Do the Betcher's Gland and Mucranoid organs function in Raven Guard marines? Because, according to fluff, they don't. I am asking because the rules in First Founding don't say they aren't functioning, like it does for Imperial Fists in Rites of Battle.
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Cardinal Nicodemus said:
Do the Betcher's Gland and Mucranoid organs function in Raven Guard marines? Because, according to fluff, they don't. I am asking because the rules in First Founding don't say they aren't functioning, like it does for Imperial Fists in Rites of Battle.
Everything I've read outside of First Founding says the organs are busted. It's probably a simple oversight in the printing- if you want to go by the fluff I'd just turn them off. I don't really see any hints that they get compensated for this in any way, but heat/cold resistance and acid spitting, while handy, don't come into play all that often.
Cardinal Nicodemus said:
Do the Betcher's Gland and Mucranoid organs function in Raven Guard marines? Because, according to fluff, they don't. I am asking because the rules in First Founding don't say they aren't functioning, like it does for Imperial Fists in Rites of Battle.
Cardinal Nicodemus said:
Do the Betcher's Gland and Mucranoid organs function in Raven Guard marines? Because, according to fluff, they don't. I am asking because the rules in First Founding don't say they aren't functioning, like it does for Imperial Fists in Rites of Battle (unless its in the errata which I have missed, for which I do apologise)
Nope the rules for RG does not state that the Mucranoid and Betcher's Gland malfunction explicitly like it does for the Imperial Fists.
It does state under the section "Curse of the Raven" on page 15 of FF that Mucranoid and Betcher's gland could not be harvested from the progenoids of the RG. Also Minor mutations in the melancronic organ resulted in the jet black eyes and pale skin. Stock of geneseed has become perilously low, forcing them to take a loan from the ad mech.
You may decide how much of canon you wanna incorporate into your game and house rule it if you wish. IMO, it should be added in the box on page 16 of Raven Guard characteristics to prevent confusion.