Codex: Sisters of Battle (2015-16 fandex)

[A.T.]

Dantes fandex-in-progress inspired me to dig this old one out, based on an older version but re-written in the wake of the Tau book - hence the high power level.

 

I had meant to return to it when I had better pictures for some of the units, particularly the Hieromartyr who I still haven't gotten around to painting (a Celestine/Celestant conversion).

 

 

I re-write it every couple of years, suggestions welcome.

 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ps4q7z1e2utwmv1/sisters7-002.pdf?dl=0

[Servant of Dante]

Well, I'm rather blown away by the way that looks!

 

I haven't delved too deeply into it. We may have different tastes in some of the unit types for Sisters (I'm looking at you, Avenging Angels). Anyway, I think the only thing I wanted to mention is that while army-wide AoFs are clean, I don't personally like the concept. I feel like each unit should act out their faith (or fail) on their own, but that's just me.

 

I'm shooting for something a little more rules-light in my codex (kinda), and I'm not really trying to modify existing units too much.

 

The only thing I can say in defense of my own "formatting" is that I am trying to keep the page count down by keeping multiple units on a single page.

 

Anyway, what you have is incredibly impressive. I can't say I'm likely to try and use homegrown rules I didn't write, but still.

[A.T.]

The only thing I can say in defense of my own "formatting" is that I am trying to keep the page count down by keeping multiple units on a single page.

 

It's an edition thing, my previous attempts were all old-format 'fluff' pages followed by a compact army list with 3-4 entries per page. I have to say I miss the old unit artwork, and it was often easier to find than a suitable model photo.

 

I've also been gathering fluff and poking at the Word template for about 5 years now so i've got a bit of a head start - your codex is a lot cleaner than my early stuff was.

[Servant of Dante]

The only thing I can say in defense of my own "formatting" is that I am trying to keep the page count down by keeping multiple units on a single page.

It's an edition thing, my previous attempts were all old-format 'fluff' pages followed by a compact army list with 3-4 entries per page. I have to say I miss the old unit artwork, and it was often easier to find than a suitable model photo.

I've also been gathering fluff and poking at the Word template for about 5 years now so i've got a bit of a head start - your codex is a lot cleaner than my early stuff was.

Thanks for the complement!

Well, I already went through the pain of creating the template when I created the Disciples of Zaureboes. They are kinda chaos cultists? But the more I worked with them the more I was feeling a druidic vibe. They still worship a warp entity (unrelated to the chaos gods): Zaureboes, the Lord of Cinder and Shadow.

They are up to date in 7E, though I never made any formations/detachments for them. I'm pretty sure they are as weak/weaker than every official codex, but I might be wrong. I need to go playtest them.

Here's the codex formatted so that I could post it directly on the forum.

I actually came up with eleven names for the eleven planets controlled by the discipleship, along with the names of the 11 High Keepers, and stats for the 11 World Blades. Here's a capture of the Reference page (looks as though my snazzy font for the headings doesn't exist in the version of Word I'm using now )

[Servant of Dante]

I've decided to work some more on that Sisters codex rewrite I started a while ago. I looked through your codex to see if there where any generic HQ options I was forgetting. The Confessor is an obvious choice, but I might include him under the Ministorum Priest entry (so no force-org slot), but then you can't have the all Fraternis Militia army without running a special character.

 

I am inspired by the idea of the Witch Hunter. I'm thinking I'll make them a good answer to enemy psykers. They might go in the Elites slot.

 

For the most part I am trying only include stuff from previous codices, but the HQ section seems just a bit underpopulated, since a lot of the character and personality of an army comes from who you have leading it. We have plenty of Special Characters (I'm bringing back ALL the 2E ones), but I generally avoid running named characters, so I want to have a couple options for that (It will probably be Canoness, Palatine (and I'm not combining those two entries, I don't like kind of thing), and Confessor. That's not a ton of variation, but it's better than the current codex.

 

I just wanted to let you know since I'm using your ideas.

[A.T.]

I just wanted to let you know since I'm using your ideas.

 

Absolutely - it's not really my idea anyway, just an adaptation of the old inquisitor-led Witch Hunters. It fills in for the ecclesiarchy 'lieutenant' HQ choice as the low-ranking priests are in the elites slot.