Codex Deathwatch and new Campaign Box (DW vs Eldar)

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[InfestedKerrigan]

That Aircraft with the Assault Ramps is pretty smexy.  Our fabled flying rhino?

 

 

Diggin on the Termie Libby, too.

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let's get the party started:

First of all some general stuff:

- No named Characters in the codex

-The "Chapter Tactic" of the Deathwatch is called: Mission Tactics. At the beginning of your first turn you choose: HQ, Elite, Troops, Fast Attack or Heavy Support. You may reroll 1`s to hit vs Targets of the chosen type. Once per battle, at the beginning of any of your turns you may change the chosen type.

- There is a "Decurión" style formation in the codex called Black Spear Strike Force

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Available Datasheets are:

HQ
- Watch Master
- Watch Captain
- Chaplain
- Librarian


Troops
- Veterans

Elite
Terminators
Dreadnought
Venerable D.
Vanguard Veteran

Fast Attack
Bikes
Rhino
Razorback
Drop Pod
Corvus Blackstar

HS
All three types of Land Raider
 

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Re: Artemis: His datasheet is in the box, not in the codex.

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Let's start with the HQ:

Watch Master:
- 175 points
- Chapter master profile (No EW)
- 2+ Armour sabe
- Equipped with: Guardian Spear, Granades, Clavis, Iron Halo
- Special Rules: IC, Mission Tactics, ATWKNF, Tactic Master

Guardian Spear: S+1, AP2, Melee, 2 hands, Block (Once per turn choose an attack the hit the bearer. Roll a D6, if the result is higher than the to hit roll of the enemy, attack is ignored).
Clavis; -1 to WS, BS and I to enemy vehicles at 6"
Tactic master: If chosen as the Warlord, you may change the Mission Tactic rule one additional time per game.

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Watch Captain
- 95 points
- Company master profile
- Usual equipment + special ammo
- May be equipped with anything really,

Chaplain
- 95 points.
- Same as normal chaplain + special ammo.

Librarian
- 70 points (Lvl 1, +25 for Lvl2)
- Same as usual + special ammo.

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Troops (Things get interesting here)

Veterans:
- 110 points for 5 models
- Usual profile
- Up to 5 more models in the unit
- Any veteran may be equipped with CCW, Special Weapons or Shot Weapons (Translation may be inaccurate)
- Up to 4 veterans may be equipped with Heavy Weapon
- Any model may be equipped with Heavy Thunder Hammer (+30/model)
- One Veteran may be upgraded to Black Shield
- One Veteran may be upgraded to Watch Seargent and may change his CCW for a Xenosomething blade and may purchase equipment from the Special List
- Rhino, Razorback, Drop Pod or Corvus thing as Dedicated Transport

[InfestedKerrigan]

55 pts ea.  Happy, AP?

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55 pts ea.  Happy, AP?

The theory is that that was a typo and he meant 110 for 5.

[InfestedKerrigan]

The theory is that that was a typo and he meant 110 for 5.

 

Fair enough.  We had this number we used for internal testing.  A couple times a week, we'd get a call on it from an outside number.  People dialing 3 instead of 9, not used to phone pads from spending so much time using keyboards.  They'd get rude about insisting they dialed they right number.  Fun stuff.

 

 

 

Well, damn. 

[InfestedKerrigan]

Yeah, a 7 man unit would be pretty weird this side of the eye.

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Shot Weapons:
- Bolter, Assault bolter, ... etc. As usual

Special Weapons
As usual +:
- Deathwatch shotgun 16" S4, AP-, Assault 2 Shred
16"S4 AP4 Assault 2
Template, S3, AP6, Assault 1

- Silence Bolter

CCW
As usual

Heavy Weapons
As usual+:
- Heavy Bolter may get Inferno ammo (24", S1, AP-, Blast, Poison2+) +5 points
- Infernus Heavy Bolter: 36" S5, AP 4, Assault3
Heavy Flamer
Non of the profiles is one use only. Inferno HB costs +20 per model.
- Deatchwatch Frag cannon: Template S6 AP- Assault2, Rending
24" S7 AP3, Assault 2, Impact
Impact: if target is at 12" or less: S9 and AP2






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Wolf_in_Human_Shape wrote:

110 pts for 2 dudes?

Sorry for that. It is 5 models Typing mistake.

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Drop pod is an option as well.

[InfestedKerrigan]

So, Cassius isn't in the DW rulebook, but can be taken as a DW HQ via the first Boxset Datasheets, ya?

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Elite

Terminators
- 40 points per model (max squad size is 5, min 1)
- Any model may get: Hammer + Shield (+10) or Claws (Free).
- Any model may get: Power Sword (free), Chainfist (+5), Power Fist with aux meltagun (+10)
- Any model may get: Heavy Flamer, Assault Cannon or Cyclon Missile Launcher (usual costs)

Power fist with aux meltagun: May use it as a meltagun and a power fist in the same turn. No one-use limitation

Dreardnoughts
No visible changes here

Vanguard Veternas
No visible changes here but have the special ammo rule.

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So, Cassius isn't in the DW rulebook, but can be taken as a DW HQ via the first Boxset Datasheets, ya?

/shrug

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Those Frag Cannons tho...

[InfestedKerrigan]

Doesn't look like the TDA are getting it though.  

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Doesn't look like the TDA are getting it though.  

Termies are too expensive anyways.

 

The DW vets with Frag Cannons in a drop pod will be hilarious.

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Fast Attack

Bikers
-30 points per model
- Special ammo
- Skilled rider
- Split fire
- Squad size (1-5)
- Any model may get power sword (+5)
- Any model may get melta bombs (+5)
- Any model may get teleporting beacon (+10)


Corvus Blackstar
- 180 points
- Twin Linked Assault Cannon
- Black star launcher thing: S4, AP6, Bomb1, Big Blast
S5, AP4, Bomb1, Big Blast, Ignores Cover
- 4 Stormstrike missiles
- Ceramite Plating
- Assault Vehicle
- Attack Flyer
- Transport Capacity: 12. May transport Jump Infantry and Bikes !!!!
- May change the TW Assault Cannon for twin linked lascannon (free)
- May change the 4 misseles for a twin linked Blackstar missile Launcher: 30" S6, AP4, Heavy 1D6, AA
30" S4, AP5 Heavy1, Big Blast, Ignores Cover

 

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lol I can carry bikes.

[InfestedKerrigan]

I might be running Deathwatch instead of SMurfs.  I like those Fliers.  

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I might be running Deathwatch instead of SMurfs.  I like those Fliers.  

I'll totally run counts-as with them. :)

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I just want Eldrad please if anyone is selling him.