Okay, hows about NBC Arty shells?
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Okay, hows about NBC Arty shells?
They DO use those. See the Leman Russ Eradicator.
Imperial Armour 7 also contains examples of Guard regiments (in this case from the Death Korps of Krieg) using chemical weapons, both in artillery and in hand grenades. Chemical artillery was only used in an attempt to contain an enemy breakout that threatened the entire siege line, but poison gas grenades are apparently standard issue for Krieg engineers. We know from the IG codex that Deathstrike missiles can carry biological payloads. The IG codex also mentions the Battle of Baric Six, in which a stolen Deathstrike destroyed two armored companies, a Baneblade, and a hundred orks, which is certainly beyond the scope of the payload we can deploy on the 40K tabletop.
It would be quite cool lol.
You could have a random chart, whenever the Master of Ordnance calls in a strike, roll on the chart to see whats available!
@Aldra: I think I am going to make an Apoc data sheet with that. It will be similar to what you said.
PLEASE HELP WITH DEVELOPMENT!
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Name: Lord General of ordinance.
Fluff: The Lord general of ordinance has the ability to call down any and all firepower that the Imperial guard, Navy and Titan Legions can bring to bear.
Ability:
roll a d6
1-3 - Basilisk battery support: place d3 st9 ap3 large blast templates.
4 - Titan support: place one St D large blast template
5 - Orbital Bombardment place 1 apoc barrage 5 st 10 ap1 template
6 - voice of the God-Emperor (The Lord general calls it all in) place one St D ap1 apoc blast template
Duke
I love this concept.
I would have to 1-3 roll to a full d6+1. After if this guy can call down apoc barrages I'd give the average roll a little more uummph!
I would require him to take a retinue, like the current guard CCS. And Possibly the option to take a transport.
Given his options I would start him at 300pts. Then all the cost for upgrades.
Give him some "field surveyor" rules, stating that he can not move the turn he wishes to fire. And/OR a rule that allows ALL Indirect fire in the army to use his BS when firing, ie you'd subtract his BS from the scatter, even if the unit does not have LOS.
Part of his retinue could be Forward Observer Servitors. He could send them out to designate targets for the on table arty whilst he concentrates on the off table stuff. Or another possibility is to give him his own set of orders he could issue like other officers.
Stuff like Time on target, Precision strike (Copperhead) or Broken Arrow.
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Name: Lord General of ordinance.
Fluff: The Lord general of ordinance has the ability to call down any and all firepower that the Imperial guard, Navy and Titan Legions can bring to bear.
Ability:
roll a d6
1-3 - Basilisk battery support: place d6 st9 ap3 large blast templates.
4 - Titan support: place one St D large blast template
5 - Orbital Bombardment place 1 apoc barrage 5 st 10 ap1 template
6 - voice of the God-Emperor (The Lord general calls it all in) place one St D ap1 apoc blast template
Orders:
- Paint the target: The Lord general may order a single veteran/ storm trooper/ or command squad within 12" or with a vox caster to do nothing this turn if he does this then he may reroll scatter this turn only. the stirke called in from the Lord general (I put the specific units because I wanted to make it a sacrifice, and it isn't something he would leave to a lowly conscripts squad...these guys need to be good under fire as the paint it.)
- Broken arrow: You may not roll on the ability chart if this order is used. The Lord General calls down a high risk strike on a friendly posistion. Place an apoc 5 st10 ap1 bombardment within 6" of a friendly unit, scatter as usual. "Sometimes one must lose a goldfish to kill a shark"
Yep, that looks good. Broken Arrow could be fun! lol