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I was thinking of making my own chapter. It is a Salamanders 2nd founding chapter, called the Sons of The Forge.
They focus on Close Combat more than the Salamanders, and have a large amount of assaullt marines and assault terminators.
However because of their relation to Salamanders, they deploy many close-combat dreadnoughts in their armies.
Their main colour is green, however in contrast to the Salamanders, which are an emeraldy-green colour, they are a metallic dark angels green.

Their chapter-master is a battle-scarred Terminator Veteran named Garius Ar-tun.
Garius normally enters battle equipped with his Terminator armour, and his trusty Thunderhammers.
He is normally joined by the Chapter's Honour Guard. These 3 men are the toughest, most brutal men the Chapter has to offer.

They have followed in the footsteps of their father chapter The Salamanders, and also have a "Forge Father". However their Forge Father is actually a Techmarine.
His name is Nero Voltan. Even though Garius is the Chapter Master, many believe that Nero should take his place. He is a normal "Master of The Forge", with one difference,
he is also a psyker. He isnt a very strong psyker, therefore he may use only one psychic ability per turn. He normally enters battle with plasma pistol and a Power sword.
He also rides a space marine bike.

What do you guys think?

Seems allright, but I think it should be moved to the dakkafiction section.

Okay.

You say they have a lot of assault squads...more than what the Codex prescribes in a battle company? Or an inflated assault company? If so, why? What made them alter the codex?

Also, a Forge-father is unique to the Salamanders in order to find Vulkan's lost artifacts. Why would your chapter have the same position? A techmarine of any kind is probably one of the least likely candidates to possess psychic powers. One deals with the tangible, the other in the immaterial. I just think it doesn't make a lot of sense, nor does it really add anything to your chapter's flavour.

Well they dont really have any tactical squads. They have assault squads instead. The reason he is called a Forge Father is just because they are a Salamanders 2nd founding and decided to take the name. I might get rid of the psychic powers.

Sorry but 2nd founding chapters is a nono on many space marine chatper websites.

JohnnoM wrote:Well they dont really have any tactical squads. They have assault squads instead. The reason he is called a Forge Father is just because they are a Salamanders 2nd founding and decided to take the name. I might get rid of the psychic powers.

Why don't they have any tactical marines? Tacticals are the definitive space marine, the defacto loadout, the holy bolter and all that. I mean, do you what you want with your chapter, but if you post it here for review and what-not, everyone's going to ask you why. So, why? It doesn't make a lot of sense. What role does the Forge-father fill in your chapter then?

Honestly, it sounds like you want Salamanders that aren't Salamanders. It's nice that you like Salamanders (my favorite chapter), but when creating a chapter, its best to take a unique theme that can draw on influences from elsewhere and create a distinctly different chapter.

Asherian Command wrote:Sorry but 2nd founding chapters is a nono on many space marine chatper websites.

I tend to agree with this as well. Making them a 2nd founding chapter doesn't add anything, and making them a 10th founding or something makes them more believable and unique.