Kel's take on Chaos

From: Kelvin <kx.henderson_at_...>
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 11:24:44 +1000

With all the talk about what to do on the Chaos lists for NetEpic floating
about, I thought I'd chip in my take on how to deal with the Chaos of it
all (boom, boom).

The way I see it, I think Chaos should be divided into three lists:

Daemonic Armies; Chaos Marine Armies & Chaos Renegade Armies.

Daemonic Armies:
These are the Chaos armies as they stand in Epic now. Daemon Company Cards
leading their Hoardes of infantry, lesser Daemons, Tanks and Titans into
battle. Contrary to other people's likings, I quite like this form of
fielding Chaos and would like to see it remain as it is.

Chaos Marine Armies:
These are Chaos armies lead by Company Cards of Chaos Marine Legions. In
this set up, one would buy the army like any other NetEpic force. The
Company Cards would be a Company of NightLords or Black Legion or Word
Bearers or Emperor's Children. Support Cards would be Marine Equipment,
Lesser Daemons (for the power-aligned Legions), Cultists and Daemon Engines
(again, for the power-aligned Legions). Special cards would be Chaos
Thunderhawks, Sorcerers, Titans and possibly Chaos Champions along the
lines of the Space Marine Commander. Greater Daemons could also be bought
as special cards, but with their influence on other troops
lessened. Instead of allowing any troops with line-of-sight to the
G.Daemon to pass any Morale Checks automatically, simply reduce their range
to 10cm radius. This way it represents the influence of the Daemon more as
support to the army than leading it. I'll send my suggestions as to the
actual Legion Cards in a later post.

Chaos Renegades:
This force is a classic combined force of Marines, Cultists and
monsters. Company cards would be Marine Legions (as above), Cultist
Companies, Beastmen Companies and Troll/Minotaur Companies. Support Cards
would again be Cultists, SOME IG equipment (restricted to no more than 3 IG
support cards per Cultist Company), SOME Marine equipment(restricted to the
Marine Companies), Beastmen, Trolls & Minotaurs. Special Cards as Chaos
Thunderhawks, Sorcerers, Titans and possibly Chaos Champions along the
lines of the Space Marine Commander. No Daemons as this is more of a
Raiding force or a Cultist uprising.

Example Companies:

Cultist Company:
1 Chaos Champion Stand, 3 detachments of 10 Cultist stands (30 stands total)
VP: 6 BP:15
Cost: 600pts

Beastman Company:
1 Chaos Champion Stand, 3 detachments of 10 Beastmen Stands (30 stands total)
VP:6 BP:15
Cost: 600pts

Chaos Beast Company:
1 Chaos Champion Stand, 2 Minotaur Detachments of 10 Minotaur Stands Each
plus 1 detachment of 10 Troll Stands (20 minotaur stands and 10 troll
stands total)
VP:7 BP:15
Cost: 700pts

Chaos Marine Companies to follow.

Unique Renegade Support Cards:

Renegade Cultist Heavy Squad:
5 Cultist Heavy Stands (as per IG Heavy Troops)
VP:2 BP:3
Cost: 200pts

Beastman Assault Squad:
6 Beastmen Stands + 3 Chaos Rhinos
VP:3 BP:5
Cost: 300pts

Each list is a COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT LIST! Much like the Tech Guard,
Imperial Guard and Space Marine Lists are all separate. This way I think
everyone gets a list to suit them.

What does everyone think?

-Kelvin....

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Received on Mon Sep 04 2000 - 01:24:44 UTC