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Please submit your ideas for wargear and weapons, make sure to include what faction your weapon is used by, a rough description of how it works/what it does, and its in game statistics.

Power scythe

S +3: AP 3

Relic Blade
Sweeping strike: Model my choose to attack with a sweeping strike. Model will strike as I:1 and may hit every model they are in base contact with, do not need to roll to hit, at S +1 and AP 4

Melta Blastgun (Adepta Sororitas only)

Range Template S4 AP1 Assault 1 Armourbane

Just the broken and overpowered toy we need.

 Backspacehacker wrote:
Power scythe

S +3: AP 3

Relic Blade
Sweeping strike: Model my choose to attack with a sweeping strike. Model will strike as I:1 and may hit every model they are in base contact with, do not need to roll to hit, at S +1 and AP 4

They have those in HH betrayel....but they're AP2 and unweildy, and the sweep attack is that you get an amount of attacks equal to that of the models in base contact with your model, instead of you other attacks....

[Pulse Cannon] Tau's answer to Psyrifles!
Range: 48" / Str: 8 / AP: 4 / Heavy 1

[Fusion Lance] Tau's answer to long-range anti-armour!
Range: 36" / Str: 7 / AP: 1 / Heavy 1 Lance Melta

[Railcannon] What Railguns should be!
Range: 72" / Str: 10 / AP: 1 / Ordnance 1 Linear (make a straight line at maximum length, all models under the line are hit, shot suffers reduced Str and AP per every vehicle penetrated)

[Negative Disruptor] Hi-tech anti-Warp weapon
Range: 24" / Str: 5 / AP: - / Assault 1 Warp-Overload (Daemons pass Toughness test or lose their ++ save for whole game, Psykers must re-roll all Psyker tests for the whole game)

[Rail Rounds] Special Ammo for the Astartes, engineered from Tau railgun technology, 36" / Str 6 / AP4 / Heavy 2

Wow that Railcannon is overpowered.

Lets get some ork gear flowing!

Smash Fist - S:U AP:3, (about 10 pts.)
Mega Motor Smash Fist - S: +2 Ap: 3 (about 15pts)
Mega Turbo Motor Smash Fist - S: +2 Ap:3 I:+2 (should cost like 25 pts)

Ork Piston Fist

This weapon is similar in design to a power fist or klaw, but the user can press a button to launch the arm forward for a first strike before retracting it to fight as normal. When a model enters combat, before swinging with its power first attacks, it may make one attacks at +2s and Ap3 at its normal initiative, then the model fights with his power klaw as normal.

(Probably around 30-40 points.

Painbiro wrote:
Wow that Railcannon is overpowered.

Yeah, just a bit... and by a bit, I mean a lot.

Grav-wave projector. This weapon's relativly small size understates its devestating power, it fires a series of gravitational pulses that can be varied according to the target. It is a relic of the Dark Age of Technology, only a half dozen survive in the hands of the Grey Templars chapter. Wielded in battle by the most experienced and trusted veterans of the first company.


When firing the Grav-wave projector choose a firing mode before declaring your target.

Dispersed wave: Rang: 24" Str5 Ap- Heavy 1, Large Blast, Gravity Distortion*

Focused wave: Range: Template, Str5, Ap- Assault 1, Gravity Distortion*, Armorbane


*Gravity Distortion: The localized gravitational distortion caused by the weapon linger for a short time after the weapons use. Units that suffer one or more hits from a weapon with this special rule are reduced to Inititive 1 and treat open ground as difficult terrain till the beginning of their next shooting phase.


One model in a Terminator unit(vanilla) may replace his Stormbolter with a Grav-wave projector for 30 points.

Imperial Guard

Scared S***less: Models with this rule gain fearless, but are still vulnerable to pinning and may go to ground.

Big Stick: Str +1 Ap-, concussive, Mine's Bigger

Mine's Bigger: models with sticks automatically have Hatred(models with equal or smaller sticks)

A big stick is a sacred relic of the imperium granted to imperial guard sergeants and officers if they are too old or stupid for traditional power weapons.

Bigger Stick:Str+2, Ap 5, concussive, rending, Mine's Bigger

Bigger sticks are even more sacred relics of the imperium, granted to officers who have shown themselves capable with a big stick. These are some of the finest weapons in the imperium.

Biggest Stick:Str+4, Ap 3, concussive, rending, armorbane, fleshbane, unwieldly, Most Important Stick

Most Important Stick:There is only one Biggest Stick in the entire Emperium, granted to a single skilled combatant of the Imperial Guard, to do the Emperor's will. As such, there may only ever be one Biggest Stick in any army. The bearer of the biggest stick is so honored that it gains the Very Bulky, slow and purposeful, rage, and Furious Charge special rules. If its user dies, leave a marker in its place. It is now an objective.

This is the biggest most important stick in the imperium. The Emperor himself said, "this is a REALLY big stick." It is said that because of these sacred words, this stick is the only thing capable of waking the Emperor, though no one dares to try.

 xole wrote:
Imperial Guard

Scared S***less: Models with this rule gain fearless, but are still vulnerable to pinning and may go to ground.

Big Stick: Str +1 Ap-, concussive

A big stick is a sacred relic of the imperium granted to imperial guard sergeants and officers if they are too old or stupid for traditional power weapons.

Bigger Stick:Str+2, Ap 5, concussive, rending

Bigger sticks are even more sacred relics of the imperium, granted to officers who have shown themselves capable with a big stick. These are some of the finest weapons in the imperium.

Biggest Stick:Str+4, Ap 3, concussive, rending, armorbane, fleshbane, unwieldly, Most Important Stick

Most Important Stick:There is only one Biggest Stick in the entire Emperium, granted to a single skilled combatant of the Imperial Guard, to do the Emperor's will. As such, there may only ever be one Biggest Stick in any army. The bearer of the biggest stick is so honored that it gains the Very Bulky, slow and purposeful, rage, and Furious Charge special rules. If it's user dies, leave a marker in it's place. It is now an objective.

This is the biggest most important stick in the imperium. The Emperor himself said, "this is a REALLY big stick." It is said that because of these sacred words, this stick is the only thing capable of waking the Emperor, though no one dares to try.

ROFL

To all the sticks except for the Biggest Stick, add this rule.

Mine's Bigger: models with sticks automatically have Hatred(models with equal or smaller sticks)

 Grey Templar wrote:



ROFL

To all the sticks except for the Biggest Stick, add this rule.

Mine's Bigger: models with sticks automatically have Hatred(models with equal or smaller sticks)

It is done.

Icon of sacrifice
sacrifice d3 cultists to the gods of chaos becomes a locator beacon for one turn

The scrolls of space book
take a str4 ap2 hit and summon 3d6 cultist any doubles of one or six instead summons a unit of angry lonely chaos spawn

Surprise Cake - In the grim darkness of the 41st millenum, there is only cake.

Cakes are mystical items, often immune to all but the effects of other desserts. Who knows what drives a cake to do what it does? All that is known is that wherever a cake appears, a surprise is sure to follow.

Place the cake in the centre of the board. The first unit to reach base contact with the cake reveals the surprise hidden inside! Roll a D6 and consult the following chart for the effect:

Surprise!
1 - The cake is... just a cake. Everyone have a slice! Mmm, cake!
2 - The cake is... an objective. It is worth 3 Victory Points to whichever side controls it at the end of the game, even if the game does not use objectives. All eligible scoring units are able to control the cake objective, and all eligible denial units may deny control.
3 - The cake is... an enemy. Randomly choose one enemy unit. The cake is then immediately replaced by the chosen unit, and the enemy general may choose how his unit is placed, and cannot place any models further than 6" from the cake. If the unit may assault, then it is automatically in combat with the unit that revealed the surprise, and the revealing unit and all other units must be moved the minimum distance required to fit the enemy unit in combat. The enemy unit counts as charging during that turn's assault phase. If the enemy unit cannot assault for any reason, then it is simply placed the minimum required distance away from the revealing and surrounding units and impassable terrain.
4 - The cake is... an ally. Randomly choose one of your own units. The cake is then immediately replaced by the chosen unit, moving the minimum distance away from any impassable terrain. You may place the unit however you wish, so long as it fits within 6" of the cake's location. The unit may act normally for the remainder of the turn.
5 - The cake is... a lie. There was no cake. Boo! The cake is removed and the revealing unit gains the Rage and Furious Charge special rules.
6 - The cake is... a void grenade. Replace the cake with a void grenade, following the most recent rules for the void grenade.

Painbiro wrote:Wow that Railcannon is overpowered.

NeoAigaion wrote:[Pulse Cannon] Tau's answer to Psyrifles!
Range: 48" / Str: 8 / AP: 4 / Heavy 1

[Fusion Lance] Tau's answer to long-range anti-armour!
Range: 36" / Str: 7 / AP: 1 / Heavy 1 Lance Melta

[Railcannon] What Railguns should be!
Range: 72" / Str: 10 / AP: 1 / Ordnance 1 Linear (make a straight line at maximum length, all models under the line are hit, shot suffers reduced Str and AP per every vehicle penetrated)

[Negative Disruptor] Hi-tech anti-Warp weapon
Range: 24" / Str: 5 / AP: - / Assault 1 Warp-Overload (Daemons pass Toughness test or lose their ++ save for whole game, Psykers must re-roll all Psyker tests for the whole game)

[Rail Rounds] Special Ammo for the Astartes, engineered from Tau railgun technology, 36" / Str 6 / AP4 / Heavy 2

Actually, Railguns in real life do that, PLUS in Navy Railgun tests the projectile exited the barrel so fast it turn the air for several meters in from of the weapon into several thousand degree plasma. So... it could stand to be more powerful.

Bomb bots

WS: - BS: - S: - T: 5 W: 2 I: - A: - Ld: - Sv: 3+


Bomb attack

S:7 AP:2 range: -

Fearless

Bomb bots are robots with bombs attached and are usually used to soften up or disorient units before assaulting.

Each unit can have a bomb bot specialist. each specialist can have up to three bots. At the start of each movement phase a bomb bot specialist can deploy his bot somewhere within 2 inches form him. From then on the bot moves like a separate unit of bikes that can't turbo-boost or shoot. When it assaults it rolls charge distance normally. (units can't overwatch) Bots can't be assaulted but can be shot at. Only one bot can be on the board for each specialist. If a bot comes into base to base contact with an enemy model a large blast template is placed over the bot all models under the template suffer a strength 7 AP 2 hit & the bot is removed from the board. If a bomb bot looses all it's wounds it explodes like it was in base to base with an enemy model. If a bomb bot specialist dies or is falling back the bot cannot move or assault.

Alien Reasoning - Characters with this upgrade are not required to accept challenges and may not be selected if a challenge is refused. (if all characters in the unit have Alien Reasoning the refusal is resolved without effect) Additionally, if this model has the Fearless special rule they automatically pass all leadership tests.

Warp Field (Hive Tyrant) - A Hive Tyrant (including the Swarmlord) has a 5+ invulnerable save. (should come standard)
Enhanced Warp Field - A Hive Tyrant (including the Swarmlord) with this upgrade has a 4+ invulnerable save. (replaces Warp Field)

Ghost scythe (Claw Gauntlet)

A pair of very fragile yet extremely powerful like glove. It fits almost like a skeletal like glove and is very small and takes up almost no space. It was originally used by a very thin Human named Jesse Chenoweth a long time ago and so can this ancient artifact can only fit a small to mid sized human. Imperial guard troops lol.

Only one can exist in any army and its powersource is said to be somehow connected with the warp. They glow in a pale blue like aura around them that discharge white and purple static electricity often but never harm the user.
When worn they make the hands look like ghostly metal demon claws with round pointy metal ghostly claws.

They have the following profile

AP 1
+2 extra attacks

Reroll to hit and to wound once each during each combat phase and this model gains an additional 2D6+1 armor penetration and you add a +2 to the vehicle damage table.
This model is only available to Human characters so Imperial guard HQ's would be the only ones able to get it.

Eldar Farseer.
Runes of Warding 10pts. 24" Enemies take psychic tests on 3D6.
Runes of Power 10pts. May be the target of a psychic power and will then store this psychic power. This psychic power may then be used without spending warp charges or rolling psychic tests.
Runes of Fate 10pts. One use. Prevents the psycher from being removed as a casualty at the end of the phase. The psycher will remain on the table with 1 wound left.
Venerable Farseer 35 points. Farseer gains 1 Mastery Level and 1 point of Toughness.

Eldar Vehicle upgrades.
Star Eagle pilot 25 points. BS4, Skilled Rider.
Bonesinger pilot 20 points. BS4, It Will Not Die.
Holo-fields 10 points. Stealth.
Plasma Prow 10 points. Front armour counts as AV14 when tank shocking or ramming.
Vectored Engines 5 points. Only scatters 1D6 when deep striking.

Eldar heavy weapons.
Haywire Projector, roughly 20 points depending on BS. S3 AP3 Heavy 2, Haywire, Fleshbane (4+), Skyguard.
Gravitic Pulse Cannon, roughly 10 points. S- AP- Heavy 1 Beam, Strikedown, Pinning, Fleshbane 4+.

Eldar support weapons.
Gravity Manipulator. 40 points. SX AP- Heavy 1, Large Blast. Affected models are lifted straight upwards 1D6+1" and take impact damage according to Leaping Down rules. Models inside ruins are not lifted higher than the roof above them allows, models inside buildings are all affected but can not be lifted to any great height.

Axe of Khorne, 20pts; S+1 AP2, BloodThirst.

-Bloodthirst; For each To Hit roll of 6, you can roll and additional attack, you keep rolling additional attacks if you keep rolling 6's.

Collar of Khorne, 10pts; Give the wearer and his unit Adamentium Will USR.

Banner of Rage, 20pts; One unit in the Primary Force can wield a banner of Rage, the unit must have the Mark of Khorne.
The unit who wields the Banner, gets +1 A, once per game, in the assault phase( yours or the ennemies) the Banner Special power can be released and give all models of the CSM codex in a 12" radius, the Rending USR for the remainder of that Phase.

Dedicated to Khorne; a Vehicle can be Dedicated to the Blood god,10pts.
A dedicated Tank Vehicle, Gets +1D3 to the Strength when Ramming a Vehicle, if that vehicle also have the destructor upgrade, it gains +1D6 to the Strength of the Ramming attack.
A dedicated Walker, can reroll 1 missed To Hit rolls and Gains the Rampage USR.

Chaos Artefacts;

Deamonic Speed, 20pts, a Deamon Prince with Deamonic Speed, becomes a Cavalery MC.

Fleshmetal, 15pts, The model who take the Fleshmetal upgrade gains a 2+ armor save.

Cultists Option; Suicidal Bombs,Chaos Cultist are strapped with explosif devices, made of all sorts of things, from land mines with metal balls, frag grenades or crude TnT sticks, for them their sacrifice is a worthy one, because they die in service of their Gods.
- For 2 pts per models, a Cultist unit, can be strapped with Artisanal Bombs, after charging or getting charged, but before any attacks or duels are issued, the Cultist can detonate their bombs.
Choose a number of cultists who sets of their devices, for each devices activated, center the blast template on hte model, each models covered by the template take a S6 AP- , no cover saves Hit.
If other Cultist are covered by the template and are killed by it, roll a D6, on a 4+ the Bombs detonates, resolve those new explosions, Once you have resolved the hits caused by the Bombs, remove the Cultist model as a casualty, he is splattered in all direction and reduced to tiny bits.
-If Cultist models with bombs are killed in the Shooting Phase or in CC, roll a D6 for each of them, on a 4+, the Bombs detonates, there is a chance that the killing shot/blow cuts a wire or ignite the explosif and make it blow.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Surprise Cake - In the grim darkness of the 41st millenum, there is only cake.

Cakes are mystical items, often immune to all but the effects of other desserts. Who knows what drives a cake to do what it does? All that is known is that wherever a cake appears, a surprise is sure to follow.

Place the cake in the centre of the board. The first unit to reach base contact with the cake reveals the surprise hidden inside! Roll a D6 and consult the following chart for the effect:

Surprise!
1 - The cake is... just a cake. Everyone have a slice! Mmm, cake!
2 - The cake is... an objective. It is worth 3 Victory Points to whichever side controls it at the end of the game, even if the game does not use objectives. All eligible scoring units are able to control the cake objective, and all eligible denial units may deny control.
3 - The cake is... an enemy. Randomly choose one enemy unit. The cake is then immediately replaced by the chosen unit, and the enemy general may choose how his unit is placed, and cannot place any models further than 6" from the cake. If the unit may assault, then it is automatically in combat with the unit that revealed the surprise, and the revealing unit and all other units must be moved the minimum distance required to fit the enemy unit in combat. The enemy unit counts as charging during that turn's assault phase. If the enemy unit cannot assault for any reason, then it is simply placed the minimum required distance away from the revealing and surrounding units and impassable terrain.
4 - The cake is... an ally. Randomly choose one of your own units. The cake is then immediately replaced by the chosen unit, moving the minimum distance away from any impassable terrain. You may place the unit however you wish, so long as it fits within 6" of the cake's location. The unit may act normally for the remainder of the turn.
5 - The cake is... a lie. There was no cake. Boo! The cake is removed and the revealing unit gains the Rage and Furious Charge special rules.
6 - The cake is... a void grenade. Replace the cake with a void grenade, following the most recent rules for the void grenade.

Brilliant

xole wrote:Imperial Guard

Scared S***less: Models with this rule gain fearless, but are still vulnerable to pinning and may go to ground.

Big Stick: Str +1 Ap-, concussive, Mine's Bigger

Mine's Bigger: models with sticks automatically have Hatred(models with equal or smaller sticks)

A big stick is a sacred relic of the imperium granted to imperial guard sergeants and officers if they are too old or stupid for traditional power weapons.

Bigger Stick:Str+2, Ap 5, concussive, rending, Mine's Bigger

Bigger sticks are even more sacred relics of the imperium, granted to officers who have shown themselves capable with a big stick. These are some of the finest weapons in the imperium.

Biggest Stick:Str+4, Ap 3, concussive, rending, armorbane, fleshbane, unwieldly, Most Important Stick

Most Important Stick:There is only one Biggest Stick in the entire Emperium, granted to a single skilled combatant of the Imperial Guard, to do the Emperor's will. As such, there may only ever be one Biggest Stick in any army. The bearer of the biggest stick is so honored that it gains the Very Bulky, slow and purposeful, rage, and Furious Charge special rules. If its user dies, leave a marker in its place. It is now an objective.

This is the biggest most important stick in the imperium. The Emperor himself said, "this is a REALLY big stick." It is said that because of these sacred words, this stick is the only thing capable of waking the Emperor, though no one dares to try.

That is the funniest thing Ive read in a while

Nonissue Bolters (Codex: Imperial Guard)

Whether issued by a rather affluent homeworld, "procured" from unknown sources, looted from slain Astartes or simply purchased from the black market some Bolters end up in the hands of Imperial Guardsman. Usually only officers may own this sacred weapon but there are some Imperial Guard regiments that field boltgun equipped squads.


Nonissue Boltguns may replace Lasguns in the following units:

Veteran Squad: 30 Pts

Penal Legion: 30 Pts

Platoon Command Squad: 15 Pts

Company Command Squad: 15 pts

Use the following profile for Nonissue Boltguns:

S: 4 AP: 5 24" Rapid Fire, Untrained User

Untrained User
Boltguns are complex weapons that take quite a deal of training to use properly. Such a weapon in the hands of a novice can be prone to jamming, misfires and even fatal malfunctions! To represent this, anytime a model rolls a "1" on a To Hit roll it may not fire (even snap shots) until the next user turn. The warrior is too busy repairing whatever malfunction the weapon is enduring.

I've also considered having the special rule saying that you may not fire snap shots at all instead.

you should just give it Gets Hot, considerring Bolts are small missiles

 IHateNids wrote:
you should just give it Gets Hot, considerring Bolts are small missiles

Seems a bit harsh, don't it? It's basically the draw back to a plasma gun but with a weaker weapon.


Here's a revised version

Nonissue Boltgun

S: 4 AP: 5 24" Rapid Fire, Inexperienced User

[u]Inexperienced User[/u
Models that carry a Nonissue Boltgun (Save for Company and Platoon Commanders) may never fire snap shots. In addition, if more than 10 sixes are rolled by the unit when firing the Nonissue Boltguns then each Boltgun gains the Gets Hot! special rule for the next shooting phase only. This represents the misfires that can happen as a mishandled boltgun is being shot off like mad.

Bringing some tf2 into this
Penal legion Trooper Upgrade
Ullapool Caber: 30 pts (per squad)
+1 str power weapon
- CABER!: Once this weapon passes its to-hit roll against an enemy in an assault the user of the weapon must be removed at the end of the assault phase
- Explosion!: If a six is rolled when rolling to wound the weapon does two wounds instead of the normal one.
- OneShot: The explosive component of the caber can only be used once and if a model has more than one attack, all attacks after the first count as a normal CCW

For those of you that do not know the caber is a weapon is teamfortress two that is basically a stielhandgrenate used as a bludgeoning devise, explosive shenanigans ensue

TheCustomLime wrote:

 IHateNids wrote:
you should just give it Gets Hot, considerring Bolts are small missiles

Seems a bit harsh, don't it? It's basically the draw back to a plasma gun but with a weaker weapon.

Well, it just made sense to me.

Here's a revised version

Nonissue Boltgun

S: 4 AP: 5 24" Rapid Fire, Inexperienced User

[u]Inexperienced User[/u
Models that carry a Nonissue Boltgun (Save for Company and Platoon Commanders) may never fire snap shots. In addition, if more than 10 sixes are rolled by the unit when firing the Nonissue Boltguns then each Boltgun gains the Gets Hot! special rule for the next shooting phase only. This represents the misfires that can happen as a mishandled boltgun is being shot off like mad.

Thats a lot better, although what is the points cost for the upgrade?

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Surprise Cake - In the grim darkness of the 41st millenum, there is only cake.

Cakes are mystical items, often immune to all but the effects of other desserts. Who knows what drives a cake to do what it does? All that is known is that wherever a cake appears, a surprise is sure to follow.

Place the cake in the centre of the board. The first unit to reach base contact with the cake reveals the surprise hidden inside! Roll a D6 and consult the following chart for the effect:

Surprise!
1 - The cake is... just a cake. Everyone have a slice! Mmm, cake!
2 - The cake is... an objective. It is worth 3 Victory Points to whichever side controls it at the end of the game, even if the game does not use objectives. All eligible scoring units are able to control the cake objective, and all eligible denial units may deny control.
3 - The cake is... an enemy. Randomly choose one enemy unit. The cake is then immediately replaced by the chosen unit, and the enemy general may choose how his unit is placed, and cannot place any models further than 6" from the cake. If the unit may assault, then it is automatically in combat with the unit that revealed the surprise, and the revealing unit and all other units must be moved the minimum distance required to fit the enemy unit in combat. The enemy unit counts as charging during that turn's assault phase. If the enemy unit cannot assault for any reason, then it is simply placed the minimum required distance away from the revealing and surrounding units and impassable terrain.
4 - The cake is... an ally. Randomly choose one of your own units. The cake is then immediately replaced by the chosen unit, moving the minimum distance away from any impassable terrain. You may place the unit however you wish, so long as it fits within 6" of the cake's location. The unit may act normally for the remainder of the turn.
5 - The cake is... a lie. There was no cake. Boo! The cake is removed and the revealing unit gains the Rage and Furious Charge special rules.
6 - The cake is... a void grenade. Replace the cake with a void grenade, following the most recent rules for the void grenade.

I loled Now to find a suitable cake mini so I can play with those rules...

For IG veterans:

Any model may replace their lasgun with a shotgun for +5 points.

Shotgun:
Str 10 AP 6 assault 2 hellstorm (the huge apoc flamer), Wall of DEATH, They Work Like That

Wall of DEATH: when firing overwatch weapons with a hellstorm template use the wall of death rule, but with D6 hits instead of D3.

They Work Like That: if an opponent (or potential opponent) ever complains that "shotguns don't work like that" one of their units suffers an unfortunate mishap. Randomly select one of your opponent's units and replace it with a piece of crater terrain, and then place Marbo in the center of the crater. If you already have Marbo in your army this counts as an additional Marbo and overrules the normal limitation on unique characters. Sometimes the warp Just Works Like That.

 IHateNids wrote:

TheCustomLime wrote:

 IHateNids wrote:
you should just give it Gets Hot, considerring Bolts are small missiles

Seems a bit harsh, don't it? It's basically the draw back to a plasma gun but with a weaker weapon.

Well, it just made sense to me.
al

Here's a revised version

Nonissue Boltgun

S: 4 AP: 5 24" Rapid Fire, Inexperienced User

[u]Inexperienced User[/u
Models that carry a Nonissue Boltgun (Save for Company and Platoon Commanders) may never fire snap shots. In addition, if more than 10 sixes are rolled by the unit when firing the Nonissue Boltguns then each Boltgun gains the Gets Hot! special rule for the next shooting phase only. This represents the misfires that can happen as a mishandled boltgun is being shot off like mad.

Thats a lot better, although what is the points cost for the upgrade?

See my initial post. 30 Pts for Penal Legionnaires and Veterans, 15 pts for command squads. It's a squad upgrade.