Editing 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