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euphronius posted:Emperors legion question In the Fall of Cadia book, the pillars didn't nullify the warp until they were activated by Trazyn. I'm not sure what 'activation' entails.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:03
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Guyver posted:A It's warpcraft. I ain't gotta explain poo poo.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:03
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Ego-bot posted:In the Fall of Cadia book, the pillars didn't nullify the warp until they were activated by Trazyn. I'm not sure what 'activation' entails.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:05
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Chaos being scared about gullyman makes sense tho
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Apr 18, 2020 02:08
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SardonicTyrant posted:Also in Dark Imperium Cawl is sending Guiliman his own hand-made but weaker pylons and there's no mention of difficulty transporting it through the warp. Don't the Geller fields keep the pylons surrounded by a bubble of normal space?
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Apr 18, 2020 21:06
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Schadenboner posted:It's warpcraft. I ain't gotta explain poo poo. Plot magic at its finest
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Apr 18, 2020 21:38
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I just learned Geller fields are created by half dead psykers bolted to the bottom of void ships Jesus Christ
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Apr 19, 2020 02:23
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euphronius posted:I just learned Geller fields are created by half dead psykers bolted to the bottom of void ships Oh cool. Similar enough to the Secure Contain Protect wiki explanation of how Scranton Reality Anchors work to prevent anomalous changes to baseline reality. Powered by the bodies of dead reality benders. e; That time again. https://twitter.com/2ndHandBookery/status/1251533446087917568?s=20 I am Alpharius. (Deliverance Lost) MariusLecter fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Apr 19, 2020 |
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Apr 19, 2020 02:49
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MariusLecter posted:e; Argel Tal, Leader of the Gal Vorbak. (First Heretic)
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Apr 19, 2020 05:35
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I'm the Dragon Reborn? Man, the magic business got tough recently! (Knife of Dreams) If we're talking the last 40k book, then I'm the captain of the Lord Solar Macharius busy fighting the Gothic War. (Shadow Point) Unfortunately, I'm also doomed to fight the Gothic War forever because the idiots at BL never commissioned the third and final book in the series that would have covered the end of the war!
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Apr 19, 2020 05:50
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jng2058 posted:I'm the Dragon Reborn? Man, the magic business got tough recently! (Knife of Dreams) Pretty sure Mat was the main character of that book, though. Should have been the MC of the entire series.
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Apr 19, 2020 06:14
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Preechr posted:Pretty sure Mat was the main character of that book, though. Should have been the MC of the entire series. Honestly it's a pretty even split between Mat, Perrin (and Faile), and Elayne, with just enough Rand and Egwene so you know more or less what they're on about. Still, Rand is clearly the MC of the series, so gets primacy of place when it's hard to decide between other characters. Otherwise its "I'm a moody lucky gambling blacksmith pregnant heir to the throne leading armies into battle with surprising skill." Which, admittedly, would be an interesting character to read about.
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Apr 19, 2020 06:27
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MariusLecter posted:
Oh god please let the main character of the Vaults of Terra books be Crowl and not the crushing depression of living on Terra, never leaving your hab block, breathing recycled air and eating lovely prepackaged food.
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Apr 19, 2020 09:35
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IshmaelZarkov posted:Oh god please let the main character of the Vaults of Terra books be Crowl and not the crushing depression of living on Terra, never leaving your hab block, breathing recycled air and eating lovely prepackaged food. Sounds very much like coronavirus confinement in Europe.
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Apr 19, 2020 09:38
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MariusLecter posted:I am Alpharius. (Deliverance Lost) I last read Legion. You're Alpharius, he's Alpharius, I'm Apharius. Are there any other Alpharius' I need to know about??
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Apr 19, 2020 09:41
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Marin Karin posted:I last read Legion. You're Alpharius, he's Alpharius, I'm Apharius. Are there any other Alpharius' I need to know about?? Yeah, pretty sure there's an Alpharius on first.
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Apr 19, 2020 10:16
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My son is also Alpharius.
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Apr 19, 2020 11:24
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I'm Alpharius and so is my wife.
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Apr 19, 2020 11:36
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Yeah, pretty sure there's an Alpharius on first. Who's on second?
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Apr 19, 2020 11:42
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The only thing I still actively hate about Legion was it missed the opportunity for a final Hydra-fuckery twist. When the Cabal approached the Legion to tell them about Horus, and the threat of Chaos, when they finally gathered, it should have been Alpharius appearing (finally in person) to say "Oh, we know. We've *always* known." *Hail of bolter fire* It would have been a perfect final kicker and confirmed the Legion is actually irredeemable, just the whole point is they don't let anyone outside the Legion know. Instead we got the wishy-washy 'are they/aren't they' which is so much less satisfactory from a narrative perspective.
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Apr 19, 2020 12:45
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Seems dumb actually.
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Apr 19, 2020 12:56
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MariusLecter posted:e; Either Crowl or Spinoza. Not sure if Revus counts as a main character in Hollow Mountain despite the surprising amount of POV pages he gets.
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Apr 19, 2020 15:04
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Ego-bot posted:In the Fall of Cadia book, the pillars didn't nullify the warp until they were activated by Trazyn. I'm not sure what 'activation' entails. Could also be the pylons only work when they're on Terra Firma?
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Apr 19, 2020 16:15
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Angry Lobster posted:Sounds very much like everyday England.
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Apr 19, 2020 16:52
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what are the best books to get a Necron fix?
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Apr 19, 2020 19:34
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Shockeh posted:The only thing I still actively hate about Legion was it missed the opportunity for a final Hydra-fuckery twist. Ambiguity surrounding things like the Alpha Legion, the two lost legions, the Emperor, and Chaos are one of the things I like most about the lore.
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Apr 19, 2020 19:41
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To be honest my preferred head canon is the Alpha Leon started out as part of some grand scheme to ensure the final victory of Imperium and humanity that was so incredibly convoluted, relied on so many, 'just as planned' moments and was so compartmentalised that it's now fallen apart, none of them really have a plan any more and it's just plots within plots, within plots with about 10% of the legion still thinking they're fighting for Terra and the rest either being traitors from the start or having given up due to warp time making they've spent almost 8k years trying to keep track of this poo poo. just as Tzneetch planned.
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Apr 19, 2020 20:43
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notaspy posted:what are the best books to get a Necron fix? I'm interested in this too. They're always silent terminators in the books I've read with them but the game fluff makes them sound pretty fun.
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Apr 19, 2020 23:23
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notaspy posted:what are the best books to get a Necron fix? Severed by Nate Crowley is a good Necron novella, there's a good chance they'll get him to write more Necron stuff in the future, I think.
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Apr 19, 2020 23:32
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I had never realized it, but Calixis actually got a name-drop in Ravenor Rogue. Neat!
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Apr 20, 2020 00:12
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Guyver posted:I'm interested in this too. They're always silent terminators in the books I've read with them but the game fluff makes them sound pretty fun. Fabius Bile: Clonelord (or maybe the Primogenitor? I forget which) has a Necron character in it that's a lot of fun.
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Apr 20, 2020 00:14
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MrNemo posted:To be honest my preferred head canon is the Alpha Leon started out as part of some grand scheme to ensure the final victory of Imperium and humanity that was so incredibly convoluted, relied on so many, 'just as planned' moments and was so compartmentalised that it's now fallen apart, none of them really have a plan any more and it's just plots within plots, within plots with about 10% of the legion still thinking they're fighting for Terra and the rest either being traitors from the start or having given up due to warp time making they've spent almost 8k years trying to keep track of this poo poo. I also like the headcanon of they're genuinely just making poo poo up on the spot and leveraging that reputation in order to keep their options open. Their plan is having no plan at all.
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Apr 20, 2020 00:39
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I've always wondered what their 40k mentality is like. "No, no, I'm only ironically possessed by a daemon" is how it feels.
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Apr 20, 2020 00:49
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Severed by Nate Crowley is a good Necron novella, there's a good chance they'll get him to write more Necron stuff in the future, I think.
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Apr 20, 2020 03:06
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MrNemo posted:To be honest my preferred head canon is the Alpha Leon started out as part of some grand scheme to ensure the final victory of Imperium and humanity that was so incredibly convoluted, relied on so many, 'just as planned' moments and was so compartmentalised that it's now fallen apart, none of them really have a plan any more and it's just plots within plots, within plots with about 10% of the legion still thinking they're fighting for Terra and the rest either being traitors from the start or having given up due to warp time making they've spent almost 8k years trying to keep track of this poo poo. Sounds like one of Big E's plans.
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Apr 20, 2020 05:48
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Arquinsiel posted:I haven't even read it, but knowing what he's like in twitter it's high on my list of books to track down if society resumes ever. If you've got an e-reader, it's £2.99 for a digital copy. https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/novels/severed-ebook-2019.html
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Apr 20, 2020 12:50
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euphronius posted:I just learned Geller fields are created by half dead psykers bolted to the bottom of void ships What? Weren't Geller fields invented during the Dark Age of Technology? I'm pretty sure there weren't enough psykers around back then to pull this stunt with every ship. Do you have a source?
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Apr 20, 2020 13:06
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Libluini posted:What? Weren't Geller fields invented during the Dark Age of Technology? I'm pretty sure there weren't enough psykers around back then to pull this stunt with every ship. The war hammer fandom wiki talks about it but it doesn’t jive with my understanding of the fallen legions. They are stuck in the eye and have a hard enough time finding even basic slaves to run their ships let alone a top up of psykers. They have to raid constantly just to keep their guns firing. I never read any stories that talk about the big vault of psykers they have to swap out every once in a while to keep travelling through the warp. I’ve only heard the field generators described as complex technology that the imperium doesn’t even fully understand anymore and keeps it running with spit and prayers literally.
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Apr 20, 2020 13:17
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There's exactly 1 passage that involves the "refueling" of a warp drive/gellar field, and I can't remember where it's from. I do remember that it was one of the most baroque and hardcore scenes I've ever read in a Black Library book. It involved a huge procession of mechanicus menials and a few super-reinforced adepts, all were melting as they carried a casket from a special vault towards the warp drive. A set of specifically engineered servitors manage to fit the socket right at the moment of their own death, leaving a trail of bodies and waste behind them. I want to say it's either part of the Lords of Mars series, or one of the John French books.
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Apr 20, 2020 13:29
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