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first time playing chaos and i decided to go with the night lords.  threw this list togeather will it work ok and if not is there anything i could change please do tell. 

HQ:

luitenant, bike, plasma pistol, power weapon, demonic mutation, demonic aura, demonic strength. 150pts

TROOPS:

13X chaos space marines, PLASMA gun, LAZ cannon, AC, plasma pistol, power weapon 240pts

13X "                                                              same as above                                             " 240pts

FAST ATTACK:

10X raptors, 3x palsma pistol, AC, Plasma pistol, Power weapon  373pts

10X Raptors                                          same as above

10X Raprors                                             same as above

TOTAL: 1749pts

going with the them of using allot of raptors and not allot of heavy weapons

 

Get a little more long range support. Break up those 13man squads into smaller las/plas squads and give them stealth adept, and I'd beef up the raptor AC's powerfists over plasma pistols comes to mind. Plasma pistols on models that you can't afford to die/be wounded by plasma overheating are the reason most people don't do it.

This list screams out 'inflexiblility' at me, and its gonna get shot/chopped up quickly due to a lack of units (I have experience with this), shure the raptors are quick and have their hit and run rule, but with a bad fall back roll or if pitched against a powerful combat unit, they are toast (and thats a 1/5 of the army down the drain, and with only 5 units, thats a lot) I suggest the following: 

luitenant, bike, plasma pistol, power weapon, demonic mutation, demonic aura, demonic strength. 150pts

Replace the plasma pistol with a plasmagun or a meltagun, hes on a bike, he does have the option to do so. Personally, Id make this into an anti-tank suicider, so Id get rid of the deamonics and give him a meltagun, if you dodnt like that idea, get him a bike unit or give him d-flight

13X chaos space marines, PLASMA gun, LAZ cannon, AC, plasma pistol, power weapon 240pts

13X "                                                              same as above                                             " 240pts

This is a waste, too inflexible, do 2 6 man squads with las-plasma and stealth adept (no AC) and an 8-12 man squad with twin plasma/melta, infiltrate and stealth adept (with AC)

10X raptors, 3x palsma pistol, AC, Plasma pistol, Power weapon  373pts

10X Raptors                                          same as above

10X Raprors                                             same as above

Over 1000 points into 30 marines, Id say theres too much invested into these guys. Keep one squad as is (minus a PP, replace the AC PW with a PF) and 2 squads with 5 raptors one with twin melta one with twin flamer both with an AC with PW and melta bombs. This change saves a lot of points that can be spent on more units, be it combat or otherwise, which will in turn present more targets for your opponets so any incoming fire/combat is not so concentrated.

Everything i have suggested is what i would do, some of which i have done with my IW.