After several years of total war, it is possible that the belligerents have forgotten the initial cause of hostilities. A variation of the hunt requires a number of Aspirants to hunt a single target, though only one may claim victory. Black Templars are filled with a righteous power and hatred for the witch and heretic, even beyond that of other Chapters. After the invasion of their icy death world of Fenris, the First Battle of the Fang occurred between the two rival forces. Through the machinations of the Unforgiven's Inner Circle, its members are eternally vigilant, never resting in the hunt for the Fallen -- those Renegade Space Marines who followed the First Legion's second-in-command, Luther, into damnation when they split off from the Dark Angels Space Marine Legion ten-thousand Terran years ago in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. Perhaps the single most important consideration in creating your own Chapter is the source of its gene-stock, and how "pure" the Chapter's inheritance is. Warhammer 40K: Is GW Secretly Working On A Traitor Guard Army? Often these are unique artefacts predating the Age of Imperium, or in the case of the Dark Angels' Fortress-Monastery a vast chunk of planetary debris hollowed out and fitted with the very largest of warp drives. Sometimes the flaw is linked to a nigh-catastrophic genetic malfunction, but just as often it is tied to the essential nature of the Progenitors Primarch, the stock from which they recruit or to some other, inexplicable factor. Codex: Kroot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Codex: Kroot Usage CC0 1.0 Universal Topics Warhammer, Game Component, T'au Empire, Kroot, Playable Army, Fanmade, Unofficial, Codex, 40K, Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40K, War Games, War Gaming, TTG, Tabletop Game Collection opensource Language English This is an oft-used, lazy plot device that is commonly used by new writers in one of two ways, either to make a Chapter skip a few centuries, to avoid centuries worth of backstory and campaigns to write about, as well as to explain away why one of their Chapter's companies split from their parent Chapter, to eventually become their own separate Chapter. One must be careful to not make these rivalries too heavy on strife between the various Chapters. Fleet-based Chapters makes their homes on vast space-going vessels. When the Chapter's genetic curse manifests in one of its Battle-Brothers, it usually progresses in three stages. Subject: Homebrew MLP Codex (updated to v1.5) nicaetinismo. Below is listed the most common special equipment utilised by the various Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes: Every Chapter has its own "Chapter cult," the body of beliefs and practices unique to itself. Thunderhawk gunships are able to carry up to three squads of Space Marines, and some are modified to carry bike squads. This point may affect how often a character encounters Battle-Brothers from his own Chapter, whether or not they serve in the Deathwatch, how he interacts with them when he does so. The first among these, and a complete no-brainer as a release, is Codex: Ultramarines. Other worlds are heavily irradiated, by the processes of industry or by the effects of local celestial phenomena. Such worlds are rarely highly populated, unless hives have been built to house a workforce, and even then, vast tracts of the surface is left untouched and unexplored by all but hardy desert nomads, mutant clans or those who wish to avoid unwanted attention. Therefore, you cannot say your Chapter is an ally of such enigmatic Astartes. In writing terms, this is relevant because players may want to know how closely the new Chapter resembles its Progenitor. After the Horus Heresy and the resultant Second Founding reforms of the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Wolves Legion was divided into two Chapters: the new Space Wolves Chapter, which was not compliant with the dictates of the Codex Astartes and retained the name of its parent Legion, and the second Chapter which took the name of the Wolf Brothers. The Dark Angels and their Successors (also known as The Unforgiven) have a shadowy past hidden by the weight of history and shrouded in the smoke and blood of the Horus Heresy itself. One method is a vision, imposed by way of psychic intrusion by one of the Chapter's Librarians. preferring instead to resolve the conflict with their own forces. A Battle-Brother that underwent a Blood Duel Trial before being accepted into the ranks of their Chapters Neophytes have reason to be supremely confident in their ability to accept any challenge and face any foe. Over ten thousand years of constant warfare throughout the entire galaxy, the Imperium has fought every variation of conflict imaginable. Battlezone codices were rules supplements that dealt with a specialised combat environment, instead of an army. To their detractors, it made them more beasts than men. Worlds with a medieval level of technology might use highly-ritualised forms of swordplay, while the most advanced worlds would have access to all manner of lethal weaponry. Entire cities are reduced to rubble, bitter enemies fight hand-to-hand in the ruins, refusing to surrender a single city block. Purges are brutal affairs, and often trigger a full-scale uprising. It might be that mutant or psyker populations have been allowed to expand unchecked. A Chapter's Fortress-Monastery on such a world is likely to be regarded by the populace as some impregnable keep where great heroes reside, and the subject of vast bodies of myth and legend. Perhaps the most well-known example of a Space Marine home world falling into this category is Macragge, home of the Ultramarines Chapter. They are slow to anger and rarely make a rash decision. Get the lastest community news through Games Workshop's official community website. The Ultramarines Chapter is at once the exemplar of everything a Space Marine aspires to, and the template by which he acts, fights and worships. When the Chapter's genetic curse manifests itself in an affected Battle-Brother, it comes on in three stages: Since the death of Chapter Master Orlando Furioso at the hands of the Daemon Prince Periclitor, the Howling Griffons have fostered and nurtured a deep and unrelenting hatred of the Word Bearers, and a vow to seek retribution against them and their lord Periclitor no matter the cost. Habitable worlds are a scarce resource in the galaxy, and Mankind is not the only race to have called many worlds home over the aeons. This is both lazy and unimaginative. Indeed, many Chapters prefer to keep their recruiting stock as "pure" as possible, trapping them as flies in amber in the state that makes them such ideal Aspirants in the first place. It has already been established that the only likely Successor Chapter Founded from their gene-seed (Without the Grey Knights permission of course!) A Feral World savage might be deposited in a hive city, for example, or a Hive Worlder in a predator-infested Death World jungle. Plenty of Chapters use more generalised icons such as the Imperial aquila, skulls and wings, combined in various forms. The Ultramarines are by far the best known and most celebrated Adeptus Astartes Chapter in the long and bloody history of the Imperium of Man. Another common variation of this Trial is exposure to pain. The Chapter holds the Emperor as the ultimate object of its devotions. Worlds afflicted by total war soon become a blackened wasteland bearing no resemblance to their former state. This section presents just a few possible Chapter cults, and having some idea of their nature and history is a great way to add depth to a Chapter's character. The frightening potency of the Canis Helix is legendary, and has accounted for the loss of the lives of millions of Aspirants as their bodies writhe and churn in anguish. This comes with the added danger that much of the sort of lore the Blood Ravens seek is dangerous in and of itself, either as proscribed texts or things touched and tainted by the Warp. The following Demeanours are intended to represent the characteristics that might be displayed by Chapters that have some measure of their own tradition and history, yet still maintain some links with their Progenitor and other Chapters. Oftentimes the finished scrimshaws are worn as jewelry and ornamentation, particularly by the Chapter's officers. Long-settled planets are riven by pollution, the toxic waste of thousands of years of industry seeping into the very bedrock and raining from the skies in a constant downpour. Very few defenders can withstand such an attack, and it is not uncommon for the entire chain of command to collapse when the upper echelons are attacked in this way. There are no such thing as Gue'vesa Space Marines. Using Shooting, combat and Save modifiers. During the Daemon Primarch's rampage in The Fang's fleshchambers he was confronted by Wolf Priest Hraldir. A tiny proportion have been settled, but life there is a daily, even hourly struggle for survival where one false step spells death at the slavering maw of some hideous Death World predator. They just aren't nice. The Blood Angels are one of the 20 First Founding Legions of the Space Marines and were originally the IXth Legion before the Second Founding broke the Legiones Astartes up into separate Chapters comprised of 1,000 Space Marines. It is up to the author to craft these stories and decide which path each game will follow. This is especially likely to be the case with Chapters of a later Founding, who maintain less in the way of contact with the Progenitor than older, more closely-tied Successors. A combination of low temperature and high amounts of liquid has swathed the world in ice. At the conclusion of the trials, those few Aspirants that have been deemed worthy are taken away, invariably never to see their people again. All Rights Reserved to their respective owners. Establishing new Astartes Chapters on an individual basis is nigh impossible (with the sole exceptions of the Sons of Medusa and the Steel Confessors Chapters) -- the mobilisation of such vast resources is beyond the ability of any single segment of the Imperium. They make ideal Space Marine recruits, and whole gangs of city-scum are sometimes hunted down and made to undergo the Trials. There are a myriad of other concerns too. Although the Adeptus Astartes are by definition the masters of every aspect of war, many Chapters come to favour one style of combat over others. Conversely, perhaps the Chapter's actions earned it the disapproval of some Imperial body. Battle-Brothers of the Ultramarines Chapter know well their place among the Adeptus Astartes and the importance of their Chapter to both the Imperium and the Emperor. While most Chapters take little part in the affairs of the population of their home world, some involve themselves to varying degrees. This is certainly the case with the Salamanders Chapter, who favour flame-effect weapons in imitation of their namesake. Even if the environment is capable of supporting life, the character of that life varies greatly from one world to the next. A Fortress-Monastery built upon an Uninhabited World. Generally reserved, Raven Guards stay in the shadows until the right time to speak. Equally, an army of rebels or secessionists may have seen its more fanatical members killed off or martyred in the initial battles, but continue to fight because to surrender would be to face the inevitable vengeance of the Imperium's justice. With his death, there were none left alive within the Chapter who understood his work, and the necessary genetic alteration equipment had been utterly destroyed. For the Blood Ravens, this flaw is based on their hunger for forbidden knowledge and their obsessive quest for the truth behind their creation. Perhaps a Chapter stood alongside a particular Imperial Guard regiment during an especially gruelling campaign, and witnessed the sacrifice and nobility of the common Imperial Guard trooper. the Emperor in his darkest days. Races such as the Tyranids are capable of wreaking such havoc upon a planet's eco-system that this is the only way of fighting them face-to-face. Vast populations grow or are imported to service the industry that such resources spawns. In all of their duties, from battle to study, the Ultramarines are thorough, analytical, and attentive to every detail. is not always transferred over in a pure form. The Space Marines are colloquially known as the "Angels of Death" in many quarters, in no small part due to the common practice of launching an orbital assault by way of drop pod. Though there have been recorded incidents within GW established canon where a lost company has decided not to return to their parent Chapter, and has decided to strike out on their own, this doesn't mean that they have become a different entity. Expansions for Warhammer 40,000 provide alternative ways to play the game. Codex: Inquisition is a Codex for the 6th Edition of the Games Workshop table top game Warhammer 40,000. Releases photo-chromatic skin pigments to protect against radiation. The Blood Angels Successor Chapters, with the exception of the Angels Vermillion, hold a deep respect and loyalty for the Blood Angels and stand united with their brethren with an intensity rarely found among the Successors of other Chapters. The industrial might of the Imperium's Forge worlds and Hive worlds makes it possible for entire armies to be equipped with the mightiest of armoured war machines. 7th Edition was released May 2014. The scars of these battles would change them, as would their reunification with their Primarch Lion El'Jonson and the introduction of fresh blood from his adopted world of Caliban, a Death World dominated by warlike, feudal society of techno-barbarians. Although the Adeptus Terra prefer to leave the administration of the Imperium's worlds to the duly appointed Imperial Commanders, there are times when circumstances dictate that elements of that world's population be removed for the good of the entire region. While some cities remain viable, others fail, and eventually fall to destitution and ruin. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! In a society where an infant is more or less guaranteed to reach maturity without becoming the prey to some ravening predatory beast or being enslaved by a rival tribe, the survival instinct is comparatively low and unlikely to produce suitable raw material for the Space Marines. To the average Imperial subject, even a single Space Marine is a sight of such awe and legend that the merest thought of rebellion is impossible to countenance. Trade wars escalate to open conflicts and the planetary militias are used not to defend against attackers but to capture territory from bitter competitors. The Ultramarines became so large, growing to a size that included over 100,000 Astartes, that a new, larger unit of division, the Chapter, was created to better organise the XIII Legion's forces. In order to have a Successor Chapter a homebrew Chapter must be both. The Ultramarines Legion was the largest of those bodies raised to prosecute the Great Crusade so long ago, and as a result it provided the largest number of Chapters when the Second Founding occurred in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. For over ten thousand years, the Adeptus Astartes have fought alongside and against other Space Marines in countless battles. Only the most exceptional of Civilised Worlds ever provide recruits to the Adeptus Astartes, and these are generally societies with a strong warrior code imbued by hundreds of generations of service, perhaps rigorously enforced by a ruling military elite. In time it grows, encompassing all forms of alien life, even those of little interest or threat to the Imperium, until eventually they cannot bear to see the xenos live, even at the cost of prudent tactics and the strained measures of battlefield diplomacy. combined with the categories previously described, some are mutually exclusive. Several Chapters are known to make use of the Challenge Trial, including the Ultramarines, Imperial Fists, Storm Wardens and Iron Snakes. Just because there is a GW chapter that has something, doesn't mean it's a good thing to do for your chapter 'just because'. Forge Worlds offers tons of useful units and items that could work great. Targets are selected so as to cause maximum disruption of enemy command and control nets, with precision strikes called against leaders and communication nodes so that once coherent armies are reduced to disparate masses of uncoordinated and utterly demoralised mobs. Known as The Flaw, these genetic curses known separately as the Red Thirst and the Black Rage. All images and instances on this website used without permission. To feel what Dorn felt. The Imperial Fists are one of the First Founding Chapters of the Space Marines and were originally the VIIth Legion of the Legiones Astartes raised by the Emperor Himself from across Terra during the Unification Wars. One thing that sets a Chapter apart from another are the individual pieces of equipment that the Chapter prefers to carry into battle. In most cases, the predators in question are autochthonic beasts native to the world, but sometimes they have been deliberately introduced in order to retard the culture's development, ensuring that their every moment is a fight for survival and cultivating the most promising recruits possible. Codex Supplements have their parent faction noted in brackets. were already deliberately expunged from all known Imperial records and archives before the onset of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. Though far from mindless berserkers, they are certainly possessed of a feral exuberance for battle. Having determined which First Founding Legion provided the basis of the new Chapter's gene-stock, then one has to determine the gene-stock's purity. (See 11, This Founding occurred in the mid to late-M35. The Aspirant may be plunged into a trance-like state during which he is subjected to all manner of horrific visions or irresistible temptations. War in the 41st Millennium is not subject to moral laws or strategic logic; it is a matter of faith, and faith is the one thing for which men will willingly die. A Blood Ravens Space Marine can become consumed by his thirst for knowledge if he is not careful in his pursuit. The vast majority of Space Marine Chapters are descended from the Ultramarines, and as such adhere to the dictates of the Codex Astartes. Those Aspirants who survive must eventually fight one another for the honour of claiming victory. The construction of a Chapter's fortress-monastery may be one of the greatest undertakings of all, drawing on the genius of the Imperium's most accomplished military architects. Thomas / Goatboy. The main background support for this case is the quote above. Although unwavering in their faith in the Emperor of Mankind and His dream of human unity as embodied in the Imperium of Man, the Iron Hands also believe that human flesh is weak and easily corruptible, and strive to replace their organic bodies with more "pure" bionic substitutes, thus closely emulating the faith of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Cult of the Machine. Good examples of this would be Kevin's tactically flexible Regal Skulls or my the reckless duelists of The Swords of Davion. Where the Space Marine Legions had once served as the Imperium's primary frontline military forces, that role was given over to the newly created Imperial Guard, which had been created from the remains of the Imperial Army in the wake of the Heresy. Horus Heresy: How to Build a Narrative Army. The nature of this Trial varies hugely from Chapter to Chapter and world to world. The profound misery of a Primarch. With literally thousands of custom Chapter that exist online at any given time throughout the realm of the internet, many readers will notice common story lines and clichs that tend to permeate many fan-made Space Marine Chapters. Some Exposure Trials test the Aspirant's fortitude in a specific environment. After the resurrection of the long dead Ultramarines Primarch Roboute Guilliman from his deathless slumber, the Avenging Son immediately set out on his Terran Crusade, to seek and audience with his father, the Emperor of Mankind. A Sergeant's badge of rank is a skull and is often displayed on the left shoulder pauldron. The Raven Guard is one of the original First Founding Chapters of the Space Marines and was originally the XIXth Space Marine Legion before the Second Founding and the adoption of the Codex Astartes. Some of these Aspirants strike out on their own, even turning on their fellows when the opportunity arises. The potential size of the Black Templars has resulted in close scrutiny by some of the more Puritan members of the Inquisition. The Battle- Brothers of some Chapters are focused and relentless in close combat, while others are frenzied and nigh uncontrollable. Many of these Chapters travel the galaxy in vast circuits, taking centuries to pass through a single segmentum, while others limit their movements to ancient, hereditary spheres of influence and areas of responsibility. The exact opposite of those who revere the purity of the human form, there are those Chapters that believe that the flesh is weak and that only steel can withstand both time and the rigours of eternal war. Mighty battle tanks can smash through the wreckage of once proud buildings, but they are vulnerable to lone enemies armed with tank-busting melta weapons. How does the Chapter govern its home world? What started out as just an idea of a simple handful of units from the Adeptus Mechanicus and Chaos Space Marine lists quickly grew in ambition and scope until it turned into a full 120 page homemade codex, borrowing and/or modifying some units, but also creating a bunch of fresh ones. It may even be the case that a local expression of the Imperial Cult has been declared heretical, and its adherents must be hunted down and punished. Warhammer 40k is a franchise created by Games Workshop, detailing the far future and the grim darkness it holds. Some writers might prefer a more subtle approach (Example: Space Wolves, not Space Vikings, though the overall theme is quite obvious). In this way, an uncertain number of Unforgiven Chapters have been created, each giving every outward appearance of fighting their own wars for the Imperium, while secretly aiding in the Dark Angels' hidden hunt. The Imperial Fists for example lack the Betcher's gland and sus-an membrane zygotes, their gene-stock having becoming unstable, and this trait has been inherited by many of their Successors, including the Black Templars. A common feature of this style of warfare is the unimaginable cost in lives of taking any ground at all. Such Chapters often maintain close links with the Adeptus Mechanicus, and the Omnissiah is likely to feature to some degree in their religious practices. These traditions come with a rigorous adherence to honour and burning hunger for glory that can lead a Storm Warden to make reckless decisions to uphold the name of his Chapter and earn himself renown among his peers. Nearly every Space Marine created since the First Founding possesses nineteen specialised organs derived from this gene-seed. Such weighty secrets can come to press heavily on a Battle-Brother's soul: It is unknown whether the controlled savagery of the White Scars came originally from Jaghatai Khan, or from the wild and fierce people of Chogoris themselves, or even some combination of the two, but whatever the cause, there is a ferocity within their hearts and their blood that grants them great power, but which also threatens to consume all that they are and damn them. This article, How to Create a Homebrew Space Marine Chapter, is part of WH40K Homebrew Wiki's "Guide" articles.
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