3/5 stars. The rules are average and can be made strong with the right upgrade choices.
A brand new entry in the army list! The Magisterium are for the Loyalists only. In effect, they are the judges of tech-heresy. Over many years they have become as close to the machine god as possible and are known as the grandfathers of the Malagra. Magi in their own rights, they are (socially) powerful and respected.
Strengths.
They come with a small array of wargear like the stave a pistol and the usual protectiva and cortex controller. Their special rules are plentiful with firing protocols, battlesmith, feel no pain and most importantly precision strikes and monster hunter. Of these the precision strikes is probably going to be the most important and therefore I would very strongly recommend selection of a paragon blade upgrade to made this character worth while overall. Without this, his or her impact will not be that great.
They also get to select Arlatax or Vorax units to join them which is nice and doesn't cost a slot in the force organization chart. I'd probably opt for Vorax, but can see it both ways.
Weaknesses.
A two wound character will always be a bit vulnerable, but they do have an otherwise impressive stat line with 5's in most places which means they will hold out against space marines of similar standing.
Builds.
Magisterium, Paragon Blade (100 points).
This has to be the baseline build. Take the servo arm and machinator array to taste. The other ranged weapons available depend on your army tastes as well, but I can see a place for both the phased plasma fusil and the photon thruster.
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