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Ive been playing it safe and onl taking one saga of majestiy on a ven dread and no where else in the army as Dreads are characters, they are heroes of the chapter and rare.

It seems strange to me that they made a song and dance of putting a rule in limiting the use of sagas and yet apparantly you can have 1 generic HQ with SOM and then 3 other units with SOM... they may aswell have not put a limit on if that is true... just my opinion, and Im not going to double up on it as i feel its wrong

Oh yes, your quite right Stinky :) its out of character to take it more than once (why anyone would want to I'm not sure), but the rules allow it (though I don't advocate its use).

 

In fact, though I'm loving the current spacewolf codex, I find my self struggling to fit sagas in!

thats just it though, Im not sure the rules do allow it. There is nothing mentioning that characters have to be HQs, even individual lone wolves can be classed as characters especially in a themed army. I have a lot of background to my forces and as far as I am concerned, my wolf guard are characters, as are my dreads and HQ choices. It all depends on the way you look at it really.

To me you shouldn't do it, but I wouldn't complain much if people did it against me as there is plenty of wiggle room...

It is probably one of the more useful sagas in all honesty, it helps to keep your units in line especially if you have limited wolf guard to lead them

Alright, since Skirax mentioned wargear, I've been a little confused on the limitations that we are supposed to have. What exactly counts as "identical" wargear? For example, if I have a Rune Priest in Runic Armor with a Plasma Pistol and then a Wolf Priest in Runic Armor with a Plasma Pistol is that "identical" or not since they both have other pieces of wargear that are different (Runic Blade/Crozius)?
Also, sagas and wargear, unless I'm reading it wrong, is the rule.

 

Page 81 reads "...no two characters may bear the same saga, nor may they bear the same psychic powers or wargear combination."

 

We can't duplicate Sagas OR wargear combination OR psychic powers in our armies (though as mentioned, Venerable Dreadnoughts, technically, aren't "characters", so their Saga of Majesty option wouldn't count - though I would consider that interpretation, while true to RAW, to be a bit unsporting). I'm not sure if the bit about psychic powers means no duplication, or if the combination can't be duplicated - I think most of us are going with the latter interpretation.

 

Runic Weapons and Crozius are different, so youd not be in violation. Identical means just that- exactly the same.

 

The Space Marine Chaplain carry the Crozius, but our Wolf Priest carries a "power weapon" (and Ulrik does, too, hrm). Someone really inclined to use our no-duplication rule against us might be inclined to point out that a Wolf Priest in power armour with bolt pistol etc etc is equipped identically to a Wolf Lord with PA, bolt pistol, and power weapon.

 

It'd be rather hair-splitting, though, and a bit unsporting.

Oh yes, your quite right Stinky B) its out of character to take it more than once (why anyone would want to I'm not sure), but the rules allow it (though I don't advocate its use).

 

In fact, though I'm loving the current spacewolf codex, I find my self struggling to fit sagas in!

Wheres the definition of a character?

Well, to be honest I'd limit "characters" to anyone in the HQ section. Iron Priests are characters, I suppose, but you wouldn't take one anyway, and saga of the iron wolf isn't worth taking even if you did. Venerable Dreadnoughts (Bjorn excepted) don't count as they're walkers. Lone Wolves don't have a saga option.

 

The specific rule talks about combinations of wargear, sagas and psychic powers. I'd guesstimate that if you wanted to field two completely naked (zero wargear) Wolf Priests that'd be wrong because they have the same (non) combination of wargear.

Nah, our WPs have gor the crozius. Ulrik has a PW, but that is cool since he has got a lot of spcial stuff that noone else got. So no problem here.

pg. 85 WP entry says Crozius Arcanum (Power Weapon)

 

Criminy, so it does. I must've read too hastily - my apologies!

 

Besides which, they have the Wolf Amulet and Fang of Morkai.

 

Ah, true. I had forgotten that the Wolf Priests have one of their special goodies tied up in wargear, where the SM Chaplain's are more in Special Rules.

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