Kill Team: Age of Darkness - KT-21 Update Available Now

[Ossified]

After 9 months the KT-21 compatible version of the Age of Darkness mod is available at https://ossifiedsite.wordpress.com
Initially this is Astartes only but future updates will cover all factions in 30K

156 page Pdf, 29 mb.
Reworked from the ground up to be compatible with the new edition of Kill Team.

• 16 pages of lore covering the end of the Great Crusade to the aftermath of Isstvan V
• 8 pages of additional rules including Destructible Terrain, Suppress and Challenge actions, and the core 5 Psychic Disciplines
• Legiones Astartes Kill Teams (34 pages): build your Age of Darkness kill team with unparalleled customisation of fire teams together with the Elite suits from the Legiones Astartes
• Shattered Legion Kill Teams are here too allowing you to mix legions and abilities within a single team..
• 80 Pages covering all of the Legions. Each includes lore, abilities and equipment for your operatives together with Legion specific operatives, ploys, and a fifth fire team for the Wolves, The Grey Slayers
• Warband rules for the Blackshields including a dedicated fire team, Marauders, four detailed sub-factions, and new ploys.

 
 
 
Kill Team - Honour and Blood (KT-18)

Honourable Skirmishes using Knights from the Adeptus Titanicus range

Available at https://ossifiedsite.wordpress.com

55 pages – 9.2Mb
Contains
• Kill teams for the Knightly Households of the Ordo Questoris and Freeblades
• Rules for House Banners and Support Banners
• Rules for creating your own Knightly Household
• Bestow your Leader and specialists with Knightly Virtues
• Detailed rules for 24 named Houses
• Build your Freeblades with any of 35 Knightly Traditions
• 12 Tactics

This will be the first of three iterations; the second will include rules for BEASTS and missions for running your own Great Hunt.

 
Kill Team - Age of Darkness (KT-18)

Version 0.4.1 (includes errata): https://ossifiedsite.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/kill-team-age-of-darkness-0.4.1.pdf
125 pages – 26Mb
Contains
• 27 Kill teams for Legiones Astartes, Shattered Legions, Blackshields, Mechanicum incl’ Skitarii regiments, Solar Auxilia, Legio Custodes, Sisters of Silence, and Talons of the Emperor
• Detailed rules for all 18 Astartes Legions
• 5 Heresy era Specialists
• 125 Tactics

 
 
Kill Team - Age of Darkness - Isstvan III Campaign (KT-18)

 

 
 
Version 0.1 of the Isstvan Campaign Pack is available from https://ossifiedsite.wordpress.com
It is 57 pages, 11Mb, and contains;
• 16 mission campaign covering some of the pivotal moments of Horus' betrayal on the surface of Isstvan III.
• New rules for Unaligned models, Solo play and Campaign strategies including a new resource, Choler
• Detailed rules for creating Isstvanian Kill Teams including the dreaded Warsingers
• Painting guides for the Emperor's Children, World Eaters, Death Guard, and Sons of Horus
For feedback please either reply, drop me a message or join the Kill Team Age of Darkness Facebook group. There will be plenty of dyslexia induced typos but I hope that won’t stop you enjoying the book. The miniature gallery will appear in Version 0.2

Edited April 2, 2022 by Ossified
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[BrotherAtrox]

I should be able to help with playtesting.

[The4thHorseman]

Looks Cool.

[Ossified]

52 pages completed with a final goal of 64!
Complete
- Cover – 1 page
- Frontis – 1 page
- Legal and Dedication - 1 page
- Legion Specialists - 4 pages
- Legion Data sheets - 2 pages
- Legion Rules – 36 pages
- Blackshields section, 5 pages
- Shattered Legions section, 2 pages
In Layout
- Intro - 1-2 pages depending on images
- Shattered Legions Tactics - 1 page
- Armoury - 2 pages
- Points Values - 1 page
Require edits
- Kill teams in the Age of Darkness – 2-4 pages
Writing to be finished
- ToC – last thing to do, 1 page

[MikhalLeNoir]

Now that is some nice project.

[Hfran Morkai]

Love it!

[Ossified]

The playtest edition is now available, 63 pages, full colour. Link in the OP!

[Reyner]

Link is busted, you need to add a : after https - this looks really good though

 

Sire of the Iron Warriors rule on page 19 references Word Bearers instead of Iron Warriors :O 

Edited October 23, 2018 by Reyner

[Ossified]

Should be good now, Thanks Reyner!

[Ossified]

Link is busted, you need to add a : after https - this looks really good though

 

Sire of the Iron Warriors rule on page 19 references Word Bearers instead of Iron Warriors

... as planned... Yeah, it should obviously be Iron Warriors...

 

I'll do a update on Saturday morning to catch all the stuff people find. TBH I was going Legion-blind over the past couple of days.

[JaM_TW]

Page 59  where there is 'blackshields', the tactics are "dark angels' on the left side of the page.

 

I havent played 40K in ages, nor Kill Team, but I really like this. I'm still in it for the background, you could say .

 

 

Well done! Hope it works as good as it looks.

Edited October 23, 2018 by Flint&Steel

[SkimaskMohawk]

So, there's a lot of formatting that can be tightened up (i.e. obscured instead of cover, Fighter instead of Champion) so that terms are immediately recognizable from the core game.

 

It's very weird to see the champion not have a bonus attack like the fighter does in 40k.

 

Fury of the legion is useless if you're within 12", rapid fire 2 would be better and more in line with the actual rule.

 

AP should reflect the current system (AP4 to -1, AP3 to -2, etc...) The combi-volkite, heavy chainsword and rotor cannons seem to have their own thing going.

 

Rotor cannon is...not at all what the weapon is either. I get that its bad in 30k, but it should be str 3, no ap and maybe heavy 4 costing 0

 

Also maybe use the 40k version of volkite, again just for consistency.

 

Combat shields seem...excessive and another thing that isn't at all how they work.

 

All the Legion special rules seem a bit much, but what stood out for me the most is Nostraman Blood. What is supposed to be a downside in 30k is an incredibly huge advantage. You just to ignore nerve tests while also being able to safely disengage from combat? Odd choice to say the least.

 

Nervermind the last; Blood Angels suck. WIthout Remorse, without Relent means they can never charge and almost never shoot, since they must always advance if able. They're also weird in that they get a str bonus in combat, instead of the integer bump they have in 30k and the night lords kept. 

 

Don't do psychic powers only for thousand sons...perhaps consider a librarian specialist if you want psychic powers

 

Standardize mastercrafted, preferably use the 40k version that gives a weapon more damage.

 

You don't have a statline for shroud bombs.

 

 

I realize there's a lot of negatives and criticism, but I do find it very interesting. Imo you tried to get as much detail as possible, which ends up hurting more than helping. There's a reason 40k killteam is so plain on the average datasheet. Finally, only some legions seem to have downsides; drawbacks and quirks are a huge thematic draw and realistic balance factor in 30k, and there's really almost none in here. 

 

Keep up the hard work though! 

[Ossified]

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I realize there's a lot of negatives and criticism, but I do find it very interesting. Imo you tried to get as much detail as possible, which ends up hurting more than helping. There's a reason 40k killteam is so plain on the average datasheet. Finally, only some legions seem to have downsides; drawbacks and quirks are a huge thematic draw and realistic balance factor in 30k, and there's really almost none in here. 

 

Keep up the hard work though! 

This is exactly what is needed mate. Thanks for putting in the time on this!

[Ossified]

Updated version 0.2 available for download in OP

 

•    Kill teams for Legiones Astartes, Shattered Legions, Blackshields, Mechanicum Taghmata (new), and a small mod for running of a Skitarii Regiment kill team (new)
•    Detailed rules for all 18 Astartes Legions
•    5 Heresy era Specialists
•    120 Tactics

[Petitioner's City]

I haven't played kill team yet so can't comment on the rules, but this is excellent looking and shows a lot of creative thought.

 

For volkite I like FW's 8th edition rules in the knights for them rather than just D2, which felt like a poor understanding of choom.

 

Will there be solar auxilia, cults and militia too?

 

This could also be the place for a quick and dirty conversion of imperial guard lists into mainline imperial army, with some imaginings as to what would be in the army as opposed to either the elites or the militia...?

[Ossified]

Link for updated Version 0.3 in OP

 

Additions (23 pages)

• Intro +  more art
• New Rules: Suppression mechanic for Fire Teams, Expanded Nerve test modifiers
• SW Grey Slayer Datasheet
• Death Guard Heedless ability
• Solar Auxilia Kill Teams
• Legio Custodes Kill Team (Elite)
• Sisters of Silence Kill Teams (Elite)

Corrections

• Some Typos caught, though certainly not all
• Missing SW Tactic added
• EC Palatine Charge ability limited to Charge roll
• Iron Warrior wrack ability changed
• Several tactics changed to cover suppression rule
• Astartes-Vox  replaces Nuncio-vox on Legiones datasheets
• Herald ability 1 changed to cover suppression rolls

[lansalt]

This is great! Keep up the good work!

[Ossified]

Monday WIP:

Work has begun on 'Scions of Heresy' the elite expansion for KT: Age of Darkness. I'm working on a new, more thematic, layout style that bridges both HH and KT, spoiler below. It's still a WIP but pretty happy with it so far. Before the next version 0.4 KT:AoD I'll change the layout to match.

I have also encountered my first real stumbling block, pictures of elite troops from the Black Books. I will need to have a think about what can be done... Lots of time in photoshop seems likely

Have a great week everyone! 

[Brother Dallo]

Had a quick skim read through the entire document. This looks like a real labour of love. You should be proud of what you’ve accomplished here.

 

Dallo

[Ossified]

Thanks!

 

Call for Miniatures!

Phase one of the Kill Team: Age of Darkness project, the ‘core book’, is coming to an end and the thing it is really missing is a miniatures section. Rather than cobble together one from GW/Forgeworld sources I’d like to put a call out to anyone who might be interested.
What I need is clear, well lit, good-to-high res pics on a monotone background for the following factions:

•    All legions (a mix of Tactical, Assault, Recon and Siege Marines if possible whether they are specialists of not)
•    Shattered legions
•    Blackshields
•    Mechanicum
•    Solar Auxilia
•    Custodes
•    Sisters of Silence
•    Militia and Cults

The miniatures will be displayed exactly like the image below, using GW minis as an example, and will come with your credit and a link to your website/blog/social media.

Please get in touch if you are interested or share with someone you think might be into it.
Thanks, O

[Brother Dallo]

Just a quick comment. The Solar Aux intro page (p75) looks like it has a copy/paste error in the Battleforged Kill Teams section as it refers to Mechanicum rather than Solar Auxilia.

 

Also I think “growld” was meant to be “ground”.

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Dallo

[Ossified]

Thanks Dallo, I appreciate the catch!

[Ossified]

 The Model gallery for KT:AoD is coming along nicely, WIP below, but there is still plenty of room to get your models in!

Models painted by Adam Matthews, Vincent Girault, and Kieran Douglas.

[Ioldanach]

Outstanding work! 

 

Are you still looking for feedback? If so, I'll take a much closer look to see if I can find anything.

 

I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[Ossified]

Version 0.4 will be available from June 9th.

 

Here is a piece you will find in it, currently in layout, with miniatures painted by Kieran Douglas (IG: @raptorimperialis). It may get turned into a poster (PDF only!)

 

If you would like your miniatures included in this final playtest version please get in touch, you have two weeks.