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I want to create my own custom Abaddon, using the Terminator Lord kit. Modeling wise, I think it's pretty doable, but I worry about the rules. I won't be playing him as Abaddon, I'll be playing him as my own custom character with Abaddon rules and gear and points. However, there is one hiccough, my army is mono-Khorne, and I don't like the idea of pseudo-Abaddon carrying all four marks of Chaos. Is it possible to take the loss and play without the other three marks?

He only 'counts as' having those marks for the purposes of joining units. Technically he has the Mark of Chaos Ascendant, something different entirely.

If that's not to your satisfaction, the marks could all be represented by Chaos Boons.


Although I'm sure your opponent won't mind you just lowering his stats.

 calamarialldayerrday wrote:
I want to create my own custom Abaddon, using the Terminator Lord kit. Modeling wise, I think it's pretty doable, but I worry about the rules. I won't be playing him as Abaddon, I'll be playing him as my own custom character with Abaddon rules and gear and points. However, there is one hiccough, my army is mono-Khorne, and I don't like the idea of pseudo-Abaddon carrying all four marks of Chaos. Is it possible to take the loss and play without the other three marks?

Unfortunately not, and trust me, you don't want to. Abaddon is freakishly powerful in melee, not the least from having Int 6, and a minimum of 6 Str 8 AP 3 Shred Attacks on the charge, or 12 Str 6, AP 2 Attacks with a slim chance of being WS 1. T6 is also a joy to have on your Warlord.

I would recommend a block of Terminators to be wound fodder. It may not be Mono-Khorne but paint them the same and play it by ear, and you'll have a great time.

Unfortunately, my army won't make sense unless it's mono-Khorne. Maybe I can just kit out my Terminator Lord to have similar gear to Abaddon.

 calamarialldayerrday wrote:
Unfortunately, my army won't make sense unless it's mono-Khorne. Maybe I can just kit out my Terminator Lord to have similar gear to Abaddon.

The optimal path with using Abaddon is to just ignore the fact he has the other 3. They become something else. The 4+ represents a former chaos artefact from when he was still a loyalist, the T5 is from mutations that have given him adamantanium flesh, and his agility is due to enhanced reflexes to allow him to better strike his foe IN GLORIOUS CLOSE COMBAT! Besides that, you can only slightly make an Abaddon but it's not nearly as good as he is. You'd give him an axe of blind fury, either a power fist or a lightning claw, grab the Aura of Dark Glory for a 4+, and make sure to chunk the mark onto him as well as that terminator armor. I'd recommend trying out a Chaos Lord khorne riding a steed of metal (glorious bloodcrushers) with an axe of blind fury.

Oorrr you could just headcannon it to say that he's got all the blessings and suchwhat.

most of Abby's stats from his special mark are replicable on the chaos boon table.
Even better, you could just use Zhufor the Impaler (a FW special character with the sweetest model out there.

I'm pretty sure no one would mind you nerfing your own units by shaving away the +1 toughness, invulnerable save, and initiative.

 Inky wrote:
Oorrr you could just headcannon it to say that he's got all the blessings and suchwhat.

most of Abby's stats from his special mark are replicable on the chaos boon table.
Even better, you could just use Zhufor the Impaler (a FW special character with the sweetest model out there.

Behold the fury of the Impaler!

Hmm, I'll have to think about it. I take my army's story pretty seriously.


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I've decided that he's just going to be an ordinary Terminator Lord, I'll make my own special characters later. He will be a character, but not have special rules.

However, I'm trying to decide what kit to give him. I like the chainfist, that Sx2 AP2 sounds like instakill for anything he comes in contact with, but what should I give his other arm? Artefacts etc., are still an option too.

If I give him two close combat weapons, does that mean his attacks in assault are doubled? He has three attacks as standard, does this increase to six?