Warhammer 40k House Rules
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For those that dont know, House Rules are tweaks to a game system that (hopefully) rebalance the game in question in a positive way. Below are some minor tweaks to the core system without creating (currently) known imbalances or unfair advantages after extended play testing. If you add to this page, please limit the rule changes to minor tweaks you have personally tested. This is not the place to debate the results of these house rules, merely to list the ones your group uses. If you don't like them, these are house rules. Don't use them.
- Deep Strike- Instead of the standard disembark/shoot standard, allow a single "phase". The unit may move, shoot, OR assault (with a disordered charge though). Through playtesting, it was found this made assault units much more effective for their point cost and much more balanced for 6E's heavy emphasis on shooting.
- Shooting into Assault - A nice counterpoint that just makes sense. Think 'nids, orks, tau (greater good), or even the Imperium would care about a little friendly fire?
- Variant 1) All shots that miss the enemy unit will instead hit your own units. Twin-linked weapons will still hit your own unit on the failed hit (can hit your own unit twice for double fail). You must pass a leadership check in order to fire into an assault.
- Variant 2) Only 1s will hit your own, no blast weapons. Otherwise most low BS troops ('nids, orks, and Guard, ie the ones who would do this) will end up hitting mostly their own.
- Variant 3) Enemy units take special 5+ save immediately after resolving hit (before to-wound rolls) - for each successful save hit is redirected to your models.
- Additionally you can add modifiers according majority model size difference:
- Normal - 1
- Bulky - 2
- Very bulky - 3
- Extremely bulky/walker - 4
- Additionally you can add modifiers according majority model size difference:
- So for example if a bunch of ork boyz (normalsize) get in a fight with terminators (bulky), terminators would get only 6+ save whet get shot in melee, while orks would get 4+
- Random Generation- One of the more odd changes in 6E was the random generation of psychic powers and warlord traits. It doesn't support the narrative play style conducive to an entertaining game.
- Variant 1)For psychic powers, choose a single discipline. You know all the powers but can only use as many as your warp charges allow. For warlord traits, choose one from your army's codex or the main rulebook. This will hopefully re-introduce a bit of flavor into your armies.
- Variant 2) Roll the D6 first, then choose the table. Since there are 3 tables in the BRB you can choose from 3-4 different traits where some will always help you instead of having a single bad roll that screws with your plans. It's less random but still random enough for a tabletop wargame. Not very narrative though.
- Variant 3) Use universal upgrades
- Preset warlord trait: 25 pts
- Choose warlod trait before deployment: 40 pts
- Preset psy powers: 10 pts +5 for each mastery level
- Chose psy powers before deployment: 20 pts +10 for each mastery level
- One extra power: 5 pts
- Other random pre-game rolled shit (Sceraz upgrades, Penal legion, Deamonic gifts) - +1 for each 10 points of affected unit cost, or for each 5 pts if the chart have a "bad" results.
- Flying Units- 5th Edition flyers are too efficient because they were designed as skimmers and thus cost less points than they should. However, this house rule will hopefully be obsolete soon because GW is "rapidly" cranking out new codices and will hopefully balance 'Dettas and Cron Air. (Who are we kidding?)
- Variant 1) Snap shots are no longer required to hit airborne units. All other abilities are unchanged. Aircraft don't travel anywhere near the speed of a ballistic projectile. Consider this, they are Razorbacks with upgraded weaponry and a 50% chance to negate damage.
- Variant 2) Snap shots fired at flyers get BS 2 instead of BS 1.
- Variant 3) But blast weapons are still allowed to hit them able they much always scatter, flame templates still never hit. Units with jump packs may assault flayers, able if they use there jump packs during assault, however they hit no better than 5+ and count as charging through a dangerous terrain (as you're trying to hit an object moving 400+ mph with a sword). Flayers and flying monstrous creature that vector strike count as hovering (ie no snap shoot for you) since they're moving so close to the ground.
Codex Specific
Tau
- Riptide- Limited to one per 1000 points.
Eldar
Dark Eldar
Space Marines
Orks
- WAAAGH- When a WAAAGH is called, all enemy units within 6" of an Ork unit must take a leadership test. If failed, that unit is considered to be WS 1 for the rest of the turn.
- Old Zogwort- Old Zogwort is BS 1, not 0.
- Choppa- All saves better than a 4+ are reduced to a 4+ if caused by an Ork with a Choppa.
Tyranids
- Psychic Powers- Allow disciplines from the BRB.
- Synapse- Gain fearless for being in synapse, no instinctive behavior.
- Allied Detachment- May take an "allied" detachment of Tyranids.
- Old One Eye- Never remove the model from play, regenerate even after the last wound is removed. Cannot be your Warlord.
- Omitted Characters/Spores- Just bring them back at their previous point cost. Im sure a dataslate will be available soon with the same units.
Necrons
Adepta Sororitas
Imperial Guard
Chaos Marines
Daemons
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