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2/5 stars. They're actually good rules, but their applicability is limited.
Background.
These blackshields despise a particular legion and seek nothing more than their elimination from history. And the future. The present too.
Rules Evaluation.
Choose a legion and then gain +1 to hit with close combat weapons against them. You have to declare a charge against this target if you can, and can't be in any allied detachment as them. This is a nice advantage and can be quite critical against your selected legion. But you simply don't know if you're going to be facing them or not, and therefore selection of this oath will likely have very limited applicability to the more competitive players. Therefore this is one for the narrative players mainly (but not exclusively).
Combinatoric Analysis.
The Eternal Vendetta: ⭐️⭐️. 2/5 stars. If you hate one legion, why not double your chances by taking a second hated legion? Or perhaps there's a combination here that makes sense like not like the sneaky ones (Night Lords and Raven Guard), or the psychic ones (Thousand Sons and Blood Angels), or similarly themed?
Panoply of Old: ⭐️⭐️⭐️. 3/5 stars. Take the same legion for laughs? You're using their weapons against them, despite being one of them. You must really despise them. Or perhaps you're from a legion that simply won't ally with them ordinarily anyway (Alpha Legion and World Eaters combination?).
Only in Death Does Duty End: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 4/5 stars. This goes really well thematically and on the battlefield, as well as makes up for the limited applicability.
The Spoils of Victory:⭐️. 1/5 stars. Doesn't work thematically for me very well, but I can see some narrative here.
An Eternity of War: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 4/5 stars. This goes really well!
The Flesh is Weak: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 4/5 stars. I like the notion of some Iron Hands or Iron Warriors who have gone too far done the bionic replacement path also hating their parent legions.
The Legacy of Nikaea: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 4/5 stars. I also like the idea of Thousand Sons haters wielding psychic powers against them. Just deserts and all.
The Broken Helix: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 4/5 stars. Going along with the narrative a bit further, I like the idea of abandoned Raven Guard mutants hating their parent legion so much that they have a vendetta against them. Perhaps mutated Word Bearers as well. Cloned Emperors Children too?
In Disgrace All Are Equal: ⭐️⭐️⭐️. 3/5 stars. I like this combination - a group of rogues seeking vendetta against a legion bound together by common cause.
Pride is our Armour: ⭐️⭐️⭐️. 3/5 stars. Middle of the road combination for me.
The Taint of the Xenos: ⭐️⭐️. 2/5 stars. Not sure what the theme would be here. You're taking up arms against your hated legion ... from Eldar? From a necron tomb? Perhaps would be good for Iron Hands in a necron tomb? Not really sure.
The Weapons of Desperation: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. 4/5 stars. This goes really well for me!
2 comments:
Been thinking about a Flesh is Weak allied detachment for my Mobius Config Alpha Legion crew. They get the Automata benefits & it doesn't matter that they can't do reactions because Mobius allies can't do that anyway. Tempted to do Spoils of War for the other Oath so I get VPs when they would otherwise sweep and also when they get wiped out due to Mobius config but I'm not married to it. If I did though I'd get to kitbash a bunch of robot space pirates. The difficulty would be getting ahold of enough Ironkyn heads.
Lots of goofy "fun" builds floating around. I keep thinking about Legacy of Nikea with Broken Helix: Clone mana batteries to tank those Perils wounds. Or Panoply of Old (Word Bearers) to bring a dual Warpfire Plasma pistol delegatus leading a dual Warpfire Plasma pistol Command Squad. Or using Weapons of Desperation to build a Doomguy walking arsenal Armistos with Lascannon, sniper rifle, heavy stubber, shotgun, thunder hammer, combat shield & melta bombs.
These are all excellent suggestions! Love it!
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