Is Imperial Agent the Sisters Codex?

[hunterkiler86]

Yup, definitely plastic Exorcist too. Technically a plastic Canoness would be nice too. Veridyan is nice, but doesn't come with any options. At that point there'd be no metal left in the AS range.

Also whether an option in the Seraphim kit or in the new plastic pack or whatever, they really should bring back the "generic" jump pack Canoness

they already make a plastic exorcist, it's called a whirlwind :P

[Goonbandito]

Yup, definitely plastic Exorcist too. Technically a plastic Canoness would be nice too. Veridyan is nice, but doesn't come with any options. At that point there'd be no metal left in the AS range.

Also whether an option in the Seraphim kit or in the new plastic pack or whatever, they really should bring back the "generic" jump pack Canoness

they already make a plastic exorcist, it's called a whirlwind

It's actually called an Immolator, with the top plate turned back-to-front (so the turret mounts at the rear) and gluing some Typhoon Missile Launchers on the sides of the turret ;)

[Montford]

I kitbashed a pair of typhoon launchers together with some other odds and ends to make my Exorcist turrets. Glad to see I'm not the only one!

[A.T.]

I've always wondered about the scale of the new dredo carapace launcher as a possible alternative - too small?  It's hard to get a good sense of the size of it from the picture without having a dredo in hand to scale it by.

[Rod.H]

The Aiolos missile launcher on the Deredeo Dreadnought? They look to be a little larger than the Hyperios missile launcher, almost Whirlwind size. Odd, that the FW Whirlwind's gone OOP.

 

I wonder if anyone's gone full Ork & strapped a Reaver Titan Launcher to a Rhino.

[Voldrak]

That sounds completely silly considering the launcher is as wide as a Rhino.

 

Ill take a picture of it on top of a Rhino this evening just for the sake of seeing what it would be like.

[BitsHammer]

Yup, definitely plastic Exorcist too. Technically a plastic Canoness would be nice too. Veridyan is nice, but doesn't come with any options. At that point there'd be no metal left in the AS range.

Also whether an option in the Seraphim kit or in the new plastic pack or whatever, they really should bring back the "generic" jump pack Canoness

they already make a plastic exorcist, it's called a whirlwind

Meh. That screams "we pretend to be Marines" rather than "we're an army of religious fanatics!"

[Spacefrisian]

Have you ever seen a Angry marines Whirlwind? thats fanatical to the extreme.

[BitsHammer]

Have you ever seen a Angry marines Whirlwind? thats fanatical to the extreme.

No, that's the result of needing to increase your charge range in an edition of uncertain charge distance rolls.

[Montford]

I was re-reading the C:IA entry for the Sisters of Battle Command Squad, and if I do not take a Hospitaller, and I do not take a Dialogus. can all five take a Heavy Flamer?

[Blackarmor_redtruth]

Or five heavy bolters *wink*wink*. But that is what was good about it before, so nothing new there. mmmm, except that in the Elite slot we can take three of these. Now we can take three exorcists and three squads of five heavy bolters! Park Canoness V in the midst and oh my!

[tvih]

I just wish heavy bolters were actually good. Got four of them before the e-dex nerfed them for retributors. Now can't even get them painted and wish I had heavy flamers or melta guns instead!

[Blackarmor_redtruth]

Okay, so as I've only ever known them from our eDex (36" S4 APX, Heavy 3 off memory), what were they before? All I'm thinking of is that 3x5 shots per squad at range.

[tvih]

They're the same profile as before (S5 AP4 Heavy 3) but by today's standard's it's not much to write home about. Though I suppose for long range infantry fire support it's pretty much all the Sisters have, with no access to gravcannons, missiles, lascannons or plasma cannons. If only they'd at least be salvo instead of heavy.

 

Oh and the difference from prior to the e-dex was that they could at least try to have their AoF work every turn if I recall correctly, rather than once per game.

[A.T.]

Okay, so as I've only ever known them from our eDex (36" S4 APX, Heavy 3 off memory), what were they before?

 

The 5e retributors got their heavy bolters for 5pts each, their squad vet for 5pts, and could use their faith every turn - so 85 pts for the basic squad of 4 guns.

 

The old 5e command squad were also better with heavy bolters as their faith was relentless, but the squad itself had been hastily copy/pasted by Cruddace from the SM book and so was ludicrously highly priced.

 

And at the end of the day a heavy bolter was much more useful in 5e than in apocalypse 7e.

[Servant of Dante]

Hehe you know you're a Sisters player if 36" is long range fire support :D the HB and the Exorcist are the only guns in the book with more than 24" range. I love it :P Coincidently, I'm about to go play a 1650 point tournament.

[Beams]

I honestly have had good luck with heavy bolters. If you go against any non Marines army, they help shred their infantry, letting your dominions shred the tanks.

[Jacinda]

 

Okay, so as I've only ever known them from our eDex (36" S4 APX, Heavy 3 off memory), what were they before?

 

The 5e retributors got their heavy bolters for 5pts each, their squad vet for 5pts, and could use their faith every turn - so 85 pts for the basic squad of 4 guns.

 

The old 5e command squad were also better with heavy bolters as their faith was relentless, but the squad itself had been hastily copy/pasted by Cruddace from the SM book and so was ludicrously highly priced.

 

And at the end of the day a heavy bolter was much more useful in 5e than in apocalypse 7e.

 

 

Then again, 5th edition was all about Jacobus bomb.  Heavy bolter Rets were considered a fluff unit along with Penitent Engines.  When there was no Allies, double FOC, formations or detachments you either took PE, rets or a 3rd Exorcist.  I think most of us have always had a soft spot for the Heavy Bolter girls.  It's nice to be able to get them on the table now.

 

If you look at the unit as an anti-infantry choice you can see that it can also take out light vehicles with its Act of Faith for free.  However if you take it in your list for anti-vehicle it obviously does not measure up to other units for that purpose.  Anyway, that's the way I play them now.  I take a Retributor squad with Heavy Bolters and target infantry when I can -- staying near Veridyan is another bonus to this role.  If I don't have a sutible target in LoS, I'll then look for a transport of walker to see if I can Rend or maybe force a flyer to jink.

[Blackarmor_redtruth]

I honestly have had good luck with heavy bolters. If you go against any non Marines army, they help shred their infantry, letting your dominions shred the tanks.

This is how I have been using mine. Doms open up the can, HB mix the soup.

[Servant of Dante]

Hehe. Playing against non marine armies. Hehe. I wish.

[taikishi]

Relevant questions to FW on C:IA and the Castellans detachment. Answers above, questions below.

 

 

 

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1. Yes, provide they are taken for Sororitas units.

2. Yes.

3. Yes provided the Badab War special characters are equivalent to what they are being exchanged for such as Chapter Masters in place of Chapter Masters and so on.


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On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 10:24 PM GMT, *email redacted* wrote: 

1. With the release of Codex: Imperial Agents, if an Adepta Sororitas player chooses to use Codex: Imperial Agents to form their army instead of Codex: Adepta Sororitas, may that player take Repressors as dedicated transports for their units?

2. May a player who takes an Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor, or Inquisitor Karamazov, for their Inquisitorial Henchman Warband that also takes a squad of Battle Sisters take a Repressor as a dedicated transport for the unit?

3. With the release of Fall of Cadia and the Castellans of the Imperium detachment, can special characters from the Badab War be included in this detachment?

Relevant text for question:
"Each character in this update has been assigned the appropriate Chapter Tactics and, as with the special characters presented in Codex: Space Marines, may be included as part of any detachment with the same Chapter Tactic."

For example, the formation lists Librarian as an allowed HQ choice. Could Magister Sevrin Loth be taken as a Librarian in this formation if the detachment uses the Red Scorpions Chapter Tactic?


Thank you in advance,

[A.T.]

That third one is an interesting one, suggesting that they may not have actually read the detachment - as the original list excludes all named non-templar marine characters.

[Rod.H]

Repressors, an true Order Relic considering it's OOP, did FW fix the firepoint issue? As they released a datasheet that said it only had one FP.

[taikishi]

That third one is an interesting one, suggesting that they may not have actually read the detachment - as the original list excludes all named non-templar marine characters.

 

It has more to do with the wording on the characters themselves, as well as the PDF. The PDF for Badab War very clearly states on the first page:

 

"Each character in this update has been assigned the appropriate Chapter Tactics and, as with the special characters presented in Codex: Space Marines, may be included as part of any detachment with the same Chapter Tactic."

 

It's the "any detachment" that lets them be used. Same as Canoness Verydian's rules let her be used in a Castellans detachment despite not being specifically named because she can be used in any detachment that lists a Canoness. So, for example, Lt. Cmdr Anton Narvaez counts as a Space Marine captain and can be used in any detachment that uses Chapter Tactics: Ultramarines in place of a captain but Lias Issodon can only be used in detachments that specifically mention chapter masters that use Chapter Tactics: Raptors.

[Servant of Dante]

This is hardly relevant, though I don't think it merits a new topic. I don't know that I've seen so many Sisters things out of stock at once on GW before. My guess is that they've just seen an uptake in sales with Fall of Cadia, so that their normal production rates can't keep up, but I suppose it's possible they are selling things off to clear space for a new range . . . or squating

Anyway, I don't personally think it's anything to get excited about, but it did catch my attention.

Edit: and the UK store has most things in stock. So I'd say it's just increased sales here in the US, which is fantastic, really :)