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Based on Blood Angels Codex Page 21 top left (I know there is a coloured version in BRB
I think)

Land Raider Nightstorm (260 pts)
Same as Normal Land Raider Except Weapons and options

Wargear
Twin-Linked Missile Launcher
Two Nightstorm Cannons
Smoke Launchers
Searchlight

Options
Can have up to Two Pintle Mounted Missile Launchers + 10 pts each
Extra Armour +15 pts

Special rules
Relic of The Past
Power of the Machine Spirit
Assault Vehicle

Rules Info

Nightstorm Cannon
Range: 48", Str: 9, AP: 3, Type: Heavy 2, Blast, Twin-Linked.

Pintle Mounted Missile Launchers
Are treated as an additional defensive weapons that can be used by one of the passengers.

Relic of the Past
Nightstorm Pattern Land Raiders are one of the most rare type of Land Raider they predate
the Horus Herasy and how many left is unknown.

Any Freindly Space Marine unit within 6" of the hull may re-roll any failed Moral or Leadership Tests.
However if the the Land Raider is Destroyed/Wrecked one unit must remain within 2"
of the Destroyed/Wrecked Land Raider as they bravely protect it from any enemy intill a thunderhawk
is able to take it for repairs. If the unit protecting it is destroyed or moved more than 2" away
it becomes an objective for both players.

Note: This is not confered to Space Marines inside the vehicle only people outside.

All this for only 260 points?

Those nightstorm cannons seems pretty overpowered too...

I like the idea of having Pinnacle mounted Missile Launchers though...

3 Missile Launchers overall though on this thing if you take that. Just sit around destroying everything in sight.

With the Nightstorm Cannon and the launchers, you could shoot down an entire Marine squad a turn.

I wouldn't mind fielding one. Scary, under-priced unit; I like. But seriously, maybe there should be only one Nightstorm cannon (hull mounted) and two ML sponsons? And also, a price increase would probably be fair.

make the night storm cannon str9 and ap 5 ,small blast or str 4 ap1 hvy 4 range 24 might tone it down some ( being hulled mounted were the hvy bolters would be) and twin link typhoon missile launcher for sponson.... I would take it for 260.

Not too over powerful and not too weak either with troop cap of 12

AP 1 Hv 4? No way would that be making it any better.

I think that the NightStorm Cannon sponsons are just a no-go for what you're trying to achieve.

The only way I can see balancing them but still keeping the idea of what they're supposed to be would be making them.

Night Storm Cannon : Str 7 Ap 3 : Heavy 2 : 36"

This sort of makes it like a Plasma cannon, but it sure does balance it.

Ok str 4 ap1 wont do crap against most vechicles ( except for orc and dark eldar) its a troop killer and only being 24 inches its range is limited

or make it like a dissie str 7 ap2 blast , 36r / str4 ap3 hvy 3 24r

This is really under costed. Those nightstorm cannons are nasty and deffensive krak missiles? Essentially you have 4 str 9 blasts & 3 krak missiles per turn if you don't move. That's rediculous, needs a hefty point increase & potentially an apoc-only vehicle.

ST8 defensive weapons? Come on.