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So in general, marine chapter tactics are a pretty cool way of representing various marine factions. They aren't as in-depth as formation bonuses most of the time, but I like them. If you had to create a chapter tactic equivalent for each of your factions, what would it look like? For instance, what might Saim-Hann, Thousand Sons, or decurion chapter tactics look like? Feel free to create rules that would assume formations and detachments aren't a thing.

Hmm, nice idea. I'll do one for my IG regiment, the Lone Gryphonnes.

Fortress Defence Force tactics -
Whilst in man-made cover (barricades, walls, fortifications, etc.), units with these tactics receive +1 to cover saves (up to a maximum of 2+) and +1 Leadership (up to a maximum of 10).
Whilst not in man-made cover, units with these tactics receive -1 to cover saves and -1 leadership.
Purchased Fortifications receive a -1 when rolling on the damage chart (only when manned by units with these tactics)

For my Black Legion:

Preferred Enemy (Imperium) + ATSKNF

For my Cadian 292nd:

MTC and +1 cover save - both only apply in ruins.

Well BA would be jet pack and choppy heavy because their primarch could fly and was one of the best in the business at chopping stuff.
They would want to emulate his zipping about in the air and chopping stuff.
No scatter on d/s. +1a, +3 charge, must move towards closest unit
2+fnp if they killed in hth last turn.

Screw that emo corax, and his I'm dark and only have 2 legs.
But now I have a jet pack and claws. I do everything these days, I'm sneaky, stabby, thinky and master of all elves/thorpes.

Space Wolves: Counter-attack + Furious Charge. Also wolves. Basically what I'm saying is I want the Space Wolves to be in the new SM codex (which is not impossible) and not loss their strengths.

Alaitoc - Rangers get the old Pathfinder rules. Every shot is a Precision Shot.
Biel-Tan - Aspect Warrior Squads of all Aspects can Charge after disembarking from a Transport.
Saim-Hann - One member of a Windrider Squad can be upgraded to a Vyper for some sort of cost.

Any Chaos Marine model in a Death Guard or other Plague army should get Blight Grenades, while every Transport in a Slannesh army get free Dirge Casters on their transports. Any Khorne Marine gets a Chainaxe to replace the Chainsword for free. Tzeentch Champions should have the option to purchase Pskyer Level 1. The Detachment bonus should be the only way to get these bits of gear. Screws Black Legion and my own Red Corsairs but oh well.


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Hive Fleet Kraken should get an increased run distance, +3 inches army wide that stacks with existing bonuses. Hive Fleet Leviathan meanwhile gets +1 to any Jink Save and Jump Pack units gain Jink.

My Astartes army would have:

Adamant Indoctrination - All Infantry(Character) models or models with Independent Character special rule gain Fearless special rule.

Lacking Armoury - You may not take Centurion or bike models in this detachment.

Ultramarines: All independent characters re-roll failed saving rolls. =)

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Ultramarines: All re-roll failed saving rolls. =)

Fixed, Blessed by GW.. I mean God Emperor.

the ancient wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Ultramarines: All re-roll failed saving rolls. =)

Fixed, Blessed by GW.. I mean God Emperor.

Double fixed, blessed by the grace of Marneus Calgar you spiritual liege.

Oh, so I'm not the only one who thinks about his own Chapter Tactics!
For me its:

Knights of Typhon:

Unbreakable Will: Confers the Adamantium Will and Feel no Pain (6+) USRs to all models

Legacy of Typhon: Dreadnoughts, Venerable Dreadnoughts and Ironclad Dreadnoughts can be taken in squads of 1-3. No IC's except Techmarines, Masters of the Forge or Techpriests may join the unit.


They both reflect the lore behind my chapter, and the "Legacy" trait is there because I cannot take Predator tanks or Terminator-armoured units (Preds don't gel with my combat doctrine, every last one of our terminator veterans are dead, the armour lost with them)

Sliscus's Raiders-
When generating Combat Drugs, generate two results and select which one will apply.

Any unit of warriors/Trueborn joined by your warlord have 3+ poison in their splinter weapons, rather than 4+.

Your Ravagers gain Deep Strike.

Or GW can just give me the Duke back and we can call it square.

 Zewrath wrote:

the ancient wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Ultramarines: All re-roll failed saving rolls. =)

Fixed, Blessed by GW.. I mean God Emperor.

Double fixed, blessed by the grace of Marneus Calgar you spiritual liege.

I'm not sure how to type nose snort and spit. Pteeuhie maybe.
As if a roman says liege, Would you like some khaos hulk smash gloves?

Ultramarines +10 pts to khaos for building aquaducts.
Cant move after deployment, afraid of losing the ground they have.
+2 they suffer stupidity, arguing over the codex.

Biel-Tan mastery: If your army contains at least three units of Aspect Warriors from different Aspects, those units may re-roll to hit/to wound/armor penetration/leadership tests. However, you must re-roll saving throws of "6".

I play tau rather recklessly. I normally give my Commander fusion blades or an Onegor Gauntlet. You know why? Because no one expects the tau to assault YOU!

So furious charge would be pretty unique!

Servants of the omnissiah codex SM

For the omnissiah- all character sgts with this chapter tactics can be upgraded to a techmarine with servo arm for 10pts. Each model upgraded in this way may take a servo harness for 20pts. These models take up only one space in transports despite having the bulky rule.

Blessed Machinery- all vehicles in this detachment have the IWND special rule and have a 6+ invulnerable save against glancing hits and a 5+ invulnerable save against penetrating hits.

You may not take captains, librarians, chaplains or chapter masters in this detachment. These are replaced with the following:

130pts- Avatar of the Omnissiah- Ws 5 Bs5 S4 T4 W2 I4 A2 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear- Servo-harness, artificer armor, force weapon, bolt pistol.

Special rules: ATSKNF, psyker lvl1, blessings of the omnissiah, independent character.
May upgrade to psyker ml2 for 25pts
May take items from special issue Wargear and relics.
Has access to the Divination, telepathy and biomancy tables and always knows the objuration mechanicum power.
May take up to 5 psyker servitors- 20pts each
Psyker servitor- Bs3 Ws3 S4 T4 W1 I4 A1 ld7 sv4+
Wargear - servo arm, bolter,

Special rules- mindlock, brotherhood of psykers( lvl1)
Psyker servitors always know the objuration mechanicum power.

130pts- Herald of the Omnissiah - Ws6 Bs4 S4 T5 W2 A3 I4 A3 Ld10 Sv2+
Wargear- servo-harness, artificer armor, power weapon, bolt pistol, crozius arcanum

Special rules- ATSKNF, Hatred, Zealot, relentless, fleet

May take items from special issue Wargear and relics.

May take up to 5 battle servitors-15pts
Bs3 Ws4 S4 T4 W1 A2 I4 Ld7 sv4+
Wargear- bolter, servo arm, power weapon

Special rules- mindlock, relentless, fleet

Relics-
Ysnriel- 80pts unique, While this relic is in play all models with the blessing of the omnissiah rule gain become mastery level 1 psykers or gain 1 additional masterly level if they are already a psyker. Models affected by this automatically know the objuration mechanicum power.

Awakened Spirit 30pts- unique, may only be taken by a vehicle, and may be taken by any vehicle in this detachment. This vehicle gains +1Bs, it gains the venerable rule and adds 2+ to its invulnerable saves and IWND rolls.

Blessed servos-40pts unique. The model that takes this relic counts all of its weapons as mastercrafted, and ignores the unwieldy rule. In addition this model gains FNP 4+.-

Just give me night fighting first turn and night vision for Night Lords and I will be happy.

Chapter Tactics (Charnel Guard)

Stasis-armouries of the IX legion: A detachment using Chapter Tactics (Charnel Guard) may include an unlimited number of models with the 'Relic of the Armory' special rule, even if it does not contain a keeper of relics.

Defend them to the last: All vehicles chosen as part of a detachment with Chapter Tactics (Charnel Guard) are considered obscured any time a friendly model is between them and the firing unit, even if not 25% concealed. Additionally, all Charnel Guard vehicles receive +1 to cover saves afforded by intervening friendly models.

Skitarii of Mars:

Enhanced Scanning Protocols-
Any mysterious objective or terrain results may be rerolled.

Cheese Connoisseur: Any unsuccessful 3++ save taken against this army must be rerolled.

As an Eldar player I'd like to try

Guardians of Zahr-Tann
Bladestorm barrage: Bladestorm is now army wide on a roll of 4, 5 or 6, instead of just a 6.
Requirement: Must take a minimum of 2 squads of Guardians + Warlocks + WS as troop choices
Restriction: No Wraith units allowed

If that overkill to have 50% of rolls with rending in exchange for no WK or WG?

 BobNT wrote:
As an Eldar player I'd like to try

Guardians of Zahr-Tann
Bladestorm barrage: Bladestorm is now army wide on a roll of 4, 5 or 6, instead of just a 6.
Requirement: Must take a minimum of 2 squads of Guardians + Warlocks + WS as troop choices
Restriction: No Wraith units allowed

If that overkill to have 50% of rolls with rending in exchange for no WK or WG?

That's definitely over the top considering shuriken catapults will now ignore marine armor on 100% of their wounds, but this thread isn't necessarily about judging people for their mechanics-writing skills.

For my own, I'd like to see something like these:

Poisoned Tongue Kabal:
Steel Trap Minds: Lady Malys employs only the most cunning of intellects within the ranks of her sybarites and dracons. Which is good because the Poisoned Tongue is known for fielding such warriors in great numbers. A warlord from a Poisoned Tongue detachment generates one additional warlord trait from either the Strategic or Tactical tables in addition to their normal trait. All kabalite warrior and trueborn squads must purchase a sybarite or dracon respectively.

Craftworld Lilisurya:
Webway Assault: Craftworld Lilisurya is known for a mastery of the webway that rivals the denizens of the dark city. Any troop unit taken as part of a Craftworld Lilisurya detachment may take a webway portal (see: Codex Dark Eldar) for 35 points.

Wyldhunt wrote:

 BobNT wrote:
As an Eldar player I'd like to try

Guardians of Zahr-Tann
Bladestorm barrage: Bladestorm is now army wide on a roll of 4, 5 or 6, instead of just a 6.
Requirement: Must take a minimum of 2 squads of Guardians + Warlocks + WS as troop choices
Restriction: No Wraith units allowed

If that overkill to have 50% of rolls with rending in exchange for no WK or WG?

That's definitely over the top considering shuriken catapults will now ignore marine armor on 100% of their wounds, but this thread isn't necessarily about judging people for their mechanics-writing skills.

For my own, I'd like to see something like these:

Poisoned Tongue Kabal:
Steel Trap Minds: Lady Malys employs only the most cunning of intellects within the ranks of her sybarites and dracons. Which is good because the Poisoned Tongue is known for fielding such warriors in great numbers. A warlord from a Poisoned Tongue detachment generates one additional warlord trait from either the Strategic or Tactical tables in addition to their normal trait. All kabalite warrior and trueborn squads must purchase a sybarite or dracon respectively.

Craftworld Lilisurya:
Webway Assault: Craftworld Lilisurya is known for a mastery of the webway that rivals the denizens of the dark city. Any troop unit taken as part of a Craftworld Lilisurya detachment may take a webway portal (see: Codex Dark Eldar) for 35 points.

Nice I like it.

What did you think of mine?

For my custom chaos warband.

Legion of one goal.
Player is able to field all lost and damn units as part of primar detachment except arch demongouage. Enforcers may join only lost and damn units.

Cannot take - demons as allies, malefic demonology and possed units.

This is supposed to reflect that my war-band quite often deploys lost and damn units along their primary forces instead taking them as allies but they tend to stay away from chaos demons.

Blood Angels would get the ability to start rolling for Reserves on Turn 1 on top of granting the +1I of the Baal Strike Force. They would only scatter 1d6 and on the Deep Strike Mishap Table. If they would roll two 6s on the Deep Strike Mishap Table they would come in at their original point (the ability would be called Expert Course Correction). There would be a formation for Dante, one unit of Sanguinary Guard, and a Sanguinary Priest that would be able to charge after Deep Strike instead of shoot.

A marine chapter that can run and shoot in the same phase and sergeants can be upgraded to a Chaplin-esq unit that retains it's upgrades that gives everyone FC and Hatred.

Salamanders: the standard CT rules, plus access to heavy flamers from the Heavy Weapons wargear list. It would also be nice if flamercraft also worked on vehicles.

The UN forces:
Observe Everything, Admire Nothing: Cannot shoot unless shot upon.

For my chapter, Hunters of the Fallen

Cut off the head:
Units with this chapter tactics gain the precision shot and precision strike special rules. All precision shots must be allocated first to independent characters, then to characters. In the event of more than one, you may choose whom to allocate to. If a target contains no characters you may allocate precision shots as would normally occur.

For my craftworld, Ishil' Ra

The Fated Moment
Once per game you may nominate up to the current turn number plus 1 number of aspect warrior squads to gain one of the following special rules
-Precision Shots
-Furious Charge
-Hit and Run
-Skyfire
- Zealot
-Adamantium Will

A God Fallen-This detachment may never have the Avatar as its lord of war.