Evil Tech Priests!

[UnseenOne]

So many times have I been playing against 3-4 little kids that combine their forces to feed me... erm... fight me. Usually there is one of them with a Tech Priest or a stand in model for a Tech Priest. I usually let them play with it cause I'm a nice guy, but I notice they never seem to have official rules for them... most of the time it something like "oh, he can fix tanks if they're immobilized" or something similar. If any one hear has played with or against a Tech Priest please give me a general overview of the rules for them. I do not want the stats or point cost because of course that would be copyright infringement. Just some clarity on their annoying fixyness would help greatly.

[ryshi]

Long story short, If he starts his movement phase in base to base contact with a tank, he can roll a D6, on a 6 it can repair one armament destroyed or immobilized effect. Their roll gets a +1 for every servitor(i forgot the name but it's not the gun or combat one), in his unit. He forfeits his movement phase to do this and I think potentially his entire turn.

[Hyper Kinetic]

Their fixiness (lovely ) relies on them being outside of the vehicle, in base contact with it and rolling 6 on a D6 value. This value decreases for every Tech Servitor they have. They can also repair weapons that have been destroyed in the same manner (they have to choose what repair they are attempting, they can only attempt one repair roll a turn).

[WestRider]

They're covered variously in Codex Space Marines, Codex Dark Angels, and Codex Blood Angels. There are a couple of details that differ, but their repair rule (Blessing of the Omnissiah) is the same in all three books.

If the Techmarine starts his Movement Phase in base contact with a Vehicle, and both he and the vehicle remain stationary during that Movement Phase, he may roll a Die. On a 6, one Weapon Destroyed or Immobilized result of the owning player's choice is repaired. Each Technical Servitor (Up to a maximum of 4) he has with him gives +1 on this roll. Note that Guns or Combat Servitors do not help this roll.

The Blood Angels Codex, which has the rule in it, is available as a free download from the GW Site here. You can download that and read up on it for yourself.

[carnogaunt]

I think he's reffering to the Imperial Guard Techpriest, not the Space Marine Techmarine, but the repair rule works the same way.

[Biowraith]

When it come to repairing they both roll on the same table.

[Facade [TVTP]]

I would love to model a custom Techmarine......I might just do that when I finish my plastic Grey Knight.......hmmm

[3ff3ct]

Jun 28, 2008 1:30:15 GMT Facade [TVTP] said:

I would love to model a custom Techmarine......I might just do that when I finish my plastic Grey Knight.......hmmm

I do think GW did the techmarine with servo harness justice though, he looks meeeeeean ;D