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Don't know how cost-effective or just outright useful this would be, but here goes:

Daemon IC's cannot join non-daemon units and marks/daemon-of rules must match.
Therefore, unless I'm mistaken, you can get a Herald of Nurgle to join a CSM Obliterators unit, which have the Daemon rule.
So;

Take three Nurgle Obliterators.
Add a Herald of Nurgle with the Greater Focus of Fecundity.
The result is a T5, 2W, 2+/5++, Shrouded and FNP gun battery with a whole variety of weapons that you can deep strike.
The total cost is 228 for the 3 NurgOblits and 70 for the Herald to a total of 298.

You can always add magic levels to the Herald but Biomancy or Plague doesn't really add that much more to this unit.

Thoughts?

Daemons cannot join/be joined by anyone who does not possess Daemonic Instability.

Sorry, mate. *BLAM*

Damn it.
Almost!

For an oblit deathstar i have ran 3 x MoN oblits with a Crimson Slaughter Lv3 unmarked sorcerer with the Divination artifact. 3 rolls on divi. Never tired it in 7th though in 6th 3 x rerolling to hit, ignoring cover assault cannons worked a wonder.

stu wrote:
For an oblit deathstar i have ran 3 x MoN oblits with a Crimson Slaughter Lv3 unmarked sorcerer with the Divination artifact. 3 rolls on divi. Never tired it in 7th though in 6th 3 x rerolling to hit, ignoring cover assault cannons worked a wonder.

That's a good tactic, and Spell Familiar is invaluable for only 15 pts. However, remember with how the psychic powers work now having only 3+D6 Warp Charges frequently ain't gonna cut it.

You get a spell familiar in with the balestar, bargin. Right about the warp charge though may need some daemon allies for more levels in the pot.

stu wrote:
For an oblit deathstar i have ran 3 x MoN oblits with a Crimson Slaughter Lv3 unmarked sorcerer with the Divination artifact. 3 rolls on divi. Never tired it in 7th though in 6th 3 x rerolling to hit, ignoring cover assault cannons worked a wonder.

I'll give the sorcerer a TDA and see how it works out.
The list I had in mind already has a lot of psykers, I don't think WCs will be an issue.
Alternatively, Be'lakor could be used to give shrouding to multiple Oblit units and provide Invisibility to an assault component simultaneously.

But you can definitely use Cursed Earth off the Malefic Daemonology tree to buff up Oblits ++ saves, not to mention using a biker sorc or DP to move up and manifest Cursed Earth to enable successful Oblit DeepStrikes!

 SarisKhan wrote:

stu wrote:
For an oblit deathstar i have ran 3 x MoN oblits with a Crimson Slaughter Lv3 unmarked sorcerer with the Divination artifact. 3 rolls on divi. Never tired it in 7th though in 6th 3 x rerolling to hit, ignoring cover assault cannons worked a wonder.

That's a good tactic, and Spell Familiar is invaluable for only 15 pts. However, remember with how the psychic powers work now having only 3+D6 Warp Charges frequently ain't gonna cut it.

that divination thing have spell familiar built-in already
which is.. just awesome for chaos marine

 Laughingcarp wrote:
But you can definitely use Cursed Earth off the Malefic Daemonology tree to buff up Oblits ++ saves, not to mention using a biker sorc or DP to move up and manifest Cursed Earth to enable successful Oblit DeepStrikes!

Hmm Tzeentchian Oblits + Cursed Earth makes 3++.
Worth a try.

 SarisKhan wrote:
Daemons cannot join/be joined by anyone who does not possess Daemonic Instability.

Sorry, mate. *BLAM*

I believe the rule says that daemons can't be joined by models without the daemonic instability rule. I don't have it with me just yet but I can quote it later. It's a stretch but the model with DI is joining a unit, not being joined.


Yeah... A big stretch

 sqrt4 wrote:

 SarisKhan wrote:

stu wrote:
For an oblit deathstar i have ran 3 x MoN oblits with a Crimson Slaughter Lv3 unmarked sorcerer with the Divination artifact. 3 rolls on divi. Never tired it in 7th though in 6th 3 x rerolling to hit, ignoring cover assault cannons worked a wonder.

That's a good tactic, and Spell Familiar is invaluable for only 15 pts. However, remember with how the psychic powers work now having only 3+D6 Warp Charges frequently ain't gonna cut it.

that divination thing have spell familiar built-in already
which is.. just awesome for chaos marine

Yeah, it does. I used to field a Terminator Sorc with the Balestar of Mannon, so I've no idea why did I forget about this very important detail