Friday, December 4, 2009

Soul Reapers SC 5: DP Vorenous the Raptor


Vorenous the Raptor


Once a powerful Lord in the Raptors cult Vorenous ascended to Daemonhood on the planet Stalerak. They were fighting the Ultramarines for possession of the planets main Spaceport. Vorenous and his raptors were just finishing off the last of the defenders when he suddenly felt the electrical charge and heard the familiar crackle of a teleporter beam. The Raptors were trapped with no chance to evade their new foe, as they were inside the main building. The only thing the Raptors had in the favor was numbers as they outweighed the Terminators two to one.

The fighting was brutal and unforgiving with the upper hand going quickly to the heavily armored loyalists. Vorenous ordered his Raptors to evade and escape if they could and he would cover their escape. There were three Terminators left facing Vorenous, he leapt forward and skewered the exposed head of the Sergeant with his power sword. When all of a sudden he felt a large jerk and flew end over end as one of the terminators struck him with a Thunder hammer and smashed his jump pack hurling him to the ground. He sprang to his feet and charged the nearest terminator only to be knocked through a wall. As he lay there buried beneath the rubble dazed he heard the whispers of the Dark Gods. He offered up his soul as payment if they would grant him the power to slay his foes in their name.

Thinking that Vorenous was dead the Ultramarines turned to leave the room to complete their mission of retaking the Spaceport. Just then they heard a bone chilling unearthly shriek and crumbling masonry as Vorenous ascended to Daemonhood. It would be the last thing they would ever hear as the Daemon Price tore them asunder.

Vorenous was not gifted with wings when he ascended and being a great champion of the Raptors Cult this vexed him greatly. He was enraged, as he felt betrayed by the fickle Gods. During the rest of the campaign he was in an uncontrollable rage slaughtering more Ultramarines than anyone else in the Soul Reapers warhost.

After the campaign was over, the most loyal amongst his cult sought out to fulfill the desires of their leader. They turned on and slaughtered two of their own as a sacrifice of fealty, offering up the Raptors packs to Vorenous so he could fly once more upon Wings of Fire.

Vorenous the Raptor

WS 7
BS 5
S 6
T 5
W 4
I 6
A 4
LD 10
Points 155

War Gear:
Jump Pack
Personal Icon
Daemonic Handcannon: Vorenous still carries his bolt pistol, although it is hardly a pistol anymore as it was morphed with him upon his ascension to Daemonhood. Known as the Daemonic Handcannon, a very powerful weapon its ammunition is charged with pure warp energy. It has the following profile.

Range: 18
Strength: 6
AP: 3
Type: Assault 3
Special: Rending

Special Rules:
Fearless
Eternal Warrior
5+ invulnerable save
Outta Fuel: Vorenous was not gifted with wings when he ascended. Instead he has two Raptor packs linked and strapped to his armor. The problem is even with two packs he burns through fuel rapidly due to the Daemon Princes immense weight. Every turn that he makes a jump move roll a D6 after the move is completed on a roll of a 1 he is out of fuel and may no longer make jump moves.

Wings of Fire: Vorenuos is the leader of the Raptors cult within the Soul Reapers. Any force that contains Vorenous must contain at least one squad of Raptors, in addition one unit of Raptors may be selected as a troops choice.

3 comments:

  1. Very nice write up for the character.
    While I like the overall composition of the character. The fact that he has such a powerful shooting weapon to me means his stats should be
    WS 6, BS 6. In addition to lowering his weapon skill, and making him more of a shooting daemon, I would increase the range of his weapon to 24 inches.

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  2. I think the changes you propose kind of are at odds with what he should be. I would say that his stats are the same, the range on the weapon be reduced to 12" and that he is able to take a squad of raptors as a retinue.
    All this + an addition to the outta fuel rule "If Vorenous rolls a 1 on his outta fuel roll, a raptor may be killed in order to offer more fuel to his lord. This allows Vorenous to ignore a roll of a 1"

    This way he really is a raptor, and since raptors are a little more cc oriented it is best that he is too. Also maybe giving him hit and run USR would be helpful too.

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  3. Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll talk it over with the guys.

    I do think the 12 inch range for the Handcannon is a good suggestion.

    No way I am going to be the guy that gives a DP the hit and run USR.

    -Jim

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