Jervis answers FAQ's

[Cheexsta]

I was waiting for the funny, BUT THE FUNNY NEVER CAME

I found it amusing, if only because I was reading it with Jervis' voice in my head...

Anyway, this article actually sounds interesting. Might flip through it and see what kind of answers there actually are.

[The Shadow King]

I didn't think much of Sisters, until I saw the White Dwarf codex. I would buy an Sisters army now if I had the money, as the new mechanics impressed me, seeming both fun and effective.

[Revarien]

Waited five years for a new SoB book only to get one where SoB played a relatively minor part and were squished together with a bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with the Ecclesiarchy based on the most flimsy retcon.

As a very very avid Sister of Battle player, I have to say that fluff wise: the sisters have almost no business traveling to a different planet with a force as large as 2000pts would grant, unless it were a special request by the inquisition. The reason I say this, is that they are content to send squads and a maybe a small contingent out, but a whole army? That would leave a shrine and reliquaries unguarded. The only thing that I think could get them to do that is a special request (whether they listen is a different matter). Even the force that went to repopulate/retake sanctuary 101 was around 1000pts (in game mechanics-wise).

I love the sisters, but no fluff I have ever read would ever justify the army traveling around, unless it by inquisitorial request... or even possibly special astartes request.

This is why I think having an inquisitor (albiet I don't think an ordo mallius inquisitor is appropriate... they have other resources and channels) and the inquisitor's resources in a Sister book is accurate. Do I think they should domineer the book? Absolutely not. Should they be an option. Very much yes.

[ara989]

As a very very avid Sister of Battle player, I have to say that fluff wise: the sisters have almost no business traveling to a different planet with a force as large as 2000pts would grant, unless it were a special request by the inquisition. The reason I say this, is that they are content to send squads and a maybe a small contingent out, but a whole army? That would leave a shrine and reliquaries unguarded. The only thing that I think could get them to do that is a special request (whether they listen is a different matter). Even the force that went to repopulate/retake sanctuary 101 was around 1000pts (in game mechanics-wise).

I love the sisters, but no fluff I have ever read would ever justify the army traveling around, unless it by inquisitorial request... or even possibly special astartes request.

This is why I think having an inquisitor (albiet I don't think an ordo mallius inquisitor is appropriate... they have other resources and channels) and the inquisitor's resources in a Sister book is accurate. Do I think they should domineer the book? Absolutely not. Should they be an option. Very much yes.

I always did find attacking Sisters armies to be a bit out of place. We tended to shoehorn our local Sisters player into the defensive role whenever he felt like putting his ladies on the table.

[calltoarms]

I guess it's a sign of the times that it's no longer one of their FAQ's to ask "When will Squats be back."

[Dlatrex]

Sisters on the way to being Squatted?

[ozybonza]

As a very very avid Sister of Battle player, I have to say that fluff wise: the sisters have almost no business traveling to a different planet with a force as large as 2000pts would grant, unless it were a special request by the inquisition. The reason I say this, is that they are content to send squads and a maybe a small contingent out, but a whole army? That would leave a shrine and reliquaries unguarded. The only thing that I think could get them to do that is a special request (whether they listen is a different matter). Even the force that went to repopulate/retake sanctuary 101 was around 1000pts (in game mechanics-wise).

I love the sisters, but no fluff I have ever read would ever justify the army traveling around, unless it by inquisitorial request... or even possibly special astartes request.

This is why I think having an inquisitor (albiet I don't think an ordo mallius inquisitor is appropriate... they have other resources and channels) and the inquisitor's resources in a Sister book is accurate. Do I think they should domineer the book? Absolutely not. Should they be an option. Very much yes.

But it seems that when it was written that way back in 2nd ed when they were released (and throughout 3rd/4th with the Witchhunters codex) sisters were mainly pitches as "allies" for IG/SM, rather than standalone armies. The fluff fit the marketing strategy. I'm happy for the fluff to change in that regard.

[eldargal]

The new fluff in the WD book helps with that, it hints at the possibility of their being far, far more SoB then the original books imply, plenty for their to be expeditionary forces as well garrison forces in shrines and such. When there were only 12000 odd SoB in the Imperium it didn't really work so well.

[Psychosplodge]

Didn't the original fluff specify "countless minor orders"? or am I starting to go senile?

[andrewm9]

Sisters have always had their Wars of Faith which they have every business going into. They are more than a defensive force. In fact the way their rules are constructed they do poorly if they mainly defensive IMO.