GlauG Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I've been pondering this for a while, but the addition of the Stormraven to Vanilla Marines clinched this idea for me; Has anyone here used divergent Unforgiven successor chapters to represent Blood Angels, Vanilla Marines, Templars or even (gasp) Space Puppies? I keep toying with a Templars-rules Successor chapter called the "Knights of Caliban" or similar, an idea which has only gained ground with the addition of the SR to the Templars arsenal. Of course, to me, the Astral Claws are DA Successors that no-one ever wants to talk about, between the stubborn demeanour, love of heavy firepower, lions, and slight tendency towards heresy. >_> For a Vanilla 'dex Successor I love the idea of an Astral Claws Successor that has returned to the Unforgiven fold, and has to deal with double the shame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Weren't all the Astral Claws Successors were "forced" to fold back into the Astral Claws by Huron? It's a neat idea, I'm just wondering how the fluff would work out. I really like the FW lion-head shoulder pad(s). :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatchCaptainAzrael Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I believe the Astral Claws were a chymeric founding between Ultras and our own. They ended up stuck up empire builders with sketchy tendencies, so I daresay they got the worst of both worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlauG Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Bryan: The Tiger Claws weren't forced to join the Astral Claws, but their surviving company or so was hidden within the Astral Claws' growing numbers. And yes, those lion-head shoulders are part of why I like the idea so much! The Badab War FW books list that the Astral Claws created more than one successor, but that IIRC only the Tiger Claws are named. WatchCaptainAzrael: That's one of the possibilities, yeah... I hadn't thought about them having the worst of both "parents" though! Do we have a policy on Unforgiven Successors who don't use the DA Codex? Would we write/post their fluff here...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I say if they are Dark Angel successors, they would go here regardless of what Codex you use to play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Very interesting. I thought the folding in was how they expanded their numbers so much, but cool that there could actually be some left. I agree with EPK, Dark Angels Successors are successors, regardless of their combat doctrine. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzuan Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Course, by admitting you're not a purist, you do schedule yourself some time in ol' 42...;-) ...Lion knows i've spent enough time there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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