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Hey, just an idea to try and keep the craziness that is the rapidly changing world of WH40K from getting too unwieldy. It is the Force Multiplier Slot.

The Force Multiplier Slot represents that added edge your army has in its battle for dominance. Be it a specialized unit, powerful allies, a super powerful war machine, a monster that towers over the battle field or a dominating system of fortifications, the Force Multiplier is your trump card in the coming battle.

The Force Multiplier slot replaces the Fortification and Lord of War slots on the FOC chart.

You are permitted 1 Force Multiplier per Primary Detachment in your army.

The Force Multiplier allows you to take one of the following:

An Allied Detachment
A Formation
A Fortification or Fortification Network
A Lord of War

Otherwise follow all rules as normal for selecting the above.


Thoughts? Suggestions?

That sounds resonable and would prevent the sillyness of having 4 armies on the field at once, I like it

 A GumyBear wrote:
That sounds resonable and would prevent the sillyness of having 4 armies on the field at once, I like it

Seconded.

Good Stuff!

I like it too...This is one of the best proposed rules I've seen on this forum, because it's so easy. It's incredibly simple, and it fixes most of the escalation/dataslate debate as well as striking a compromise with the people who don't like allies.

Taking it a step further, this could actually make comp really simple: Limit the points value of the force multiplier slot. Small games you could have enough points for BRB forts, bigger/less restrictive games enough for a Thunderhawk. I can see that hurting some armies like guard that would really like SM allies and an Aegis or CSM with Daemon allies, but TOs and players will sort that out.

But yeah, good stuff.

I had thought about a 25% cap, but didn't want to clutter the rule too much.

Jefffar wrote:
I had thought about a 25% cap, but didn't want to clutter the rule too much.

Well that cap can simply be debated between players and TOs

I really like this rule proposal. I say we get a petition and submit it to GW!

This would do well to keep the competitive world appeased(I think, as I am not DEEP into it....no NOVA experience), and help the casual gamers not get BBQed by 'that list' in regular games as easily.

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
I really like this rule proposal. I say we get a petition and submit it to GW!

This would do well to keep the competitive world appeased(I think, as I am not DEEP into it....no NOVA experience), and help the casual gamers not get BBQed by 'that list' in regular games as easily.

The other thing that it helps both "levels" of play with is bringing back a semblance of meaningful choices. In the game's current state, you can pretty much take anything you want regardless of your army. I think some of the options are good, but there needs to be a certain limit to them, and this puts such a limit in place.