Tau Cadre Creation Tables
Inspired by Fantasy Flight Games' Deathwatch Role-playing Game's Space Marine Chapter Creation Tables, these tables let you roll up (or otherwise generate) your very own Tau Cadre. In the absence of any role-playing game featuring Tau cadre specifically, this table is more or less entirely for the purpose of generating fluff.
What Phase was your Sept founded in? 1d10
1st Phase of Expansion 1-2
2nd Phase of Expansion 3-5
3rd Phase of Expansion 6-8
Outpost/Colonies 9
Farsight Enclave 10
Terrain of your Homeworld? 1d10 Desert 1-2 Forest 3-4 Swamp 5-6 Urban 7-8 Jungle 9 Ice 10
Tactical Philosophy 1d10 Mont’ka, the Killing Blow – Study the enemy before attack its weak point 1-5 Kauyon, the Patient Hunter – Lure your enemy into a trap and surprise them 6-10
Cadre Tactics 1d100 Static/Stationary units shelling enemy before they can engage in close combat 1-25 Mobile units for rapid strikes and creating confusion 26-50 Hybrid with stationary units supporting mobile ones 51-100
Primary function of Cadre 1d10 Exploration of new worlds 1-2 Conquest of new worlds 3-6 Peacekeeping/Policing 7-8 Planetary Defense 9 Adaptive/Changes according to commanders whim 10
Ethereal Caste Presence/Adherence to Greater Good 1d10 High presence/Fanatical adherence to Greater Good 1 Higher than normal presence/adherence to Greater Good 2-3 Normal presence/adherence to Greater Good 4-8 Lower than normal presence/adherence to Greater Good 9 No presence/Questioning adherence to Greater Good 10
Auxiliary Presence in Cadre 1d10
Majority of Cadre is non-Tau auxiliary 1
Larger presence of auxiliary 2-3
Standard deployment of auxiliary 4-6
Small presence of auxiliary 7-9
Xenophobic lack of aliens in Cadre 10
Auxiliary Composition 1d10 Majority of auxiliary is Human 1 Majority of auxiliary is Kroot 2-5 Majority of auxiliary is Vespid 6-7 Majority of auxiliary is Nicassar 8 No majority/even mix of several species 9-10
Favoured Enemy 1d10 Imperial Guard 1 Space Marines 2 Inquisition 3 Eldar 4 Dark Eldar 5 Orks 6 Tyranids 7 Chaos 8 Necrons 9 Other 10
Leader of the Cadre 1d10 Shas’el – Fire Caste Noble 1-6 Shas’o – Fire Caste Commander 7-9 Ethereal Caste 10
Leaders’ Characteristics 1d10 Cars’hesa – Evaluative 1 Or’la – Friendly 2 Vior’la – Hot-blooded 3 Gal – Inquisitive 4 Alohsive – Reclusive 5 M’es - Subservient 6 Doran – Stoic 7 Res – Barbaric 8 Or – Ambitious 9 Va’yan - Proud 10