Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Genestealer Cults (section)

====Command (0-3)====
*'''Lord of the Cult:''' Just a Patriarch, Magus, Primus or Cult Iconward. No rules.
*'''The First Curse:''' Patriarch, plus a unit of Genestealers, must total 20 models though, so it's your boss man with a great big bodyguard of teeth and claws. The formation bonus is a randomly determined buff for your unit of Genestealers that lasts for the game.
*#'''Fleshhooks:''' Grenades for your Genestealers.
*#'''Hardened Carapace:''' 4+ saves.
*#'''Toxin Glands:''' Attacks are ''Poisoned''.
*#'''Adrenal Sacs:''' ''Rage''.
*#'''Feeder Tendrils:''' ''Preferred Enemy''.
*#'''Perfect Killing Machine:''' choose your result.
**The thing is that each of these upgrades has its own bits for modelling, but because it's randomly determined you've got no way of guaranteeing if your feeder tendril squad that you built will accurately represent your actual rules. Which can be a bad thing if it annoys you you can't match the models with the rules they have or a good thing if you don't want to have to have 20 guys all with tendrils and want some visual differences among the squad.
** This is one of the better random buff charts. Rage, PE, and Grenades are often going to be very handy, as is a 4+. More importantly, even if there is only one option that you want, you have a 1 in 3 chance of getting it thanks to the choose on a 6.
**Since you can run this as a standalone formation, you could theoretically run '''two''' First Curses if you really wanted to! The trick is to build the Cult Insurrection army as normal, take your First Curse as a Command Choice, take a second First Curse as a standalone Formation...and then switch the Broodlords around: Broodlord A from First Curse A joins Genestealer unit B from First Curse B, and vice-versa. This works since Genestealers get innate Infiltration, and Shrouded is a conferred USR; although it would eat up a third of your points in a standard 1850-pt match, having two Fearless Infiltrating T4 Move Through Cover mobs with Shrouded and a 5++ can give a lot of enemies pause for thought.
*'''Broodcoven:''' 1 Patriarch, 1 Magus, 1 Primus. Deploy as a single unit, but may still join squads. Rules gained dependent on models left in the unit: Patriarch confers ''Fleet'', Magus confers ''Counter-Attack'', Primus confers ''Preferred Enemy ''
**If you're aiming to build a Death Star, Broodcoven works well with just about any of the formations with optional HQ model requirements, especially Doting Throng Acolytes or Uprising Metamorphs, for maximum assault power, while DT Neophytes will potentially start you off tarpitting from turn 1, providing you don't face someone who's starting with better than chaff on the board. Demo Claw Acolytes net you a bit more mileage out of your Patriarch's attacks, but is a bit situational.