What Kind of Space Marine Would you want to be?

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**Wyzilla**

Jape wrote:
Cushy office job in the Phalanx, nothing ever goes down over the- oh.

Don't worry, the Iron Warriors are just there because they heard the Phalanx has a smashing disco.

**somestrangeguardsman**

A normal Marine with a power sword, because I may be some random guy but at least I am not the target for the fire or any enemy champions/close combat specialist first, leaving me free to charge recklessly towards the enemy with my power sword and zeal. I have seen what happens when my army gets outflanked, my emperors champion and vanguard veteran squad died in a hail of plasma, bolter and melta

. So yeah give me a nice job being the random guy who is not the centre of attention with my squad so I may actually do something other than take half an armies worth of shooting and then fail the 4 inch charge and have another shooting phase to suffer and finally die

.

**Deadshot**

somestrangeguardsman wrote:
A normal Marine with a power sword, because I may be some random guy but at least I am not the target for the fire or any enemy champions/close combat specialist first, leaving me free to charge recklessly towards the enemy with my power sword and zeal. I have seen what happens when my army gets outflanked, my emperors champion and vanguard veteran squad died in a hail of plasma, bolter and melta . So yeah give me a nice job being the random guy who is not the centre of attention with my squad so I may actually do something other than take half an armies worth of shooting and then fail the 4 inch charge and have another shooting phase to suffer and finally die .

But nameless plebs are the first to die! The Emperor's Champion wears the Armour of Plot with a 2+ rerollable save.

**somestrangeguardsman**

Deadshot wrote:
somestrangeguardsman wrote:
A normal Marine with a power sword, because I may be some random guy but at least I am not the target for the fire or any enemy champions/close combat specialist first, leaving me free to charge recklessly towards the enemy with my power sword and zeal. I have seen what happens when my army gets outflanked, my emperors champion and vanguard veteran squad died in a hail of plasma, bolter and melta . So yeah give me a nice job being the random guy who is not the centre of attention with my squad so I may actually do something other than take half an armies worth of shooting and then fail the 4 inch charge and have another shooting phase to suffer and finally die .

But nameless plebs are the first to die! The Emperor's Champion wears the Armour of Plot with a 2+ rerollable save.

true for most, but I roll a 1 when I have a 2+ half the time, can roll 3+ and 4+ for my guardsmen and scouts, just not 2+. To be honest I roll crazy, so might just be my experience, but yeah my normal guys are more reliable with saves and tend not to die unless the enemy is using an AP 3 weapon. I am one of those people that defies normal statistics, everyone knows at least one

. Knowing my luck allow me to re roll a 2+ four times I will fail 2 or 3, but give me 9 dice to roll for my favourite but normal marine's save and he will pass most, if not all

. Plot armour won't save me, I am doomed if I even considered trying it on

. In my Imperium, hero's are just cannon fodder for the nameless plebs

fear the random guardsman.

**Khonsu**

A Thousand Sons Magister templi at the height of their Power in 30k, Or a Great Crusade Era warsmith.

**conker249**

Tech Marine

I'm a welder and love working with metal, as well as vehicles. The smell, feel, taste of different metals, all are appealing to me.

**VictorVonTzeentch**

Ultramarines Tyrannic War Veteran Apothecary seconded to the Deathwatch.

**Talon of Anathrax**

Veteran Epistolary Librarian Dreadnought seconded to the Deathwatch (That's my current PC in the RPG).

**VictorVonTzeentch**

BrotherStynier wrote:Ultramarines Tyrannic War Veteran Apothecary seconded to the Deathwatch.

Talon of Anathrax wrote:Veteran Epistolary Librarian Dreadnought seconded to the Deathwatch (That's my current PC in the RPG).

Deathwatch mind.

Unfortunately I havent gotten to play the Apothecary, only time I have played I was a Raven Guard Sniper. (Using home ruling cause they didn't have rules yet, and the Superior Raptors rules hadn't come out yet either. That delicious, delicious Chapter Trapping sight)

**darkcloak**

I picked Chapter Master because I am that guy who will call down an orbital barrage on a half beaten enemy 15 feet away, then charge them!

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Plus I dual wield thunder hammers IRL...

... That might be a bassist joke...

**The Wise Dane**

A regular Space Marine Tactical. Well trained, experienced, wields one of the most versatile weapons the Imperium can offer in masse and has gear for most circumstances - A combat blade for close quarters, grenades for boom of varying colours, spare ammunition, a healthpack or two, some amulets of my Chapter and of my faith and, within my armour, safely tucked away so the Chaplain don't see it, a little memoria of the home I'll never see again... Love for home can be stronger than faith of the Emperor

Maybe I get a commotion for my valiant actions against the Tyranids on Ultramar and are elevated to 1st Veteran, because I don't fit as a leader. Maybe the Chaplains discover my defunct indoctrination and want my open mind fixed. Maybe my Chapter Commander don't want to lose a warrior with such experience and fervour in battle, and so sends me off to the Deathwatch to fight Tyranids. Maybe I advance and become a Sergeant there, showing my skills with a regular weapon and how experience accounts for much to any warrior, how the fears of a common soldier is better than the steeled mind of a zealot. Maybe my body is destroyed and put into a dreadnought, now revered for both my experience, fortitude and strength. Maybe I'm made Captain of the Deathwatch. Maybe I stay a Tactical.

That's the thing that Tacticals get that others don't - Possibilities. Futures.

To quote Aaron Dembski Bowden: "Maybe you come, maybe you go. Maybe, maybe, maybe."

**Matthew**

Assault Marine. Death from Above!

**Swiftblade**

Chaplain sounds like alot of fun, plus cool skull mask. Where do I sign up?

**Icculus**

Chaplain for sure would be fun. Leading the battle in the honor of the emperor and getting other marines pumped up to kill or be killed. Close combat with a big holy power mace! Also as a Black Templar the Chaplains mean a little more than other chapters.

Otherwise Devastator Marine, or Predator Driver would be pretty fun. I want to fire the big guns and watch stuff explode.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Given I have a tendency to become an angry marine irl and have had some rather passionate outbursts,
I would have to be a chaplain, since they do the most cursing and holy smiting, but I'd add more F*** YOUs to my holy liturgies.

**Wyzilla**

CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
Given I have a tendency to become an angry marine irl and have had some rather passionate outbursts,
I would have to be a chaplain, since they do the most cursing and holy smiting, but I'd add more F*** YOUs to my holy liturgies.

So Samuel Jackson the Chaplain?

**zombiekila707**

I would love to be a chaplin, yelling alot, reading books, cool looking mace!

"FAITH IS PUREST WHEN IT IS UNQUESTIONED!"

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Wyzilla wrote:
CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
Given I have a tendency to become an angry marine irl and have had some rather passionate outbursts,
I would have to be a chaplain, since they do the most cursing and holy smiting, but I'd add more F*** YOUs to my holy liturgies.

So Samuel Jackson the Chaplain?

You sir, have hit the nail so perfectly, it is better than on the head.

**Kavish**

Sammuel L. Jackson for Chaplain in Space Marine movie. Hopefully it gets made before he dies.

**Jimsolo**

Dreadnought. If you live in 40k, with their form of afterlife, any measure to stave off death indefinitely is preferable to the alternative.

**Great White**

First company veteran! Best equipment ever

**13045273**

Scout sniper! Sneaking around and pulling off sick 180° no-scopes and multiple headshots with the same bullet

**tgav92**

Techmarine for me, working with machine Spirits would be interesting.