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Schadenboner posted:The only thing that pisses me off about the YA books is that the AdMechs probably wouldn't give a growing child a bionic arm. Other than that, the series looks Its stated that he made it himself and its an exoskeletal arm, his arm is still there, its just super thin for illness/injury)
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Telsa Cola posted:Its stated that he made it himself and its an exoskeletal arm, his arm is still there, its just super thin for illness/injury) Ah, I missed that.
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Deptfordx posted:I love the stuff with the blanks having limiters Blanks having limiters feels cheap. All the strengths of a blank while being able to conveniently ignore the downsides whenever you want.
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May 25, 2018 08:45
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Kurzon posted:Not just mitigated, but totally cancelled. When Bequin switches on her suppressor, psykers can read her mind. Which book is this introduced? I been regrading the trilogy this week. Half way through Hereticus and don't remember this. But yeah there's all sorts of stuff in these books that's fallen away and seems kinda weird by 2018 40k standards.
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Moose-Alini posted:Which book is this introduced? I been regrading the trilogy this week. Half way through Hereticus and don't remember this. The blankness on/off cuff gets mentioned and explained a bit in the Bequin book, I can't remember if it pops up in as much detail in the previous trilogies.
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May 25, 2018 09:54
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Schadenboner posted:The only thing that pisses me off about the YA books is that the AdMechs probably wouldn't give a growing child a bionic arm. Other than that, the series looks I'm the two buttons on her wrist control
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May 25, 2018 13:01
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Guy Goodbody posted:Kharnd The Red Path is pretty bad. What sucks about it? (i haven't read it)
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May 25, 2018 13:17
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Waroduce posted:I'm the two buttons on her wrist control On and Off, sucker. That's all you need.
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May 25, 2018 13:20
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The limiter IIRC first showed up in Ravenor on Frauka
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Waroduce posted:I'm the two buttons on her wrist control I'm the big contact-pads on her fingers.
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May 25, 2018 13:32
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Schadenboner posted:AdMechs probably wouldn't give a growing child a bionic arm. Look, you don't build a quality servator all at once.
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May 25, 2018 13:37
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Kharn_The_Betrayer posted:What sucks about it? (i haven't read it) The plot is that Kharn is going from battle to battle, and a Black Legion guy is following him, telling him to join the Black Crusade. Kharn always says no. Then at the end Abaddon shows up, tells Kharn to join the Black Crusade, Kharn hears the voice of Khorne telling him to do it, so he finally says yes. The fight scenes go on forever, it feels like a weak attempt to stretch the book out to it's almost 300 page length. There's an attempt to make it more than that, with a subplot about some Space Marines and Sisters of Battle protecting a Saint, but all that goes nowhere. It would just be kinda dull and forgettable, which is certainly not rare in BL. But there's the whole subplot about Sisters of Battle that makes it gross. They show up a lot, and it's always for one of two purposes; 1: a scene where the irrational, emotional Sisters get in the way of the logical, calm Space Marines, who imagines how easy it would be to kill the Sisters to get what he wants but has such great self control that he is able to restrain himself. 2: to describe their lifeless bodies as being crushed under the armored boots of the Space Marines in battle.
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May 25, 2018 13:48
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I can't recall if I've ever seen a limiter anywhere but in Abnetts stuff.....I don't think they're in the new books about terra.... Emperor's legion and the other one.... Maybe it's one of those things they let him do
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I’d be cooler with the limiter if it just somehow cushioned the sheer revulsion people feel for blanks, but instead they are kinda magic null zone buttons.
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Kurzon posted:Not just mitigated, but totally cancelled. When Bequin switches on her suppressor, psykers can read her mind. I'm hoping we find Beta is something a little different than a "typical" blank when the rest of the series is finally released. There seem to be a few differences between her and Wystain as far as limiters go.
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Guy Goodbody posted:The plot is that Kharn is going from battle to battle, and a Black Legion guy is following him, telling him to join the Black Crusade. Kharn always says no. Then at the end Abaddon shows up, tells Kharn to join the Black Crusade, Kharn hears the voice of Khorne telling him to do it, so he finally says yes. The fight scenes go on forever, it feels like a weak attempt to stretch the book out to it's almost 300 page length. There's an attempt to make it more than that, with a subplot about some Space Marines and Sisters of Battle protecting a Saint, but all that goes nowhere. This is one of those lovely BL cash grabs - it was originally published as 8(?) serialized stories, so you wound up paying like $40 for a "full" book.
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berzerkmonkey posted:This is one of those lovely BL cash grabs - it was originally published as 8(?) serialized stories, so you wound up paying like $40 for a "full" book. And they threw in the misogyny for free?
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Guy Goodbody posted:The plot is that Kharn is going from battle to battle, and a Black Legion guy is following him, telling him to join the Black Crusade. Kharn always says no. Then at the end Abaddon shows up, tells Kharn to join the Black Crusade, Kharn hears the voice of Khorne telling him to do it, so he finally says yes. The fight scenes go on forever, it feels like a weak attempt to stretch the book out to it's almost 300 page length. There's an attempt to make it more than that, with a subplot about some Space Marines and Sisters of Battle protecting a Saint, but all that goes nowhere. well i know what to avoid then
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Ooh Dan Abnett is coming to my city tomorrow, might finally pick up Magos and get it signed while shouting at him to write the next bequin book.
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Schadenboner posted:And they threw in the misogyny for free? It's Warhammer 40k, misogyny comes standard.
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The ironic thing is that the other Kharn novel, Kharn: Eater of Worlds, has a really great human woman character
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It's still kind of a pointless ramble of a story though, even if she is really cool.
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Guy Goodbody posted:The ironic thing is that the other Kharn novel, Kharn: Eater of Worlds, has a really great human woman character the admiral or fleet commander, right? Doesn't she strike one of the world eaters in the face at one point? Pretty rad.
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Biplane posted:the admiral or fleet commander, right? Doesn't she strike one of the world eaters in the face at one point? Pretty rad. She's from Betrayer, I think. In Kharn Eater of Worlds there's a lady who is basically forced to become the Legion's apothecary, because none of the World Eaters are fit for that job anymore.
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Telsa Cola posted:Its stated that he made it himself and its an exoskeletal arm, his arm is still there, its just super thin for illness/injury) A key plot point will be resolved when he figures how to persuade the arm's machine spirit to rip off a chaos marine's head by screaming really loudly in the most anime way.
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Guy Goodbody posted:She's from Betrayer, I think. In Kharn Eater of Worlds there's a lady who is basically forced to become the Legion's apothecary, because none of the World Eaters are fit for that job anymore. The woman who gets blinded by the orbital strike? And shes like their confessor in her little chapel-room on the ship?
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Biplane posted:The woman who gets blinded by the orbital strike? And shes like their confessor in her little chapel-room on the ship? That was the Word Bearer's lady in The First Heretic
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Guy Goodbody posted:That was the Word Bearer's lady in The First Heretic Speaking of her. Has she appeared again after disappearing in Betrayer?
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Biplane posted:the admiral or fleet commander, right? Doesn't she strike one of the world eaters in the face at one point? Pretty rad. SHOOTS him in the face. Pretty badass, shoulda used a bigger gun though.
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Moose-Alini posted:SHOOTS him in the face. Pretty badass, shoulda used a bigger gun though. drat
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Moose-Alini posted:SHOOTS him in the face. Pretty badass, shoulda used a bigger gun though. You need to mention that she shoots him in the face which makes him respect her enough for having the swagger to try and put a space marine in his place. The next time the ship is boarded it turns out he actually stuck around for defense and if i remember right dies defending the bridge?
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Zasze posted:You need to mention that she shoots him in the face which makes him respect her enough for having the swagger to try and put a space marine in his place. The next time the ship is boarded it turns out he actually stuck around for defense and if i remember right dies defending the bridge? Yes, she put him in his place, but you are misremembering the last part, Delvarus did not die during the Heresy, he appears in one of the Black Legion novels. Some goon around here wrote a review about Wolfsbane and made me pick it up. It's fairly decent, I liked Russ characterization and the adventures of young Belisarius Cawl made me laugh. God drat, the battle of Terra can not come soon enough.
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Zasze posted:You need to mention that she shoots him in the face which makes him respect her enough for having the swagger to try and put a space marine in his place. The next time the ship is boarded it turns out he actually stuck around for defense and if i remember right dies defending the bridge? He was going to rip her apart if it wasn't for Kharn and co stepping up to support her. It took the Legion to deal with this in the dueling pits to "solve" the issue.
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Starting to read through Pariah, and... I have no idea what I expected, but this is a complete mindfuck. Is this the past? Why is The Chair there if this is the past? Are they in her mind, trying to wake her up? Is this a clone situation? Is she her daughter? Where the gently caress even is she really? Last I remember she was on Ravs ship in book one. gently caress, was that Gregor just now at the church? The gently caress is even going on anymore? I'm loving this confusion Really enjoying this so far. How does Abnett always do it?
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Angry Lobster posted:Yes, she put him in his place, but you are misremembering the last part, Delvarus did not die during the Heresy, he appears in one of the Black Legion novels. Ah ok that makes more sense for some reason i remembered him dying. mythicknight posted:Starting to read through Pariah, and... I have no idea what I expected, but this is a complete mindfuck. Is this the past? Why is The Chair there if this is the past? Are they in her mind, trying to wake her up? Is this a clone situation? Is she her daughter? Where the gently caress even is she really? Last I remember she was on Ravs ship in book one. gently caress, was that Gregor just now at the church? The gently caress is even going on anymore? I'm loving this confusion Pariah has a really almost painfully slow start but once the pieces start coming together it ramps the gently caress up in a really satisfying way. Pariah Endgame Spoilers that fucken cherubael reveal at the end
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Easily the best lines in Magos come from interaction between (Seriously, actual spoiler) Eisenhorn & Cherubael Although I do delight in Best Newcomer Druscher.
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Eugh, I just finished Vulkan Lives and is it just me or is it a Bad Book? I was into it when Grammaticus showed up, but literally nothing happened in the book that couldn't have been gleaned from just reading the title.
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Yes, it is bad. Nick Kyme is one of the worst BL authors
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