TEXT: CRUSADE TITAN LEGIONS
  CRUSADE TITAN LEGIONS
  Ignatum, Invictus, Mortis, and Gryphonicus – just some of the more famous Titan Legions
  to take up arms during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. But what of the
  countless other Legios that fought during these great conflicts? Owen Barnes tells all.
  a bonus in the form of extra Stratagem points
  when facing an opponent using Legio rules
  while not using any themselves, players may
  want to represent a Titan Legion not yet
  covered in the oficial rules, or even one of their
  own invention. To help players do so, we
  present rules for creating Crusade Titan Legions.
  The following rules allow players to pick and
  choose from a collection of Legio Traits, Legio
  Speciic Stratagems, and Legio Speciic Wargear
  that best represents the Titan Legion they wish to
  ield. Once these choices have been made, for all
  intents and purposes a Crusade Titan Legion
  counts as a speciic Legio. This means a
  battlegroup could contain maniples and Titans
  from different Crusade Titan Legions with each
  different Crusade Titan Legion included granting
  your opponent additional Stratagem points (see
  page 89 of the Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook).
  uring the Horus Heresy, numerous Titan
  Legions fought on both sides of the
  conlict, many with their own distinctive
  combat doctrines and ighting styles. For
  years, these Legios fought at the leading edge of
  the Great Crusade, casting down alien empires
  and recalcitrant human worlds that refused to
  bend the knee to the Imperium. It was only with
  the onset of the Horus Heresy that they would be
  truly tested, tragically, by entering battle against
  their own kind.
  To date, the Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook and the
  Titandeath and Doom of Molech supplements have
  presented rules for the most well known
  ‘canonical’ Legios. Of course, there are scores of
  named Titan Legions in the lore of Adeptus
  Titanicus, plus the potential to add or invent
  many more given the sweeping scale of the
  Horus Heresy. While the rulebook grants players
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  NEW RULES
  To create your own Crusade Titan Legion, choose four special
  rules from those presented below. hese are divided into Legio
  Traits, Legio Speciic Stratagems, and Legio Speciic Wargear. Any
  combination of Traits, Stratagems, and Wargear may be chosen.
  However, players may make no more than two selections from
  each category (i.e. no more than two Traits, two Stratagems, or two
  Wargear may be chosen).
  Crusade Titan Legions generate their Princeps Seniores’ personal
  trait from the table on page 55 of the Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook.
  LEGIO TRAITS
  Traits represent overall doctrines and tactics of the Titan Legion
  but may also represent things such as the unique efects of their
  home world or history.
  Legio Trait: Dark Reputation
  he Titan Legion has a reputation for relentless savagery and is
  widely feared by its enemies. Enemy Princeps are steeled against such
  tales by the strength of their god engines, though Knight Banners
  are not so fortunate.
  At the end of the Movement phase, any enemy Knight Banners
  within 3" of one of the Legio’s Titans immediately become Shaken
  (see page 47 of the Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook).
  Legio Trait: Deep War Vaults
  For centuries the Titan Legion’s Forge World has been amassing war
  materiel. Losses in battle are switly replaced and the Legio’s Princeps
  mourn the loss of their Titans only for as long as it takes their Forge
  World to furnish them with a replacement.
  If one of the Titan Legion’s Titans is destroyed without having
  scored any hits on an enemy unit, it is worth no Victory
  Points to your opponent.
  Legio Trait: Elite Magos
  he Titan Legion is well known for the skill of its Tech-Priests and
  Magi. Even in the heat of battle these individuals can call upon the
  favour of the Omnissiah to keep a Titan in the ight, though its machine
  spirit might be ready to rebel.
  he Legio’s Titans can roll an extra repair dice during the
  Damage Control phase in addition to those indicated by their
  servitor clades. In addition, Titans ielded as part of this Legio
  may add 2 to their command checks when attempting to go onto
  Emergency Repairs orders.
  Legio Trait: Engines of War
  he Legio’s Forge World is known for its manufacture of a particular
  Titan class. An abundance of components and Princeps skilled in
  the use of these Titans means they have a greater representation
  within the Titan Legion.
  Choose a class of Titan (e.g. Warlord, Reaver). he Titan Legion may
  always substitute one of the mandatory Titans in a maniple with
  a Titan of this type.
  Note that the substitute Titan only beneits from maniple rules that
  reference Titans, and not those that reference a speciic class of Titan.
  For example if the Reaver from a Venator Light Maniple was replaced
  with a Warlord Titan, the Warlord would not beneit from the
  Opportunistic Strike rule – this speciically references a Reaver Titan.
  However, if a Reaver from an Axiom Battleline Maniple was replaced
  by a Warlord, the Warlord would beneit from the Might of the
  Omnissiah rule since that refers to Titans in the maniple.
  Legio Trait: Fury of the Fallen
  he thirst for revenge runs deep within the Legio, and its Princeps
  will gladly give up their lives and even their Titans if it means
  causing harm to the enemy. his is especially true when the Princeps
  is facing their death.
  When one of the Legio’s Titans is activated in the Combat phase,
  it can ire each of its active weapons twice. Ater the Titan has
  completed its shooting, immediately roll on the Catastrophic
  Damage table and apply the results to the Titan.
  Legio Trait: Gunnery Command
  Battleield experience and countless hours of practice on ordinatus
  ranges have given the Princeps and Moderati of the Titan Legion a keen
  sense of the capabilities of their Titans’ weapons.
  Titans ielded as part of this Legio add 2 to the result of any
  Command checks made when issuing a First Fire or Split Fire order.
  Legio Trait: Loci of the Cause
  Whether it is as heroes of the Imperium or favoured soldiers in the
  Warmaster’s armies, the Titan Legion has become an icon for their
  master’s cause and an inspiration to all who ight in their name.
  During the Strategy phase, allied Knight Banners add 2 to the result
  of any Command check when issuing an order that has already been
  successfully issued to one or more of the Legio’s Titans.
  Legio Trait: Motive Mastery
  he Princeps of the Legio have learnt to wear their Titans like a second
  skin and can coax bursts of speed and devastating charges out of their
  god engines via the constant connection of their MIU.
  Titans ielded as part of this Legio add 2 to the result of any
  Command checks when issuing a Charge or Full Stride order.
  Legio Trait: Splinter Legio
  As sides were drawn between Loyalists and Traitors, the Horus Heresy
  divided countless Titan Legions. Some Traitor Legios included loyalist
  elements, while some Loyalist Titan Legions had Princeps who turned
  traitor. hese Titans and their crews formed splinter legions, never
  fully trusted by their allies but consumed by hatred for the betrayal of
  their former brothers.
  Choose a Legio Trait from any Titan Legion. If the Trait was chosen
  from a Traitor Titan Legion, then the Crusade Titan Legion must be
  Loyalist If the Trait was chosen from a Loyalist Titan Legion, then
  the Crusade Titan Legion must be Traitor.
  Legio Trait: Survivors
  By betrayal or misfortune, the Titan Legion has been broken by its
  enemies. hose few Princeps who remain must cling to the traditions of
  their forebears and attempt to ight on as best they can before they are
  permanently committed to the annals of history.
  From the start of the fourth game round, the Titan Legion may
  choose to end the game earlier than normal in the Strategy phase.
  Before any Stratagems are played, the Legio player declares that
  this will be the inal round of the game. If they do, the game will
  conclude at the end of the current round without any additional
  rounds being played.
  CREATING A CRUSADE TITAN LEGION
  
  LEGIO SPECIFIC STRATAGEMS
  Stratagems represent the Legio’s speciic battleield resources and
  rules of engagement, ranging from massed artillery support to the
  use of skilled saboteurs.
  Legio Speciic Stratagem: War Doctrine (Varies)
  War Doctrine represents a favoured Stratagem of the Titan Legion.
  To determine the efects of the Legio’s War Doctrine, choose any
  Stratagem, including Stratagems normally limited to other Titan
  Legions. If the Stratagem can be used by any Legio, then the Crusade
  Titan Legion can purchase it for 1 Stratagem point less than normal
  to a minimum of 1 point. If the Stratagem is speciic to another Titan
  Legion, then it can be purchased at the cost listed in its entry.
  Note that War Doctrine may be chosen more than once, provided
  each instance of this rule applies to a diferent Stratagem.
  LEGIO SPECIFIC WARGEAR
  Wargear represents those weapons and ordnance favoured by the Titan
  Legion or perhaps produced in substantial numbers by their Forge World.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Ablative Ceramite Plating
  Advanced layered armour has been added to one of the Titan’s critical
  locations. hese plates are usually only good for a single battle, but this is
  oten enough to protect the Titan from destruction or critical damage.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Ablative Ceramite
  Plating for 30 points. At the start of the battle, a Titan equipped with
  Ablative Ceramite Plating can choose either its Body, Legs, or Head. he
  Titan ignores the bonus to the attacker’s armour roll as a result of damage
  already inlicted on the chosen location, as indicated by the Command
  Terminal (see page 34 of the Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook).
  Additionally, if the Head is chosen, in a Campaign the Titan’s crew
  will always survive the destruction of their Titan on a 2+ (see
  page 87 of Titandeath).
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Armour Spikes
  Some Forge Worlds fashion baroque blades and spikes of prodigious size
  to the armour of their Titans. hese massive spear and sword tips are
  more than ornamentation and can be used by aggressive Princeps to
  gut enemy war engines.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Armour Spikes for
  20 points. A Titan with Armour Spikes increases the number of Dice it
  generates when making a Smash attack from D3 to D6 (see page 36 of the
  Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook).
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Auxiliary Shield Capacitors
  Redundant energy coils are built into the Titan’s void shield array, allowing
  it to reroute power from the reactor to the shields with maximum eiciency.
  he fragility of these coils limits their use, however, and once used they
  cannot be replaced until ater the battle.
  AnyoftheLegio’s TitanscanbeupgradedtohaveAuxiliaryShieldCapacitors
  for30points.heTitancandeclareVoids toFull!(seepage34oftheAdeptus
  Titanicus Rulebook)withouthavingtopushthereactor. AssoonastheTitan’s
  shieldscollapse,thebeneitsfromthispieceofWargear arelostfortheremainder
  ofthebattle,eveniftheTitan’s shieldsarelaterreignited.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Blind Missiles
  Blind missiles explode over the battleield to create a curtain of
  electromagnetically laced fog, foiling both advanced sensors and the
  naked eye. he only drawback of these barrages is their efects are
  notoriously short lived.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans armed with either Apocalypse Missile
  Launchers or an Apocalypse Missile Launcher can be upgraded to have
  Blind Missiles for 20 points. Once per game, a Titan armed with Blind
  Missiles may ire a blind salvo with its Apocalypse Missile Launcher or
  Apocalypse Missile Launchers rather than iring them normally. Place
  the 5" Blast marker anywhere within range and iring arc of the missile
  launchers. his marker remains in place until the end of the round and
  counts as line of sight blocking terrain.
  
  NEW RULES
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Crusade Banners
  heLegio’s Titans bearbanners oftheirdeedsandtheglorioustriumphs oftheGreat
  Crusade.Supporting troops draw greatinspiration fromthesereminders ofvictory
  andtheknowledge thattheirtitanic allieshaveneverbeendefeated.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Crusade Banners for
  15 points. Friendly Knight Banners within 12" of a Titan with Crusade
  Banners ignore the efects of being Shaken.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Macro Magazines
  Additional ammo hoppers have been built into the Titan, allowing for
  longer bursts of sustained ire. hough well shielded against attack,
  this extra ordnance can prove catastrophic should the Titan meet
  with a destructive end.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Macro Magazines for
  30 points. Increase the dice value of any Rapid weapon the Titan is armed
  with by 2. Add 2 to the result when rolling on the Catastrophic Damage
  table for a Titan with Macro Magazines.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Multiple Warhead Launchers
  Some Titan Legions employed multiple warheads on their missiles, the
  ordnance fragmenting in light to saturate the target in hundreds of
  explosive rounds. Such missiles are practically useless against Titans but can
  be efective at clearing areas of supporting units.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans armed with Apocalypse Missile Launchers or an
  Apocalypse Missile Launcher can be upgraded to have Multiple Warhead
  Launchers for 20 points. Instead of using the normal proile of its missile
  launchers, the Titan can ire multiple warheads. Use the range, iring arc,
  and to hit modiiers of the missile launchers, but reduce the STR to 3
  and triple the Dice.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Plasma Riling
  Gas channels allow for excess plasma from the Titan’s reactor to be funnelled
  into the iring chambers of its energy weapons, extending their range and
  increasing their lethality. hese mechanisms are not without their dangers,
  however, and can put extra strain on the Titan’s reactor.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Plasma Riling for 20
  points per Titan. When iring a weapon with the word Plasma or Laser in
  its name (e.g. Plasma Blastgun, Paired Laser Blasters) the Titan can push
  its reactor to increase both the short and long range of the weapon by 6".
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Ranging Auspexes
  Focusing lens arrays stud the Titan’s command canopy, allowing its Princeps
  an unequalled view of the battleield. hrough these telescopic eyes the
  distance to enemies can be switly determined, allowing for the most
  efective weapon volleys.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Ranging Auspexes for
  10 points per Titan. In the Combat phase, a Titan equipped with Ranging
  Auspexes can measure the range between itself and potential targets
  before iring its weapons.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Reactor Fetters
  Additional vents and heat sinks are built into the Titan’s reactor, protecting it
  from overloads or excessive plasma build up. While this makes the Titan safer
  to command, it also limits the output of the reactor should the Princeps need to
  call upon it in a hurry.
  Any of the Legio’s Titans can be upgraded to have Reactor Fetters for
  25 points. A Titan with Reactor Fetters may vent plasma in the Damage
  Control phase on a repair dice roll of 3+ rather than 4+. However, it may
  not voluntarily push its reactor more than once in each phase.
  Legio Speciic Wargear: Warchest
  he Titan Legion has amassed vast stockpiles of munitions during the Great
  Crusade. In these deep vaults are weapons, battle systems, and special
  ammunitions from other Titan Legions either gited to them through
  alliance or coniscated during the irst betrayals.
  he Titan Legion can choose a single piece of Legio Speciic Wargear
  belonging to another Legio. his wargear can now be purchased for
  the Titan Legion’s Titans, though it must still adhere to all of the rules
  presented in the wargear’s description (i.e. an upgrade only usable by
  Warlord Titans can only be bought for the Legio’s Warlord Titans).
  
  CREATING LEGIO NAESSIAS: AN EXAMPLE CRUSADE TITAN LEGION
  Anuj Malhotra: My name is Anuj Malhotra, one of the Horus
  Heresy: Age of Darkness game designers here at Games Workshop
  and an enthusiastic collector of Adeptus Titanicus. Having painted
  a couple of Titans, I was inspired to create my own Titan Legion,
  and with the new Legio customisation rules, I felt it was the perfect
  opportunity to develop my Legio for the tabletop.
  he Legio Naessias (also known as the Deep Dwellers) hail from
  the oceanic Forge World of Daxxos, where they defend their
  stackforges from deep-sea megafauna such as vast predatory whales
  and fanged megadectapods. Indeed it is from one of these beasts,
  the dread Krakynekin, that the Titan Legion derives its heraldic
  icon, the hooked tentacle of Daxxos. hough relatively small, the
  Deep Dwellers are a proud Legio, equally capable of waging war
  in the briny depths of their home world as on the battle-ravaged
  city streets of a hundred worlds. During the years of the Horus
  Heresy they remained iercely loyal to Terra, taking part in the
  battles of Drussen, Tallarn, and the Solar War, though it would
  cost the Legio dearly.
  Pragmatic and relentless hunters of the deep-ocean loor, the Legio
  Naessias has adapted to war under circumstances alien to many
  other Titan Legions. Training and operating under almost perpetual
  Zone Abyssia conditions, the Deep Dwellers earned their cognomen
  in a lightless world deined by its crushing pressure and unseen,
  constant threat. To survive in such an environment requires a speciic
  regimen of training, strategy, wargear, and culture amongst the
  scions of the Legio.
  Taking into account the background I’ve developed for my Legio, I
  was excited to see the new ‘build your own Legio’ sandbox-style rules
  and apply them to how I think my Titans could be represented in
  game. he Elite Magos Legio Trait, for example, would serve the Deep
  Dwellers well, as each engine is all but isolated in the darkness from
  its brethren. A damaged Titan has little hope of survival if ranging far
  along the sealoor, for even a small hull breach can result in a torturous,
  drowning death. In aid of these ranging missions, the Legio Naessias
  also pays great heed to the risk of creating iring solutions against
  friendly engines when they are occluded behind swirling eddies of
  silt. To ensure this does not happen, each engine is coated in a unique
  pattern of bioluminescent paint and equipped with the Ranging
  Auspexes Wargear upgrade.
  Reputed to strike with the remorselessness of the sea in storm, the
  Legio Naessias favours the use of energy weaponry, particularly
  lasers, as the short, sharp release of power boils the ocean with each
  strike and is not diminished by pressure and water resistance in the
  same manner as more conventional projectile-based weaponry. For
  this reason, the Legio ensures that each of its Titans is equipped with
  the Plasma Riling Wargear upgrade. Advancing relentlessly whilst
  unleashing eye-searing bursts of energy, the Deep Dwellers are also
  notorious for abandoning ranks when the enemy closes to instead
  stride into the jaws of death with their magna-harpoons raised. hey
  score their kills in the fashion of their home world, spearing enemies
  in place while pumping ire into them to ensure they cannot break
  free to scatter and harm the stackforges. To make this sudden rush
  forwards, the engines of the Legio Naessias make use of Legio Trait:
  Motive Mastery, using it in hope of winning renown, honour, and
  additional kill-stripes.
  
  NEW RULES
  
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