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I was wondering, how large can a chaos warband usually (probably not a "usual" among chaos though) be? Not just marines but cultists, beastment, traitor guard and such, would these normal forces number in 10,000, 100,000 or up in millions?. On Lexicanum it had a list of space hulks and mentioned a hulk containing 200,000 chaos followers, is this many or few?

And how many chaos space marines is acceptable for a medium size warband? 100, 500, 1000? i dont think any other than the greatest warbands from the original legions go past 10,000.

I wanted to know because i want to make a bit of background for a chaos invasion campaign but don't want to stray too far from the usual numbers.

There is no such thing as 'the norm' when it's concerning Chaos. Go with whatever you like.

It can vary incredibly, it could be titanic, with more marines than a chapter, or it could be chaos Lord Steve and his six friends.

Anywhere between 1 and 10'000'000

Warbands are essentially a grouping of chaos followers.

But if its a cSm warband, I'd suggest that if its renegade chapter, then a 1000 is the top although casualties or if its a company then 50-150 is more reasonable.

And remember, cultists don't count, have as many as you like.