The Fall of Braxis - A Tale of Montreal Gamers!

[Memento Of Prospero]

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-  Query : Nature of the simulation and assets.
+++ Inter Legion full scale planetary conflict simulation. Known Legions involved:
-Legion IV : Iron Warriors - Assets Unknown - Incomplete Data
-Legion VII : Imperial Fists - Assets Unknown - Incomplete Data
- Legion VIII : Night Lords - Assets Unknown - Incomplete Data
- Legion X : Iron Hands - Assets Unknown - Incomplete Data
-Legion XIX : Raven Guard - Assets Unkown - Incomplete Data

- Mechanicum Forces - Assets Unknown - Incomplete Data +++
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This thread will serve to encompass all things relevant to a Heresy campaign we will be hosting in here Montreal. You will come to expect a wide range of topics within this thread ranging from the campaign map movements, battle reports, modelling, painting, scenery and fluff as we build a narrative along with the campaign's evolution. We are set to start in 3 weeks time, so battle preperations will be made. We will be meeting once a month to do campaign moves resolve battles and document any progress either in modelling or fluff. This thread will be picture heavy!

 

The Map will be a Hexboard map, with every unit on the roster being independent and able to occupy squares. So battles will have a different range of points anywhere from a skirmish to a full out apocalypse encounter. Units will gain experience as they survive the campaign and gain renown. I will cover the rules in the next post.

 

We will start the campaign with a fixed 4,000 pts roster, and will periodically expand it until we reach 5,000 points. The roster keeps expanding, units cannot be replaced once purchased, but they can receive upgrades and squad size increases. Primarchs will be available at 5,000 pts.

 

We will eventually devellop the system to include space boarding action and special missions. These missions will not be intended to be 100% balanced, but to make certain specialist units shine.

 

Forging the narrative

With the campaigh initially intended to be a 3 way free for all, we decided to amp this into a good old fashion Loyalists Vs treacherous scumbags.

[Memento Of Prospero]

Hexboard Map movement rules and Misc.

 

HQs must be deployed with a retinue. This will prevent unfortunate character sniping.

 

Infantry move 1 Hex.

 

Bikes, jet bikes, jump infantry, tanks and units in transports 2 Hexes

 

Flyers and super heavy flyers move 3 hexes. They can move over impassible terrain. They can drop troops that are embarked and have the capacity to deepstrike from the flyer if they do not perform a combat action. Super heavy flyers not taking part of a combat action can make an attack run on a adjacent Hex. They cannot capture Hexes unless they have the ability to land and do so. Flyers that are caught landed start the game in that position.

 

Super heavies move 1 hex and have the Lumbering Behemoth special rule. They cannot overrun, and when performing a combat action against a hex without a super heavy, the defending player can choose to immediately fallback 1 hex and allow the super heavy to automatically seize the hex.

 

Drop Pods can be deployed with 3 hexes of your Commander HQ. They must spend a turn to reembark or move normally on the board as per their unit type. The drop pod remains in the Hex it landed in, and a unit must be in that same hex to reembark. If the unit is deploy onto and enemy hex and fails to capture it, It's drop pod is considered destroyed. The unit must fallback to the Commander HQ to redeploy via drop pod or move normally.

 

Attack!

Moving into an occupied hex constitutes a combat action up to one adjacent hex can asssist a square under attack and moves to that hex. If a unit as already moved it's full movement this turn, it cannot assist. If a player succeeds in wining an encounter, they get to overrun 1 hex, once per game turn. This can generate 1 additional combat in the same turn as a result of the movement.

 

 

To the Victor goes the spoils!

Units that survive encounters against experience points. Gaining experience will increase the renown level of the unit and cause it to gain additional rules and titles.

 

Defeated units...

Units that are completely wiped out during a game "die", and respawn at their owner's base on the second following turn as a fresh unit, losing all experience and renown benefits.

 

 

Fortifications Allowance

Every turn, each player gains 50 fortification points. These points can be used to purchase standard fortifications, which will be a permanent fixture to the hex they are built in. This means they can fall into enemy hands. To build the fortification, a unit must be present in the hex, and it must forfeit it's turn to deploy the fortification.

 

 

 

Legion Special Rules

 

Raven Guard

Gather Intelligence - Raven Guard can add +1 or -1 to Initiative or discovery rolls made by his allies or himself. they can support from 2 hexes away if they have enough movement to do so.

 

Coordinated Strike - Raven Guard may reroll reserve rolls, successful or failed.

 

Night Lords

A little gift for you! - Night Lords can buy Tarantula sentry guns with their foritification points

There's something in the air ... - Night Lords can drop Phosphex bombs in hexes where they are engaged, at the cost of 75 fortification points per bomb.

 

Iron Warriors

Trench Warfare - Iron warriors get a 25% pts discount on Aegis Defence lines and Wall of the Martyr.

Earth shattering support - Legion Basilisks can make supporting attack runs up to 2 tiles away.

 

The Mechanicum

Waste not! - For each Legion Astartes infantry unit slain in a winning battle, the Mechanicum can generate D10  Laslock Tech-Thralls.

Want not! - The Mechanicum gets a 25% discount on Void Shield Generators

 

Imperial Fists

Dauntless Denfenders - Imperial fists get a 25% discount on Bastions and Fortresses.

Vaults of Terra - Imperial Fists characters may upgrade a weapon to master crafted for free

 

Iron Hands

Blessing of the Omnissiah - Iron Hands legion tactical squads with Gravtion guns may change their weapon option before deployment.

The Forges of Medusa - Any model with a combi-bolter may upgrade it to a combi weapon for free.

 

 

Scoring Points and Winning the Campaign

Because we went from 3 players to 6, we had to do some modifications. The Campaign will be a race to 500 Victory points, pitting the Loyalists VS the Misunderstood (TRAITORS!)

 

Capturing Hexes

At the end of each game turn, each side scores 1 Victory Point per hex they currently control. Controling an enemy base will be extremely difficult, thus they are worth 5 victory points.

 

Combat Actions

Players will score 2 points for winning a combat action, 1 point for a draw.

 

Misc Objectives

we will introduce objective tiles worth 2-3 victory points later during the campaign.

[Brother Dallo]

This looks really interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. As an aside, do you think anyone actually searches "YOLO" or "swag" on the BnC?

Dallo

[Memento Of Prospero]

This looks really interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. As an aside, do you think anyone actually searches "YOLO" or "swag" on the BnC?

Dallo

**Waves his hand *** These aren't the tags your are looking for.

[Brother Dallo]

"Those are not the tags I am looking for. Move along."

[Memento Of Prospero]

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+++ Additional Data Recovered +++

+++ Legion X : Iron Hands +++

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+++ Clan Tabarn'akk Known Assets (3,500 points)

Iron Father Kholyss

Praetor with Iron Father upgrade : Cataphract Armour, Servo Arm, Thunder Hammer, Cyber Familiar, Combi-Plasma, Cortex Controller

 

Clan Council

4 Legion Cataphract Command : Cyber Familiars, 3 Thunder Hammers, 1 power axe, 4 mixed combi-weapons

 

Sergeant Kol's Ironwrought

20 man Legion Breacher squad: 3 melta guns, sergeant with power sword, artificer armour, melta bombs

 

Sergeant Kamal's Medusan Devils

20 man Legion Tactical squad: sergeant with power fist, artificer armour, melta bombs

 

Gunnery Sergeant Grog's Forge Fires

10 man Legion Tactical Support squad : graviton guns

 

 Apothecarion Conclave

2 Apothecaries : power sword, augury scanner, artificer armour

 

The Fury of Mars Manipule

5 Castellax Battle Automata, flamers, 1 seige wrecker

 

Iron Father Crixus

Contemptor Dreadnought : heavy conversion beamer, heavy flamer, havoc launcher, extra armour

 

Venerable Brother Viktor

Contemptor Dreadnought : 2 kheress assault cannons, havoc launcher extram armour

 

The Hammer of Wrath

Spartan Assault Tank : quad lascannons, twin-linked heavy bolter, heavy bolter, ceramite plating, blessed autosimulacra

 

The Beasts of Burden

2 Landraider Proteus : ceramite plating, bless autosimulacra

 

The Hydra's Hire

Sicaran Battle Tank: heavy bolters, ceramite plating, bless autosimulacra +++

 

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I plan on running a fairly armoured and mobile force. The breachers in the spartan will be mobile reserve, made extremely durable thanks to the apothecary. The Landraiders will taxi my Iron father and command squad and the legion support squad. The Castellax will slog alongside the 20 man tactical squad.

[Millicant]

This is neat. I will be paying attention as this progresses.

[Slips]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH! Just caught the name of your Clan! Oh my god this literally made me LOL! You made my day, good sir.

 

 

Will work on my own introduction post when I figure my list out :P

[Black Cohort]

I hope pictures of the armies will appear.

[Memento Of Prospero]

I hope pictures of the armies will appear.

 

Mine is coming up in a few hours brother ;)

[Slips]

God damnit I'm only just now starting to catch on to the names of some of the Units in your list. ie your Iron Father. Well Played Wolf_Pack, well played.

[Slips]

+++ Additional Data Recovered +++

+++ Legion VII : Imperial Fists +++

+-+ 85th Imperial Fists Company, Under Temporary Command of First Captain Sigismund; known assets (a cheesy 3500 points)

First Captain Sigismund

Pride of the Legion

Captain-Medicae Jules D'Rosar

Primus Medicae Consul : Terminator Armor, Teleportation Transponder, Solarite Power Gauntlet, Vigil Pattern Storm Shield

Medicae-Templari Thax Vron

Primus Medicae Consul : Aritficer Armor, Melta Bombs, Refractor Field, Solarite Power Gauntlet, Volkite Serpenta

Terminator Squad Alpha

5 Terminators, 5 Vigil Pattern Storm Shields, Power Fist, Chain Fist, Thunderhammer, Teleportation Transponder

Terminator Squad Beta

10 Cataphractii Terminators, 2 Reaper Auto Cannons, 2 Pair Of Lightning Claws (they get the Spartan)

Terminator Squad Gamma

10 Terminators, 3 chain Fists, Lightning Claw, Power Fist, 2 Reaper Auto Cannons, Teleportation Transponder

Legion Veteran Tactical Squad

5 Marines, Heavy Bolter and Suspensor Web, Legion vexilla, Nuncio-Vox, Sniper

Venerable Brother Meurs Ostis

Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnought, Two Twin-linked Lascannons, Extra Armor

Venerable Brother Chalize Arsto

Contemptor-Mortis Dreadnought, Two Twin-Linked Autocannons, Extra Armor

Brethren of Sigismund

7 Templar Brethren, Legion Vexilla, Nuncio-Vox, Solarite Power Gauntlet (They get the Phobos.)

Legion Tanks of War

Legion Achilles-Alpha Pattern Land Raider (I only have the non-alpha one with Multi-Meltas I really want to have volkite culverins though)

Legion Sicarian Battle Tank, Armored Ceramite, Lascannons

Legion Spartan Assault Tank, Armored Ceramite, Auxiliary Drive, Dozer Blade, Flare Shield

Legion Land Raider Phobos, Armored Ceramite, Auxiliary Drive, Extra Armor, Dozer Blade.

Post-Edit:

I got a list that has 26 Terminators. 15 of Which can Teleport In. The Storm Shield Squad Being Accompanied by the Primus Medicae. Hell Yeah!

Cataphractii Terminators are getting the Spartan.

Decided to scrap the Seekers in favor of Tac-Vets with a HB, Sniper. They will Ride inside the Achilles.

Got my 2 Mortis' In, yay!

Had to reduce the Number of Templar to fit them all into a Phobos since its 10 Person Limit. But, 7 Templar, Primus Medicae AND SIGISMUND will surely wreck just as hard as my Terminator Spam.

Thanks Black Cohort, for reminding me of this RoW. Flush 3500 Points.

[Black Cohort]

Slipstreams, I think you need a Praetor so you could do a pride of the legion list, it would move all those extra terminators into your troop choices.

[Slips]

....I considered it...

 

 

Actually, you know what? WHY THE HELL NOT! IMMA TAKE SIGISMUND TOO! HELLO PAIN TRAIN!

 

Edit: Remade Intro Post to a 3500 Pride of the Legion Terminator Spam List.

[Memento Of Prospero]

Nice, will be very hard to deal with with all those 2+ saves

My group shot will have to wait, the light conditions were too poor last night. In the meantime I will leave these here, more can be found in my WIP thread just a click away in my signature

Iron Father Kholyss

Clan Council

Kamal's Medusan Devils

Kol's Ironwrought

Grog's Forge Fires

Apothecary Dr Zaeus

The Fury of Mars Manipule

Brother Viktor

Iron Father Crixus

The Hammer of Wrath

Hydra's Ire

[Slips]

Man, being able to see those dreads in person will be quite something :P

[Memento Of Prospero]

It's even more something when they are punching your models in the junk ;)

[Slips]

Well, my Terminator Squad with 3 chain fists would like to say HI :P

[Slips]

So, was going to post a little 'Before' Picture that had my whole list, unpainted, in various states of building but, during washing some of the pieces didn't loose all their release agent...

 

Therefore, in my paranoia, I decided to let them soak overnight :P

[Memento Of Prospero]

I approve of paranoia!

[Slips]

And here it all is post-paranoia and pre-painting.

Of this pic, only the MK IV Ironclad, Chaplain Dread and 5 Cataphractii's aren't going to be used in the initial stages of the Campaign.

In the foreground, for the uninitiated, is a Spartan in its unassembled state. in the Background, 10 destroyers that I'll be using as Vet Tacs with HB in Suspensor Web (their missile launcher.) the spare bolt-pistol holding arms will make for great extra bitz since I'm giving them all bolters.

Only full plastic models there are the Land Raider Phobos (cuz its the only way to get it ) and a GK termy apothecary which will be a Primus Medicae stand-in.

[Memento Of Prospero]

Awesome stuff. Raven guard are inbound!

[Slips]

oooooo, can't wait!

[Memento Of Prospero]

As soon as mods enable his account anyways ;)

[Memento Of Prospero]

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Amidst the deployment zone of his grand-battalion, a Warsmith ponderously makes his way through the earthworks, his terminator armour's every step shaking the ground. As the reports stream into his visor's tactical feed, Radolf Gog surveys the erection of the defense structures and bunkers. He is content with the efficiency of the men under is command - no less is expected of the IV legion, great artisans of war all. The First Lieutenant appears at his side, confirming the final stages. Without looking away from the battlelines, the Warsmith addresses his second in command.

 

"Make ready Iossef, today we prove to our condescending brethren that the Fourth is a worthy legion. Today, we will show them all what it means to be iron within, iron without!"

 

 

Warsmith Radolf Gog, Lord Commander, 97th Grand-Battalion

Legion Preator - Terminator Armor, Combi-Bolter, Paragon Blade

 

Ioseff Scyhlla, First Lieutenant, 97th Grand-Battallion

Legion Preator - Paragon Blade, Bolter, Iron Halo

 

Zadam Huss, Chief Librairian, 97th Grand-Battallion

Librairian - Lv 2, Artificer Armor, Reefractor Field, Force Weapon

 

Squad Poth, Sergeant Pohl Poth

10 man Cataphractii Terminator squad - Plasma Blaster X 2, Power Fist X 2, Lightning Claw X 1

 

Brother Kimill Sung

Contemptor Dreadnought - TW-L Lascannon X 2

 

Brother Zyklon Braun; Brother Farben Sarin - Apothecarion

Apothecaries  - Artificer Armor, Bolt Pisol, Frag-Krak Grenades, Chainsword

 

Rapier Batteries

Thudd Gun X 3

 

Squad Mossol, Sergeant Benedict Mossol

20 man Legion Tactical Squad Sergeant with artificer armor, power fist

 

Squad Godoff,  Sergeant Momar Godoff

20 man Legion Tactical Squad Sergeant with artificer armor, power fist

 

Squad Chesko, Sergeant Nikola Chesko

20 man Legion Tactical Squad Sergeant with artificer armor, power fist

 

Javelin Speeder

Heavy Bolter, Cyclone Miss Launcher

 

Attack Bike Squad

3 Attack Bikes - Multi-Melta X3

 

Squad Franko, Sergeant Franz Franko

10 Iron Havocs - Missile Launcher X 5, Lascannon X5, Sergeant with Artificer armour

 

Predator Squad

2 Predators - 2x Heavy Bolter Sponsons

 

Vindicator

 

Spartan

Ceramite Plating, Flare Shield, Sponson Quad Lascannons, Hull mounted Heavy Bolter, Extra Armor