-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Nielsen [SMTP:raveallnight_at_roc=
ketmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 1997 11:11
To: space-marine_at_...
S=
ubject: RE: [Epic] [EPIC] Ordo Malleus
---Carl Woodrow wrote:
>
> I like =
it but how about this, instead of fielding the Ordo Malleus
as a separate d=
etachment have the Grey Knights more as a special
ability, much in the same=
way that the Aspects warriors have Exarch's.
>
> My only problem with hav=
ing Grey Knights as a separate detachment is
that I often felt from the old=
system that they were few in number and
highly specialised, rather than as=
a massed fighting force. I think
the Grey Knights x2 CAF ability against D=
aemons is a great idea (tho'
I would have to see how it balanced out in a g=
ame and wasn't too
powerful <g>)...but could more see the Grey Knights mixe=
d in with
ordinary marines/terminators like the Exarch's, so instead you up=
grade
a marine tactical or terminator unit to have 'a Grey Knight present'.=
This way you can just add the cost to another detachment purely as an
upgr=
ade and make some cool mixed bases of say 4 marines in your
standard chapte=
r colours plus 1 Grey Knight.
>
> This is the way that I base Exarchs (mi=
xed with other Aspect
warriors) and reckon it would be an interesting way t=
o use both the
Ordo Malleus/Knights.
>
> Just my opinion...but your detach=
ment looks pretty cool other than
that.
>
> Carl Woodrow
The only problem=
I have with the "mix a few Grey Nights in with the
rest of the marines" id=
ea is that Grey Nights are not commanders.
They are specially trained mari=
nes that fight in _squads_, unlike
Exarchs, Warlocks, Commissars etc, and a=
hould be feilded as such. I
suggest instead limiting their numbers in your=
army (see my other
post). Also, Grey Nights have even more hit and run ta=
ctics than
normal marines, so having them socialising with them on the grou=
nd
just doesn't really make sense to me. The come and go without talking
t=
o anyone. Heck, the majority of marines probably haven't even heard
of the=
m, they are so segregated.
Hmm... now that I have had a look at your other=
post your solution seems to make much more sense and is definitely more in=
character with the Grey Knights myth and history. The only problem I had w=
as with a large detachment of Knights pounding down the field, it just didn=
't seem right to me somehow as I always felt the Knights were more of an 'E=
lite' force...hit and fade like S.E.A.L's or the SAS <g>, not something you=
found in quantity.
Your idea of limiting the quantity of Knights in the a=
rmy is a valid one...nicely argued.
Carl
Gryphonne IV Geneseed -
http://fr=
eespace.virgin.net/carl.woodrow/epic/
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