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Title sums it up. Are Space Marines not supposed to be immune to toxins? What do the Space Wolves put in their drinks that makes the actually start feeling its effects? DISCUSS my brothers, DISCUSS!

They add poison glands from trolls, toxin sacs from kraken and i suppose and herbs like nightshade that might grow in the mountains of asaheim.

Dont forget drinking contests work in reverse for space wolves, the goal is to drink so much that you over whelm your ability to filter out toxins and pass out first.

The Space Wolves have a mutation on their gene seed, like most non- Ultra Marine chapters. It could simply be their immunity to poision is weaker or non-existent making them able to ecome intoxiated.

Poitín.

Probably giant barrels of Fenrisian mead that would be lethal to humans. It takes a lot for an astartes to get drunk I imagine...

They're space wolves, the eat wierd stuff

I think some of the Space Wolf novels cover this. Its not the amount they can knock back but chugging ale fast enough to overwhelm their systems and get them hammered, some Blood Claws are depicted doing it I think.

They add an extract from a plant native to Fenris that neutralizes the Space Marine's ability to ignore poison.

On top of that, Fenrisian Ale is strong enough to kill a normal human(possably helped by the plant)

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 rems01 wrote:
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 LlamaAgility wrote:

 rems01 wrote:
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This is Dakka. That's like 90% of all posts.

They drink the vodka made from wolves and potatoes. Unfortunately they have to import it because they don't have all the ingredients on Fenris.
Ba-dum-tss!

 LlamaAgility wrote:

 rems01 wrote:
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You are a buzz-kill.

And you lack the basic navigational skills to using a forum.

Appletinis and fuzzy navels.

 rems01 wrote:
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If a thread breaks the rules or needs moving, don't post in it telling the OP off; you only come across as rude and condescending, especially when instructing users to 'learn' things.

The least you could do is click the yellow triangle in the top right corner of the post and request for it to be moved to the correct forum; a moderator will respond and will make sure the poster knows they posted in the wrong forum.

The most you could do is find the thread yourself and link it as well as doing the above. You also don't have to be so blunt, a simple "Next time, please could you use the search function?" would suffice.

Telling the OP off is not a helpful contribution.

AFAIK they drink strong alcohol mixed with poisonous herbs. A Space Marine is designed to survive hostile action, not voluntary suicide.

 LlamaAgility wrote:
Title sums it up. Are Space Marines not supposed to be immune to toxins? What do the Space Wolves put in their drinks that makes the actually start feeling its effects? DISCUSS my brothers, DISCUSS!

St. Germain. It's the hoity-toity drink of choice.

Simple..

The Space wolves drink a mixed cocktail of ..

"The Ragnarok and roll "

1/2 Promethium
1/2 Kraken urine

set on fire before consumption by a burning copy of the codex Astartes.
And while drinking, the space wolves genitals are smashed between two large stones.

oh yeah and garnished with a twist of lemon.

 NecronLord3 wrote:
The Space Wolves have a mutation on their gene seed, like most non- Ultra Marine chapters. It could simply be their immunity to poision is weaker or non-existent making them able to ecome intoxiated.

OMG - this is the biggest ***** I've ever heard...fething ultrasmurfs are drinking wine for for pete's sake..if anyone can drink it is the Wolves,even their fething primarch beaten the Emperor in drinking contest,
UM get drunk from Mango Margaritas or something...

Distilled essence of 'keef'.

Seriously, he's done so many drugs, you could get a buzz from his transfusion.

Prospero Burns indicates that whatever it is, its thick as hell when going down the throat and can damn near kill an enhanced human, let alone a normal one.

 Void__Dragon wrote:
Prospero Burns indicates that whatever it is, its thick as hell when going down the throat and can damn near kill an enhanced human, let alone a normal one.

Well I think SOMETHING like this was described in William Kings "Space Wolf" too.
It said that despite all his advanced augmentations, Ragnar still felt the beer tasted extremely strong. This caught him off guard.

Petrol cuz there ard

According to my old store manager they drank something containing ship fuel.

I don't think its ship fuel, but its probably just as flammable.

In graphic novel "Lone Wolves" Imperial Guard commander tries one of their drinks.

He survived, but he was not quite well after that.

Well. I guess there are numerous things that make it possible for a Space Marine to feel like he can be affected, or even get drunk. They just involve high amounts of toxins and/or other substances lethal to normal men.
This is of course only if a normal man tries too much, but we already knew this.

From Prospero Burns, it sounds like they drink something based on some kind of hydrocarbon fuel, like kerosene or diesel or bunker oil, who knows. Just smelling that would intoxicate a normal human, drinking it would kill you, but marines would probably not just handle it, but digest it. In fact I always kind of assumed marines in the field subsisted on promethium in a pinch. It makes the supply lines that much easier to maintain, your soldiers and your tanks run on the same thing.

 CalgarsPimpHand wrote:
From Prospero Burns, it sounds like they drink something based on some kind of hydrocarbon fuel, like kerosene or diesel or bunker oil, who knows. Just smelling that would intoxicate a normal human, drinking it would kill you, but marines would probably not just handle it, but digest it. In fact I always kind of assumed marines in the field subsisted on promethium in a pinch. It makes the supply lines that much easier to maintain, your soldiers and your tanks run on the same thing.

Hmm yes. A Space Marine can survive with minimal food for a much longer time as just a man(but not forever). I have not read Prospero Burns, but is it about Russ's Space Wolves raiding the Thousand Sons' homeworld in the Horus Heresy?
In Space Wolf, some Space Wolf initiates ARE mentioned to eat twigs or poisonous insects from the forest. Also, due to the Canis Helix ravaging inside the soldiers' heads, they need more food than other Marines, I guess.

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