One of the things I really love about Space Marine 2e and Titan Legions is the inclusion of datafaxes for the largest Titans: the Space Ork Mega-Gargant and the Imperator Titan. I feel the hit location templates add a lot to the feel of these Titans as massive, towering machines of war, housing hundreds of crew, garrison troops and menial dregs to keep the cogs running. What would it be like to fuse a little bit of this character back into Epic 40,000? I drew up some quick rules for review that optionally add a little more detail to Titans in Epic 40k games (although I would only recommend these in smaller games, where each side has one or two Titans max).
Titan Datafaxes
Each Titan has a unique, two-sided data card for allocating hits and resolving damage. To accommodate these cards, the attack procedure is slightly modified when Titans are targeted.
Firing at Titans:
1) Choose attacking detachment and target Titan.
2) Choose target locations on the datafax (following the rules for split fire if declaring more than one target location).
3) For each target location, roll two Aim dice to shift attack. As long as the Titan is not immobilized and the attack is not coming from the rear, the target player may choose in which order to apply the shifts (up and then right or right and then up). This represents the Titan crew twisting away from the attackers to protect vulnerable locations. Otherwise, the attacker may choose the order to apply the shifts. A shift must always keep the attack on the location template—if this is not possible, then simply reroll the Aim dice until you achieve a legal result.
4) Roll attacks against target location armour. Dice may be assigned to a location that is one space adjacent (horizontally or vertically), although the armour for that location is considered to be 1 point higher than normal.
5) Apply Force or Void Shields to reduce successful hits.
6) Deduct remaining hits from damage capacity and roll a single critical damage for each damaged location (only once, regardless of number of hits).
Catastrophic Damage: Some hit locations list a second 6 result on the critical damage table. Use this result instead of the normal 6 result if the section has already been critically hit previously (i.e., any result other than "No extra damage") and the Titan has lost at least half of its damage capacity. We recommend you keep track of previously hit sections by placing a spare blast marker on the space on the Titan's datafax.
Attacking from Side or Rear: There are no separate hit location templates for attacks against the side or rear of the Titan. Instead, assume that attacks from one side may not target arms or legs on the other side (and cannot shift into those locations either). Attacks to the rear count any hit on the head location as a reactor hit instead.
David and Goliath: Although it should be obvious, hits against a Titan in close combat by anything other than another Titan can only target the lowest leg locations and do not shift. Stomp stomp stomp...
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