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Tau Cadre Creation Tables

2020-09-15T20:12:55Z

2A00:23C7:F59A:AA00:D105:D2E1:9D64:C211: /* Tactics and Military */

Inspired by [[Fantasy Flight Games]]' Deathwatch [[RPG|role-playing game]]'s [[Space Marine Chapter Creation Tables]], these tables let you roll up (or otherwise generate) your very own [[Tau]] Fire Caste Cadre. In the absence of any role-playing game featuring the Tau specifically, this table is more or less entirely for the purpose of generating fluff.

==Sept Origins==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What Phase was your Sept founded in?(d12)
|-
! 1-2
| 1st Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 3-4
| 2nd Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 5-7
| 3rd Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 8
| 4th Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 9-10
| 5th Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 11
| Outpost/Colonies
|-
! 12
| [[Farsight]] Enclave
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the primary function of your cadre?(d10)
|-
! 1-2
| Exploration of new worlds
|-
! 3-6
| Conquest of new worlds
|-
! 7-8
| Peacekeeping/Policing
|-
! 9
| Planetary Defense
|-
! 10
| Adaptive/Changes according to commanders whim
|}

==Sept Philosophy and uniqueness==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the Ethereal Caste presence/adherence to Greater Good?(d10)
|-
! 1
| High presence/Fanatical adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 2-3
| Higher than normal presence/adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 4-8
| Normal presence/adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 9
| Lower than normal presence/adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 10
| No presence/Questioning adherence to Greater Good
|}

==Sept Homeworld==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the predominant terrain of your homeworld? (d6)
|-
! 1
| Desert
|-
! 2
| Forest
|-
! 3
| Swamp
|-
! 4
| Urban
|-
! 5
| Jungle
|-
! 6
| Ice
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is going on within the territory of your sept? (d100)
|-
! 1-19
| Nothing of note
|-
! 20-29
| Auxiliary Rebellion
|-
! 30-39
| In the path of a Hive Fleet
|-
! 40-49
| Imperium Rebellion
|-
! 50-59
| Chaos invasion
|-
! 60-69
| Minor Hostile Xenos Empire
|-
! 70-79
| Dark Eldar Raids
|-
! 80-89
| Activating Tomb Worlds
|-
! 90-99
| Massive Warp Storm
|-
! 100
| Reroll, or choose something unique.
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Who are the predominant people of your homeworld? (d10)
|-
! 1-2
| Earth Caste
|-
! 3-4
| Fire Caste
|-
! 5-6
| Air Caste
|-
! 7-8
| Water Caste
|-
! 9
| Gue'vesa
|-
! 10
| Other Xenos
|}

==Tactics and Military==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Which tactical philosophy does your commander prefer?(d10)
|-
! 1-5
| Mont’ka, the Killing Blow – Study the enemy before attacking its weak point
|-
! 6-9
| Kauyon, the Patient Hunter – Lure your enemy into a trap and surprise them
|-
! 10
| Monat, the Lone Hero – Fight your enemy in one-on-one combat
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Which tactic does your cadre prefer?(d100)
|-
! 1-25
| Static/Stationary units shelling enemy before they risk casualties in combat
|-
! 26-50
| Mobile units for rapid strikes and creating confusion
|-
! 51-100
| Hybrid with stationary units supporting mobile ones
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What's the cadre's preferred type of Battlesuit?(d20)
|-
! 1-5
| Various models of the [[Crisis Battlesuit]]
|-
! 6-8
| Predominance of a particular model of Crisis Battlesuit (Broadside, XV8-02, new prototypes)
|-
! 9-10
| Mix of Stealth battlesuits
|-
! 11-12
| Predominance of a particular Stealth battlesuit ( XV15, XV22, Xv25, XV95 Ghoskeel
|-
! 13-14
| Various Heavy Battlesuits
|-
! 15-16
| a Particular heavy Battlesuit (Riptide, Rvarna, Stormsurge, new prototype)
|-
! 17-18
| Assault Battlesuits (XV109 Y'vahra, XV9 Hazard, prototype suits)
|-
! 19
| Specialist Battlesuits to fill niche roles. Like void warfare (XV46) and/or something equally specific.
|-
! 20
| Superheavy Battlesuits (Supremacy or some experimental prototype of a similar size).
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the size of the auxiliaries in the Cadre?(d10)
|-
! 1
| Majority of the Cadre is non-Tau auxiliary
|-
! 2-3
| Larger than average sized auxiliary
|-
! 4-6
| Normal deployment of auxiliary
|-
! 7-9
| Smaller than average auxiliary
|-
! 10
| Xenophobic lack of aliens in Cadre (If 4th Sphere of Expansion was rolled, take this as your default)
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the composition of the auxiliaries?(d25)
|-
! 1-2
| Majority of auxiliary are [[Gue'vesa]]
|-
! 3-4
| Majority of auxiliary are [[Kroot]] Mercenaries
|-
! 5-6
| Majority of auxiliary are [[Vespid]]
|-
! 7-8
| Majority of auxiliary are Tarellian Mercenaries
|-
! 9-10
| Majority of auxiliary are Galg Mercenaries
|-
! 11-12
| Majority of auxiliary are Hrenian Light Infantry
|-
! 13-14
| Majority of auxiliary are Morralian Deathsworn
|-
! 15-16
| Majority of auxiliary are Anthrazods
|-
! 17-18
| Majority of auxiliary are Demiurg
|-
! 19-25
| No majority/ mix of several species
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the Cadre's preferred enemy?(d100)
|-
! 1-25
| [[Imperial Guard]]
|-
! 26-40
| Specific [[Space Marine]] Chapter
|-
! 41-65
| [[Orks]]
|-
! 66-80
| [[Tyranids]]
|-
! 81-85
| [[Eldar]]
|-
! 86-90
| [[Dark Eldar]]
|-
! 91-97
| [[Chaos]]
|-
! 98-99
| [[Necrons]]
|-
! 100
| [[Inquisition]]
|}

==Cadre Leader==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Who is the leader of your Cadre?(d10)
|-
! 1-6
| Shas'el - Fire Caste Noble
|-
! 7-9
| Shas'O - Fire Caste Commander
|-
! 10
| Ethereal Caste
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | How would characterize your leader?(d10)
|-
! 1
| Cars'hesa - Evaluative
|-
! 2
| Or'la - Friendly
|-
! 3
| Vior'la - Hot-blooded
|-
! 4
| Gal - Inquisitive
|-
! 5
| Alhosive - Reclusive
|-
! 6
| M'es - Subservient
|-
! 7
| Doran - Stoic
|-
! 8
| Res - Barbaric
|-
! 9
| Or - Ambitious
|-
! 10
| Va'yan - Proud
|-
|}

{{40k-Faction-Creation-Tables}}

[[Category:Warhammer 40,000]]
[[Category:Tau]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Creation Tables]]

Tau Cadre Creation Tables

2020-09-15T19:46:36Z

2A00:23C7:F59A:AA00:D105:D2E1:9D64:C211: /* Tactics and Military */

Inspired by [[Fantasy Flight Games]]' Deathwatch [[RPG|role-playing game]]'s [[Space Marine Chapter Creation Tables]], these tables let you roll up (or otherwise generate) your very own [[Tau]] Fire Caste Cadre. In the absence of any role-playing game featuring the Tau specifically, this table is more or less entirely for the purpose of generating fluff.

==Sept Origins==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What Phase was your Sept founded in?(d12)
|-
! 1-2
| 1st Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 3-4
| 2nd Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 5-7
| 3rd Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 8
| 4th Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 9-10
| 5th Sphere of Expansion
|-
! 11
| Outpost/Colonies
|-
! 12
| [[Farsight]] Enclave
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the primary function of your cadre?(d10)
|-
! 1-2
| Exploration of new worlds
|-
! 3-6
| Conquest of new worlds
|-
! 7-8
| Peacekeeping/Policing
|-
! 9
| Planetary Defense
|-
! 10
| Adaptive/Changes according to commanders whim
|}

==Sept Philosophy and uniqueness==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the Ethereal Caste presence/adherence to Greater Good?(d10)
|-
! 1
| High presence/Fanatical adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 2-3
| Higher than normal presence/adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 4-8
| Normal presence/adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 9
| Lower than normal presence/adherence to Greater Good
|-
! 10
| No presence/Questioning adherence to Greater Good
|}

==Sept Homeworld==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the predominant terrain of your homeworld? (d6)
|-
! 1
| Desert
|-
! 2
| Forest
|-
! 3
| Swamp
|-
! 4
| Urban
|-
! 5
| Jungle
|-
! 6
| Ice
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is going on within the territory of your sept? (d100)
|-
! 1-19
| Nothing of note
|-
! 20-29
| Auxiliary Rebellion
|-
! 30-39
| In the path of a Hive Fleet
|-
! 40-49
| Imperium Rebellion
|-
! 50-59
| Chaos invasion
|-
! 60-69
| Minor Hostile Xenos Empire
|-
! 70-79
| Dark Eldar Raids
|-
! 80-89
| Activating Tomb Worlds
|-
! 90-99
| Massive Warp Storm
|-
! 100
| Reroll, or choose something unique.
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Who are the predominant people of your homeworld? (d10)
|-
! 1-2
| Earth Caste
|-
! 3-4
| Fire Caste
|-
! 5-6
| Air Caste
|-
! 7-8
| Water Caste
|-
! 9
| Gue'vesa
|-
! 10
| Other Xenos
|}

==Tactics and Military==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Which tactical philosophy does your commander prefer?(d10)
|-
! 1-5
| Mont’ka, the Killing Blow – Study the enemy before attacking its weak point
|-
! 6-9
| Kauyon, the Patient Hunter – Lure your enemy into a trap and surprise them
|-
! 10
| Monat, the Lone Hero – Fight your enemy in one-on-one combat
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Which tactic does your cadre prefer?(d100)
|-
! 1-25
| Static/Stationary units shelling enemy before they risk casualties in combat
|-
! 26-50
| Mobile units for rapid strikes and creating confusion
|-
! 51-100
| Hybrid with stationary units supporting mobile ones
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the size of the auxiliaries in the Cadre?(d10)
|-
! 1
| Majority of the Cadre is non-Tau auxiliary
|-
! 2-3
| Larger than average sized auxiliary
|-
! 4-6
| Normal deployment of auxiliary
|-
! 7-9
| Smaller than average auxiliary
|-
! 10
| Xenophobic lack of aliens in Cadre (If 4th Sphere of Expansion was rolled, take this as your default)
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the composition of the auxiliaries?(d25)
|-
! 1-2
| Majority of auxiliary are [[Gue'vesa]]
|-
! 3-4
| Majority of auxiliary are [[Kroot]] Mercenaries
|-
! 5-6
| Majority of auxiliary are [[Vespid]]
|-
! 7-8
| Majority of auxiliary are Tarellian Mercenaries
|-
! 9-10
| Majority of auxiliary are Galg Mercenaries
|-
! 11-12
| Majority of auxiliary are Hrenian Light Infantry
|-
! 13-14
| Majority of auxiliary are Morralian Deathsworn
|-
! 15-16
| Majority of auxiliary are Anthrazods
|-
! 17-18
| Majority of auxiliary are Demiurg
|-
! 19-25
| No majority/ mix of several species
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | What is the Cadre's preferred enemy?(d100)
|-
! 1-25
| [[Imperial Guard]]
|-
! 26-40
| Specific [[Space Marine]] Chapter
|-
! 41-65
| [[Orks]]
|-
! 66-80
| [[Tyranids]]
|-
! 81-85
| [[Eldar]]
|-
! 86-90
| [[Dark Eldar]]
|-
! 91-97
| [[Chaos]]
|-
! 98-99
| [[Necrons]]
|-
! 100
| [[Inquisition]]
|}

==Cadre Leader==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | Who is the leader of your Cadre?(d10)
|-
! 1-6
| Shas'el - Fire Caste Noble
|-
! 7-9
| Shas'O - Fire Caste Commander
|-
! 10
| Ethereal Caste
|}

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" | How would characterize your leader?(d10)
|-
! 1
| Cars'hesa - Evaluative
|-
! 2
| Or'la - Friendly
|-
! 3
| Vior'la - Hot-blooded
|-
! 4
| Gal - Inquisitive
|-
! 5
| Alhosive - Reclusive
|-
! 6
| M'es - Subservient
|-
! 7
| Doran - Stoic
|-
! 8
| Res - Barbaric
|-
! 9
| Or - Ambitious
|-
! 10
| Va'yan - Proud
|-
|}

{{40k-Faction-Creation-Tables}}

[[Category:Warhammer 40,000]]
[[Category:Tau]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Creation Tables]]