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Hey everyone, some friends and I are making a narrative campaign at our local GW and we all agreed to the idea of having a custom warlord. As I am playing Necrons and a self-found dynasty (got some written fluff if you want) I thought a Phaeron would be awesome, so these are his rules:

Cost: 325 points
Ws Bs S T W I A Ld Sv
7. 6. 6. 6. 6. 4. 3. 10. 3+

Unit Type:
Unique Independent Character

Wargear:
Soulbreaker-Scythe
The Deceiver
Phase Shifter

Special Rules:
Advanced Reanimation Protocols
Fearless
Furious Charge
It will not die
Fear
Rage
The Bloody Phaeron:
Every Necron Infantry unit in 12" around Xantekhyr gains +1 Ws, S, T and I.

Soulbreaker-Scythe:
Range. Str. Ap. Special Rules
- D. 2. Melee

The Deceiver:
3 Firing modes

Mode. Range. Str. Ap. Special Rules.
Dispersed. Flame Template. 7. 3. Assault 2, Haywire, Armourbane
Focussed. 36". 9. 2. Assault 2, Haywire, Tesla
Deceiver. 12". D. 2. Assault 1, Tesla

Advanced Reanimation Protocol:
A model with this rule has +1 on it's reanimation protocol throws.
Futhermore, if a model with this rule is ever brought to 0 wounds. Throw a D6 and check the tabel below:
1-The model is removed from game
2-The model regains a wound
3/4-The model regains W3 wounds
5-The model regains W6 wounds
6-The model regains W6 wounds and adds W3 to it's Initiative, Attacks and Toughness in the profil. When the model is brought to 0 wounds again, these buffs disappear.


What do you think? Is it Op or Up? Should i change something? Looking forward to reading comments.

 Innlens wrote:
Hey everyone, some friends and I are making a narrative campaign at our local GW and we all agreed to the idea of having a custom warlord. As I am playing Necrons and a self-found dynasty (got some written fluff if you want) I thought a Phaeron would be awesome, so these are his rules:

Cost: 325 points
Ws Bs S T W I A Ld Sv
7. 6. 6. 6. 6. 4. 3. 10. 3+

Unit Type:
Unique Independent Character

Wargear:
Soulbreaker-Scythe
The Deceiver
Phase Shifter

Special Rules:
Advanced Reanimation Protocols
Fearless
Furious Charge
It will not die
Fear
Rage
The Bloody Phaeron:
Every Necron Infantry unit in 12" around Xantekhyr gains +1 Ws, S, T and I.

Soulbreaker-Scythe:
Range. Str. Ap. Special Rules
- D. 2. Melee Give it the Colossal rule.

The Deceiver:
3 Firing modes

Mode. Range. Str. Ap. Special Rules.
Dispersed. Flame Template. 7. 3. Assault 2, Haywire, Armourbane
Focussed. 36". 9. 2. Assault 2, Haywire, Tesla
Deceiver. 12". D. 2. Assault 1, Tesla

Far too powerful, tone it down, I'd recommend removing Deceiver entirely.

Advanced Reanimation Protocol:
A model with this rule has +1 on it's reanimation protocol throws.
Futhermore, if a model with this rule is ever brought to 0 wounds. Throw a D6 and check the tabel below:
1-The model is removed from game
2-The model regains a wound
3/4-The model regains W3 wounds
5-The model regains W6 wounds
6-The model regains W6 wounds and adds W3 to it's Initiative, Attacks and Toughness in the profil. When the model is brought to 0 wounds again, these buffs disappear.

What do you think? Is it Op or Up? Should i change something? Looking forward to reading comments.

No. Just no. This guy can march across the battlefield spitting out Destroyer attacks. When he eventually goes down, he's likely to get back up, possibly even tougher than before. Remove the Advanced Reanimation, just give him normal Phylactery. This guy seems a typical special snowflake: he has every defensive capability in the book with non-Unwieldy Destroyer weapons to boot.

I'll start by saying I totally agree with Valkyrie that it is way too much of an OP Special Little Snowflake. Plus there are things in there that make no sense. For example: A Strength 7 Flamer with Armourbane? That not only makes no sense, and is ridiculous. A Heavy Flamer from the Space Marines Codex is only Strength 5, and this weapon your proposing is a handheld weapon that isn't a Heavy Weapon - it should not be that much better than a Heavy Flamer. There are Imperial Knights that are worse than this guy (which should never occur). Cool idea, but definitely needs a lot of refinement.

With that in mind, I propose the following profile:

Cost:
I'm unsure of how to cost this profile, but based on the fact that this profile I'm suggesting is on par with the likes of Calgar (maybe a bit more powerful), a minimum of 285 Points is not unreasonable.

Stat Line:
WS 6; BS 6; S 5; T 5; W 4; I 5; A 4; Ld 10; Sv 3+;

Unit Type:
Infantry (Character), Unique

Wargear:
Soul-Breaker Scythe
The Deceiver

Special Rules:
Independant Character
Fearless
Fear
Eternal Warrior
Rage
The Bloody Phaeron: Every Necron Unit composed entirely of models of Type Infantry within 12" of Xantekhyr (partially or completely) gains +1 to their Attacks and Initiative Characteristics.


Soul-Breaker Scythe:
Range: -; S: 2x; AP 2; Special Rules: Melee;


The Deceiver:
2 Firing Modes:

Mode: Dispersed; Range: Flamer Template; S 5; AP 3; Special Rules: Assault 2;

Mode: Focussed; Range: 24". S 9; AP 2; Special Rules: Assault 1, Haywire

I feel this is much less of a Snowy Snowflake that the original profile, but still reflects the level of Power a Phaeron might have. My suggested profile may still be a bit OP, but he's a Phaeron, and the points cost combined with this fact should balance out his power level.