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Special Character Wishlist
Topic Started: Aug 16 2012, 12:09 PM (737 Views)
Eetion
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So, let us pretend GW has given us the job of selecting a new Special Character for the next CSMdex.
You can include any character you want, but as forfeit must select a current one to get rid of.

In short, who would you take and who would you get rid of?

I would take:- Erebus (too evil and infamous not to be in the dex)
I would get rid of:- Fabius Bile (small time bit player at best, He's EC, he should be slanneshi!)
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I would get rid of - Abbaddon, thirteeen black crusades and he's achieved what exactly? Abject failure to me.
I would take - Cypher since he should be in the chaos codex if for no other reasons other than being plain awsome!

Perhaps will see the likes of Erebus, Loken etc in forge worlds heresy game.
Edited by Yaj, Aug 16 2012, 06:40 PM.
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I'd get rid of either Abbaddon, Ahriman, or Kharn. Better yet all three. Their replacements? Entirely original characters we haven't seen before.

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Cenobite
Aug 17 2012, 12:08 AM
I'd get rid of either Abbaddon, Ahriman, or Kharn. Better yet all three. Their replacements? Entirely original characters we haven't seen before.
I agree.
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Honsu (sp?) would be a good undivided character, get rid of Fabulous Bile. Also a good Night Lords character from their trilogy, replace Huron.
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Aug 17 2012, 11:21 PM
Honsu (sp?) would be a good undivided character, get rid of Fabulous Bile. Also a good Night Lords character from their trilogy, replace Huron.
Don't think this is actually a spoiler, but just in case:


***Void Stalker Spoiler***
It would be cool if they put in Decimus, as the ending nicely sets up for the explosion of conflict for 6th ed, even though the story of 10th Company is before the 13th Black Crusade. From the ending chapter, when ADB introduces Decimus, I got the feeling right away that he could very well be a character in the upcoming codex.


I think this new codex would be perfect to have some new blood running around. If they are characters mentioned from BL novels, the player will have a better understanding on how they can run their army using that special character. Also, it could help flesh these characters out, lets say using the Void Stalker reference, his story is just beginning, and if GW runs any campaigns, his future would be told through playing. 6th ed seems very big on story telling and I think introducing new HQs would help immensely, gameplay wise, for us Chaos players, and for the rest of the upcoming codexes. All the lords, imo, should be replaced, and I agree with Yaj, especially Abbadon.

Now, contradicting my previous statement, I don't think they should replace Huron. I see him rivaling Abbadon in power and influence, so if he is still in our upcoming codex, I forsee GW using them as scapegoats so the loyalists armies can hold back chaos. I think they'll have Abbadon and Huron ally with one another, The Red Corsairs will come save Abbadon from Cadia (if my memory serves me, I believe Abbadon has been stuck on Cadia, since the Imperial Fleets in Battlefleet gothic won the void war over Cadia). Abbadon will go and unite the traitor legions and the two Chaos Lords will launch two, simultaneous Black Crusades on the Imperium. That would be pretty awesome. Then GW will be all, 'oh now at this key battle, Abbadon and Huron turn on each other, since they're both threats to the other's power and influence," thus tossing chaos back, and the loyalists cheering their fanboy cries of victory.
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I'd be happy to see Huron. Launcha crudsade since battlefleet Solar went to EoT to stem the tide. Worlds and Shipping ripe for picking.
The Imperium then has a choice, maintain the blockade to deal with the corsairs or have their supply lines pillaged.
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I can't understand peoples dislike for Abaddon...

Kharne and Ahriman are classics and it would be tragic if they were left out.

Of all the special characters Huron is probably my least favourite. I realise he is a favourite with many people on this forum but personally I prefere the classic characters.

Word Bearers, Iron Warriors and allies...

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Aug 26 2012, 02:48 AM
I can't understand peoples dislike for Abaddon...

Kharne and Ahriman are classics and it would be tragic if they were left out.

Of all the special characters Huron is probably my least favourite. I realise he is a favourite with many people on this forum but personally I prefere the classic characters.
Kharne and Ahriman are classics, yes, but they've been in what, 5 codices? We know who they are. Its time to get some fresh ideas in there, instead of the same old same old.

I'm not too big on Huron, mainly because I don't like his model, but even he dates back to first edition, getting unique rules in second.

Lucius was new for 3.5, The Masque was new for 4th. I want more of this, not the same idea rehashed time and time again. At least Huron took a break for an edition.

As for Abbaddon, my thoughts on him are summed up in this video.
Edited by Cenobite, Aug 26 2012, 05:39 AM.

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People seem to think that because Abaddon hasn't conquered Terra he is a failure. This is completely wrong. I don't think Terra has ever been the target of a black crusade. If Abaddon is a failure then every other CSM is an even greater failure! He is the only warlord to have reunited the traitor legions. Not even the daemon primarchs have had as much success as Abaddon...
Word Bearers, Iron Warriors and allies...

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