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Hello everyone I recently came up some chapter tactics for the marines malevolent chapter and would like other peoples opinions on them.

Friend no one Likes: When determining the level of allegiance between a faction with this chapter tactic and another without it decrease the standard level of allegiance as shown on the allies matrix by one to a minimum of Come the Apocalypse.

Victory at any Cost: Units with this chapter tactic may make shooting attacks at enemy units that are locked in close combat with any allied unit that does not have this chapter tactic. To represent the nature of firing into a swirling melee use the following rules when firing: If using a blast or template weapon place them as usual but allied models may be under its starting position and roll for scatter as necessary. If firing another kind of weapon target the enemy unit as normal and roll to hit with a -1 to ballistic skill. For each successful to hit, roll to wound against the enemy unit, but for each miss roll to wound against the allied unit. All wounds are randomly allocated and saves may be taken as normal.

Disdain for the Weak: Units with this chapter tactic automatically pass morale checks the unit must take due to Casualties or to Losing as Assault.

I think they need just one additional perk, but I love the idea for Victory At Any Cost. You can probably just slide the Ally Matrix rules under it.

I think the ally matrix rule should be keep separate to keep the rules from getting too clunky but I have no problem adding another rule, after all the Black Templars get two positives and a negative so the Marines Malevolent can as well.

For the third I am thinking:

Disdain for the Weak: Units with this chapter tactic automatically pass morale checks the unit must take due to Casualties or to Losing as Assault.

I like the ally stuff but I feel they get a lot weaker without allies so I'd consider an ability triggered by having no allies.

Eh, there's already lots of CT that affects morale. What other traits do we know of for the Marines Malevolent?