Fury_of_Fenris Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 So been thinking alot of how to fit a chapter into the 40k universe, have had quite alot of ideas in my head bouncing between which codex to use and how i want my force to both fight and look modelwise Im looking to do a period based force of "historical if you will", set maybe m32 or m33 right after the heresy so it seems excusable to have alot of the earlier marks of the armour and more unique weapons The idea of the chapter is a reaver based force which loves pyrotechnics so i want alot of flamers and meltas in the army, also they are assault based and love to hit their enemies hard and fast and burn them out. looking at using the blood angel codex although the chapter will not be a blood angel founding, they are simply unknown which founding they are, im looking at possible hints towards the wiped out legions. Succesors of:unknown home planet: carcossa chapter master know as the yellow king Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/290153-reavers-of-the-flame/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 So, this is supposed to be one of the second founding chapters. Normally I'd advocate steering clear of the second founding but I'd like to hear a clearer explanation of these ideas: A vault is found containg a large stash of geneseed "this will either be world eaters or luna wolves", workers and officials know who the geneseed is and orders it destroyed, but under mysterious circumstances the geneseed is switched with another batch of loyalist genseed, and is saved whilst the other genseed is destroyed More than anything else I would like to see 'mysterious circumstances' and similar phrases swapped out for exposition. Claiming something happened under a mysterious circumstance, no offence, appears as lazy writing. So, which Legion did this other Gene-seed batch come from? Who does the chapter think is it's progenitor? Who do they think is their primarch? This'll be important information in the chapter's history and, I suspect, would provide crisis for when they question their heritage. chapter is raised and mysteriously displays similar attitude and armour colours to its parent legion " looking at world eaters or sons of horus, not too sure yet" Instead of making these guys very similar to the parent Legion they are supposedly not from (but actually are) and risk breaking immersion by testing the believability of the chapter to the reader and the universe they're in, perhaps focusing down on a particular style of warfare would be best, along with a dissimilar colour scheme? serves well for about 500 years before the chapter master recieves a mysterios omen and orders the entire fleet to the eye to figure out what it means Explanations of why the whole fleet/chapter and what the Omen actually was would be in order, if this concept is retained as you refine the idea for the chapter. To speak of these things and not expand on them would be tantamount to using a deus ex machina. Just imagine - decisions need a reason why and the reader will want to know why. chapter hasnt been seen since Hmm. Cuts it a bit short, doesn't it? Don't they survive the Eye at all? Don't they perhaps turn renegade? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/290153-reavers-of-the-flame/#findComment-3664687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fury_of_Fenris Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 had some new thoughs and ideas after reading some more heresy novels Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/290153-reavers-of-the-flame/#findComment-3665808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysimachus Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Firstly, just a suggestion but it might be an idea to reply to your own topic rather than changing the OP each time as it gets confusing to read all the answers that don't fit the questions? Now... Im looking to do a period based force of "historical if you will", set maybe m32 or m33 right after the heresy so it seems excusable to have alot of the earlier marks of the armour and more unique weapons I wouldn't worry too much about the time period as far as armour MKs go, as plenty of 'current' Chapters seem to have a wide range of them or even a sizeable proportion of older MKs (Red Scorpions in MKIV, for instance). The idea of the chapter is a reaver based force which loves pyrotechnics so i want alot of flamers and meltas in the army, also they are assault based and love to hit their enemies hard and fast and burn them out. Obvious choice is C:SM using Salamanders Chapter Tactics for buffed flamers plus maybe include a counts-as Vulkan Hestan as your HQ for melta buffs. Alternatively, if your happy using FW stuff, the Chapter tactics for the Fire Hawks buff flamers when they Deep Strike, and buff jump packers Hammer of Wrath attacks and make Assault squads and Vanguard Vet squads scoring! All that said, the Liber is more about the fluff than rules/play styles, so you might be better to ask about that side of things in the Tactica forum? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/290153-reavers-of-the-flame/#findComment-3666631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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