<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Custom Fandex?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/16.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Custom Fandex? GW's bloated unbalanced, Slaneesh'd', this is just something I want to do for fun. I've already read this awesome guide, but does anyone know of any more tips? My idea is that a bunch of Marines decided to abandon the EMPRAH to become mercenaries. The plan is to let them have less heavily armoured vehicles (Land Raiders) and less high-tech stuff (Land SPeeders) and instead use other races, such as Renegade Tau, or Space Skaven. Any ideas?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514080.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514080.page GMT Custom Fandex?
Beyond that make sure you've got a reasonable selection; there can't be a single staple unit that absolutely must be in every list, in a good internally-balanced Codex you should be able to take out any three units and play effectively with the rest. Make sure you've got answers to everything in the Codex (If your Codex has no AA you're (if you'll pardon my French) utterly fethed when the other guy sits down across from you with Elysians), make sure you don't have stuff that nobody else can come close to replicating (I don't care how well you justify it in your rules or how fairly you price it, an AV14-14-14 Fast Skimmer with an assault ramp is not okay), and make sure your answers aren't one all-powerful super-unit that does everything.

If you can keep those rules in mind you should be able to come up with something at least halfway sensible and then we'll help hash out the details.


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Also, 2+ Invul? No.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514219.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514219.page GMT Custom Fandex?
 AnomanderRake wrote:
The big point is that there isn't and cannot be a hard-and-fast rule for how to price things given the combinations that are possible. Pick something in the official rules that's similar to your unit and give them a comparable price.

Beyond that make sure you've got a reasonable selection; there can't be a single staple unit that absolutely must be in every list, in a good internally-balanced Codex you should be able to take out any three units and play effectively with the rest. Make sure you've got answers to everything in the Codex (If your Codex has no AA you're (if you'll pardon my French) utterly fethed when the other guy sits down across from you with Elysians), make sure you don't have stuff that nobody else can come close to replicating (I don't care how well you justify it in your rules or how fairly you price it, an AV14-14-14 Fast Skimmer with an assault ramp is not okay), and make sure your answers aren't one all-powerful super-unit that does everything.

If you can keep those rules in mind you should be able to come up with something at least halfway sensible and then we'll help hash out the details.


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Also, 2+ Invul? No.


No AA? Cough, Chaos, cough cough]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514299.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514299.page GMT Custom Fandex?
 Matthew wrote:
 AnomanderRake wrote:
The big point is that there isn't and cannot be a hard-and-fast rule for how to price things given the combinations that are possible. Pick something in the official rules that's similar to your unit and give them a comparable price.

Beyond that make sure you've got a reasonable selection; there can't be a single staple unit that absolutely must be in every list, in a good internally-balanced Codex you should be able to take out any three units and play effectively with the rest. Make sure you've got answers to everything in the Codex (If your Codex has no AA you're (if you'll pardon my French) utterly fethed when the other guy sits down across from you with Elysians), make sure you don't have stuff that nobody else can come close to replicating (I don't care how well you justify it in your rules or how fairly you price it, an AV14-14-14 Fast Skimmer with an assault ramp is not okay), and make sure your answers aren't one all-powerful super-unit that does everything.

If you can keep those rules in mind you should be able to come up with something at least halfway sensible and then we'll help hash out the details.


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Also, 2+ Invul? No.


No AA? Cough, Chaos, cough cough


Hellchickens. Ground-based AA is pretty bad unless it's something that can turn Skyfire on and off so these days AA takes the form of air-to-air planes on most books, a Hellchicken can bring four S8 shots on a Flyer platform plus Vector Strike.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514318.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7514318.page GMT Custom Fandex?
Another example might be the marines book which lets you do a drop pod assault, a gunline, a bike army, etc. Figure out what thematic/mechanical builds you want your codex to include and make sure they're supported by the rules.

Want to play the mercenary marines without their imperial support? Maybe they have looted gear that's been jurry-rigged to be more effective but less reliable. Maybe they even have access to a few looted xenos vehicles! Want to play up the alien allies? Give each allied faction a unique trick or two, and make those tricks work well in concert. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7519394.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/631649/7519394.page GMT