Im kicking around an Idea for the 750 escalation game.
Black Templars
Chaplin Grimaldus with 2 cenobytes (180pts)
Emperor's Champion (140pts)
Crusader squad (199 pts)
initiate with bolters x4
initiate with plasma cannon
initiate with plasma gun
razorback with dozer blade, lascannon and twinlinked plasma gun, storm bolter
crusader squade (230 pts)
sword brother with powerfist, combi-melta
initiate with chainsword x7
initate with power axe
initiate with meltagun
neophyte with sword x2
total 749 pts
now I plan on running grimaldus and company and the champion with the big marching hand to hand squad and the razorback squad to run up and blast the enemys big things with the tank as protection. It also gives me the option to use the razorback to secure objectives because it is taken as part of the troop choice crusader squad it is also objective secure.
now the dozer blade and the storm bolter are 5pts each, I can dump them and add another neophyte, or I can change the razorback to a rhino that is less firepower but then I can add more troops / maybe even another whole unit with tweeks of the existing units.
My concern is at this point value most people will be running probably 4+ units and this is esentially 2 units with the abilit to split the tank and the indi characters off for additional units....... I am thinking most people will be concerned with the tank that it will draw the most attention so my slow march of the big punchers will be an after thought
Thoughts, tweeks, and sugestion........ GO!