie' tables the mythos player (or seizes all the objectives) before the game ends, they auto-lose.

HQ - Masks of Nyarlathotep, star spawn

Elites - Gugs, Elder things, Dark Young, Vampires, Flying Polyps

Troops - Cultists, Zombies, Ghouls, Maniacs, Deep Ones

Fast Attack - Fire Vampires, Mi-Go's, Dimensional Shamblers, Byakhees, Hounds of Tyndalos

Heavy Support - Cthonians, Formless Spawn, SHOGGOTHS

As for other codices, I'm with the Mechanicus votes. Proper rules for Knights and Electro-priests in 40k would be lovely.

Codex: Civilians is another great one. I also like the idea of codices for lower-tech worlds, bring back the old 2nd Ed Daemon World armies (chaos trolls in space!), Codex: Camarilla (oh go on let me use Thaumaturgy on Terminators), Codex: Iron Men, Codex: Hard Sci-Fi for the complete clash with 40K's perceptions of sci-fi, Codex: Babylon 5 (starfuries as fast attack, you know you want to) and lastly, Codex: Wee.aboo for Str10 Ap1 Katanas, Ninjas that infiltrate like Marbo, thrown weapons deadlier than boltguns and everyone's fists count as Power Weapons.

**Haddi**

Codex: Emu

Every HQ, Elite, Troop, Fast Attack, Heavy Support, are just differently sized and colored Emu's.

But in all seriousness, I'd love a Codex: Dwarves. Not Squats.
Squat is a stupid name. They were dwarves in space. So call them fething Dwarves.
In.
Space.