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I am looking for the rules to include Deathwatch into an army. So far I have only found a small bit in the chapter approved 2003 and am wondering if there is anything else to look for. From what I have read so far you can only have tactical and devastator marines into deathwatch. Even unofficial codexs would work if they are trustworthy.
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There are no current official rules for Deathwatch inclusion. As stated above, most people substitute Sternguard rules and paint them as Deathwatch. Kill-Teams are generally led by a Captain or Librarian and include Tactical, Assault, Devastator and Terminator Marines. The majority of the team is generally Tactical with the inclusion of one Devastator and occasionally one Assault. The generality of TDA Marines is that a singular marine is assigned to a team, at least in what has been published by the Black Library. There are no hard and fast "official" rules.

 

Until GW decides if and when to provide anything official about the Ordo Xenos, other than the Inquisitor Lords, one is left to figure it out and hope for agreement by ones opponents. Perhaps with the release and apparent level of interest in the Deathwatch RPG, things may change and there may once again be official sanctioning and inclusion of the Deathwatch back into 40K TTG. Perhaps additional glimmers of hope lie in the GK release and the rumored inbound of the SoB Codex. That updates Ordo Malleus and Hereticus and perhaps opens the door for a Xenos Codex down the line. One can only hope but with GW one never knows.

There's always apocalypse :angry:. Currently I'm working on some deathwatch items myself. Rules-wise I'm using the sternguard as a basis for the shooty and the vanguard as a basis for the punchy. I figure this would be a larger scale operation, involving a high priority mission. I was thinking of making up a data sheet, with something along the lines of "Pick an enemy HQ or super-heavy after deployment but before the mission starts. This is the deathwatch's mission: eliminate the threat. This enemy counts as an extra scoring objective that may only be claimed by the deathwatch. You must announce you have picked an enemy HQ but not which one you have picked"

 

Deathwatch Kill Team:

 

Deathwatch Captain[imperial Fists/Thousand Sons]- TDA, TH, SS (Captain Lysander with helmet, new shield and hammer)

 

Deathwatch Marine[Knights of Gryphonne]- Pair of Lightning Claws

Deathwatch Marine[soul Drinkers]- Pair of Thunderhammers

Deathwatch Marine[Dark Sons]- Pair of Power fists

Deathwatch Marine[Celestial Lions]- Heavy Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[iron Snakes]- Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[Red Scorpians]- Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[Thousand Sons/Imperial Fists]- Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[blood Ravens/Dark Angels]- Plasma gun

Deathwatch Marine[ultramarines]- Power Fist, Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[Exorcists]- Power Axe, Plasma Pistol

 

Deathwatch Dreadnought[Lamenters]- Librarian

 

Deathwatch Stormraven[Hawk Lords]

 

Deathwatch Jetbike[Angels of Absolution/Blood Ravens]- (Sammuel)

There's always apocalypse ;). Currently I'm working on some deathwatch items myself. Rules-wise I'm using the sternguard as a basis for the shooty and the vanguard as a basis for the punchy. I figure this would be a larger scale operation, involving a high priority mission. I was thinking of making up a data sheet, with something along the lines of "Pick an enemy HQ or super-heavy after deployment but before the mission starts. This is the deathwatch's mission: eliminate the threat. This enemy counts as an extra scoring objective that may only be claimed by the deathwatch. You must announce you have picked an enemy HQ but not which one you have picked"

 

Deathwatch Kill Team:

 

Deathwatch Captain[imperial Fists/Thousand Sons]- TDA, TH, SS (Captain Lysander with helmet, new shield and hammer)

 

Deathwatch Marine[Knights of Gryphonne]- Pair of Lightning Claws

Deathwatch Marine[soul Drinkers]- Pair of Thunderhammers

Deathwatch Marine[Dark Sons]- Pair of Power fists

Deathwatch Marine[Celestial Lions]- Heavy Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[iron Snakes]- Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[Red Scorpians]- Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[Thousand Sons/Imperial Fists]- Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[blood Ravens/Dark Angels]- Plasma gun

Deathwatch Marine[ultramarines]- Power Fist, Bolter

Deathwatch Marine[Exorcists]- Power Axe, Plasma Pistol

 

Deathwatch Dreadnought[Lamenters]- Librarian

 

Deathwatch Stormraven[Hawk Lords]

 

Deathwatch Jetbike[Angels of Absolution/Blood Ravens]- (Sammuel)

 

Ummm, you do realize the 1K Sons are a Chaos Legion.......right?

yes, yes i do. however, ive found scarab shoulder pads (so thatd be pre-heresy) that look pretty slick. the terminator one especially, got this segmented look going on. i could always come up with another name for them, such as "Sons of Khepera" or "Emperor's Light" or "Emerald Death". either way, still a nice shoulder pad ;)

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