Hello!
Does anyone know what the badges look like for:
Lexicanum
Codicer
Epistolary
Cheif Librarian
(And did I get the order right?)
Also, what does the line and arch on their tabards look like for each?
I am *pretty* sure that the "level" of Librarian indicates how many "points" are on the arch... But I'm not completely sure!
Thanks for your help...
tabards:
line = lexicanian
line + skull = codicier
line + skull + halo = epistolary
(i dont know if Chief Librarians have a specific tabard)
badges.. i *think* it may be the following, but i wouldnt swear to it
lexicanian = scroll
codicier = book
epistolary = horned skull
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Actually, it's more like this. Tabards:
Lexicanium : Line with half circle.
Codicier: Line with halo (i.e. half circle with spikes)
Epistolary: Line with halo and skull inside halo
I don't think Chief Librarians have a special tabard. Check with how GW painted Tigurius.
Badges:
Lexicanium: Horned skull
Codicier: Horned skull on scroll
Epistolary: Book
No difference in points on arch.
(Source: Codex Ultramarines)
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Thanks!
This is just what I was looking for/needed...
The Chief Librarian, being a unique rank, is generally based on the Epistolary markings with additional embelishment to the armour and the presence of a more personalised banner.
Pride is not a sin. Hubris is not a failing. The galaxy is not a mere collection of stars, it is our birthright! For too long have men looked up the infinite expanses of darkness before them and looked back inward, seeking solance in their huddled, weak soulfires. I see the black depths before me and all I can see is an eternity of war and conquest in the Emperor's name.
-Lord Solar Macharius
uh...lexicaniums? is that something pre-4th ed?
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Jep. Back in 2nd Ed you had Librarians with different degees of powers, who had also a lot more roles in the fluff, than being a demonkiller.
Fulgrim
Think of it as, basically, level 1 through 4.
Which, coincidentally, was the number of powers they could have, drawn randomly from a stack of cards.
I'm not kidding.
And I really loved the old psychic powers system from 2nd edition! I miss it...
interestingly back in RT (at least in Realms of Chaos) the Librarians rank determined if he was a marine/champion/minor or major hero, with the psychic level being independant (so you could have a 1 wound Lexicanian who was a level 4 psyker fighting side-by-side with a 3 wound Major Hero Chief Librarian who was only a level 1 psyker)
fluffwise Lexicanii and Chief Librarians are both still there (see the chapter organisation chart in the IVth edition codex) they just arent in the army list ~ presumably Lexicanians would be too weak and Chief Librarians too powerful
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