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OK Im not going to write the fluff for him yet want to see what you all think of him before i do that. But here he is as i see him for now

Lord Victor DarkWatch (Working name) Pts:250 (working still)
Damned master and head chaplain of The legion of the damned.

WS 5;BS 6:S 6:T 6:W 4:I 5:A 2: LD 10:Sv 2+

Wargear:
Terminator armor
Rosarius
Soul ripper(Power scythe treat at a power sword?)
Vengeance(assault cannon)

Special rules:
Fearless
Combat tactics
Terrifying
Fiery vengeance*
Independent character
Honour of the chapter
Liturgies of battle

Fiery vengeance:
during the controlling players shooting phase Victor may use his Fiery vengeance attack if he so chooses. Victor spins up his assault cannon and Fires a Hail of bullets in a general direction at the enemy. Us a flame template as you would with a flamer. once a direction have been picked the controlling player rolls a 6 sided dice and uses the following table
1 Malfunction: Victors assault cannon malfunctions and jams, he does not shoot and can not shoot his next turn.
2 Over heat: Victor Succeeded in using his Fiery vengeance attack, but has over heated his assault cannon in the process, he can not shoot his next turn
3-5 on target: Victor uses fiery vengeance with no problems.
6 concentrated fire: Victor zeros in on his targets Concentrating his attack. All units effected by Fiery vengeance take an additional wound

OK so this is what I got so far, He still seems kinda strong to me but thats why i put him at 250 points for now. I made this guy because i really like the LotD (They are the army i am painting) and i want to make a grim reaper themed chaplain your thoughts?

He only kind of seems legion of the damned to me. As it is, this guy lacks the standard lotd invlun save, and has a statline that is way too high. I'm not sure exactly why a chaplain would have an assault cannon, since chaplains are cc specialists. I like the concept, but I'd tone it down a bit and make him more warp powered than ott badass. He has a scythe, just make it a power axe with some special rules.

Marines are S and T4. There is absolutely no reason for S6 and T6. Drop it to 4 on both counts.

Oh and attacks should be at least 3. WS 6.


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Now that I'm on a normal computer, let me see if I can edit this a bit. Remember, it should be fluffy, not OTT because you think it's cool.

WS 6:BS 5:S 4:T 4:W 3:I 5:A 4: LD 10:Sv 2+/3++ (standard LotD invluln save)

Wargear:
Terminator armor
Rosarius
Storm Bolter
Soul Ripper (Power Axe, seeing as Typhus has a scythe which is a power axe)

Special rules:
Fearless
Combat tactics
Fear
Fiery vengeance*
Independent character
Honour of the chapter
Liturgies of battle
Rage

*Fiery vengeance: All of Victor's attacks, both shooting and close combat, have the Soul Blaze special rule.

A bit less OTT there. Technically this guy has three invlunerable saves (terminator 5+, Rosarius 4+, LotD 3+), which I find a tad funny. He has 6 S5 AP2 attacks on the charge, though he strikes at I1 he's darned resilient and will do massive damage, especially with his soul blaze rule. with this ruleset, I'd do around 200 points. I picture this guy pretty much on fire all of the time, and that combined with the usual Chaplain armor (a tad imposing) and the LotD "fire and bones" motif makes this guy a sight to behold. And he has a giant scythe.

Ok im fine with droping the assault cannon, just had it for the rule of cool.

As for the invul save he would have a 2++ the way the codex reads is that all their saves are invul if i recall correctly

Other then that i love it ill type up fluff later but ty for the input

He's not really a chaplain unless he's using a Crozius Arcanum. That is their badge of office.

Also, there's no reason he should have stats better than any other Reclusiarch or Interrogator-Chaplains (same as Captain but with WS 5).

Just to add my two-cents...

if you're making a special character, I think it works best to take an existing special character and tweak them. For example, your Chaplain looks a lot like Marneus Calgar, similar in points, armour and special rules. Why not take Calgar as a base and rename his special rules?

I love making up Characters, its what the game is all about! But if you want a Character that your friends won't think is too unbalanced then base him on an already unbalanced Character that GW have already come up with!!!

You can be a sergeant without constantly wearing the stripes. However, I do sort of agree, chaplains usually have their signature weapon with then at all times.

Well what i was shooting for here was the head chaplain AND the chapter master, since the LotD only has like 200 members still alive, He is kind of filling multiple roles

His name is not grim dark enough.

Viktor*

Done.

Backspacehacker wrote:Well what i was shooting for here was the head chaplain AND the chapter master, since the LotD only has like 200 members still alive, He is kind of filling multiple roles

Ah. That makes sense then.

Crazyterran wrote:His name is not grim dark enough.

Viktor*

Done.

THATS IT this guy is done now well done sir

McNinja wrote:Oh and attacks should be at least 3. WS 6.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Now that I'm on a normal computer, let me see if I can edit this a bit. Remember, it should be fluffy, not OTT because you think it's cool.

WS 6:BS 5:S 4:T 4:W 3:I 5:A 4: LD 10:Sv 2+/3++ (standard LotD invluln save)

Wargear:
Terminator armor
Rosarius
Storm Bolter
Soul Ripper (Power Axe, seeing as Typhus has a scythe which is a power axe)

Special rules:
Fearless
Combat tactics
Fear
Fiery vengeance*
Independent character
Honour of the chapter
Liturgies of battle
Rage

*Fiery vengeance: All of Victor's attacks, both shooting and close combat, have the Soul Blaze special rule.

A bit less OTT there. Technically this guy has three invlunerable saves (terminator 5+, Rosarius 4+, LotD 3+), which I find a tad funny. He has 6 S5 AP2 attacks on the charge, though he strikes at I1 he's darned resilient and will do massive damage, especially with his soul blaze rule. with this ruleset, I'd do around 200 points. I picture this guy pretty much on fire all of the time, and that combined with the usual Chaplain armor (a tad imposing) and the LotD "fire and bones" motif makes this guy a sight to behold. And he has a giant scythe.

nice character im also makig a character with a scythe and the axe fits the bill. would like to read the fluff on this guy

I like him, but I'm not sure why he has fearless, and combat tactics as combat tactics cannot help him fall back if he doesn't fall back to begin with

That's true, I didn't notice that either. Also, the Unyielding Spectres rule in the SM codex says their saving throw is invulnverable, making me think that if this guy has the 2+ save, he should have only that save, but invulnerable instead of armor. That's increase his point cost by a fair amount, though.

275-300 with the 2+ inv