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This is my idea for changing the red thirst special rule for Blood Angels that I think makes it more loyal to the fluff:

Before the game begins roll 2D6 for each unit with the special rules
If there is at least a single roll of one- The unit has given in to the Red Thirst. The unit replaces "And They Shall Know No Fear" with fearless and gains Furious Charge
If Both Rolls Are Rolls Of One- The unit has fallen to the Black Rage. The unit replaces "And They Shall Know No Fear" with fearless and gains Furious Charge. The unit also gains feel no pain, rage and relentless.

I assume that this would completely remove Furious Charge from all non-DC models in the army then?

Yup

You'd have to give everything a cost drop, then. or give them back Descent of Angels.

Because rolling one d6 per unit every game wasn't fancy enough for BA last codex...

Sounds over powered.

2/3 of the time this is much worse than what it is now, which is just a blanket furious charge. A 1/36 chance of going crazy good is just not at all worth it... Would this be accompanied by a points drop? It just seems weird to take a free special rule (FC) and replace it with the chance of getting that rule plus fearless, when ATSKNF is just as good if not better.

I'd change it to give them the same bonus that the Baal Strike Force detachment gives them, but roll 1D6 for each unit at the beginning of your turn.

Red Thirst: Roll 1D6 for each unit with this rule at the beginning of your turn, on the result of a 1 the unit has succumbed to the Red Thirst for the rest of the game. A unit suffering form the Red Thirst has the Fearless special rule instead of And They Shall Know No Fear, when the unit charges into combat it adds 1 to its Initiative characteristic until the end of the Assault phase. A unit that has made a disordered charge that turn receives no benefit from the The Red Thirst.