Lord Lee Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Hi guys I'm thinking of doing up some CSM for the ELT but I have a few questions regarding the Purge. Are these guys are renegade marines more than full on chaos space marines? Do they accept daemonic marines like daemon princes and possessed? Would they have renegade infantry guard allies or just kill them? Thanks Lord Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targetlock Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 i think it honestly up to you and your interpretation, from what i know the only background for them is the small piece in the main book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strazhakov Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 From my memory and interpretation they are mis-led renegades that want to cleanse and purge (heh) the galaxy of life because in their opinion life is evil. This twistted, nihilistic world view and their mass genocides with chem weapons has lead them in the loving arms of Grandfather Nurgle. There is some debate if they are willing servants/worshipers but they are famous for using Blight Drones, which are Nurgle Deamons so I guess using Possessed and other Deamons should be a-ok. In earlier editions they had mandatory Plague Marines and those are'nt too far from Possessed imho. But you can fluff your warband however you like. The Purge seem quite numerous and powerful to realistically cover most play styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lee Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Thanks guys Any thoughts on guard allies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeternus Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Maybe the Vraksian Renegade Militia? Only guard unit I've heard of that has worked *willingly* with the Purge. Then again, most nurgle oreintated Regiments would do just fine. I think the Purge would treat the guardsmen more as fodder, but then again isn't that how everyone treats them ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lee Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I was thinking of using death corps as the guard if it fits the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I think it'd work nicely! Take a look at Lagrath's work for inspiration along that front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi guys I'm thinking of doing up some CSM for the ELT but I have a few questions regarding the Purge. Are these guys are renegade marines more than full on chaos space marines? Do they accept daemonic marines like daemon princes and possessed? Would they have renegade infantry guard allies or just kill them? Thanks Lord Lee. The Purge is cool. And it's one of those warbands that is half fleshed out. So cool. - They probably are renegades, but I'd say their fanatism probably attracts many old timers too. I'm tempted to think they accept all those who are willing to join their crusade. - On daemons, yeah, probably. At least I can see how to justify it. Daemonhood might be a way to purge life out of oneself, to get to a higher state, one not relying on what they despise in life. - I'm tempted to think they'd kill them off, but I highly doubt it. A warband needs humans / mutants. I can see equaly apocalyptic zealots being allowed to fight side by side with their masters of the Purge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lee Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 The overall plan is a Purge warband with the Daemon Prince, 5 Raptors, 10 bikes and vindicator with Dark Angel parts and symbols so I can have my friends DA hunt my Chaos in our campaign and the rest using normal chaos parts. I am looking at the traitor guard as a small ally force using IA13 but I wanted to be sure it works background wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 It clearly states in the Vraks books that the Purge don't really respect the Chaos Powers, so they are more Renegade than full on Chaos Marines. It also states that the only reason the Purge are allied with Nurgle is because they see Nurgle as the most likely to help them achieve their goal of exterminating everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 The Purge actually think the're "using" Nurgle by swearing allegiance to him in order to get access to his plagues (which they use to further their omnicidal campaign) without really caring about him or his goals. That kind of arrogance might be punished by a less good-natured deity, but Nurgle is nothing if no generous... in this case he might also be pragmatic, as the warband is too small to actially eradicate all life (which would be anathema to their patron) but they're pretty liberal in their application of viral weaponry and Nurgle's rot and all those other things he likes. They're an interesting warband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lee Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Do the Varks books have enough info on the Purge to be worth getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I wouldn't say so. But those are great book overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lay Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 The Vraks book that was re-released recently has a battle-forged detachment called "The Purge". It's based on the Apocalypse formation for Chaos Marines from the original books. It gives you access to chemical flamers and turns areas hit by barrage type weapons into dangerous terrain. What's also interesting is that the detachment is available to both CSM and Traitor Guard. They do fight alongside ordinary humans on Vraks after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strazhakov Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 It also states that the only reason the Purge are allied with Nurgle is because they see Nurgle as the most likely to help them achieve their goal of exterminating everything. Too bad you can't be allied with a freakin Chaos God for sh*** and giggles. They may see it that way but you can't use the Gods and not get corrupted by them. The Purge are interesting and their world view is even edgy for a Chaos Warband but they still belong to Grandfather Nurgle, wheter they accept it or not. Blight Drones and Plague Marines don't come free of charge. Even Nurgle isn't that generous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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