29.8 Do NOT say that your Chapter is a Grey Knights Successor Chapter.

29.7 Do NOT claim your Chapter was secretly created by a Primarch.

29.6 Do NOT claim your Chapter was created whole from another Chapter.

29.5 Do NOT claim your Chapter was created from a lost company.

29.4 Do NOT say that your Chapter is one of the Lost Legions.

29.3 Do NOT claim that your Chapter has cured the twin-flaws of Sanguinius.

29.2 Do NOT say that your Chapter is a Space Wolves Successor Chapter.

29.1 Do NOT claim your Chapter was created from Traitor Legion Gene-Seed.

29 Things NOT to Do When Creating a Homebrew Chapter.

17 Chapter's Relationship with Home World.

9.25.1 Primarch's Curse: Grim Determination.

9.24.1 Primarch's Curse: Cursing the Word.

9.23.1 Primarch's Curse: Only Honour In Death.

9.22.1 Primarch's Curse: Crusaders Call.

9.20.1 Primarch's Curse: Deepening Mysteries.

9.19.1 Primarch's Curse: Chill of the Void.

9.17.1 Primarch's Curse: Revile the Xenos.

9.15.1 Primarch's Curse: Burn the Witch.

9.14.1 Primarch's Curse: The Strong are Strongest Alone.

9.12.1 Primarch's Curse: Curse of the Wulfen.

9.11.1 Primarch's Curse: Steel Over Flesh.

9.10.1 Primarch's Curse: Lure of the Shadows.

9.9.1 Primarch's Curse: Chogorian Savagery.

9.8.1 Primarch's Curse: Death Before Dishonour.

9.5.1 Primarch's Curse: Honour the Codex.

Note: Much of the text here has been copied from the RPG 'Deathwatch: Rites of Battle' with some information from the affiliate Warhammer 40K Fanon Wiki under the Fair Use doctrine. Listed below are some tips of what to do and not to do, when creating a canon-friendly Space Marine Chapter, and hopefully help you to avoid the pitfalls and cliches that often plague many fanon-based Chapters. As anyone who has ever decided to create their own Chapter knows, the hardest part is coming up with something original, insightful, with excellent characterization and something that hasn't been done already a million times before. This is a guide for those who wish to create their own Homebrew Space Marine Chapter. So shall it be for a thousand times a thousand years, unto the very end of eternity and the extinction of mortal flesh.' - Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the UltramarinesĪ battle-brother of the fan-made homebrew Lantern Marines Chapter Angels of Death whose shining wings bring swift annihilation to the enemies of Man. They will be bright stars in the firmament of battle. ' They shall be pure of heart and strong of body, untainted by doubt and unsullied by vainglory.

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