40K 700 points flash league- starts 25th August. Post questions and queries here!

[scoundrel13]

You should have stuck to your guns with the rules, now you are going to get loads of people asking for a special changes to their lists.

Mine is

I only have one non-named HQ in my codex, can I take St Celectine for 135pts instead.

I've not run a 40K league or tournament before. This is the first one I've organised. Before I released the ruleset for this league, I discussed and edited it with Vince, as he ran the Escalation campaign before. We agreed that while the restrictions were as fair and levelling as we could come up with, across the many and varied codices there were inevitably going to be a few places where my restrictions were not balanced, and I rely upon these imbalances to be brought up by players in a respectful way on here, as I do not know every codex word for word.

I'm quite happy to make ongoing amendments to my rules, as long as they ensure everyone is HAPPY with the army that they can bring, and the idea of a level playing field is not compromised. For example, I was informed that a 130pt HQ cap meant that Tyranids could only take a single HQ choice (Prime) with no upgrades. After discussion, I decided to make a unique cap for Tyranids, as their codex has unusually high costs for HQ choices. Now, I hope, the player is happy with that compromise.

I hope this adequately illustrates that "sticking to your guns" can be both needlessly stubborn and counter-intuitive to a functioning league system.

To answer your question, I've looked at the Sisters HQs, and you actually have extra options alongside the Canoness- Sororitas Command Squad and Priests, and Ecclesiarchy Battle Conclave.

With 150pts of HQ, your Canoness has a lot of room for upgrades too. So no, I'm not going to break the "No named characters" rule. A Canoness upgraded or with a hefty retinue is fine for 700pts.