LEGIONS OF THE ADEPTUS TITANICUS
Each of the Titan Legions of the Adeptus Titanicus has its own unique history, replete with proud traditions and tales of glory on battlefields across the galaxy. From the ancient Legio Mortis, which long served as the personal guard of the Fabricator-General of Mars, to the Legio Nivalis, whose Titans specialise in battles across frozen plains – each has its own way of waging war.
When assembling a battlegroup, a player can declare that any of the Titans in their force are part of a particular Titan Legion. Maniples must all be made up of members of the same Titan Legion, but they can be reinforced by members of another – for example, a force could consist of a Legio Gryphonicus maniple, reinforced by a Legio Atarus Warlord and a pair of Legio Defensor Warhounds. The rules for two Titan Legions are provided on the following pages – these are the Legio Gryphonicus and Legio Tempestus, and more will be provided in ongoing supplements. For each set of Titan Legion rules that are part of a battlegroup, the opposing player gains 2 bonus Stratagem points. For example, if a battlegroup is made up of a Legio Tempestus maniple with two Legio Gryphonicus Warhounds as reinforcements, the opposing player would gain 4 bonus Stratagem points.
Knight units cannot belong to a Titan Legion. Instead, they belong to their own Houses, which will be covered in a later supplement.
LEGIO GRYPHONICUS
The Princeps of the Legio Gryphonicus are seen by many as pompous glory-hounds, forever on the hunt for prestige. However, this is an oversimplification. In truth, Gryphonicus has a long and proud warrior tradition, with complex codes of honour which demand that a Princeps take to the battlefield with one aim – to prove their worth by felling enemy war machines in single combat wherever possible.
Legion Trait: Lust for Glory
The Princeps of Legio Gryphonicus are known far and wide for their martial tradition, and their eternal hunt for prestige in battle. Away from the battlefield they engage in honour duels, each feeling the need to constantly prove that their edge has not dulled. When they go to war, it is not uncommon for the Princeps of the Titan Legion to claim targets on the battlefield, staking their reputation on their intent to slay a particular foe.
After both sides have deployed, a player commanding a Legio Gryphonicus battlegroup can declare that any of their Titans will claim an enemy Titan as a target. Declare out loud which Titan is making the claim and their intended target, and write both down.
If a Titan attacks its intended target, the controlling player can re-roll Hit rolls of 1, and add 1 to the result of any Armour rolls. However, if another Titan attacks the intended target then the claim is forfeit and this rule no longer applies.
Legion Trait: Mainstay of the Titan Legion
Legio Gryphonicus counts a disproportionately large number of Reaver Battle Titans among its ranks. As a result, they are often outfitted for unusual battlefield roles and included in maniples in place of different classes of Titan.
When assembling a Legio Gryphonicus maniple, players can select up to one Reaver Titan in place of a Warlord Titan or Warhound Titan.
Legion Specific Wargear: Enhanced Auspex Relays
The Warhound Titans of any Titan Legion are at their best when ranging ahead of their battlegroup, and those of the Legio Gryphonicus exemplify this more than any other. In keeping with their Titan Legion’s tradition of staunch individuality, Legio Gryphonicus Warhound Princeps tend not to hunt in packs, preferring to strike out alone and bait the enemy at close range. The tech-adepts of Gryphonne IV have worked long and hard to capitalise on this fearless behaviour, and have developed enhanced auspex relays which transfer close range target data back to the rest of the battlegroup.
Any Legio Gryphonicus Warhound can be equipped with enhanced auspex relays at a cost of +10 points. Whenever a Legio Gryphonicus Titan makes an attack, it can measure the distance to any targets that are within 12" of a friendly Warhound equipped with enhanced auspex relays before declaring its target.
Legion Specific Wargear: Gravatus Plating
Where a Reaver Titan of the Legio Gryphonicus is to be fielded in place of a larger Battle Titan, its hull is often fitted with heavier armour plating to reflect its enhanced frontline role.
A Legio Gryphonicus Reaver that is chosen as part of a maniple in place of a Warlord Titan (as per the Mainstay of the Titan Legion, rule above) can be fitted with gravatus plating at a cost of +20 points. This increases the Armour value of the Reaver’s body and legs by 1 point each, but subtracts 1 from its default and boosted Speed characteristics.
Legion Specific Wargear: Motive Sub-reactors
Although Reaver Titans are not designed to act as scouts, Legio Gryphonicus has them in such great numbers that it is sometimes necessary for them to be adapted to the role. The most effective method involves the installation of a secondary plasma reactor at the top of each leg, allowing the Titan to operate at full locomotive capacity without drawing on the main reactor.
A Legio Gryphonicus Reaver which is chosen as part of a maniple in place of a Warhound Titan (as per the Mainstay of the Titan Legion found on page 89) can be fitted with motive sub-reactors at a cost of +25 points. This allows the Reaver to use its boosted Speed and Manoeuvre characteristics without pushing its reactor. However, each time the Titan suffers a Critical Hit to its Legs, roll a D6. On a result of 3 or less, its Reactor level is increased by 1.
Legion Specific Personal Traits
A Legio Gryphonicus Princeps Seniores’ Personal Trait can either be generated from the table on page 55, or by rolling a D3 on the table that follows:
| D3 | Personal Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Reckless Maverick: You could always tell when Uranna was going to do something foolish, because she sat up straight and spoke with clipped precision, as though she thought it improper to slouch when giving an order that would likely doom us all. Once per battle, the Princeps Seniores’ Titan can be activated a second time in the Movement phase or Combat phase. After doing so, advance the Titan’s Reactor level three times. |
| 2 | Master Duellist: As far as I saw, Raal only ever did four things: eat, sleep, command Invictus Nova and fight in the duelling halls. His instincts were honed towards close-ranged fighting, whether he was using a chainsword or a laser destructor. Failed Hit rolls for the Princeps Seniores’ Titan can be re-rolled when it is making attacks against a target which is within 8". |
| 3 | Hunter without Equal: Elion was a slight man, with an unusually reserved demeanour for a Princeps. But when he sighted his prey, it was as though he became a beast uncaged. Roaring orders, screaming for blood – his rages were as terrifying as anything I’ve ever seen. Re-roll any failed Hit rolls, not just Hit rolls of 1, when the Princeps Seniores’ Titan attacks a target it has claimed (see the Lust for Glory rule on page 89). |
Legio Tempestus
One third of the original Triad Ferrum Morgulus, the Legio Tempestus are among the oldest of the Titan Legions, and certainly among the most well known. During the Great Crusade they were split in two, a portion garrisoning Mars while the larger part served in the Expeditionary fleets under Horus (and eventually joined his rebellion). Despite this schism, the two mismatched halves still fought in a similar manner, favouring rapid deployments from orbital dropships and attacking with the fury of the storm.
Legion Trait: Glory in Death
It is the creed of the Legio Tempestus that the manner of their death is as important as anything they do in life. Crews will fight on to the bitter end, obtaining firing solutions and stoking the reactor even as their Titan comes apart around them.
Before making a Catastrophic Damage roll for a Legio Tempestus Titan, make a Command check for it. If the test is passed, the Titan can immediately attack with one of its weapons (following the Combat Sequence) or with all of its weapons if the test is passed by 3 or more.
Legion Trait: Fury of the Machine
Princeps of the Legio Tempestus have ever been known for their wrath and zeal both on the field of battle and away from it, and this trait has been passed on to their god-engines’ machine spirits through the technological sorcery of the manifold.
When making an Awakened Machine Spirit roll for a Legio Tempestus Titan, re-roll any results of 1, 2 or 3. If the re-roll is a 1, 2 or 3, the result stands.
Legion Specific Stratagem: Combat Drop (3)
This Stratagem can be purchased using Stratagem points by any Legio Tempestus player.
When a player chooses this Stratagem, they must secretly write down the name of one of their Titans which has a Scale of 6 or lower. Play this Stratagem at the start of deployment to set that unit to one side and state that it is being held in orbit (it is not deployed with the rest of the battlegroup). Declare (and write down) a round between rounds 2-4 – this is the round in which its dropship is aiming to deploy the Titan to the battlefield.
At the beginning of the Movement phase of the chosen round, roll a D10. If the result is lower than the Titan’s Scale, it arrives. Otherwise the Titan is delayed and will arrive at the start of the following Movement phase instead.
When the Titan arrives, place it anywhere on the battlefield that is not within 1" of another model or terrain feature, then scatter it D6". Once it has been scattered, roll a D3. On a 1-2, it makes a 45° turn to the left. On a 3-4, it stays where it is, and on a 5-6, it makes a 45° turn to the right. If the Titan scatters or turns into any terrain, it stops before moving into it and then suffers D6 Strength 9 hits.
A Titan that arrives from orbit cannot be activated in any of the phases of the current round, as it is deploying from its dropship. It can, however, be targeted by attacks as normal.
Legion Specific Wargear: Chasmata Pattern Laser Destructors
All of the turbo-laser destructors and laser blasters that are carried by a Legio Tempestus Titan can be upgraded with Chasmata pattern focussing technology at a cost of +5 points multiplied by each weapon’s Dice value. For example, a Reaver laser blaster would have a cost of +15 points.
This enhanced technology, based on archaeotech found near the Titan Legion’s fortress on Mars, adds 3" to the weapon’s Short range and 6" to its Long range.
Legion Specific Personal Traits
A Legio Tempestus Princeps Seniores’ Personal Trait can either be generated from the table on page 55, or by rolling a D3 on the table that follows:
| D3 | Personal Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Adamantium Resolve: I’ve served under four Princeps, and Sulerian was the toughest, no question. She could keep a Titan moving through force of will alone, even when its reactor was screaming hot, and she barely broke a sweat doing it. Once per battle, at any point, the controlling player can remove Shutdown orders from the Princeps Seniores’ Titan, even as the Shutdown order is issued, effectively cancelling it. |
| 2 | Storm-born: Urathi was born during a rad storm, they say. Strong-willed and stubborn, and always eager for a fight, he drilled his subordinates to always strike first, and never let an engagement happen on the enemy’s terms. When a Titan in the Princeps Seniores’ maniple that has Charge orders moves in the Movement phase, it uses its boosted Speed value without having to push its reactor. |
| 3 | Defiant Warrior: It may sound strange, but I never saw Amato happier than when the enemy thought they had us beaten. He revelled in the feint, drawing them in before delivering a killing blow. If the Princeps Seniores’ Titan’s void shields have collapsed, Hit rolls of 1 for its attacks can be re-rolled. |