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Okay, so I don't know if anyone has brought this up, but I was looking through the index Custodes list to see if there was any loopholes, and I seem to have found some.


The obvious one is that you can take Custodes Guardian squads with just a sword (no shield) if you want to save points. Not super great, but if you need to shave a couple points it could be useful.

Next is the "hidden" Vexillia. Custodes Guardian squads can take wargear called a "Custodes Vexillia" carried by a normal Guardian. This will stack with the Vexillia Imperius if you want a guardian squad with +2 attacks.

Next is the Power Knife. A Shield Captain (without a Guardian spear) may be equipped with one of these. (and the way it looks, you can take a power knife instead of, or in addition to, a Misericordia). A regular power knife has two advantages over a Misericordia. First, you get the additional attack even if the Shield Captain has a storm shield. Second, it states you get an extra attack, not "attack with this weapon". With the Sword, you gain better AP and damage.

Anyone see any problems with this?