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Already founded a forum for all my homebrewing . I already made a Deathwatch Marines and Veterans version on Deviantart without points included, but I really need some feedback wether it on Dakka or Deviantart. I already thought about giving Veterans an extra special rule to make them slightly different from regular Deathwatch Marines.

http://a-limeblossom.deviantart.com/art/Deathwatch-Homebrew-PDF-no-points-included-553841069

Sorry man, dig deeper, did it already.

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
Sorry man, dig deeper, did it already.

I see, but there's nothing wrong with another homebrew.

Also it's PDF :/

I can't read it
:facepalm for me not having a computer:

You probs did a better job

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
Also it's PDF :/

I can't read it
:facepalm for me not having a computer:

You don't have a computer? Heresy!

rowboatjellyfanxiii wrote:
You probs did a better job

We shall see if the job has been done better. Some improvements is always good.


Here's the Homebrew without points:

Deathwatch Team:
Deathwatch Marine: WS4 BS4 S4 T4 W1 I4 A1 Ld8 Sv3+
Veteran Deathwatch marine: WS4 BS4 S4 T4 W2 I4 A2 Ld9 Sv3+
Watch Sergeant: WS4 BS4 S4 T4 W2 I4 A2 Ld9 Sv3+

Special Rules:
And They Shall Know No Fear
Preferred Enemy (Xenos)
Stealth

Unit composition:
1 Watch Sergeant (Infantry (Character)) and 4 Deathwatch Marines (Infantry).
May include up to 5 additional Deathwatch Marines.
The Deathwatch Marines may all be upgraded to Veteran Deathwatch Marines (Infantry).

Wargear:
Boltgun
Bolt Pistol
Chainsword
Frag Grenades
Krak Grenades
Power Armour

For every five (Veteran) Deathwatch Marines one may replace its Boltgun with one of the following:
Flamer
Grav-Gun
Plasmagun
Meltagun
Heavy Bolter
Heavy Flamer
Missile Launcher

The Watch Sergeant and/or Veteran Deathwatch Marines may replace their pistols and/or their Melee weapons with one of the following:
Combi-flamer, -grav, -melta or -plasma
Grav-Pistol
Plasma Pistol
Storm Bolter

The Watch Sergeant and/or Veteran Deathwatch Marines may replace their pistols and/or their
Melee weapons with one of the following:
Lightning Claw
Pair of Lightning Claws
Power Weapon
Power Fist
Storm Shield
Thunder Hammer

The Watch Sergeant and (Veteran) Deathwatch may all take Jump Packs for points and count as Jump Infantry and Jump Infantry (character). They can’t take heavy weapons.

The Watch Sergeant and(Veteran) Deathwatch Marines may all take Space Marine Bikes and count as Bike and bike (Character) and add 1 extra Toughness to their profiles. They may take an attack bike with a Heavy Bolter or Multi-melta.

Special Issue Ammunition:
The Watch Sergeant and (Veteran) Deathwatch marines with a Boltgun may all take one of the following:
- Antiphase: 24" S4 AP5 Rapid Fire, Antiphase*
- Dragonfire: 24" S4 AP5 Rapid Fire, Ingores Cover
- Hellfire: 24" S1 AP5 Rapid Fire, Poisoned (2+)
- Kraken: 30" S4 AP4 Rapid Fire
- Metal Storm: 18" S3 AP6 Assault 1, Blast
- Scorpius: 24" S4 AP5 Rapid Fire, Penetration**
- Stalker:
1. Regular: 24" S4 AP4 Rapid Fire
2. Focused: 36" S4 AP4 Heavy 2, Rending, Precision Shots
- Vengeance: 18" S4 AP3 Rapid Fire, Gets Hot

* Antiphase: Necron units must reroll their successful Reanimation Protocols after receiving unsaved wounds from an attack with this special rule.

** Penetration: A Unit that suffered unsaved wounds from attack with this special rule must reduce their Armour saves by 1 for the rest of the game.


I already changed some parts of the homebrew.

I posted something similar to what you have in the other deathwatch thread.

You can probably extrapolate costs from the following:
( I like the custom ammo btw)

Death Watch Kill Team- 105pts (4 Death Watch Veterans and 1 Death Watch Alpha)

Death Watch Veteran-WS4 BS4 S4 T4 W1 A2 I4 Ld9 Sv3+
Death Watch Alpha- WS5 BS5 S4 T4 W1 A2 I4 Ld10 3+/6++

Wargear:
Power Armor, Bolter, Bolt Pistol, (Death Watch Alpha only) Chainsword, Icon of the Deathwatch, Signum

Special Rules:
And They Shall Know No Fear, Chapter Tactics (Deathwatch), Preferred Enemy (Xenos) Zealot

May purchase up to 5 additional Death Watch Veterans- 20pts each.
Any model may replace their bolter or bolt pistol with a chainsword-free
Any model may take melta-bombs-5pts
Any model may purchase Special Issue Ammuniton-3pts
Any model may purchase a combi-bolter-5pts
Any model may replace their bolt pistol or bolter with a:
Storm Bolter-Free
Power Weapon-5pts.
Lightning Claw-5pts
Power Fist-10pts
Thunder Hammer-15pts
Grav, Plasma, or Inferno Pistol-5pts
Up to 2 Death Watch Veterans may take items from the Heavy Weapons list.
Up to 2 Death Watch Veterans may take items from the Special Weapons list.
Any model may purchase a storm-shield-5pts
All models may take jump packs-3pts each
All models may take bikes-7pts each
All models may take Artificer armor-3pts each
All models may take Terminator armor-9pts each.
One Death Watch Veteran may be upgraded to an apothecary-15pts
One Death Watch Veteran may take a Plasma Syphon-10pts

@DoomShakaLaka: I didn't taught about the option to give them terminator armour. . Most of the time thinking about them as a little kill team.

Minor, awesome change: Deathwatch are specially trained and prepared for the enemy they're about to fight. Why not allow them to buy special ammunition - not a particular type, just 'special ammunition'. Then the first time they're deployed in a game allow the player to pick an ammo type. That allows you to keep cool ammo types like Antiphase (which is absolutely worthless, BTW needs AP4) without penalizing the Deathwatch player.

 raverrn wrote:
Minor, awesome change: Deathwatch are specially trained and prepared for the enemy they're about to fight. Why not allow them to buy special ammunition - not a particular type, just 'special ammunition'. Then the first time they're deployed in a game allow the player to pick an ammo type. That allows you to keep cool ammo types like Antiphase (which is absolutely worthless, BTW needs AP4) without penalizing the Deathwatch player.

No problem for me. I shall take a look when I'm gonna change it, since I'm creating a new homebrew right now.

Nice homebrew, but now there's legit Deathwatch Codex!

 russian69hitman wrote:
Nice homebrew, but now there's legit Deathwatch Codex!

Thanks.
I've seen the new codex. Far more different than I expected.