What to arm a Chaplain with?

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**wolfshadow**

So I'm in the middle of converting my Chaplain for my IH sucessor... And I've gotten to the point where what is not his Crozius has come to the fore....

So...

What do people kit out their power armour Chaplains with? (I specify, becuase ethis is a converted PA Chappy.)

Bolt pistol?
Plasma pistol?
Combi-Bolter?
Plain and simple bolter?
PF?
Hrmmmmmmm......

**Gorlack**

I would go for the bolt pistol. Gives you an extra power weapon attack at his fine initiative, and isn't too costly. But of course it depends on how you want to use him. But if in an assault position I would definitely avoid the bolter as it's rapid fire. The special weapons are nice so you could also go for one of those.

Cheers mate

Gorlak

**lunarman**

Bolt pistol.

Chaplains are an assault unit primarily, and therefore you want them assaulting. Straight away that removes the Bolter from the list.

Second, they have initiative 5; don't lose that to a power fist.

Thirdly although plasma is high in strength, it's not worth risking your chappy on the gets hot role, and it's 15 points!

Combi-bolter... Well, you could do. It could be a combi-melta or combi-flamer. However once you've used it then you have a useless bolter.

Go with a bolt-pistol

**Jaon**

I kit mine with plasma pistols because theres around a 5% chance of taking a wound from gets hot, and they always seem to come in very handy. YMMV.

Take a crozius to take advantage of that ini 5

**MechaEmperor7000**

Power armored Chaplains should just have a Bolt pistol. A plasma pistol is kind of a waste because of the high amount of points and the fact you'll never go light tank hunting with it. Against heavily armored models, you have a power weapon in your hand.

I prefer to give my chaplains terminator armor. It's a very worthy upgrade, as it makes him alot more survivable, and adds on a Storm Bolter. He looses his grenades, but the 2+ more than makes up for it.

**wolfshadow**

Oh, I'll prob make a Termie chapalin... This was a fevered imagination fueled conversion/kitbash. Super pleased with him at the moment. I cant wait to get pics up.

**Gridge**

Looking forward to seeing this. I absolutely love termie chappies.

**wolfshadow**

Gridge wrote:Looking forward to seeing this. I absolutely love termie chappies.

This one is PA.

The flash washed out some of the color in the face... So hes a little paler looking than he actually is.
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**Jihallah**

bolt pistol, maybe a combi weapon.
Keep him simple. Combiweapons can always be useful extremely so in certain situations, but the price you pay is that you no longer have 2 CC weapons. And since a Chaplain is very much a CC character, you do want to think twice before taking that combiweapon.

As for the pistols...its really up to you if you have the points left to buy a Plasma pistol, they aren't fantastic (especially for 15pts), but I cannot complain about shooting down a terminator with my PP. Of course I'm not gonna feel so smug when my PP kills a single ork boy, or gets hot shooting at a guardsmen... So really, if you have a local meta of lots of terminators, it might be worth it

But to summarize- He's a CC hero, with his ability to buff the unit he's in. Keep him simple and effective- he's more a force multiplier than a force unto himself

**Lord Rogukiel**

I either keep him plain or give him termy armour to join my deathwing squads

**camboyaz**

No no no! Termie Chaplains are to costy, give him a Jump Pack, put him with a 10-man Assualt Squad and your good to go.

**tedurur**

Assuming you are playing vanilla marines then equip your Chaplin as Cassius. He is better than a rermie Chaplin and also cheaper

**Gridge**

camboyaz wrote:No no no! Termie Chaplains are to costy, give him a Jump Pack, put him with a 10-man Assualt Squad and your good to go.

In your opinion. Personally, I don't field assault squads in vanilla marines, I find them ineffective most often. Termie chaps may seem too expensive to you but for me they always get back far more than point value when I have them along with my assault terminators. Plus, the terminator chaplain is one of my favorite minis.

**schadenfreude**

Chaplains are there to make assault units really nasty. It's best not to spend any xtra points on a PA chaplain, they are best nakie with their pw and a bp because they hit MEQ on a 3+ on I5.

Terminator chaplains are for terminator units. Throwing terminator armor on a chaplain in a power armor unit just means that after his unit beats people in CC they can't pursue and run them down, they have to consolidate because someone is wearing terminator armor. It's the same problem space wolfs have when they mix in a terminator wolf guard into a power armor unit like grey hunters.

**Reecius**

Competitive?
Bear minimum gear. No upgrades with just a b.pistol. J.Pack if with an assault squad, on bike if with bikers.

Termie armor is largely wasted on him. Even in a Termie squad, it is better to take him in PA as then he uses less space in a LR, is cheaper and barely less effective. With one in PA, you can fit another PA character in a LR for the space 1 termie chappy would take. Although, the termie chappy looks awesome.

**phogiston735**

Contrary to every one here it seems, I have used a chaplain with a powerfist and it has worked well for me. He retains the Crozius, so in a pinch he can strike at Initiative 4. But other then hitting on a 3+, he is the same as a tactical marine sarge. 3+ to hit, 2+ wound. Works pretty well. I also usually play against BA, Tyranids, or Eldar. All are equal or faster, so if they get their attacks anyway, I'd rather wound on 2+ and cause instant death.

**Happygrunt**

My reclusarchs have combi-meltas or a PP. Having BS5 makes them a little more shooty. The combi-melta is a great deal then, because hitting on a 2+ is always a good deal. And you already have 3 attacks. I am liking fielding Reclusarchs, as they still allow for a command squad, which can have a banner to give you another attack. But with a normal Chaplin, I would suggest either pistol, to add on more attacks.