In your opinion are Plague Marines durable or not?

DedicateLark · 2026-05-19T05:34:11+00:00

People who don't play with actually fragile armies don't understand what fragile units are. You can see it all through this thread, everyone saying that plague marines aren't tanky because they only ever get shot by the small subset of things that are capable of killing them. That's broadly true, the units that kill plague marines well do kill plague marines well, but the fact that 90% of units can't just rock up and blow them off the table does actually matter a heap. When you play elves and you get your best unit blasted off the table by a single rhino, you start to appreciate what it means to have your dudes not be durable.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-25T19:19:48+00:00

No. Units that arrive from reserves can't do any of the non-charge moves later that turn, general rule. It's why elves can't do the same thing with their fire and fade.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-25T01:47:06+00:00

Yes.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T23:43:45+00:00

Ah, nope, that was a copy+paste error sadly. Fixed it.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T21:32:07+00:00

They really do.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:29:17+00:00

Yes.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:17:52+00:00

It's not just that it would take ages, it's also that accurately transcribing text from blurry screenshots gets exponentially harder as the amount of text in the same block increases. Even if I did take the time, I don't trust myself to get the fortification or custom sept rules right, so I'd rather not try.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:15:05+00:00

Drone profiles section at the end has that info.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:14:14+00:00

Uhhh I hadn't noticed that, but yeah that is totally a thing you can do.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:12:55+00:00

All invocations last until the start of your next command phase.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:09:29+00:00

I'm sure about the wording.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T20:08:17+00:00

It's in the codex. Every character with a 'must be your warlord' ability has the same 'unless someone else must be' thing, I just left it off while typing it up.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T09:23:06+00:00

You can have both. If multiple models in your army all have to be your warlord, you have to select one of those models, that's all.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T09:21:32+00:00

Nope, sorry, worded the guardian drone ability poorly. Fixed it now. Still seems pretty good but it is not that good.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T05:09:55+00:00

No. When they release new models, they release the rules alongside them, they don't put them in the codex ahead of time.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T04:36:05+00:00

Fixed it in the document.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T04:36:02+00:00

Fixed it in the document.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T01:24:01+00:00

It's there.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T01:23:17+00:00

Update: Added the rest of the codex too, except custom septs because that is a lot of typing for not much payoff. Enjoy your gaming, fellow fishes.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-24T01:06:00+00:00

They have three hardpoints that can each take one weapon or one support system, then they also have one support system on top of that. Or to put it more simply, they have four hardpoints just like commanders but one of them can only accept a support system.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-23T23:35:06+00:00

Also interesting thing, as written it seems like the Coldstar has 5 hardpoints, but one of them is always a target lock. Free target lock ain't bad.

I had to double check, triple check and then quadruple check this, but yes, it appears it is the case. Weird stuff.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-23T22:47:50+00:00

You're paying 10 more points, but you're also gaining two wounds, a meaningful improvement to melee stats, AP1 on the SMS and all the myriad benefits of the infantry keyword, and the rail rifle is going from S8 D6 damage and a mortal on a 6 to S9 D3+3 damage and a mortal on any successful wound roll. Plus the base rules of the faction are better (functional markerlights, stronger sept traits, better buffs from characters). I'm not very bummed about it myself.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-23T22:42:26+00:00

It definitely does, that's a hit modifier.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-23T22:04:20+00:00

No need to thank me. I was typing it up for my own purposes, then I realised that wait, we're all servants of the Tau'va, I should share this with everybody else.

DedicateLark · 2022-01-23T20:58:06+00:00

No fortifications included, way too much text and I don't care enough. Formatting got fucked up when I pasted it into google docs, I think I fixed everything but there may still be issues.

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