Chapter master Shigoshi

[chapter master 454]

Well I decided to recreate my chapter master into a more human character other than a number (which was more symbolic of how everything will pass into vague history and been known only as 'the great marine', evidence: the emperor) and even give him a rule set that leds itself to his style. I would use Gil Galed rule set but this is a serious post and I wish to refine my rule making as I intend to finish the rules for a survival horror game adaptions of 40k that anaraxe and me were making, anaraxe if your reading this GIVE ME THE EMPEROR FORSAKEN SHOOTING RULES BEFORE I MAKE THEM!

 

 

Chapter master Shigoshi

points: 230

 

Stats:

WS:6 BS:5 S:4 T:4 I:6 W:4 A:4 Ld:10 Sv:2+

 

Wargear:

Armour of the archangel

Blade of the black dragon

Titan slayer

Banner of the chapter

Iron halo

 

Armour of the archangel: this is a suit of terminator armour that confers the 'feel no pain' special rule. The unique crux of it also combines with his iron halos shield to give him a 3+ save.

Blade of the black dragon: the jet black blade is the size of the chapter master himself. This makes his Close combat attacks strength 6, it is also a master crafted power weapon.

Titan slayer: this is a master-crafted chainfist that strikes at int value against targets with an armour value.

Banner of the chapter: he confers +1 attack and stubborn to every friendly unit within 6" of him. This is accounted for in his profile above (a normal chapter master has a base attack of 3) and does NOT combine with the other chapter banners +1 attack buff

 

Special rules:

And they shall know no fear

Preferred enemy: Chaos marines/Chaos daemons

Decent of justice: his deep strike doesn't scatter. He may also assault the turn he lands however this is lost if he joins a unit (even vanguard!), note the deep strike doesn't scatter but they is unable to assault.

 

 

Edit: removed his ID immunity to weapons double his strength (it wasn't an eternal warrior, force weapons and such like would still work) but retained the 3+ invunerable. I've also bumped up the price slightly since his FNP is making him a little too durable

 

 

Underpriced, overpriced or just plain silly. you tell me so C&C is very welcome

[Arikromus]

Is the sword one-handed or two-handed?

[Chengar Qordath]

Is the sword one-handed or two-handed?

Since it's referred to as a power weapon I would guess that it is one-handed. I would suggest re-classifying it as a Relic Blade, especially going off the description of the weapon itself (a sword as long as the chapter master is tall).

 

The Chainfist that strikes at Initiative Six strikes me as over the top, though only applying vs. vehicles helps make it less overpowered.

 

I would cut his durability down a bit; Feel no Pain, ID immunity, 4 wounds, and a 2+/3++ all on the same model might be a bit much.

 

Banner of the chapter needs a bit clarification; does the character get another attack, or is the bonus attack already accounted for in his profile. Also, it should mention whether or not it stacks with the Honor Guard's upgrade banner. I would suggest the character not get the bonus, and his ability should not stack with the HG banner; being able to bump him up to 6 base attacks would be too much.

 

For that matter, does he unlock the ability to take an Honor Guard/Command Squad? If so, it needs to be stated somewhere in his entry.

[Arikromus]

Yeah, that was what I was about to say. Master-crafted relic blade makes more sense.

Agreed on the durability point. I'd suggest leaving it a 4+ Inv save.

I'm pretty sure the banner doesn't affect him. If it does, it shouldn't.

[chapter master 454]

thanks for the input, changed some things around. The thing about the sword: technically it is a relic blade however due to the fact his second weapon is a chainfist I didn't think the one-handed or two-handed nature mattered as you need to have a matched pair of chainfists to get the +1 attack. Also I made the banner non-stack with the other chapter banner because honour guard with power weapons will get 2+1+1+1+1 attacks (which is 6 on the charge but base 5. Champion is base 6, 7 on the charge).

 

As a note also: he isn't meant for Vannilla marines, I am using Codex:BA because of the far improved tanks (Fast preds, fast vindicators. Why Beasts of war never caught on to good this makes them I don't know) however surprisingly I didn't go to them for DS land raiders because it's far more effective and more reliable (however I might do it once for laughs).