Recycling the Campaign Abilities into New Classes

IronWolf616

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IronWolf616

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Mar 22, 2025, 12:21:55 PM

So its a pretty simple concept, we have 2 campaign specific abilities that aren't used beyond it. Why can't we just take those and make new classes around them?

Righteous Fury -> Litanies of Battle

Titus' signature ability, Righteous Fury, from the campaign would be really good in operations, granted it would have to be toned down a bit, but it can be made stronger through perk selections. I think if it's reflavored into Litanies of Battle, it could be a good fit for would a Judiciar Class, basically a Chaplain in training. Quoting from the 40k Fandom "Judiciars must prove their worth in battle to join their Chapter's Chaplaincy proper, doing so through acts of devotion and the slaying of enemies." This seems to fit the theme quite well, and perks could be used to spread the increased damage or a portion of the healing to other marines.

The Judiciar Miniature:

Battle Cry -> Psychic Blast

Gadriel's signature ability, Battle Cry, from the campaign could be useful for crowd control on higher difficulties. Perks could be used change the properties like increasing damage, increasing knock back, or even rooting enemies in place. With some added psychic visual effects and retitled to something like, Psychic Blast, this could be a good fit for a Codicier Class, a young Librarian in training working under the chapter's more senior Librarians. Being a lower rank of psyker would explain being only able to use one psychic power.

The Codicier Miniature: (This is actually Phobos Armor Librarian miniature, but you get the idea)

Chaos equivalents

A Wordbearers First Acolyte for the Judiciar Class. The First Acolyte works under a Dark Apostle could be considered an equivalent to the Judicar training under a Space Marines Chaplain. Plus the strange dark religion stylings of the Wordbearers would be a cool to see as a in-game model!

A Thousand Sons Chaos Apprentice for the Codicier. While there isn't a lesser version of a Lesser Chaos Sorcerer, I think this class/name could kind of convey a similar feel without being too far removed. Also again, love the Thousand Sons style! Their Models in game really make me want to play one.

Possible Armor and Weapon Loadouts

I took some time and looked at the wargear loadouts for the units I referenced for these classes, and using that information I tried to pick things that were on theme while not giving them access to absolutely everything.

Class	Judiciar	Codicier
Armor	Mark X Tacticus (3 Armor Bars)	Mark X Phobos (2 Armor Bars)
Primary Weapons	None	None
Secondary Weapons	Bolt Pistol, Heavy Bolt Pistol, Inferno Pistol	Bolt Pistol, Neo-Volkite Pistol, Plasma Pistol
Melee Weapons	Chainsword, Power Sword, Thunder Hammer	Combat Knife, Power Fist, Power Sword

Possible Class Perks

These are just some examples I came up with, most are piecemealed together from already existing perks, but I tried to make some new ones that sound/function in cool ways. (Please note I am not a game dev or very good with numbers, so I used X's in place of actual numbers because I'd have no clue how to balance these.

Class Perks	Judiciar Team Perks	Judiciar Signature Perks	Codicier Team Perks	Codicier Signature Perks
Perk Name	Weapon Mastery	Scorching Light	Psycho-Enhanced Abilities	Psychic Surge
Description	Increases Squad Members' Perfect Block and Perfect Parry Windows by X%.	When Active, Litanies of Battle Deals damage that scales with difficulty to all enemies with X meters.	All Squad Members' Abilities do X% more damage or have a X% longer duration.	When your armor is fully depleted, Psychic Blast's Charge is restored to full. Cooldown is X seconds.
Perk Name	Cathartic Retribution	Divine Endurance	Precognitive Reflexes	Psychic Backlash
Description	All Squad Members restore X% more Contested Health from Melee Damage.	Taking Lethal Damage restores all health instead of incapacitating you. Cooldown is X seconds.	Increases Squad Members' Perfect Dodge Timing and Perfect Parry Windows by X%.	Finishers Additionally deals area-of-effect Damage that scales with difficulty in X meter range. Cooldown is X seconds.
Perk Name	Holy Frenzy	Executioner's Blade	Psychic Barrier	Psychic Vortex
Description	All Squad Members do X% more damage for X seconds after performing a finisher on a Majoris Level or higher enemies.	A fully Charged Strong Attack will now instantly perform a finisher on a Majoris or Extremis level enemies. Cooldown is X seconds.	All Squad Members gain a bonus armor segment after performing a finisher on a Majoris Level or higher enemies. Cooldown is X seconds.	Instead of knocking enemies back, Psychic Blast now pulls them closer to you and increases melee weapon damage they take by X% for X seconds.

In Closing

So that pretty much sums it up, I know it's not super innovative, but I think it's something that could possibly be more feasible in the short term. Thank you for reading!

Edit 1: Added Pictures for reference.

Edit 2: Added My Own Comments to the main post for readability and to reduce clutter.

Edit 3: Added some Class Perks

Updated 2 days ago.