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Originally Posted by Drax  it was for most marines i think - in 2nd ed you use to be able to equip the sgt with one and then the leader of the other combat squad could also take them too iirc (which i probably don't)
so it could be that they have gotten awy with it for too long |
in 2nd ed you could equip just about any member of the squad with just about any weapon you wanted. you could have a whole squad with power weapons in one hand and power fists on the other. 'course the rules for them were different in those days and the way armour worked was closer to the whfb rules operate, with save modifiers and such for strength and the like.
**nostalgic tear rolls down a hairy cheek**
anyhu, the only thing i'd like to see changed is the statline for bloodclaws. ws and bs 3 just don't cut it when normal sm scouts (and bloodclaws are essentially just young space wolves who are new to the chapter) have the same stats as a normal marine but without the 3+ save. that never really made sense to me other than a way to tone down the extra attack when they charge.