Editing Warhammer 40,000/Tactics/Talons of the Emperor (30k) (section)

===Lords of War===
*'''Warlord-Sinister Pattern Battle Psi-Titan''': '''<s>HO-LYYY</s> SWEEET FUCK. PSYCHIC WARLORD TITAN.''' [[Grimdark|Fueled by the powers of captured psykers, who are bled dry to power the Titan]], it's a good thing this monster is worth 3250 points. Starting off with the standard kit of a [[Warlord Battle Titan]], the Warlord-Sinister adds the Psychic Pilot rule (Mastery Level 3), knowing three set powers: a 24" d6 bolter-shot nova with Soul Blaze and Ignores Cover, a blessing which [[Cheese|restores any lost hull point on a 5+]], and a witchfire which hits all units within 24" of a point with a Haywire hit (for vehicles-EVEN FLYERS) or d6 Heavy Bolter shots (PER 5 MODELS) if it's infantry. The Psi-Titan makes all units within 12" take leadership checks automatically, and any unit that wishes to charge the monstrosity (why you would do that is beyond us) must take a leadership check at -3 Ld. Its weapons are standard fare for the Warlord, except that you always carry the '''Sinistramanus Tenebrae''' , aka the gun that will ruin your day, on one arm. Fluff-wise it's an up-scaled Animus Speculum, crunch-wise it's an apocalyptic mega-blast that's Strength D/Fleshbane/Poison 4+, and AP 1/2/3 for its respective ranges. Oh, and that inner circle? Yeah, it's a Vortex, just in case anything in the blast radius thought it would survive that shot. And if you finally manage to put the Titan(ic amount of [[Grimdark]]) down, it will explode on you, which on a 4+ becomes a '''[[Rape|36 INCH DESTROYER BLAST]]'''. Honestly, even if the Emperor's rules get released, this bastard will probably be the more OP Lord of War choice.

*'''Orion Assault Dropship''': A 7 hull point, 13-12-11, 600ish point super-heavy flyer and a Lord of War for Talons of the Emperor. It's also a transport with a capacity of 24 models. (Yes, Custodians do count as two.) This golden nugget is capable of transporting a Dreadnought, (which counts as 10 models.) Along with being a super-heavy flyer, and transport, the Orion is armed with two Arachnus Heavy Blaze cannons, Two nose mounted tl Lastrum Bolt Cannons, two Spiculus Heavy Bolt Launchers (48", 7, 4, H3, Rending,) armored ceramite and cockpit as standard and the new Eclipse Shield and Macro Arae-Shrike. The Eclipse Shield provides the Orion with a -2 to blast and template weapon strength, and a -1 to all other weapon strength. If a shooting weapon inflicts a glancing or penetrating hit, the Orion immediately gains Shrouded against all subsequent hits against its front Arc during this phase. However, this has no effect on melee attacks or weapons of the Destroyer type (not a big deal as long as you're not Hovering since most of D weapons are usually blasts). Macro Arae-shrikes on the other hand, act as normal Arae-shrikes, with the addition of ''interception interference.'' When enemy units declare their interception, the intercepting player must roll a D6 for each unit attempting to intercept. If a unit rolls 3 or less, it's unable to intercept but may fire as normal in its next shooting phase. Furthermore, because He and the terrawatt clan love us so, the Orion has the Deep Strike and Assault Vehicle special rule.
**As long as you keep the enemy in front of it, the Orion is arguably more resistant (and cheaper) than a similarly geared Thunderhawk. Its firepower may seem somewhat limited for what you're paying and it clearly won't earn its points back by killing TEQ or hordes. Two S10 AP1 exo-shock shots and 3 rending autocannons are still quite good for tank-hunting and make the Orion a monster against other flyers, but you could have more big guns for the same price. Unless you really need a very reliable transport or flyer-killer, there are other units that can do the job better.

*'''Ares Gunship''': What's that I hear you say? The Orion lacks firepower? Well someone heard your cries and decided this fucker would soothe the angst. They were wrong. What they've done is remove the Lastrum Bolt Cannons, remove the transport capacity, remove the Spiculus Launchers and replaced all those with the grandaddy of the Arachnus family: the Magna Blaze Cannon. It sounds metal and it is goddamn metal: With a burst fire akin to 2 AP2 battlecannon shots and a focused fire akin to Vulkan's Dawnbringer (Instant Death, Armourbane along with being a Primary Weapon to ensure you pen and Master Crafted to ensure you slap that ugly Spartan silly. Oh and you fire 2 of these shots, because there's no kill like overkill). It also has a firebomb cluster for its anti-infantry needs (Bomb 3, heavy bolter strength large blasts with ignores cover). The Ares has a lot of issues, for starters it costs enough that you're not going to be using it in games 2500 points and under (and 3000+ points are going to give your opponent more wiggle-room to deal with it). Next up is that the Orion had a pretty big issue, that it would come in, do quite a bit of damage, drop off its cargo and then get shot down, either in that turn or in the next one. The Ares has a similar issue but in a much bigger way: its weapons are simply not worth it and expose it to too much danger. If you want to keep it back to use its weapons for anti-armour then you're going to be flying off the table edge or trying to hover it, in which case it's going to get shot down or struggle to make its points back. If you want to use it to take out infantry in fly-by runs then you risk exposing its rear armour, in which case a single penetrating hit can kill it immediately (watch the fuck out for Outflankers), and you'll find it's not as good at the job as things like a couple Caladius, 2 Telemons, an Orion, or anything else that many points can buy (without risk of Price of Failure on top of that). Put simply, don't take it.

*<s>God-</s>[[Emperor of Mankind]]: '''COMING SOON!''' No actual rules yet, but a note in the Legio Custodes Tribune rules suggests he will be a future potential HQ/LoW choice for the army, similar to the Primarchs and their legions.
**Note by coming soon we mean presumably sometime in your lifetime, and by the current HH release schedule, we won't be getting rules until sometime after <s>2020</s> 2030.

[[Category: Adeptus Custodes]]

[[Category:Warhammer Tactics/30k]]

{{Warhammer_30k_Tactics}}