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Expansion: Feast Of Blades by Thesanguinesword (V3.0)

What is Feast Of Blades about?: 
Feast of Blades is a mini game/expansion within the Warhammer 40,000 game, it is unofficial and fan made. The Feast Of Blades is a tournament held every century by the Space Marines, each chapter that participates must choose a champion from within their ranks, then the champions fight each other in a selection of games designed to prove which champion is the greatest. 

What's so amazing about it?: Well, it allows you to play as your own space marine, design him and do things you've never been able to do before in Warhammer 40,000. All new features including honour duels, team death match and a horde mode add to Warhammer 40,000's already massive amount of gameplay!

How do I play it?:
In Feast Of Blades you take control of one of these champions, Champions cost 35 points, however you have access to a armoury, which allows you to customise your champion with a variety of Wargear including: Ranged weapons, Melee weapons, Chapter relics, doctrines and abilities. At the beginning of a game the players must decide the maximum cost of their champion, a reasonable amount of points would be around 65 points of Wargear, however using the armoury it is possible to create champions with up to 250 points of Wargear, with that lets get started with making your Champion:

Space Marine Chapter Champion...35 points
WS5 BS4 S4 T4 W2 A2 I5 Ld10 Sv3+
Wargear: Power Armour, Chainsword, Combat Shield.
Special Rules: And they shall know no fear.
Options:
May Replace Chainsword with any weapon from the Melee weapons list.
May replace Combat Shield with any weapons from the Ranged Wargear list.
May replace power armour with any armour from the Defence Wargear list.
May take 2 items from the accessories Wargear list.
May take 1 doctrine from the doctrines Wargear list.
May take up to 3 items from the abilities list.
May take up to 3 minions of the same type, only available in games with the special rule: Minions.

Armoury:

* (Rules for most of the weapons and Wargear shown in the armoury can be found in the following codices: Space Marines, Black Templars, Grey Knights, Space Wolves, Blood Angels and Dark Angels.)
* Remember if you take a 2 handed weapon you can still take a one handed weapon however you cannot use both weapons in one turn (e.g: Shoots Bolt Pistol at target, then charges and uses a Relic Blade, this is not allowed.)

Ranged Weapons (Combat Shield Arm):

Bolt Pistol...free
Boltgun...2 points
Combi-Flamer...5 points
Combi-Plasma...10 points
Combi-Melta...10 points
Hand Flamer...5 points
Flamer...10 points
Infernus Pistol... 10 points.
Plasma Pistol... 20 points
Storm Bolter... 5 points
Angelus Boltgun...5 points
Neural Shredder...25 points
Executioner Pistol...5 points
Exitus Pistol... 35 points
Assault Cannon (Terminator Armour only)...35 points
Heavy Flamer (Terminator Armour only)...10 points
Plasma Cannon (Terminator Armour only)...30 points.



Melee Weapons (Chainsword Arm):

Power Sword...15 points
Power Axe...20 points
Power Maul...20 points
Power Fist...25 points
Lightning Claw...20 points
Chainfist...30 points
Mace Of Absoloution...35 points


Two Handed Ranged Weapons:

Plasma Gun...10 points
Melta Gun...10 points
Exitus Rifle...75 points
Shotgun...2 points
Psilencer...20 points
Psycannon...40 points
Incinerator...30 points
Conversion Beamer...50 points.
Sniper Rifle...5 points
Two Assault Cannons (Terminator only)...100 points
Two Plasma Cannons (Terminator only)...100 points
Two Heavy Flamers (Terminator only)...40 points.

Two Handed Melee Weapons:

Relic Blade...30 points
Thunder Hammer...30 points
Nemesis Force Sword...25 points
Nemesis Force Halberd...15 points
Nemesis Force Falchions...15 points
Nemesis Daemon Hammer...40 points
Nemesis Warding Stave...50 points
Pair of Lightning Claws...30 points.
Eviscerator...15 points

Defence Wargear:

May take Carapace Armour (Also in FoB grants a sniper rifle and stealth)...free
May replace Combat Shield with a Storm Shield...25 points
May upgrade Power Armour to Artificer Armour...15 points
May replace all Wargear with Terminator Armour with Power Sword and Storm Bolter (may still take Wargear from all Wargear lists besides Accessories  and Ranged Weapons (one handed) unless stated otherwise)...30 points.

Accessories Wargear:

Infernus Ammo (Weapon becomes AP3, only Shotguns, Sniper rifles and Boltguns may take this upgrade)...10 points
Empyrean Brain Mines...5 points

Psychostroke Grenades...5 points
Digital Weapons...5 points
Orbital Strike Relay...50 points.
Special Issue Ammunition...10 points
Narthecium (Replaces Combat Shield/ Storm Shield)...15 points
Psybolt Ammunition...5 points
Bionics (+1S)...25 points
Psyflame Ammunition...5 points
Iron Halo (All Armour Types)...25 points
Jump Pack...25 points
Cyclone Missile Launcher (Terminator Armour only)...30 points.
Porta-Pack...25 points
Frag Grenades...3 points
Krak Grenades...5 points
Melta Bombs...10 points
Servo Arm (not compatible with Jump Pack)...35 points
Servo Harness (Not Compatible with Jump Pack)...60 points
Space Marine Bike( Not compatible with Servo Arm, Servo Harness or Jump Pack, also may not take any two handed Wargear.)...30 points

Relic Accessories:
Displacer Field...30 points
Conversion Field...20 points
Power Field Generator...35 points
Shroud of Heroes...60 points
Drakescale Cloak...50 points
Bionic Body (+1S, +1T, +1W)...150 points.
Advanced Bionics (+1 T)...50 points. 
Corvex (only if champion does not take: Terminator Armour, Jump Pack, Servo Arm/Harness)...100 points

Abilities Wargear list:
Fearless...10 points
Eternal Warrior...30 points
Scouts...15 points
Infiltrate...25 points
Rage...25 points
Counter-Attack...15 points
Relentless...20 points
Furious Charge...25 points
Stealth...25 points
Shrouded...50 points
Shred...25 points
Fleshbane...35 points
Fleet...10 points
Armourbane...25 points
Ferocious Instincts...20 points
Bolster Defences...20 points


Relic Weapons (One Handed):
Flail of the Unforgiven...33 points
Foe-Smiter...15 points
Dorn's Arrow...20 points
Lions Roar...25 points
Mace of Caliban...30 points
Axe Mortalis...30 points
Glaive Encarmine...20 points
Black Sword...30 points
Blood Crozius...30 points
Axe of Ultramar...25 points
Blood Song...20 points
Dead Man's Hand...35 points
Heaven's Teeth...15 points
Gauntlet of Flame...25 points

Relic Weapons (Two Handed):
Dorn's Fist (counts as one handed if bearer also takes Terminator Armour)...50 points
Titansword...35 points
Executioner's Axe...40 points
Blood Reaver...35 points
Halberd of Caliban...30 points
Gauntlets of Ultramar...45 points
Monster Slayer of Caliban...40 points
Spear of Vulkan...35 points

Doctrines:

Defender: This champion gains +1 Toughness but loses -1 Attack. 5 pts.

Berserker: This champion gains +1 Attack but loses 2 Leadership. Free.

Marksman: This champion gains +1 Ballistic Skill but loses 1 Weapon Skill.

Blade storm: This champion gains +D6 attacks on the charge instead of the usual one, but loses 1 weapon skill, loses 1 Initiative and loses 1 Leadership. 10 points.

Master of Blade: This Champion gains +1 Weapon Skill but loses 1 Ballistic Skill.

Minions:

Space Marine Vanguard Veteran Sargeant with Jump Pack, Bolt Pistol and Power Sword (Only available if Champion takes a Jump Pack)...55 points

Space Marine Sternguard Veteran Sargeant with Boltgun, Special Issue Ammunition and Power Fist (Only if Champion does not take Terminator armour or a Jump Pack)...40 points.

Space Marine Terminator Sargeant with Power Sword and Storm Bolter (only available if Terminator Armour is taken)...55 points
Missions: 

Duel: The first competition in the Feast Of Blades, in this champions fight duels in order to progress through the tournament.
Players: 2
Champions: 1 per side
Champion Limit: 100 points
Battlefield: Arena (Skyshield Landing Pad)
Objective: Slay enemy champion.
Turns: 5
Special Rules: Paralytic Poison.
Deep Strike: no.
Paralytic Poison: This follows the same rules as the K.O rule but champions get back up on a 6, rather than a 4 as the poison stops them from getting back up.

Team Deathmatch: In the second competition of the Feast of Blades 2 teams of champions face off against each other.
Players: 2-12
Champions: 2-6 per side, both sides must have the same amount of champions.
Champion Limit: 125 points
Objective: eliminate enemy team.
Battlefield: One board tile ( 2 feet by 2 feet)
Special Rules: none.
Deep Strike: yes

Horde: In this round champions are forced to fight waves of enemies, the last man standing wins.
Players: 2-12
Champions: 1 each
Champion Limit: 200 points
Objective: Kill more enemies and survive longer than the others.
Battlefield: one board section per player. Each player takes on the horse separately, so if you had 3 players then you would need 30 Orks and a nob for each board.
Turns: horde
Special Rules: horde
Deep Strike: no

Wave one:
30 Ork boyz, 1 Nob with Power Klaw.

Wave two: 
20 Eldar Guardians, 1 Warlock, Scatter Laser.
10 Dire Avengers, Exarch, Defend, Power Weapon and Shimmershield.

Wave three:
Guardsman Platoon: 3 Guardsmen squads, 1 Heavy Weapons Squad with 3  Heavy Bolters. Command Squad ( no upgrades), Leman Russ Vanquisher (Hull Heavy Bolter, no sponsons).

Wave 4:
5 Assault Terminators (Lightning Claws), Captain (Terminator Armour, Power Sword, Storm Shield), Land Raider Redeemer (Multi-Melta, Hunter Killer Missile).

Wave 5:
The Avatar of Khaine.

Free For All: In this game, the champions must fight each other, all of them must fight unto the bitter end.
Players: 2-6
Champions: 1 each
Champion Limit: 250 points
Battlefield: 4 board sections, 4 feet by 4 feet. 3 terrain pieces.
Objective: Survive! And kill all enemy champions. 1 point per kill. 5 for surviving.
Turns: 6
Special Rules: none
Deep Strike: no.

Apocalyptic duel: In this contest a Champion must defeat a legendary monster in order to win.
Players: 2
Champions: 1 Space Marine Champion and one of the following:
The Swarmlord (250)
The Avatar of Khaine (150)
Daemon Prince with Daemon Of Tzeentch, Power Armour and Mastery Level 3, Murder Sword (300)
Nemesis Dreadknight (125)
* note the number in brackets is the maximum cost of the champion facing that creature.
Battlefield: Arena. (Skyshield)
Turns: as many as it takes until one combatant dies.
Objective: Slay the enemy.
Special Rules: none
Deep Strike: No.

Honour Duel: In this the remaining 2 champions fight again, the Champions do not fight to the death but until the other admits defeat.
Players: 2
Champions: 1 per player
Champion Limit: 200 points
Battlefield: Arena (Skyshield)
Turns: unlimited
Objective: Slay your opponent.
Special rules: K.O
Deep Strike: No.
K.O: When one champion is killed, roll a D6, on a 4+ the champion has not given in and climbs back up to continue the fight!

Example Champions:

100 points:

Assault Champion: 
Champion: 35 points
Jump Pack: 25 points
Power Sword: 15 points
Storm Shield: 25 points
Total: 100 points

Scout Sniper: 
Champion: 35 points
Carapace Armour: 0 points
Sniper Rifle: 0 points
Stealth: 0 points
Infernus Ammunition: 10 points
Fleshbane: 35 points
Relentless: 20 points
Marksman: 0 points

Close combat scout:
Champion: 35 points
Carapace Armour: 0 points
Sniper Rifle: 0 points
Stealth: 0 points
Exitus Pistol: 35 points
Lightning Claw: 20 points
Fleet: 10 points

Sternguard:
Champion: 35 points
Boltgun: 2 points
Special Issue Ammunition: 10 points
Psybolt Ammunition: 5 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Marksman: 0 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Fleet: 10 points

150 points:

Heavy Assault:
Champion: 35 points
Relic Blade: 30 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Jump Pack: 25 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Melta Bombs: 10 points
Digital Weapons: 5 points
Psychostroke Grenades: 5 points

Assassin:
Champion: 35 points
Exitus Rifle: 75 points
Stealth: 25 points
Marksman: 0 points
Scouts: 15 points

Apothecary:
Champion: 35 points
Narthecium: 15 points
Power Sword: 15 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Jump Pack: 25 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Melta Bombs: 10 points
Psychostroke Grenades: 5 points
Empyrean Brain Mines: 5 points

200 points:

Super Heavy Assault:
Champion: 35 points
Terminator Armour: 30 points
Dorn's Fist: 50 points
Storm Shield: 25 points
Rage: 25 points
Eternal Warrior: 30 points

Vindicare Assassin:
Champion: 35 points
Carapace Armour: 0 points
Stealth: 0 points
Exitus Rifle: 75 points
Marksman: 0
Fleshbane: 35 points
Shred: 25 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Psychostroke Grenades: 5 points

Techmarine:
Champion: 35 points
Servo Harness: 60 points
Power Maul: 20 points
Storm Shield: 25 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Armourbane: 25 points
Bolster Defences: 20 points

Defender: 
Champion: 35 points
Nemesis Warding Stave: 50 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Jump Pack: 25 points
Defender: 5 points
Eternal Warrior: 30 points
Counter-Attack: 15 points

250 points:

Firestorm: 
Champion: 35 points
Terminator Armour: 30 points
2 Assault Cannons: 100 points
Cyclone Missile Launcher: 30 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Marksman: 0 points
Eternal Warrior: 30 points

Chapter Champion (Salamanders):
Champion: 35 points
Relic Blade: 30 points
Drakescale Cloak: 50 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Fleshbane: 35 points
Armourbane: 25 points
Eternal Warrior: 30 points
Plasma Pistol: 20 points

Expert Marksman:
Champion: 35 points
Exitus Rifle: 75 points
Exitus Pistol: 35 points
Shrouded: 50 points
Fleshbane: 35 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Relentless: 20 points

Bionic Monstrosity:
Champion: 35 points
Advanced Bionics: 50 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Bionics: 20 points
Iron Halo: 25 points
Defender: 5 points
Jump Pack: 25 points
Chainfist: 30 points
Foe-Smiter: 15 points
Eternal Warrior: 30 points

Master of Speed:
Champion: 35 points
Corvex: 100 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Drakescale Cloak: 50 points
Power Axe: 20 points
Bionics: 25 points.
Digital Weapons: 5 points

350 points:

Walking Tank:
Champion: 35 points
Bionics: 25 points
Advanced Bionics: 50 points
Bionic Body: 150 points
Storm Shield: 25 points
Artificer Armour: 15 points
Chainfist: 30 points


Greater Good: Tau faction expansion to the Feast Of Blades add-on.

A recent addition to Tau tradition, the Feast for the Greater Good is a contest held within the Fire Caste, during the contest each Sept sends it's best champions to complete challenges to find out who is the greatest living Tau warrior.

In Greater Good players play as Tau Firewarriors instead of Space Marines, they use the following rules and have access to the Tau Armoury. Note they use all the same mission types as FoB.

Tau Fire Warrior Chosen Champion...25 points
WS3 BS4 S3 T3 W2 I3 A1 Ld8 Sv4+
Wargear: Fire Warrior Combat Armour, Pulse Pistol, CCW.
Special Rules: none
Options:
May take up to 2 Doctrines
If drone controller is taken may take up to 5 drones.
May take up to 5 abilities
May take up to 5 accessories
May take 1 Battlesuit from the Battlesuit Wargear List.
XV15 Stealthsuits and XV25 Stealthsuits have 2 Hardpoints.
XV8, XV9 and XV81 Battlesuits have 4 Hardpoints.
XV88 and XV84 has 2 Hardpoints.

Tau Armoury:
*NOTE: XV15's grant stealth in GG and XV25's grant Shrouded. Also both XV15 and XV25 come with a Burst Cannon, but may upgrade to any one weapon from the Ranged Weapons (Battlesuit) list.
XV84's come with a Smart Missile System on the shoulders.
XV88's come with a Twin-Linked Railgun on the shoulders and stabilisers.
Unless stated otherwise, all weapons and accessories take up 1 hardpoint.
Also if two weapons of the same type are taken, they DO NOT count as Twin-Linked, you cannot take more than 2 weapons of the same type.

Battlesuits:
XV15 Stealthsuit...15 points
XV25 Stealthsuit...25 points
XV8 Crisis Battlesuit...25 points
XV81 Battlesuit...35 points
XV84 Battlesuit...40 points
XV9 Hazard Battlsuit...50 points
XV88 Broadside Battlesuit...100 points.

Ranged Weapons (Non-Battlesuit):
Pulse Rifle...5 points
Pulse Carbine...3 points
Burst Cannon...10 points
Pathfinder Pulse Carbine...5 points
Rail Rifle...15 points

Ranged Weapons (Battlesuit):
Burst Cannon...5 points
Twin-Linked Burst Cannon...10 points
Missile Pod...10 points.
Fusion Blaster...10 points
Plasma Rifle...15 points
Flamer...3 points
Airbursting Fragmentation Projector...15 points
Cyclic Ion Blaster...10 points.
Fusion Cascade...25 points
Phased Ion Gun...20 points
Pulse Submunitions Rifle...40 points.
Twin-Linked Railgun (2 Hardpoints)...40 points
Smart Missile System (2 Hardpoints)...15 points
4 Seeker Missiles...10 points
Markerlight...free
Networked Markerlight...5 points.

Melee Weapons:
Honour Blade (+2 S CCW)...10 points
Power Glaive (Battlesuit Only(Relic Blade))...30 points

Accessories (Non-Battlesuit):
Drone Controller...5 points.
Markerlight attachment...5 points.

Accessories (Battlesuit):
Shield Generator...20 points
"Eclipse" Shield Generator...35 points
Drone Controller...free
Target Lock...5 points
Targeting Array...10 points
Iridium Armour...10 points
Blacksun Filter...3 points

Drones:
Gun Drone...10 points
Shield Drone...10 points
Marker Drone...20 points
Sniper Drone...25 points
Heavy Gun Drone (TL LB Burst Cannon)...25 points
Heavy Gun Drone (2 Seeker Missiles)...30 points
DX6 "Remora" Stealth Drone Fighter...110 points

Abilities:
Fearless...10 points
Eternal Warrior...30 points
Scouts...15 points
Infiltrate...25 points
Rage...25 points
Counter-Attack...15 points
Relentless...20 points
Furious Charge...25 points
Stealth...25 points
Shrouded...50 points
Shred...25 points
Fleshbane...35 points
Fleet...10 points
Armourbane...25 points
Feel No Pain...30 points

Doctrines:
Close Combat Training (+1 WS, +1 BS)...15 points
Advanced Close Combat Training (+2WS, +2A)...30 points
Marksman Training (+1BS)...10 points
Advanced Marksman Training (+2BS)...20 points
Stealth Training (Non-Battlesuit, Grants Stealth Special Rule)....20 points
Advanced Stealth Training (Non-Battlesuit, Grants Shrouded Special Rule)...55 points

Extra Missions:

Hunter: In this mission a Tau Champion must find and assassinate an enemy champion without being detected.
Players: 2
Champions: 1 Tau Champion, 1 enemy champion with 3-5 minions.
Battlefield: 4' by 4', 6 terrain pieces.
Objectives: kill the enemy Champion.
Special Rules: if the Tau champion gets within 12" of the enemy champion the Tau player loses. Night Fight.


Thank you for reading. If you like it I'll add more missions, an even bigger armoury and other cool new features! Also you can find all of this stuff and more on the HAMMERBOYZ group on Facebook and Google Plus.
Oh and also, I've got plans for Eldar, Tyranid, Dark Eldar, Ork and IG add-on's!

Thanks! Scott.













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By the way, I could really use some feedback, just to check if everything is as it should be!

Don't put the spear of valkun in the wargear options as valkun he'stan would not lend it out. It is to precious to lose and he would not do it as he is to precious to the chapter.