macd21 said:

Possibly, unless it's an exclusive licence to THQ. I mean, I doubt they'd want another company (other than GW) messing about with the backstory, etc, of their personal chapter.

Either way, I doubt we'll be seeing them in the corebook. Out of the 2 spare slots (since we all know Dark Angels and Blood Angels are going to be in the 6 base chapters), there are other major options (like Raven Guard, etc) that I can see FFG going with first.

I really hope that the Iron Hands are in the core book or at least come in fairly soon, but I  won't hold my breath. Outside of that, mmm not sure, just really hope for Iron Hands.

Haven't got anything meaningful to add to this thread, other than hoping (like many others) that the Raven Guard are included. They're so right for Deathwatch it would hurt if they weren't. But we'll see.

prophetsteve said:

Unfortuantly I don not think that the Death Watch recruit from the Grey Knights.  Grey knights do a lot of things differntly from other cahpters of space marines.  However I would be thrilled to be wrong.  I would love to see rules for these super marines, I would expect them in a suplement.

Hrathen said:

You wouldn't be wrong, Hrathan.  The Grey Knights are exclusively the chamber militant for the Ordo Malleus.  The closest you'll see to a Grey Knight serving in the Deathwatch would be an Exorcist; being a known founding from the Grey Knights.  They operate as a normal chapter, while still having much of the same specialties of their predecessors.  Of course, I don't think they're all psychic, but they are all subjected to dæmonic possession to make them more resistant to Chaos influence.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Brother Praetus said:

I don't know if I would call them "normal".

Atheosis said:

True enough.   

-=Brother Praetus=-

Mentor Legion? Could be fun to see trhem in Deathwatch :)

 At lexicanum  I found a short list of which Chapters have been known to contribute to Deathwatch.

• Black Consuls
• Black Templar
• Blood Angels
• Blood Ravens
• Crimson Fists
• Death Spectres
• Exorcists
• Imperial Fists
• Lamenters
• Mantis Warriors
• Raven Guard
• Red Talons
• Revilers
• Salamanders
• Scythes of the Emperor
• Space Wolves
• Ultramarines
• White Scars

So far they have been following this list with the exception of the Dark Angels.  Which only makes sense because they are right next door to Calixis.

Theofonias said:

The setting isn't anywhere near Calixis though.  And the Dark Angels don't have a homeworld anymore, so they can easily be anywhere for narrative convenience. 

Atheosis said:

Where is the setting then?  I thought they were following the trend set by their other games.

Theofonias said:

It's going to be on the Eastern Fringe.

I just hope that they'll include the Imperial Fists.

Which do I think will be in there if I had to guess? Ultramarines of course.

Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Salamanders, Blood Angels...and maybe Dark Angels.

I think that it would have to be chapters that are different, there needs to be enough variance in there to allow something different between the different characters during character development.

PhoenixBurn said:

Well, they've already kinda announced 4/6 of the Chapters, and since they consist of Ultramarines, Space Wolves, Dark Angels, and Black Templars, and Blood Angels are almost 100% going to be in there, in my opinion, that only leaves one space open, and, given the BTs being in there already, I doubt it'll be their father Chapter, the Imperial Fists.

I'd also like to see the Imperial Fists in there, but I doubt they will be included, regarding the BT already being in and such...

But hey, this is a game, so the rules are not set in stone. It could be pretty challenging to include more/other chapters or even invent your own. Perhaps there will even be rules for this...