Goatboy’s Warhammer 40K – CSM’s Best Hidden Murder Hobos
Goatboy here and if you play D&D you know the term – Murder Hobos. It turns out the CSM codex has some good ones too.
Murder Hobos are those RPG players that just love to be little sociopaths in roleplaying games and see all encounters as methods to earn sweet XP. The Goblin Village isn’t a village – it is a mine full of easy experience and gold. 40k has Murder Hobos too and the new Chaos Space Marine book has a few bright shining stars that are not just a Disco Lord coming to win the dance contest. With that – let’s talk about a few of them and how murdery they can be.
Emperor’s Children Noise Marine Champion
Wargear – Powerfist, Doomsiren, Sonic Blaster, Icon
51pts
This guy is pretty nutty when he wears the leopard print speedo with matching cape for the Emperor’s children. He comes in rocking 4 Powerfist attacks that hit on 2’s with some exploding 6’s at times. At 12″ range he throws out d6 auto hitting Str 5, AP -3, and 1 Damage shots. Heck if he gets within 6″ it becomes 2 damage. On top of that the Sonic blaster also has 3 shots that get up to 2 damage at half range. You are throwing the ICON on him too so this guy will always be a pain in the butt even if you remove a ton of his friends. Heck when you shoot burn Excruciating Frequencies to try and pour out some Mortal wounds too. This is a true little monster of the Emperor’s children who likes to listen to bad dubstep. Thanks Ben for pointing this out to me by the way.
Alpha Legion Master of Executions
Warlord Trait – Headhunter
Relic – Hydra’s Wail
80pts
Mark wise you could throw whatever one you want on there but I get the feeling Slaanesh would be good because you can let him advance and charge with a Prayer and then you can use Warp-Sight Plea on top of that to give him reroll ones. But now he can target with this pistol characters with 6 shots that could cause Mortal wounds on wound rolls of 6, you get to reroll wound rolls, and reroll to hit rolls as well. Throw in some Strats and he becomes a little John Wick running around out there.
Black Legion Warp Smith
Warlord Trait X 2 – Flames of Spite, Soul-Eater
Mark of Slaanesh
Relic – Thaa’ris and Rhi’ol, the Rapacious
95pts
This guy is going to come in with D3 extra Exalted Power Axe hits and then D3 extra mechatendril attacks. He can regain lost wounds as he kills stuff and also cause mortal wounds on those 6’s to wound that he gets to reroll. He doesn’t hit on 2’s starting off. But with a 2+ armor save and ability to heal himself he can surprise you with how much damage he can dump out into a unit.
Word Bearer’s Dark Apostle
Warlord Trait – Exalted Possession
Relic – Epistle of Lorgar, Eightfold-cursed Crozius
Mark of Khorne
Prayers – Wrathful Entreaty, Omen of Potency
110pts
So this guy can throw out 2 chants that target himself, reroll his wounds when he attacks, have exploding 6’s to hit, and he is hitting with 5+1+3 attacks. Oh and those attacks when they hit cause Auto wounds, 3 damage, and will be AP -4. That seems like a pretty nutty little combat ball that will come in hot and take all your candy. Heck add in a Legionaire unit throwing Diabolic Strength on this guy. Now he gets +2 to his strength and attacks to go up to 11 attacks hitting on 2+ with exploding 6’s and every hit is an auto wound!
Personally – the Word Bearer murder priest seems the most fun. It combos up, gives you something to quickly destroy something, and it feels kinda fluffy as this crazy murder preacher throwing out some insane damage. I also thought about the Black Mace as it can also do a lot of damage to a unit but the Hit = Auto Wounds seems pretty powerful. Plus – he can help make sure you hit your tally in the middle of the table as he screams about Khorne, Skulls, and blood.
Which CSM Murder Hobo is your favorite?
