Butters Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I played in a tournament and a guy took a Chapter Master and the Ultramarines. Normally this wasn't a problem but since its Ultra's your chapter master is Calgar. There aren't any rules stating that you have to take Calgar if you take an Ultras army and a chapter master, but I feel like it's kind of a given. Also its was a 1000pt tournament so it was a free way to squeeze in a chapter master. Am I right or does he actually have to take Calgar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Angelus Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 There's no requirement. Fluff=/=rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdemayo Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Also, who says you are necessarily playing the Ultramarines in the "present" of M41 999? There were Chapter Masters before Calgar. There will be Chapter Masters after him (assuming Ultramar survives). Or the "Chapter Master" could represent some other high ranking Ultramarine honcho. It's not like they bioengineer the stat bump into the candidate as soon as he is promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axagoras Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 maybe he was playing a ultramarine successor chapter, I play with a iron hands chapter master to represent my clan commander since he is the top marine in the clan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Also, the "Chapter Master" may have simply represented a Captain who happened to have access to an orbital bombardment for that engagement. And maybe the Chapter Master loaned him a squad of the Honour Guard for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor_fe404 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Profile-wise, what is a Chapter Master but a harder, choppier Captain? And as mentioned by Brother Tyler, he could very well be a Captain who likes employing his strike cruiser's weapons as danger-close support. He might even be the heir apparent to the Chapter Master (kinda like how the Secret Service still protects the line of succession). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 A Chapter Master is a CHAPTER MASTER. The words Captain who likes to employ a strike cruiser don't translate to Chapter Master, but yes I understand the time line issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrified Templar Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 As long as your opponent is aware that you're using the chapter master profile you could refer to him as a captain, Marshal (if you're a BT player) or any other high ranking space marine. Besides the Iron Hands don't even have a proper chapter master yet Iron Hands players still field them. Heck they even say in the Codex that you can take special characters like Lysannder and Calgar and use them in your own successor chapter as long as your army has the corresponding chapter tactics for that character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor_fe404 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 A Chapter Master is a CHAPTER MASTER. The words Captain who likes to employ a strike cruiser don't translate to Chapter Master, but yes I understand the time line issue. Okay then. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ming Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 So long as the opponent tells you what his army is, it can be anything. For all practical purposes I could show up with Ultramarine-painted marines and play them as a chaos lord and chaos marines. Just as long as the weapons are wysiwyg, not too much of a big deal, except for a surprise if the opponent is not paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raeven Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 They could be a successor chapter. As was said, fluff=\=rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedes Nex Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 (assuming Ultramar survives). Come now, brother, why would you say such a silly thing (assuming you're not a heretic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 (assuming Ultramar survives). Come now, brother, why would you say such a silly thing (assuming you're not a heretic). Never assume they arent a Heretic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 You know I never thought about that. You could paint say the Iron Warriors and use Codex Space Marine as pre heresy and no one would even think till you hit them with a stormraven or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Mage Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Except for the part where, of course, youd inform your opponent what codex you were using before deployment started, as a gentleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axagoras Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 its called you ask, like I ask to see my opponents list before a game, if its got 5 riptides I had them the list back and say no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallodx Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I thought people confirm what is what before games start as I do... I know some people insist showing his list after the game for hidden upgrade options(mostly WHFB tho), but confirming "this is my warlord captain and that is a chapter master but I call him captain" is just too fair to be refused to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have run two chapter masters with my Ultra list at times :-P In general I do run a more fluffy list though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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