Hey everyone,
Over the next 10 weeks or so, I will be participating in a Planetary Empires campaign being run at my local store. The kicker, though, is that there are two unique special rules involved in this campaign:
1. NO special characters are allowed (though the guy running it may make exceptions for armies which revolve around special characters, ie Draigowing, Sanguinary Guard, etc)
2. Each army has a Supreme Warlord, for whom you select a single Warlord Trait throughout the campaign instead of rolling randomly on the chart.
The campaign link can be found here:
http://shiftedmatrix.com/campaign/40kcampaignrules.pdfI've decided to use my Sisters of Battle for this campaign. Now, before you say anything, I realize that this sets me at a disadvantage- firstly, because the Sisters' special characters (Celestine and Jacobus, especially) bring a lot to the army and are arguably their main competetive edge; and secondly, because I realize how lacklustre the Sisters' basic HQs are in comparison. I had a test game the other day with a Canoness + Celestians, and that game more or less confirms that she dies too easily and can't do enough damage or affect the battle enough.
Which is why, at the suggestion of friends, I am throwing an allied Grey Knight force into the mix. Here's the list I've come up with so far:
SISTERS OF BATTLE:
Canoness- eviscerator, rosarius- 115
18 Battle Sisters- flamer, heavy flamer- 246
10 Battle Sisters- 2 meltaguns- 145
-Rhino- 35
Ecclesiarchy Preacher- eviscerator- 70
Exorcist- 135
Exorcist- 135
ALLIED GREY KNIGHTS:
Ordo Malleus Inquisitor- psyker, 3 servo skulls- 64
-6 Henchmen- 3 Warrior Acolytes, 3 Servitors w. plasma cannons- 72
6 Grey Knight Terminators- psycannon, nemesis daemonhammer, Justicar w. halberd- 265
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The overall plan is that the Canoness and the Preacher join the big blob of 18 Sisters. I'm figuring that Stubborn + possible Preferred Enemy from the Canoness onto the squad will bolster them significantly, and they should be able to throw out quite a bit of dakka. If they get charged, then again, Preferred Enemy + 2 eviscerators should help, or they could be the ones doing the charging, in which case they will be unleashing a lot of rerollable attacks. The Rhino-mounted Sisters are there to go after enemy tanks and/or seize objectives, and the Exorcists, of course, are there for fire support. Note that I realize how vulnerable a target a blob of Sisters can be to blasts, but thankfully, there are no IG players involved in the campaign (as far as I know).
On the Grey Knight side of things, the Inquisitor and her retinue will be there to plasma things to death and disrupt deep strikers with their servo skulls. The Terminators will either act as a deep striking surprise, or they will advance on foot, provide additional fire support, and be the hammer to the stubborn Sisters' anvil if they get charged.
So, my two questions are (1) what do you think of the list so far, and (2), what should I add next? The choices I'm going over are:
-A Chimera for the Inquisitor warband (55), and/or replacing the three Warrior Henchmen with Psykers (72 I think, I don't have the Grey Knight book with me at the moment)
-5 Dominions with 2 meltaguns, riding in an Immolator w. twin-linked multi-melta (175)
-6 Seraphim w. 2 hand flamers (135)
-Another Exorcist (135)
-An Aegis Defence line w. quad gun for the Henchmen to get behind (100)
Any thoughts? Also, I need to pick a Warlord trait for my Canoness, and I'm torn between either Tenacity (to give herself and her squad Feel No Pain if they get near an objective), or Immoveable Object (in case I want to run her with Celestians instead at some point).
Criticism and feedback, as always, are very welcome.