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From: Harlequin Master [SMTP:harlequin_at_shopfine.=
demon.co.uk]
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 1997 09:39
To: space-marine_at_...=
Subject: [Epic] [EPIC] Ordo Malleus
ORDO MALLEUS DETACHMENT
=
Main Force
Choose up to 10 squads from the following list=
.
Grey Knight Terminator squad 21 points
Co=
nsists of 1 Space Marine unit (Save, Ordo Malleus)
Extra cost to=
:
Mount in Land Raider +35 points
Grey Kni=
ght Space Marine squad 34 points
Consists of 2 Space Marine units =
(Ordo Malleus)
Extra cost to:
Mount in Rhino +7 po=
ints
Notes: If an Ordo Malleus detachment consists entire=
ly of infantry
units it may be deployed using drop pods. See the=
Scenario
Special Rules section in the Epic 40,000 Battles Book =
for details
of using drop pods, regardless of the scenario being=
played.
Any unit that is part of the detachment can=
be designated as the
detachment HQ, subject to the detachment's=
chain of command.
If the original HQ is eliminated the next uni=
t below on the chain
of command become the new HQ.
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Chain of command:
Inquisitor > Terminators > Any other unit =
Special Ability:
Ordo Malleus When in close combat with Daemons, all Or=
do
Malleus units double their Assault value.
Harlequin Master
"We leap,=
we dance, we bring DEATH!"
I like it but how about this, instead of field=
ing the Ordo Malleus as a separate detachment have the Grey Knights more as=
a special ability, much in the same way that the Aspects warriors have Exa=
rch's.
My only problem with having Grey Knights as a separate detachment i=
s that I often felt from the old system that they were few in number and hi=
ghly specialised, rather than as a massed fighting force. I think the Grey =
Knights x2 CAF ability against Daemons is a great idea (tho' I would have t=
o see how it balanced out in a game and wasn't too powerful <g>)...but coul=
d more see the Grey Knights mixed in with ordinary marines/terminators like=
the Exarch's, so instead you upgrade a marine tactical or terminator unit =
to have 'a Grey Knight present'. This way you can just add the cost to anot=
her detachment purely as an upgrade and make some cool mixed bases of say 4=
marines in your standard chapter colours plus 1 Grey Knight.
This is the=
way that I base Exarchs (mixed with other Aspect warriors) and reckon it w=
ould be an interesting way to use both the Ordo Malleus/Knights.
Just my o=
pinion...but your detachment looks pretty cool other than that.
Carl Woodr=
ow
Gryphonne IV - Geneseed site:
http://freespace.virgin.net/carl.woodrow/e=
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