Forces of the Mechanicus

[Empirespy]

I will eventually do my entire guard/mechanicus army, but to start off with, I'm doing my Tech lord and retinue. Here goes, I've done a break down of the cost so that it's easier to get a good points cost;

Model	Ws	Bs	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv	Points
Tech Lord	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	10	2+4+	160
Tech Guard	4	4	4	3	1	4	2	9	2+	60

Tech Priest	See Imperial Guard Codex
Servitor	See Imperial Guard Codex

Tech lord (100p)
Equipment;
Staff of the Omnhisaar (35p)
Counts as a power fist except for against vehicles it rolls 2D6 for penetration and has a +1 modifier on damage

Excuisite Pistol (20p)
Counts as a Master crafted bolt pistol and Melta

Blessing of the Omnissiah (5p)
The Tech Lord may attempt to fix any vehicle in base contact in the shooting phase on a roll of a 4+, +1 for each additional servitors or Tech priests with servo arms. If passed, the vehicle may remove it's immobilised status or replace a destroyed weapon result, the controlling players choice.

May take a retinue of upto;
10 servitors; +15 each
5 techguard; +60 each
5 tech preists; +45 each
But the unit (including tech lord) must not exceed 15 models.

Any number of servitors may replace their sevo arm with a Heavy bolter for 15 each, plasma cannon or Multimelta for 25 each

Techguard
Equipment;
Power weapon, Melta bombs, frag and krak grenades

Special rules
Sworn protectors
The Tech guard have the counter attack universal special rule as well as 'look out...aaargh!' as detailed in Imperial Guard Codex.

C&C please, I used points references from the IG codex and SM codex, so it may not be entiirerly balanced. More to come

[cheminhaler]

I like the idea. In fact I've been banging on about the need for a mechanicus list for quite some time now.

If you need inspiration read 'Dark Apostle' by Antony Reynolds, as there is a tech-guard (and an Elysian) army in it, fighting against the diabolical Word Bearers.
Lots of mechanicus units are described ; hypaspists (I think they're half-tracked servitors with multi-laser arms), praetorians (up-gunned servitors), some kind of super heavy sonic weapon platform and the usual tech-guard and servitors. There are 'electro-priests' described in other books, who can shoot lightning out of their modified arms, plus they have access to most if not all STC tech.

[Havoc]

Titanicus book has quite good info on skitaari/tech-guard.

Alright
Tech lord (Tech-Magos?)
does the he cost 100 or 160? You have two price tags for him.
His stats: Is he wearing TDA or where does he get his save? otherwise stats seem to be somewhat legit for senior member of Admech.
Wargear: What are his starting weapons?
You know it would be much easier if you replaced Excuisite Pistol with Infernus pistol from C:BA.
Staff: Ok it is chainfist.
Blessing: This should come as free IMHO.

Tech guard
Who are these guys? Skitaari?
Why they have so high Armor Save?
Otherwise good, but more options could be nice (Ranged weapons, Special CCW etc)

Retinue
Apparently i can buy 10 servitors for 15p.

[Empirespy]

Oh sorry I didn't make it clear;
the cost of the Techlord is 160p, I've just broken down where the I've chosen to add points, so I've said that the base tech lord would cost 100p, but he comes with the Staff of the Omnissiah, Excuisite Pistol and Blessing of the Omnissiah as standard, and that each one makes up that much of the cost of the model. It was mainly an aid for me to help try and balance it.
OK some fluff and some more rules;

The Tech lord is the equivalent of a planetary governor, he runs the mechanicus controlled world of Leryus. As he is such a powerful person in the hierarchy of the world, it would only be fitting for him to have the most exotic and best equipment, and so he has a custom built armour system, similar in durability and mobility to that of astarte artificer armour, and also incorporates a powerful shield emitter, protecting him from harm. He has a small force of mechanically augmented guards, the Tech Guard, who protect the secrets of the mechanicus, many of which are buried in the mind of the Tech lord himself. They wear similar armour to the Tech lord, almost identical to the untrained eye, which afford similar amounts of protction, although they do not contain the extravagant shield generator. They know that they must put their own lives into risk to protect the many secrets of the Omnissiah, but they are not mindless like servitors, they are in fact very quick of thought, and will not simply jump in front of their master when they could save their master and themselves, as they can then live to protect for longer. They have a wide arsenal to choose from, from widely used equipment, to experimental new technologies, they are always prepared for any situation they may encounter.

Any Tech Guard may take the following equipment additional equipment;
A Power Fist;................25p
A Storm bolter;.............10p
A Lightning claw;..........20p
A Storm Shield;.............15p
Defensive grenades......2p
Distortion grenades......10p

Any Tech Guard may replace it's power weapon with;
A Power fist;.................................15p
A Lightning claw;..........................10p
A Master crafted power weapon;.5p
A Conversion beamer;..................20p
A Servo lifter;................................10p


Distortion grenades; Sends out a mater fractionation field, distorting the flow of times pace in the vicinity, causes assaulting units to count as assaulting into cover, including difficult terrain test.

Servo lifter; a powerful motorised arm that can lift great weights, and also crush with devastating force. The player may decide to use the servo arm instead of its normal attacks, and if it does, it gets 1 power fist attack that causes instant death against models with a wounds value, and adds +1 to penetration rolls against vehicles.

Special ammunition; The storm bolter can be equipped with any of the following ammunition types at 5 points per type. Each type can be used multiple times during the battle.
Hellfire rounds; SEE SPACE MARINE CODEX
Mass detonation rounds; Each round has an explosive charge at the back of the bullet, releasing the shrapnel within. Each hit causes D6 wounds
Plasma core rounds; Each round has a highly unstable core of a plasma, each ready to blow, needing extreme care when loading and fireing.

Ammunition type	Range	S	AP	Type
Standard	SEE	SPACE	MARINE	CODEX
Helfire	SEE	SPACE	MARINE	CODEX
Mass detonation	18"	4	6	Assault 2*

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[Havoc]

There are already plasma bolter rounds aka Vengeance Rounds.
Mass detonation rounds seem to be quite OTT when compared to their closest equivalent which is metal storm rounds from C:SM

Although it may be somewhat balanced when considering that even small unit of two TG on foot cost more than fully geared tactical squad.

Are you going to give them option for transport?

[Empirespy]

I haven't decided on what sort of transport they should have, any ideas are welcome, as al I can think of is a translithopide from the Eisenhorn books I'm going to try and read some of these books you suggest soon, It may help me get some more inspiration.

Any ways, some more standard troops now;

Legio Cybernetica savants;
These are the foot soldiers of the forces of Leryus, their once mortal bodies have now been augmented beyond recognition, what was once weak flesh and brittle bones has been replaced with steel and adamantium, their thought processes have been quickened tenfold, an what was once eyes are now terrible, glaring red bionic replacements. Their bionics are powerful and compact, making them deceptively strong, at least 3 times a standard humans strength. with these enhancments, they all stand at an impressive 2.33 meters tall, and are clad in carapace armour they march tirelessly into battle under the mighty banner of the mechanicus. They are armed with simple slug throwing assault carbines, similar to the auto rifle, although it is more compact, with a small tactical flamer attachment, to route enemies out of cover. They also carry frag grenades, and enough supplies to last them many weeks without support. A squad ranges from small insertion teams, to larger squads for holding key objectives. Quite often a higher ranking Priest will accompany them, normally an Electro-priest. The skins of Electro-priests are engraved with a metallic electoo circuit which spirals around their bodies and interfaces with their minds, allowing them to build up a tremendous current of electrical energy. As they enter battle they chant Cult litanies, building up their electric energy and driving themselves into a frenzy of destruction. Due to the need to have the electoo circuits exposed, they don't wear armour, but instead the electro magnetic field given off by the circuits causes most attacks to be deflected away. Another common leader of Legio Cybernetica squads are Iron priests, Tech priests who are able to adapt to situations quickly, and find creative and effective solutions to problems.

Model	Ws	Bs	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv	Points
Legio Cybernetica savant	3	4	4	3	1	3	1	7	4+	9
Electro-priest	3	4	4	3	1	3	2	8	X+*	20
Iron priest	3	4	4	3	1	3	2	9	4+	10

Squad; 5-20

Equipment;
Legio Cybernetica savants-Carapace armour, Assault carbine, Krak grenades, Close combat weapon
Electro-priest- Electoo circuit
Iron priest-Carapace armour, Bolt pistol, Close combat weapon, Frag and Krak grenades

Options;
One model may be upgraded to an
Electro-priest... +20p
Iron priest........ +10p

One model may replace his carbine for one of the following Heavy weapons;
Heavy bolter.......+10p
Autocannon........+10p
Multi melta.........+15p
Lascannon.........+20p
Heavy flamer......+20p
Plasma Cannon....+30p

Up to 3 models may replace their carbine for one of the following weapons;
Flamer...............+5p Each
Storm bolter.......+10p Each
Long rifle...........+10p Each
Melta gun..........+15p Each
Plasma gun........+15p Each

Weapon	Range	S	AP	type
Assault carbine	24"	3	-	Assault 2
Long rifle	48"	X	2	Heavy 1, Sniper

Electro-priest

Electoo circuits
The electoo circuit make the Electro-priest count as having a power weapon and having defensive and assault grenades. At the start of each Electro-priest's turn, the Electro-priest generates D3+1 Energy tokens, and he may expend them in the movement phase in following ways;
Power surge; The Electro-priest sends a surge of energy out through the unit, giving them incredible speed. The unit gains fleet and move though cover until the next player turn. This costs 1 Energy token per 5 models in the unit (including the Electro-priest himself)
Energy blast; The Electro-priest losens off a bolt of electricity into an enemy unit. This is counted as a shooting attack With the following profile;

Number of Tokens expended	Range	S	AP	Type
1	12"	3	6	Assault 1
2	18"	4	5	Assault 2
3	24"	5	4	Assault3
4	30""	6	3	Assault D6

Energy field; When not using his power, it builds up in the circuits, creating an electro magnetic field, that deflects and repels incoming attacks. See table below;

Tokens used	Invunerable Save
1	+6
2	+5
3	+4
4	+3

Iron Priest

The Iron priest may replace his bolt pistol and/or close combat weapon with the following.
Power weapon..........+10p
Plasma pistol.............+10p
Power fist..................+10p
Servo arm..................+10p

He may also take;
Melta bombs..............+5p

Trooper upgrades.
The Iron priest may see fit that his unit is not fully prepared for the coming conflict, and so may choose to upgrade his unit for the additional cost of 5p per model. As it is spontaneous, there may not be the correct equipment, materials or time available when his squad are upgraded, so the effect is by no means certain. Roll a D6 on the chart below at deployment to see which upgrade the squad gets.

D6 result	Effect
1	Armour is increased to 3+
2	The close combat weapons are upgraded to power weapons
3	Weapon ranges are increased by 6"
4	Unit gains stealth
5	Weapon strengths are increased by 1 and gain Gets hot!
6	Roll again

That's all for now C&C please.

[krasimirova]

You do know that there is a pretty good C:Mechanicus already..?

Might wanna have a look at it (freely on the interwebz).. If nothing els, just for ideas..

[Havoc]

URL-Link would be nice, considering how many dexes there are in interwebs.

As for the transports, how about rhino, chimera and special admech vehicle?

[Narric]

I've looked into making a Mechanicus Codex myself on a number of occaissions. Its not the easiest, to be sure.

What are you scources btw? I've mostly gone by Codex: Imperialis from 2nd edition for most of my info, along with little bits from various SM codexi, and the IG codex for Techpriest Engineseers.

I can't give much critique on what you already have, as my netbook is pretty naff for that sort of thing. I'll come back and give you stuff a very read through.

[wulfric]

Dec 17, 2011 17:53:02 GMT -5 Havoc said:

URL-Link would be nice, considering how many dexes there are in interwebs.

As for the transports, how about rhino, chimera and special admech vehicle?

The best balanced dexes I know are from Tempus Fugitives. I think you have to register to download them, but it's free and they don't spam you, so not a problem. Even if you don't want to use someone else's work, they have a plethora of thoughts and ideas you can adopt or adapt.

www.tempusfugitives.co.uk/downloads

As well as the AdMech stuff (Codex: Cult Mechanicus) there is also a Dark Mechanicus codex (Codex: Soul Forge) that's worth a look.

And if you like that sort of stuff, they have a couple of campaign packs from the campaigns they have run in the past, as well as the excellent 'Age of the Emperor' heresy expansion (about 70% complete now) and a couple of other dexes for your viewing pleasure.