Hive Mind (Intellect) Horde Army

[timvidlak]

All units in a Hive Army must take 1 of the Hive Mind Perks this is Mandatory not optional. The Hive Intellect is unconcerned with losses so the entire army is Immune to Mental Checks & Suppression & Units can Never go prone. Any unit that is out of control of the Hive Mind becomes subject to Instinctive Behavior as most of the units are no more intelligent than any other predator. Loss of control by the Hive Intellect can happen in a Number of ways (when this happens the unit becomes subject to Mental Checks & are Bloodthirsty but are still immune to Suppression). First the Units of Drone Warrior are not themselves Directly linked to the Hive Mind but are linked to it by a specialist unit with Hive Mind Node that is attached to a Squad, if this unit dies the Drone Warriors no longer are controlled by the Hive Mind until another Hive Node takes control of the unit. Secondly if the Hive Mind Grand Lord (Army General) is Killed all units must test to see if the link to the hive Mind has been interrupted Mental test (Vehicles Test as a Mental Stat of 11 As Either Hive Clusters Or Hive Nodes) at a -1 for Hive Mind Lords -2 for Hive Mind Clusters & -3 for Hive Mind Nodes if failed they are Bloodthirsty (subject to Frenzy) & Instinctive behavior + In Addition All Drone Units are at a -2 to their Instinctive behavior rolls for the rest of the game with 2 being the lowest result.
I will be adding the Hive Mind Perks & Modz over the next few days. The initial Perk for all Most Squads is bellow with the first Instinctive Behavior chart which corresponds to it.


3 Points Hive Mind Drone Warrior: Immune to Mental checks, Ignore suppression, Squad Coherency 6 inches & Assault with 1 Action & Always get to React Assault When Assaulted. Negatives the Unit can not go prone & the Unit is Subject to Instinctive Behavior. In addition Drone Warrior Units may not Have Ranged Weapon & are Limited to a Soak of 13 & are limited to the following perks Ultimate Agility, Long Runners, Jump Pack, Bullet Time, Infiltrator, Aquatic, Active Camo, Auto-Heal, Infected, Over the Top & Pay the usual 5 points extra for this is a second perk.

Drone Instinctive Behavior
Must be lead by a Specialist For each hit the squad suffers roll 1D6 on the roll of a 1 the leader takes the hit if leader dies test for instinctive behavior immediately & for each action until back in control of the hive mind Roll 2D6 to determine action.
2-4 Assault nearest Target Friend or Foe & becomes subject to frenzy
5-6 Assault nearest enemy & becomes subject to frenzy
7 Do nothing this turn
8 Move random direction
9-10 Move twads nearest friendly unit & if within the units Squad Coherency test verses mental stat -2 to join unit if failed you must Immediately assault the Unit even if out of normal assault distance this is a free action.
11-12 Join nearest friendly unit no test

I will be posting Card as I get things Done, but it will take a little time as I am working on numerous Projects.


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[timvidlak]

Just finished up my first second level Hive Mind (Intellect) Horde Class a Hive Mind Node

4 Point Hive Mind Node:Required! Between 1 & 2 of these units Must Join every Drone Unit, they are Subject to all the Rules of the Attached Unit & Purchase the Same Modz or Perks of the Unit. Control Drones (They may attempt to control Any Drone units in Squad Coherency 6 inches take a Mental Test (if another Node is with the other Squad Both Nodes must Pass the Test (at -2 for the other Node) to Combine) this can take the Squad beyond 10 Models, Number of Models is Not Limited.) Mixed Units (If the 2 Squads have different Perks The appropriate models may use the Perks if Practical Other wise the Perks become Unusable). Energize (May Restore D3-1 Gruntz from Waxed requires complete activation of the Squad This Ability is only usable if more than 1 Model with Hive Mind Node is in a Squad as it requires 1 Node to Maintain Influence & every other Node May use this ability with a single action.) Assault Fire (May Fires ranged weapons when assaulting).
Hive Mind Cluster (If 3 or more Hive Mind Nodes are in a Single Unit They are a Hive Mind Clusters & will Gain Extra Benefits for being a Hive Mind Node Cluster.)

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[lordvankar44]

I like these rules for Hive Mind. I just finished creating stats for the Space Demon army which are similar in looks to the all too familiar Aliens. I should be able to incorporate those Hive Mind rules for the Space Demons.
Although the part about the Specialist leaders, I am not sure if the Space Demons would have one in each of their groups, but it is worth a try to see how they function.

[timvidlak]

I Simplified my Hive Intellect (Mind) Rules. Part 1 I have Completely reworked the rules making them less restrictive While keeping the feel of A single driving force. Taking Care this Time to Keep it Simple. Much more Streamlined & User Friendly then my last Set of rules regarding the Hive Intellect (Mind). With these New Rules I used them with my Father who had never played gruntz before. We used them on his second game using gruntz 1.1 & even with teaching him the rules the game only took a couple (2 or 2 1/2)of hours. Using 2115 points of Zerge verses 1024 points of of Heavy Infantry. That ended up 10 Squads(4) & 1 Squad(5) of Federal Infantry, 7 Gruntz Specialist (3 Heavy Lases Auto Fire, 3 Missile Launchers, 1 Medic) 1 Commander, 5 Heavy ISV, & 4 Heavy Tanks Verses 6 Double Squads of Zerglings(18), 4 Squads of Hydrolisks(6), 3 Squads of Scourges(8), 3 Squads of Hopers(4), 12 Ultralisks Medium Monsters(4), 12 Lurkers Medium Vehicle Specialist(4), 14 Guardians Scout Vehicle Specialist(4), 12 Mutalisks Scout Vehicle Specialist(4).

It was one of the funnest Games I ever Played & I played the Federals with less than 1/2 the Points of the Zerge.

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