Just spotted this, and quite excited about it, as I'm a big fan of the Ordo Xenos, Deathwatch in particular.
A few questions regarding some of the options you've made:
Deathwatch are very limited in number and rarely deploy a whole Watch Fortress compliment, and since the Deatchwatch can commandeer Imperial Units at their discretion (and usually do in large conflicts), why not include some Imperial Guard Formations instead of the Inquisitorial Units (I think Inquisitorial Units would be more appropriate in an Ordo Army), or have them available as an Allied contingent (1/3 points)
This is a Deatchwatch Army List, but why not an Ordo Xenos? If you're admitting the possibility of an Inquisitor Supreme Commander, why not have the Inquisitorial Storm Troopers as a main part of the Army. After all, these would be more readily available to an Inquisitor than Deathwatch, and more suitable to be present in the list. *Edit Ignore the bit about the Ordo Xenos, however, I feel an Inquisitor is out of place leading a Deatchwatch Army
Why can't the Corvus transport Terminators? Also, maybe the Bikes and Assault should take 2 spots? Why no Assault Terminators in the Kill Teams?*Edit Nevermind, Thought there were other lists with them, but can't find any. Why Plasma Cannons instead of Regular Assault Cannons or Cyclones? Plasmas are more Dark Angels Stuff *Edit Just read back there you don't follow 40k Corvus can Transport Terminators, Assault Marines and Bikes. Terminators and Assaults take 2 slots of transport capacity. Bikes take 3 slots, so a Corvus could transport 4 bikes in 40k and that's about right for 1 stand of Epic Bikes)
Don't get why the Landing Craft and the Strike Team are Detachments and not Support
Some suggestions and minor cosmetic changes based on more recent background (both DW RPG and latest Codex):
Change the Name of the Kill Team Formation to Watch Company. Each Watch Company has 4 Kill Teams, that can be represented by each stand in the formation. Change the Deathwatch Captain to Watch Master - He is the commander of a Watch Fortress. I'd also give him Supreme Commander instead of the Inquisitor (I'd imagine an Inquisitor would assign military command to a specialized alien hunter) *Edit Change the Deathwatch Sergeant to Deathwatch Captain - He would be in charge of a Watch Company. Change the Deathwatch Veteran to Deathwatch Kill Team Maybe Change the name of the Hellfire Bolter to Artifex Pattern Bolter
Maybe change the Power Weapon and Thunder Hammer names of the Sergeant and Black Shield to Close Combat Weapons (if you're not planning on giving them MW, otherwise there will always be a doubt if it's a typo or not)
Some Typos and other suggestions based on the above:
Using The Army List The following army list allows you to field an army based on the DeathWatch or one of their successor chapters using their preferred operational methods.
".....Death Watch armies may be supported by Imperial Navy aircraft and Titan Legion Battlegroups" There isn't an option for Titans in the Army List. I get it that this is a draft and you'll probably add them at a later stage. If not, then the above is a Typo.
Kill Team Watch Company: 4 of the following units plus 2 and transports: 0-1 Watch Sergeant Captain 50 Points Deathwatch Veteran and Transport 50 Points Deathwatch Black Shield and Transport 50 Points Deathwatch Terminator 75 Points Deathwatch Bike 50 Points Deathwatch Vanguard Veteran 75 Points
*Edit A Killteam can have up to 10 men, depending on mission, so a Watch company could have anything from 20 to 40 men. Taking this into account I'd add an option to the upgrades to increase the size of the Watch Company:
Kill Team Watch Company Upgrades Commander, Dreadnought, Land Raider, Razorback, Corvus Black Star, Kill Team
Kill Team Upgrade (*New): Add 1 of the following: Deathwatch Veteran (50), Deathwatch Terminator (75) Deathwatch Bike (50), Deathwatch Vanguard Veteran (75) Note: You can have multiples of this upgrade.
Commander Upgrade: Add Deathwatch Captain Watch Master, Deathwatch Chaplain or Deathwatch Librarian
Razorback Upgrade: Add 1 Razorback for each infantry unit that can be transported in one
Corvus Black Star: Add a Corvus Black Star for every 2 each infantry units that can be transported in one.
Great Work so far! Keep it up!
*Edited Above
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