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Design your own Unique Characters!

Valkyrie — GMT

There used to be a couple of ongoing threads on here encouraging people to come up with new and interesting characters for their armies, but they seem to have dried up a fair while ago. With that in mind I thought I'd resurrect the idea and encourage anyone to post rules (and fluff if you want) of your own making.

I'll get us started with an Imperial Knights character of my own.

Captain Maxwell Gresley - 220pts
Known for his lightning-quick wit and equally fast battlefield acumen, Captain Gresley epitomises the speed and manuverability his House is known for. His personal Armiger chassis. the Gauntlet of Light, utilises unique and fearsome weaponry. One arm mounts a tough breacher shield, the other contains a unique Fusion Cutter, adapted from smaller Lascutter technology used in boarding and civilian shipbreaking operations. Witnesses to Gresley's combat expertise report stunning and brutal attacks with the Fusion Cutter, severing joints and vital components of hostiles many times his size.

WS2+ BS3+ S7 T7 W14 A4 Ld9 Sv3+

Wargear
Breacher Shield
Fusion Cutter
Heavy Flamer

Breacher Shield: Maxwell Gresley has a 4+ Invulnerable Save. In addition, any damage suffered is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
Fusion Cutter: When attacking with this weapon, choose one of the following profiles.
- Range 12", S9 Ap-4 D:6, Pistol D3.
- Range -, S9 Ap-4 D:6, Melee.

Special Rules

Explodes: Explodes on roll of 6, D3 wounds to everything within 6"
Armiger Prime: Any Armiger units within 12" of Captain Gresley may re-roll 1's to hit in the Fight Phase.

So there's my contribution, anyone else have any fun and exciting characters to share?

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evil_kiwi_60 — GMT

A few questions,

Is the invulnerable save only in the shooting phase like the knight shields or is it across every phase? Does the save go up with rotate iron shields? Does he have a fixed house? Does it cause morta wounds or just wounds on an explosion? Does he bracket? Does he have the standard knight movement?

You might want to consider adjusting the damage down on some of the weapons. Fat 6 damage is usually seen on more expensive or more vulnerable platforms. as it is this model will easily kill more than it's points each game.

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synthaside — GMT

I think damage 2d3 might be more fitting for this weapon , flat 6 is too high that's a Reaper chain sword.

I think the Invuln would need to be similar to the Hoplite Shield version ... Their invuln save is 4 up in combat only with a 6 being 1 mortal wound reflected back.

Otherwise just treat it identically to an Armigar warglave.

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evil_kiwi_60 — GMT

I'm curious about the brackets since it has two extra wounds and the ability to pick any household makes it almost uniquely good for a named character.

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Kcalehc — GMT

A MT character, just so you can make 2 Battalions in a single army.

Tempestus Scion Drill Master Ermey (0-1) HQ – Special Character. Points: 55 (includes wargear)

Not often seen outside of the Schola Progenum, Drill Master Ermey will only accompany the Scion Troopers on the most important of missions, and direct their fire with uncompromising efficiency. His booming voice can be heard above the din of battle, shouting encouragement and insults in equal measure to get the troopers nearby to redouble their efforts.

M 6” WS 3+ BS 3+ S 3 T 3 W 3 A 3 Ld 8 Sv 4+

Drill Master Ermey is armed with a Hot-shot Laspistol, a Powerfist, Frag and Krak Grenades.

Abilities:

Drill Master
Any Militarum Tempestus Unit within 6” with the Storm Troopers Doctrine, receives +1 on their roll to hit against any target within half the maximum range of their weapon.

Disciplinarian
Any Militarum Tempestus Infantry Unit within 6” may use the Drill Masters Ld value instead of its own for Morale tests, and additionally may reroll failed Morale tests.

Drill Master Ermey may not be chosen as your Warlord.

Aerial Drop (as per standard Militarum Tempestus).

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RobS — GMT

I used to have my own 'special character' leading my Chaos Warband (when I played more in 2e days of yore).

Lord Commander Vorod was a Chaos Space Marine Lord of the Black Legion, used by Abaddon to lead his shock troops into battle.
Unusually, Vorod had accepted the marks of Khorne AND Slaanesh (which you can't do anymore, sob), which reflected his lust for bloody slaughter on the battlefield and deviancy off it.

I would like to bring him back into my army in 8e but you can't give 2 Marks of Chaos anymore and it's harder to personalise a non-warlord character.

I converted him from the old Kharn model, with the horns cut off the sides of his helmet and his helmet painted bone-white so it looked like a screaming skull or a vanilla space marine chaplain gone bad.

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anarchy5partan — GMT

Nurgle Deamon, Fast Attack

Plague Spiders- 32pts

Units of 3-9

M8" WS4+ BS4+ S5 T5 W2 A2 LD8 SV5+

Wargear:
Acidic Web
Poison Fangs

Acidic Web: PistolD3 8" S5 AP-1 D1 Add 1 to all hit rolls targeting a unit wounded by this weapon earlier in the phase.

Poison Fangs: Melee S+1 AP-4 D1

Abilities: Disgustingly Resilient, Daemonic, Skittering Mass
Skittering Mass: Plague Spiders can advance and charge in the same turn.

Is it OP? Not good enough? I've just been tossing the idea of quickly moving groups of spiders. The idea behind acidic Web is that enemies hit by it are ensared and therefore easier to hit. Thoughts?

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Slayer-Fan123 — GMT

Kcalehc wrote:
A MT character, just so you can make 2 Battalions in a single army.

Tempestus Scion Drill Master Ermey (0-1) HQ – Special Character. Points: 55 (includes wargear)

Not often seen outside of the Schola Progenum, Drill Master Ermey will only accompany the Scion Troopers on the most important of missions, and direct their fire with uncompromising efficiency. His booming voice can be heard above the din of battle, shouting encouragement and insults in equal measure to get the troopers nearby to redouble their efforts.

M 6” WS 3+ BS 3+ S 3 T 3 W 3 A 3 Ld 8 Sv 4+

Drill Master Ermey is armed with a Hot-shot Laspistol, a Powerfist, Frag and Krak Grenades.

Abilities:

Drill Master
Any Militarum Tempestus Unit within 6” with the Storm Troopers Doctrine, receives +1 on their roll to hit against any target within half the maximum range of their weapon.

Disciplinarian
Any Militarum Tempestus Infantry Unit within 6” may use the Drill Masters Ld value instead of its own for Morale tests, and additionally may reroll failed Morale tests.

Drill Master Ermey may not be chosen as your Warlord.

Aerial Drop (as per standard Militarum Tempestus).

I'm sorry but +1 to hit AND morale shenanigans is just absurd.

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Giantwalkingchair — GMT

Okay this looks like fun
This is a special character i made for our groups heralds of ruin kill team campaign a while back. I shall adjust for 8th as best i

"Sister Superior Clerice" (0-1) Fast Attack. Special character.

A veteran superior of the few remaining seraphim from the Order of the Honoured Matres on Kryner. She has become a vital tool in the pacification of threats against the beleaguered imperial government and the ecclesiarchy. Like many of her surviving order, she carries the scars of Kryners defence against the Tyranid invasion, both within her body and her heart- the deepest of these inflicted at the defence of Saint Hannah's orphanage where her squad of seraphim and a score of children were overwhelmed by ripper swarms. A solitary figure, she has become the avenging angel of Kryner, leaping headlong at the Imperium's enemies.

M12" WS3 BS3 S3 T3 W4 A3 Ld9 Sv3+ (Jump Infantry, adepta sororitas, seraphim, Honoured Matres, imperium, character, fly.) (105PTS)

Wargear: Power Armour; Frag and Krack grenades; Inferno Pistol; Plasma Pistol; Augmetic Optic; Jump Pack.

Inferno Pistol: R6"; S8; AP-4; Dd6 Melta
Plasma pistol (we know what it does, im not writing all that)

Special rules: Shield of Faith; Act of Faith; Angelic Visage; Gun Kata; Avenging Angel.

Augmetic Optic: Clerice augmetic eye grants allows her shooting attacks to ignore cover.

Gun Kata: Trained almost exclusively in pistols, Clerice may fire her pistols in the assault phase as if it were the shooting phase. These attacks can only be made against enemies within 1" of her model.

Avenging Angel: If a friendly Adepta Sororitas or Astra Militarum unit within 6" of Clerice is destroyed: roll a d6. On a 3+, Clerice may perform an act of faith at the end of the current phase. This act of faith may be performed even if she has already performed an act of faith earlier in the battle round. The Avenging Angel ability cannot be used more than once per battle round.

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Andykp — GMT

I do this quite a bit and only tend to fall down and make them over powered when I try to invent rules or equipment. If you use existing stuff, like other characters rules or weapons then you are more likely to keep on track.

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Valkyrie — GMT

Giantwalkingchair wrote:
Okay this looks like fun
This is a special character i made for our groups heralds of ruin kill team campaign a while back. I shall adjust for 8th as best i

"Sister Superior Clerice" (0-1) Fast Attack. Special character.

A veteran superior of the few remaining seraphim from the Order of the Honoured Matres on Kryner. She has become a vital tool in the pacification of threats against the beleaguered imperial government and the ecclesiarchy. Like many of her surviving order, she carries the scars of Kryners defence against the Tyranid invasion, both within her body and her heart- the deepest of these inflicted at the defence of Saint Hannah's orphanage where her squad of seraphim and a score of children were overwhelmed by ripper swarms. A solitary figure, she has become the avenging angel of Kryner, leaping headlong at the Imperium's enemies.

M12" WS3 BS3 S3 T3 W4 A3 Ld9 Sv3+ (Jump Infantry, adepta sororitas, seraphim, Honoured Matres, imperium, character, fly.) (105PTS)

Wargear: Power Armour; Frag and Krack grenades; Inferno Pistol; Plasma Pistol; Augmetic Optic; Jump Pack.

Inferno Pistol: R6"; S8; AP-4; Dd6 Melta
Plasma pistol (we know what it does, im not writing all that)

Special rules: Shield of Faith; Act of Faith; Angelic Visage; Gun Kata; Avenging Angel.

Augmetic Optic: Clerice augmetic eye grants allows her shooting attacks to ignore cover.

Gun Kata: Trained almost exclusively in pistols, Clerice may fire her pistols in the assault phase as if it were the shooting phase. These attacks can only be made against enemies within 1" of her model.

Avenging Angel: If a friendly Adepta Sororitas or Astra Militarum unit within 6" of Clerice is destroyed: roll a d6. On a 3+, Clerice may perform an act of faith at the end of the current phase. This act of faith may be performed even if she has already performed an act of faith earlier in the battle round. The Avenging Angel ability cannot be used more than once per battle round.

Pretty cool but 105 points is a bit much isn't it?

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Elbows — GMT

Any custom designed character should always pay a "custom" tax when put into a game like 40K. These characters should be for fun, not for power - and thus should never be a mathematically supported choice.

The only custom character I have thus far is the chapter master of my renegades. Khyrum Saal.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2u76hpmfe3rtem/KhyrumSaalPDF.pdf?dl=0

Haven't run him much at all, and is still up for some modifications/adjustments.

For our local campaign with buddies we've designed a simple custom Warlord system, where a surviving warlord gains a trait when victorious in a game. This is generated randomly from one of four tables. A warlord/character may gain up to five of these advances (adding 10 points to his cost for each upgrade).

Once a model reaches five upgrades, it becomes a named character, and may gain no more. Named characters have additional special rules for perishing in games, etc.

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JNAProductions — GMT

How'd you make that look so nice?

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Elbows — GMT

Just some GIMP editing software and a blank datasheet. I still haven't nailed down their proper fonts, etc.

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Giantwalkingchair — GMT

Valkyrie wrote:
Giantwalkingchair wrote:
Okay this looks like fun
This is a special character i made for our groups heralds of ruin kill team campaign a while back. I shall adjust for 8th as best i

"Sister Superior Clerice" (0-1) Fast Attack. Special character.

A veteran superior of the few remaining seraphim from the Order of the Honoured Matres on Kryner. She has become a vital tool in the pacification of threats against the beleaguered imperial government and the ecclesiarchy. Like many of her surviving order, she carries the scars of Kryners defence against the Tyranid invasion, both within her body and her heart- the deepest of these inflicted at the defence of Saint Hannah's orphanage where her squad of seraphim and a score of children were overwhelmed by ripper swarms. A solitary figure, she has become the avenging angel of Kryner, leaping headlong at the Imperium's enemies.

M12" WS3 BS3 S3 T3 W4 A3 Ld9 Sv3+ (Jump Infantry, adepta sororitas, seraphim, Honoured Matres, imperium, character, fly.) (105PTS)

Wargear: Power Armour; Frag and Krack grenades; Inferno Pistol; Plasma Pistol; Augmetic Optic; Jump Pack.

Inferno Pistol: R6"; S8; AP-4; Dd6 Melta
Plasma pistol (we know what it does, im not writing all that)

Special rules: Shield of Faith; Act of Faith; Angelic Visage; Gun Kata; Avenging Angel.

Augmetic Optic: Clerice augmetic eye grants allows her shooting attacks to ignore cover.

Gun Kata: Trained almost exclusively in pistols, Clerice may fire her pistols in the assault phase as if it were the shooting phase. These attacks can only be made against enemies within 1" of her model.

Avenging Angel: If a friendly Adepta Sororitas or Astra Militarum unit within 6" of Clerice is destroyed: roll a d6. On a 3+, Clerice may perform an act of faith at the end of the current phase. This act of faith may be performed even if she has already performed an act of faith earlier in the battle round. The Avenging Angel ability cannot be used more than once per battle round.

Pretty cool but 105 points is a bit much isn't it?

Maybe, but i like to overcost things and then work down from there.
My thinking was:

11pts for Seraphim
40pts for extra wounds and the abilities (Avenging Angel ability particularly good if/when it procs)
16pts for weapons.
67pts all up. So extra 38 pts on top is wiggle room.

@Elbows, that is a very nicely done data slate. Noice!

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Elbows — GMT

I have to agree with Giant - you always start high with your points cost. The easiest way to create a custom character is to simply combine attributes from other existing characters. Fight the urge to make something super good - that shouldn't be the driving force behind a character, but rathe something unique or characterful.

Even if you copy-pasta some other 40K character to make your own and just swap weapons, etc. you should still toss on a cursory 15-20 points on top of it. The fastest way to never be allowed to run a custom character again? Bring an overpower and undercosted character you designed to a game...

If you're playing in a local group, you need to earn their trust regarding custom units, datasheets, rules, etc. When in doubt consider adding some negatives to your character in addition to the positives.

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Slayer-Fan123 — GMT

I find for custom characters you try and compare similar equipment and/or abilities and then you'll know if you should make adjustments.

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Giantwalkingchair — GMT

Aye. There was a guy at flgs who liked to make custom things. Problem was hed go a bit crazy. Rules out the wazoo. 2++ saves. No one liked the concepts and wouldnt let him field his snowflakes.
Sometimes less is more.

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Elbows — GMT

I think the reason is simple, as you can see even in this forum section. 95% of proposed rules are to make one's own army better. Not fluffier, not cooler, not less-powerful...it's almost always about more power, more efficiency. It's the default mindset for people who play the game at a more competitive level.

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Giantwalkingchair — GMT

Yeah i hear that. I remember the first special snowflake i made back in the day was a Cannoness decked out in the bells and whistles of the time and when she died she would rise as a living saint. Twas a bit silly.

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Slayer-Fan123 — GMT

Elbows wrote:
I think the reason is simple, as you can see even in this forum section. 95% of proposed rules are to make one's own army better. Not fluffier, not cooler, not less-powerful...it's almost always about more power, more efficiency. It's the default mindset for people who play the game at a more competitive level.

It's usually a combination of both I think, but everyone wants their army as powerful as the top army, yes?

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Eonfuzz — GMT

Here's one I made for a Narrative campaign I was in last month, I was pricing him at roughly 110 points for those missions.

What do people think?

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Giantwalkingchair — GMT

This one is my replacement for Uriah Jacobus because i dont like his rules or model. Basically just a priest using Uriahs pts cost and his +1 ld ability.
The model i use is the Papess from Raging Heroes (gorgeous model)

"Papess Ursula Jackoby" (0-1) HQ. Special Character. (100 pts)

M6" WS4+ BS4+ S3 T3 W4 A3 Ld7 Sv6+
(Imperium, Adeptus Ministorum, Priest, HQ, Infantry, Character.)

Abilities: Zealot, Inspiring Presence, War Hymns.

Inspiring Presence: Friendly Adeptus Ministorum units within 6" increase their Ld value by 1.

Equipment: Rosarius (4++), Rod of Sanctity, frag and krak grenades.

Rod of Sanctity: has the following profiles:

R6" S8 AP-4 Dd6 Melta Pistol.
R- S+2 AP-1 D1

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Arachnofiend — GMT

Here's a character from a story I wrote but never got around to finishing. I'm not the type to bring custom characters to games, and obviously an appropriate model for her doesn't even exist, but designing statsheets is fun.

Kyra the Chained
A psyker of immense power but minimal experience, Kyra was discovered and tutored by the Changeling, who used her to perform a great prank that ended in the annihilation by fire of Kyra's home Agri-World. She has since become bound to Tzeentch's desires and whims, sealed away until he decides she would be useful in one conflict or another. Her power comes at great cost as the fleshwarping of her master destroys and remakes her fragile child's body with every spell.

M10" WS5+ BS5+ S3 T3 W4 A1 Ld7 Sv6+

Greater Fires of Tzeentch
Range 24" Assault d6 S5 AP-2 D1 Auto-Hit

Power Overwhelming: Kyra suffers Perils of the Warp when she rolls duplicate numbers of any kind; however, when she does so the power automatically succeeds as if she had rolled a result of 12. If Kyra is reduced to 0 wounds as the result of Perils, roll nine d6, and for every 6 she regains one wound (to a maximum of four). The damage to surrounding units that happens when a psyker is slain by Perils of the Warp occurs as normal.

Slave to Tzeentch: Kyra may be placed into THOUSAND SONS or TZEENTCH DAEMONS detachments without breaking detachment benefits.

Kyra can attempt to manifest two psychic powers in each friendly Psychic phase, and attempt to deny two psychic powers in each enemy Psychic phase. She knows the Smite psychic power and two psychic powers from the Tzeentch discipline.

I don't really know what her points cost should be. Probably a bit more expensive than an Exalted Sorcerer but a little cheaper than Ahriman.

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Bobthehero — GMT

Tempestor Secundus Riley Enoch of the 85th Scion

Commander of the Airborne Assault element of the 85th, he is a specialist when it comes to precision drops of Scions.

M6" WS3+ BS3+ S3 T3 W4 A3 Ld8 Sv4+
Imperium, Astra Militarum, Militarum Tempestus
Character, Infantry, Officer, Temepstor Prime

Abilities: Voice of Command, Aerial Drop, Precise Air Assault

Precise Air Assault: Any Infantry units with the Militarum Tempestus keyword may be deployed more than 7'' from an enemy unit rather than 9'' when arriving via Aerial Drop.

Gear: Prototype Volley-Gun with Grenade Launcher, Storm Knife, Carapace Armor

Prototype Volley-Gun with Grenade Launcher: An early protoype of the current Hotshot Volley-Gun, it doesn't have the rate of fire or the range of the current Volley-Gun, but it packs the same punch while being easier to handle for the user. It has two profile, the gun itself and the grenade launcher. You may fire both in the same shooting phase.

Gun: R:18'' Type: Assault 3 S:3 AP:-2 D:1
Grenade Launcher: As per the normal grenade launcher, may only fire Krak Grenades.

Storm knife: A knife fitted with a power field, the size of the weapon means that its power field isn't as good as true power sword.
R: Melee Type:Melee S: User AP:-2 D:1

That's about it, never been good at assigning point values. He's 58 pts using a Tempestor Prime with Volley-Gun, Grenade Launcher and Power Sword. Not sure how much his drop rule is worth.

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Giantwalkingchair — GMT

When in doubt, add 30-40 pts on top of base cost.

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Valkyrie — GMT

Bobthehero wrote:
Tempestor Secundus Riley Enoch of the 85th Scion

Commander of the Airborne Assault element of the 85th, he is a specialist when it comes to precision drops of Scions.

M6" WS3+ BS3+ S3 T3 W4 A3 Ld8 Sv4+
Imperium, Astra Militarum, Militarum Tempestus
Character, Infantry, Officer, Temepstor Prime

Abilities: Voice of Command, Aerial Drop, Precise Air Assault

Precise Air Assault: Any Infantry units with the Militarum Tempestus keyword may be deployed more than 7'' from an enemy unit rather than 9'' when arriving via Aerial Drop.

Gear: Prototype Volley-Gun with Grenade Launcher, Storm Knife, Carapace Armor

Prototype Volley-Gun with Grenade Launcher: An early protoype of the current Hotshot Volley-Gun, it doesn't have the rate of fire or the range of the current Volley-Gun, but it packs the same punch while being easier to handle for the user. It has two profile, the gun itself and the grenade launcher. You may fire both in the same shooting phase.

Gun: R:18'' Type: Assault 3 S:3 AP:-2 D:1
Grenade Launcher: As per the normal grenade launcher, may only fire Krak Grenades.

Storm knife: A knife fitted with a power field, the size of the weapon means that its power field isn't as good as true power sword.
R: Melee Type:Melee S: User AP:-2 D:1

That's about it, never been good at assigning point values. He's 58 pts using a Tempestor Prime with Volley-Gun, Grenade Launcher and Power Sword. Not sure how much his drop rule is worth.

He may be worth significantly more than just the base cost, that 7" DS is huge when you think what Scions can do with it. They can use FRFSRF to its full effect, which can proc extra shots with their rule, Flamers are now in range. I'd also add the Combi-weapon rule to his gun, you can fire both profiles at -1 to hit.

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RobS — GMT

Morgar'ak the damned, exalted champion and warband lord of the Khorne warband Wrath, formerly a marine in the World Eaters.

A terminator-armoured bloodthirsty brute, has been around since the Horus Heresy and was involved in the assault on Terra, being one of the marines who carried Kharn's body away.

Known for his astonishing physical strength and surprising ability to maneuver the politics of the Eye of Terror, he was quick to ally his warband to Abaddon's Black Crusade and fights in the vanguard as shock troops.

Special Rule - The Might of Khorne. In close combat, if Morgar'ak makes multiple hits on an opponent he can exchange them all for a single hit resolved at Str +5, AP- 4 and doing D3 damage.

Never used him in a game with the special rule so have no idea what points it'd be worth. Just enjoyed making up the background for him.

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Valkyrie — GMT

RobS wrote:
Morgar'ak the damned, exalted champion and warband lord of the Khorne warband Wrath, formerly a marine in the World Eaters.

A terminator-armoured bloodthirsty brute, has been around since the Horus Heresy and was involved in the assault on Terra, being one of the marines who carried Kharn's body away.

Known for his astonishing physical strength and surprising ability to maneuver the politics of the Eye of Terror, he was quick to ally his warband to Abaddon's Black Crusade and fights in the vanguard as shock troops.

Special Rule - The Might of Khorne. In close combat, if Morgar'ak makes multiple hits on an opponent he can exchange them all for a single hit resolved at Str +5, AP- 4 and doing D3 damage.

Never used him in a game with the special rule so have no idea what points it'd be worth. Just enjoyed making up the background for him.

Why would one attack with D3 damage be better than 4x Attacks with a Power/Chainfist?

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RobS — GMT

Valkyrie wrote:
RobS wrote:
Morgar'ak the damned, exalted champion and warband lord of the Khorne warband Wrath, formerly a marine in the World Eaters.

A terminator-armoured bloodthirsty brute, has been around since the Horus Heresy and was involved in the assault on Terra, being one of the marines who carried Kharn's body away.

Known for his astonishing physical strength and surprising ability to maneuver the politics of the Eye of Terror, he was quick to ally his warband to Abaddon's Black Crusade and fights in the vanguard as shock troops.

Special Rule - The Might of Khorne. In close combat, if Morgar'ak makes multiple hits on an opponent he can exchange them all for a single hit resolved at Str +5, AP- 4 and doing D3 damage.

Never used him in a game with the special rule so have no idea what points it'd be worth. Just enjoyed making up the background for him.

Why would one attack with D3 damage be better than 4x Attacks with a Power/Chainfist?

I don't know that it would be better. Haven't tried it out. I also don't know that it'd work out that different in the game.

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kinratha — GMT

Name: Val'dan (Commisar)

Age: 42

Sex: Male

Eyecolor: brown

Traits: Cold Hearted, Patient, Mechanic, Silver tounge, insomniac,

Quark: Humility. (After serving so long with the Death Korp Val'dan has grow an unusual habit of giving and using personal names to his Tank crew. Val'dun refers to them by there assigned names instead of there serial number. Chain of command has noticed this habit but ignore it due to Val'dun's ability to support and lead the armored company )

Val'dan is a seasoned Commisar who has spent majority of his career serving with the Death Korps ot Krieg. Out of 22 years as a commissar, Val'dan has spent 19 of them with the Krieg.

Val'dan is the acting commissar for the 53rd Armored Assault Brigade and oversees the 45th Superheavy tank company.

During his 19 years with the 53rd, Val'dan has made quite a reputation as an armored officer, with his Leman Russ Vanquisher "Redemption" Val'dan and his crew have claimed 100s of vehical kills.

During a rebellion on Solthes V, Val'dan and his platoon of tanks outflanked an enemy superheavy company. His platoon was credited for knocking out 1 shadowsword class superheavy tank and 2 stormlord class superheavy tanks. Because of this, the Adeptus Mechanicus were able to recover and rebuild those Superheavy class tanks. To honor Val'dan, the Mechanicus gifted him a Macharus Heavy tank, Vanquisher class aptly named "Vengeful Soul"

When mounted in his Leman Russ Vanquisher, Val'dan use the Mars Alpha battletank datasheet, but with the following stat changes.

Commissar Vul'dan (LRBT) -230points

M* WS6 BS* S7 T8 W12 A* LD9 Sv3+

7-12W M10 BS2+ A3
6-4W M8 BS3+ A D3
3-1W M4 BS 4+ A1

Ability
Voice of command
Tank hunter (may reroll failed wound rolls against "vehical" and "monster creature" keywords)
Charater

Wargear
Vanquisher cannon
Coax-heavy stuber
Lascannon.

Val'dan comes as is and my not buy any upgrades. But is an HQ choice.

When mounted in his Macharius Vanquisher, Val'dan will use the Macharius datacard but with the following changes
Commissar Val'dun (Macharius)- 390points
M* WS5+ BS* S8 T8 W22 LD9 Sv3+

11-22 M10 BS2+ A3
6-10 M8 BS3+ A d3
5-1 M4 BS4+ A1

Ability
Tank Hunter (reroll failed wound rolls for "Vehical" and "Monster creature" keywords)
Auto-loader ( Val'dun my shoot twice with the main gun in the shooting phase)
Charater

Wargear
Macharius vanquisher cannon
Twinheavy stuber
2× heavy stuber

Val'dun may not be upgraded. But is and HQ choice.

This is a charater I created for a Campaign I've been playing in, but in the campaign charaters are free, so I tried to point him reasonably

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JNAProductions — GMT

Company Commander Facepunch-HQ, 90 points

M..........6"
WS.......2+
BS........3+
S..........3
T...........3
W.........5
A..........4
Ld........9
Sv........4+

Company Commander Facepunch is a single model armed with frag grenades and Facepunch's Face Punchers, twin powerfists designed exclusively for him. Only one of this model may be included in your army.

Facepunch's Face Punchers
Range......Melee
Type.........Melee
S..............X3
AP............-4
D..............d3
Each time the bearer fights with his weapon, he may make an additional attack with them. In addition, treat any results of 1 on the damage roll as a 2 instead.

Abilities

Voice Of Command
Senior Officer
Refractor Field

Listen To Me Or I Punch Your Face Off-Commander Facepunch can issue orders to any , despite being Militarum Auxilia himself.

Keywords
Character, Infantry, Officer, Company Commander, Commander Facepunch.

Faction Keywords
Imperium, Astra Milaitarum, Militarum Auxilia

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Points cost...

30 Points for a Company Commander.
+5 for WS 2+.
+10 for a Powerfist.
+10 for Powerfist having no -1.
+5 for each extra attack, for +10 total.
+5 for 4+ armor.
+5 for an extra wound.
For... 75 points.

Let's go to 90, to be on the safe side.

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Djangomatic82 — GMT

Not custom named characters, but something i was toying with the bring the generic lieutenant datacard to be more in line with what is described in the commanders entry of the Blood Angels codex. tried to make them reflect the actual roles that each is supposed to fill in the company command structure.

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JNAProductions — GMT

Tank Commander Sharn Swiftstrike-HQ, 240 Points

M..........14"
WS.......5+
BS........*
S..........8
T...........8
W.........12
A..........*
Ld........8
Sv........3+

Wounds Left........BS.........Attacks
7-12+....................2+..........4
4-6........................3+..........3
1-3........................4+..........2

Tank Commander Sharn Swiftstrike is a single model, piloting her faithful Leman Russ Windcutter. Windcutter is armed with a battle cannon, a heavy bolter, and bladed track guards.

Bladed Track Guards
Range......Melee
Type.........Melee
S..............+1
AP............-1
D..............2

Options
Same as Commander Pask.

Abilities

Grinding Advance
Smoke Launchers
Tank Orders
Senior Commander (Same as Knight Commander)
Emergency Plasma Vents
Explodes

Crushing Charge-Whenever Sharn Swiftstrike makes a successful charge or heroic intervention, she may add 2 to her hit rolls in the ensuing fight phase, and add d3 to the number of attacks made.

Keywords
Character, Vehicle, Leman Russ, Officer, Tank Commander, Sharn Swiftstrike

Faction Keywords
Imperium, Astra Militarum, Tallarn

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Points cost...

177 is for Pask's base.
+20, for better move, attacks, and WS.
+20, for Bladed Track Guards.
+10 for Crushing Charge.

For 227 points. Let's call her 240, just to be safe. BEFORE equipment.

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Elbows — GMT

I think it sounds neat, though a 2+ ballistic skill is pretty damn strong. I'd have to play it and see how potent it is. Equipped with additional Russ weaponry though you'd be around..260 mininum, upwards of 300 for real heavy weapons.

Sounds pretty reasonable I s'pose.

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JNAProductions — GMT

Elbows wrote:
I think it sounds neat, though a 2+ ballistic skill is pretty damn strong. I'd have to play it and see how potent it is. Equipped with additional Russ weaponry though you'd be around..260 mininum, upwards of 300 for real heavy weapons.

Sounds pretty reasonable I s'pose.

Thanks! And do note that Pask (at 177 base) has the same 2+ BS.

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Elbows — GMT

Yep, but to be fair Pask is a borderline broken character as well

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Elbows wrote:
Yep, but to be fair Pask is a borderline broken character as well

Is he? He's good... But he's really vulnerable to alphas, due to lacking character protection. Also no Invuln.

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Lance845 — GMT

I want less of a brand new character and instead a more customizable one for Tyranids.

Tyranid Prime

Change his warrior aura to effect warriors, shrikes, and raveners.

For 10 points it becomes a Shrike Prime - Gains FLY Keyword and increase movement to 12. (the difference in cost between shrikes and warriors is 6 points)

For 10 points it becomes a Ravener Prime - Gains the ability to deepstrike via tunnels. Increase movement to 12. Starts with 2 pairs of scytal. Can swap 1 pair of Scytal for anything a prime could normally take. Can take spine fist, devourer or deathspitter in addition to the 2 melee weapons. (just like ravs.)

This also means you just get rid of the red terror. An outdated model that has a gimmick ability that only kind of does anything.

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Slayer-Fan123 — GMT

The Red Terror is amazing you take that back.

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walkiflalka — GMT

Adeptus Mechanicus Character: Imanducarus the Data Harvester

Imanducarus is a Sicarian Alpha specializing in assassination. It takes the heads of its victims, along with any knowledge contained within them and archives it. Using its four arms Imanducarus is a veritable whirlwind of death in close combat. Its primary goal is taking intel for its Dominus, but it will settle for taking your life.

75pts

WS 2+ BS 3+ M 8'' T 3 S4 W 5 A 5 SV 4+/5++

Equipment: Two transonic phase blades, chordclaw, Flechette blaster, improved data tether

Transonic phase blade: Str+1, ap-1, wound roles of 6+ inflict a mortal wound in addition to any other damage.

Abilities:

Mind wipe: If this model kills an enemy character in close combat you gain 1 command point.
Electrostatic screech: Enemy units within 3'' of this model subtract 1 from their leadership
Infiltration: Deepstrikes
Improved bionics: this model has a 5+ invulnerable save
Hunger for data: This model may re-roll failed charges that target characters. In addition it may reroll failed wound roles when targeting characters.

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fraser1191 — GMT

I would make a Ultramarines Techmarine.

Same stats as a normal techmarine
Has a servo harness
Master crafted power axe
A relic volkite blaster, assault 6 S3 AP - 2 1D, each would roll of 6+ the enemy unit suffers a mortal wound. Might be a bit much though

Special rules would be:
Meticulous repairs: can repair 1 Wound on any Vehicle with the Imperium keyword.

Synchronized servo harness: add 1 to hit rolls for weapons attached to the servo harness or for each 1 attack used for servo arms use 2 instead. A little unsure

Override: the techmarine can choose to override a Ultramarines vehicle instead of shooting, using his BS instead of its own, this also can be used while embarked.

Iron halo: 4++ can techmarines get iron halos? Either way something to give him a 4++

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Andykp — GMT

fraser1191 wrote:
I would make a Ultramarines Techmarine.

Same stats as a normal techmarine
Has a servo harness
Master crafted power axe
A relic volkite blaster, assault 6 S3 AP - 2 1D, each would roll of 6+ the enemy unit suffers a mortal wound. Might be a bit much though

Special rules would be:
Meticulous repairs: can repair 1 Wound on any Vehicle with the Imperium keyword.

Synchronized servo harness: add 1 to hit rolls for weapons attached to the servo harness or for each 1 attack used for servo arms use 2 instead. A little unsure

Override: the techmarine can choose to override a Ultramarines vehicle instead of shooting, using his BS instead of its own, this also can be used while embarked.

Iron halo: 4++ can techmarines get iron halos? Either way something to give him a 4++

The ad mech dominos volkite blaster is heavy 3 st 6 AP 0. Same mortal wound rule. Why is this so diferent? Needs a good fluff reason or it should be the same. I like the remote take over rule though. Think the super servo thing might be a bit much for a support character. Not everything has to be better.

Jna productions, why is that tank so fast?

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JNAProductions — GMT

Andykp wrote:
Jna productions, why is that tank so fast?

It's Tallarn, and she';s rocking Overcharged Engines.

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fraser1191 — GMT

Andykp wrote:
fraser1191 wrote:
I would make a Ultramarines Techmarine.

Same stats as a normal techmarine
Has a servo harness
Master crafted power axe
A relic volkite blaster, assault 6 S3 AP - 2 1D, each would roll of 6+ the enemy unit suffers a mortal wound. Might be a bit much though

Special rules would be:
Meticulous repairs: can repair 1 Wound on any Vehicle with the Imperium keyword.

Synchronized servo harness: add 1 to hit rolls for weapons attached to the servo harness or for each 1 attack used for servo arms use 2 instead. A little unsure

Override: the techmarine can choose to override a Ultramarines vehicle instead of shooting, using his BS instead of its own, this also can be used while embarked.

Iron halo: 4++ can techmarines get iron halos? Either way something to give him a 4++

The ad mech dominos volkite blaster is heavy 3 st 6 AP 0. Same mortal wound rule. Why is this so diferent? Needs a good fluff reason or it should be the same. I like the remote take over rule though. Think the super servo thing might be a bit much for a support character. Not everything has to be better.

Jna productions, why is that tank so fast?

I was thinking half the Strength twice the shots. I also forgot to list the range as 12". Probably can lower it to AP - 1 too looking back. I may even remove it

The general idea I had for this guy was that he can hangout with either thunder fire cannons or a predator, even hop in a LR sorta like Chronus but then he can chase off whatever gets too close if he's hanging out.

Also if it wasn't clear the idea I had for the repairs is that he doesn't have a normal repair ability like normal techmarines. He can repair anything, but he's slow at it. Which would be his drawback compared to normal techmarines

So I think if I had to give my final iteration I'd go:
Techmarine basic statline
Master crafted Power axe (so it just does 2D instead)
Master crafted boltgun (after more thought I'd say this conveys the idea for him more than a "unique" weapon)
Servo harness- 2 servo arms, plasma cutter, flamer (almost feel like this should be master crafted but that seems overly confusing)

ATSKNF (Naturally)
Meticulous repairs (no Blessing of the Omnissiah)
Override (I always felt like techmarines should buff vehicles in some way beyond repairs)
5++ (lowering it from 4 since other named character that aren't captain's don't have halos and I'm not gonna say he's earned one since tigurius doesn't even have one)

Yeah you were right about the super servo harness being too much. It totally removed the reason to use the axe. I originally thought the servo arms did D3 damage and not flat 3, which was my reasoning. So maybe at most let him attack with the axe in addition to his servo arms

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Andykp — GMT

I like it. Like a special character that isn’t a commander or super hero. Like the buffing vehicles. He does need a unique weapon. Makes sense for a tech marine. How about a volkite something. Ass 3 S5 ap0. Special rule as before. Range 12.

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Process — GMT

I recently built up a primaris version of Tor Garadon- the captain of the Imperial Fists 3rd company.

(https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAS76FH3Bk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)

My rules for him would be basically the primaris captain with powerfist- but instead of plasma he gets a master crafted bolt gun (in the fluff he has the Spartean- but its gak in 8th) with R24" S5 AP-1 2D. No penalty to hit with his powerfist and a buff that gives one infantry unit within 6 +1 shot per model for boltweapons if they stayed stationary that turn.

I figure 120-130pts is fair,

thoughts?

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Slayer-Fan123 — GMT

Actually the Spartean isn't bad this edition. It suffers from what all Relics suffer: having the same exact point cost.

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JNAProductions — GMT

Mekboy Grubbar Tankhead's Scrap Conglomerate-Heavy Support, X Points

M..........10"
WS.......*
BS........4+
S..........*
T...........*
W.........10
A..........*
Ld........7
Sv........*

Wounds Left............WS............S...........T............A............Sv.........Scrap Roll
20+..........................2+..............9...........8...........3d6.........3+.........4+
15-19.......................3+..............8...........7...........2d6.........3+.........5+
10-14.......................3+..............7...........7...........3d3.........4+.........5+
5-9...........................4+..............6...........7...........2d3.........4+.........5+
1-4...........................5+..............5...........6...........1d3.........5+.........6+

Mekboy Grubbar Tankhead is a single model, riding his custom-built Scrap Conglomerate. The Scrap Conglomerate is armed with six big shootas, a Scrap Dozer, and a Scrap Ray, while Mekboy Grubbar Tankhead leans out the window and shoots with his Kustom Scrap Cannon.

Kustom Scrap Cannon
Range.............36"
Type................Assault 4
S.....................User
AP...................-1
D.....................1
This weapon may instead fire at S+5, AP-3, and D3, but for each shot fired, the Scrap Conglomerate suffers a mortal wound after the shots are resolved. You must decide how many shots are fired at the improved profile before firing any of them.

Scrap Ray
Range.............48"/24"
Type................Heavy 2d3/Assault 2d3
S.....................*
AP...................*
D.....................*
This weapon may only be used against Vehicle or Titanic models. For each shot that hits, inflict a single mortal wound on the target. For each wound this weapon deals, the Scrap Conglomerate gains a single wound, to a maximum of 30. In addition, this weapon has two profiles-the Heavy profile may be used out to 48", while the Assault profile's max range is 24". You may only fire one profile per turn.

Scrap Dozer (Ramming Speed)
Range.............Melee
Type................Melee
S.....................+3
AP...................-2
D.....................2
For each wound successfully inflicted against a Vehicle or Titanic model, this model gains one wound, to a maximum of 30.

Scrap Dozer (Swerving Speed)
Range.............Melee
Type................Melee
S.....................User
AP...................-1
D.....................1
You may make three hit rolls for each attack made with this profile.

Options
May replace any or all big shootas with rokkits.

Abilities
Big 'Un-While this model has 20 or more wounds, it gains the Titanic keyword.
It's Just Scrap!-This model may ignore wounds taken on a roll of a d6, as indicated on the table.
Explodes-When this model is slain, roll a d6. On a 4+, the unstable reactor that powers it explodes, dealing d3 mortal wounds to all units within 6".

Keywords
Character, Vehicle, Scrap Conglomerate, Mekboy Grubbar Tankhead

Faction Keywords
Ork, Not sure what Clan to make him

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walkiflalka — GMT

Captain Adara Kane, pirate

Adara has spent most of her life on a spaceship, and has earned a reputation as a ruthless pirate captain. The destruction of most of her fleet at the hands of chaos, however, has instilled in her a new drive to be a good samaritan — not out of the goodness in her heart, but in the hopes of earning protection from the taint of chaos. Adara is willing to forge an alliance of convenience with anyone who will offer her and her crew escort to a safe port and resupply.

HQ choice, 50pts

M 6'' WS 4+ BS 3+ T3 W3 S3 A2 SV 4+/5++

Wargear: Carapace armour, refractor field, 2x grav pistol, frag and krak grenades

Target Acquired: Adara's ship is in orbit and armed to the teeth Once per game designate a point in Adara's line of sight. Roll a dice for each unit within 3'' of that point, on a 4+ that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Subtract -1 if that unit is a character with under 10 wounds, add one if it is a vehicle or monster.

Teleportarium: Her ship is pretty high tech. She can deepstrike.

Imaging array: Designed for finding ships in the limitless expanse her ship's telescopes pick up a particularly accurate image of vehicles on the battlefield, assisting in targeting. At the start of the shooting phase Adara and a unit within 3'' of her get +1 to hit when targeting a vehicle that she can see.

Motley Crew: You may take a unit to represent her crew, this unit does not take up a force organization slot. This would essentially be what inquisitorial henchmen are now, but with more reasonable points costs, to represent the diverse array of weaponry her pirate crew might have gathered and access to a few more weapons and the ability to deepstrike.

Alliance of Convenience: You can only take Captain Adara Kane in auxiliary detachment, however, she may be included in any imperium, aeldari, or tau army.

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NeoAigaion — GMT

It's been a while so bear with me.

Supreme Commander Adamas of the Cyberian Knights
Supreme Commander Adamas is the leader of a Primaris chapter called the Cyberian Knights. He is equipped with Gravis Armour that comes with a Heavy Jump Pack, worn by the Inceptor squads. He wields a Storm Shield and a strange weapon - the Xenostorm Blade. Alleged to be a fusion of pre-Heresy Imperial and Necron technology, this blade can cut through almost anything, be it of this world or any other.

Statline
M10" WS2+ BS2+ S5 T5 W6 A4 LD10 SV2+

Weapons
- Xenostorm Blade [Melee, S+2, AP-3, Damage D3, Enemy invulnerable saves must be re-rolled]

Abilities
- ATSKNF
- Crushing Charge
- Heroic Intervention
- Meteoric Descent
- Storm Shield
- Supreme Commander ["Chapter Master" under a different name]

Warlord Trait
- Defiant Will [Reduces damage taken by 1, to a minimum of 1]

Points: 220? 230? Never been good at this part.

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Valkyrie — GMT

Bit of a thread necro but hoping the mods won't mind.

Bit bored at work at the moment so been thinking of my Custodes force and how great it would be to have Valdor in the current 40K storyline, and with that in mind I came up with some rudimentary rules for him.

Custodian Valdor - 275pts
M6" WS2+ BS2+ S5 T5 W6 A5 LD10 Sv2+

Weapons and Wargear
Apollonian Spear
- Ranged: 24", S5, Ap-2, D2, Rapid Fire 2
- Melee: S+3, Ap-3 D3, Wound rolls of 4+ inflict an automatic 3 Mortal Wounds instead of the regular damage.

Iron Halo: 4++ Invulnerable Save

Abilities
Supreme Custodian: If Custodian Valdor is your Warlord, you gain an additional Command Point. Additionally, friendly Imperium units within 12" of Valdor may use his leadership value instead of their own. Friendly Custodian Infantry units within 6" of Valdor may re-roll all 1's to hit and wound.

Master Duelist: Enemy Character must subtract -1 from any to hit rolls against Custodian Valdor in the Fight Phase.

At first glance he may seem really, really overpowered, the point is he's supposed to be. One of the most powerful characters in 30K, able to take on a number of Primarchs and come out on top.

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Lance845 — GMT

Didnt chapter approved release character making rules? This is kind of the best of times for building a custom character.

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Slayer-Fan123 — GMT

Lance845 wrote:
Didnt chapter approved release character making rules? This is kind of the best of times for building a custom character.

They did, but I haven't seen any summary outside you getting either 4, 6, or 8 Traits.

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Warpy0013 — GMT

There are a few tables you can choose from and a few limits to it. Its best used as a tool for campaigns, or leagues, since its an Open Play only thing. An example would look something like this:

Legendary Hero(8 Traits)

Name: Culon Drayur (Chaos Lord in Terminator Armor)
Statline(Base) M WS BS S T W A Ld Sv
5" 2+ 2+ 4 4 6 4 9 2+

Weapons(Base) Type Range S AP D
Power Fist Melee Melee x2 -3 D3
CombiMelta(Bolter) Rapid Fire 1 24" 4 0 1
CombiMelta(Metagun) Assault 1 12" 8 -4 D6

Abilities (Base)
Death to the False Emperor(Codex Chaos Space Marines, pg 116)
Lord Of Chaos: Re-roll hit rolls of 1 for friendly Units within 6" of this model
Sigil of Corruption: 4++ Invulnerable Save
Teleport Strike: Deep Strike

Additional Traits
Hard to Kill: To wound rolls of 1, 2 or 3 always fail
Reactive Tactics: Friendly units within 6" can charge after falling back earlier in the turn,
Impetuous: This model can re-roll failed charges
Keen Eye: This model can always target characters
Strike and fade: This model can always consolidate D3+3" in any direction at the end of the fight phase, not just towards the nearest enemy unit

Weapon Modifications
Auto Loader(CombiMelta): Increase type value by 1(i.e. Assault 1 becomes Assault 2)
Razor Edged(Power Fist): Improve AP by 1

Characteristic modifiers
Fleet: Increase movement by 2"

Warlord Trait(Optional): Unholy Fortitude: +1 Wound and 6+ Feel no pain

Improvements like these make a Legendary Hero that can pick out high priority targets in a fight, and direct a host of differently specialized squads both in the fight phase and the shooting phase. It is worth noting that weapon modifications impact all weapon profiles, not just one, so the Combi Melta is actually Rapid Fire 2 for the Bolter AND Assault 2 for the MeltaGun.

All that said, this would be my submission.