[Homebrew] - Imperial Fists Legion-Specific Terminators

[dicebod]

I had a thought - in the fluff, we hear quite a bit that Imperial Fists favored Indomitus terminator armor during the heresy, and it absolutely true that the VII Legion has quite a few toys to play with when it comes to vanilla terminators, but after reading Praetorian of Dorn I had a brain-blast in terms of a new Imperial Fists-specific terminator squad.  I'd love to get your input!

 

Also, apologies in advance if this isn't the right place for this - mods, please feel free to move if needed!

 

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Imperial Fists - Huscarl Terminator Squad

 

The elite warriors of the Primarch Rogal Dorn’s personal bodyguard, Huscarl Terminators were equally at home wading into the thick of battle with sword and shield as they were overseeing the fortification of the Imperial Palace in the days leading up to the Siege of Terra.

 

Huscarl Terminator Squad - 270 Points

 

WS 5 / BS 4 / S 4 / T 4 / W 2 / I 4 / A 2 / Ld 8 / Sv 2+

 

Huscarl Terminator Castellan

 

WS 5/ BS 4 / S 4 / T 4 / W 2 / I 4 / A 3 / Ld 9 / Sv 2+

 

Unit Composition – 4 Huscarl Terminators, 1 Huscarl Terminator Castellan

 

Unit Type – Infantry

 

Wargear – Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour, Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield, Power Weapon

 

Dedicated Transport – A Huscarl Terminator squad numbering five models or less may take a Land Raider Proteus or Phobos as a Dedicated

Transport.

 

Special Rules

·         Legiones Astartes (Imperial Fists)

·         Stubborn

·         Chosen Warriors

·         Unbreakable Defense

·         Praetorians of Dorn

 

Options

·         The squad may include:

o   Up to 5 additional Huscarl Terminators … +50 points each

·         For every 5 models in the squad, one Huscarl Terminator may exchange their Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield for one of the following special weapons.

o   Heavy Bolter … Free

o   Heavy Flamer … +5 points

o   Illiastus-Pattern Assault Cannon … +10 points

o   Reaper  Autocannon … +10 points

·         Any Huscarl Terminator may exchange their Power Weapon for a:

o   Lightning Claw … + 5 points

o   Power Fist … +5 points

o   Thunder Hammer … +10 points

o   Chainfist … +5 points

·         The Huscarl Castellan may exchange his Power Weapon for a:

o   Lightning Claw … +5 points

o   Power Fist … +5 points

o   Thunder Hammer … +10 points

o   Chainfist … +10 points

o   Solarite Power Gauntlet … +10 points

·         The Huscarl Castellan may exchange his Power Weapon & Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield for:

o   Pair of Lightning Claws … +15 points

 

Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour – A unique pattern of terminator armour wrought by master artificers deep in the bowels of the Imperial Palace complex on Terra, Indomitus-Sol pattern terminator armor eschews the in-built refractor field generators of Cataphractii plate in favor of more densely-packed fibre bundles and fast-twitch servos.  When paired with a Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield, the armor provides nigh-impenetrable defense while still allowing Dorn’s chosen to fight unencumbered.

 

Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour confers a +5 invulnerable save and makes any model equipped with Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour count as having assault grenades for the purpose of resolving charges.

 

Unbreakable Defense – A Huscarl Terminator or Huscarl Terminator Sergeant may re-roll failed invulnerable saves of 1 when in base-to-base contact with at least two other models from this unit.

 

Praetorians of Dorn – A Huscarl Terminator squad may be chosen instead of a Command squad as a bodyguard for any Terminator armor-equipped Praetor of the Imperial Fists (or the Primarch Rogal Dorn himself).  Huscarl terminators must always be modelled/painted to be visually distinct from standard Legion Terminator models when used in this fashion.

Edited December 11, 2017 by dicebod

[Luna707]

I’ve been trying to think of rules for these guys too! With the stone gauntlet row these guys would be crazy awesome. Some thoughts, I would probably bump their points up by 5 each at least, they are so damn tough. In the one in five options, I liked how you included a heavy Bolter, I would say archeotech pistols should be added as well, very fisty

[Charlo]

A great start! I've not gotten to these guys yet (I'm only a few chapters into Praetorian of Dorn) but I like what you've done with the rules.

 

I think at the moment they're a little over powered and unfocused however.

 

A few scattered thoughts on rules and wargear:

• Indomitus-Sol armour: Awesome; a great and presumably fluffy idea. I think you need a better rule than assault grenades... As any terminator squad can get these with a Grenade harness. Why not Counter Attack, to represent their enhanced reaction speed?
• Storm Shields: I'm not feeling these if I'm honest. As above, when combined with Indomitus-Sol it just makes them SUPER Fire-Drakes/ IF Cataphractii (especially with unshakable defence...) They need their own hook. What about a special type of Terminator Boarding shield instead? Then you could make them have some kind of crazy reverse Hammer of Wrath where they do impact hits if they are charged. + you get the benefits of Stone Gauntlet too.
• Unshakeable Defence: I like it, just not with Storm Shields ;)

On Weapon Options:

• I like the idea of shooting being a core part of these guys and I think if you went with the boarding shield idea it would be fair to give them a shooting and combat weapon on top (kind of like how power armour can use a combat shield with no impact, TDA could use a boarding shield with no impact).
• Heavy Bolters are the obvious choice for me as well as Assault Cannons as an upgrade 1-in-5.
• Remove the options for LC, they don't seem too fluffy.
• Only power Swords to start with, gotta pay points if you want AP2!

Take it or leave it! Just passing the time at work with some brain noise :D