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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
But I can't recall a single ill word about the Ratskins.

I saw plenty of mewling about noble savages, r ed atskin name, being 'primitive', scalping people, becoming drunks regularly, being native american themed at all (background and models), them being oppressed by later colonisers (and working for them as trackers).

This is GW who were too feeble to give a Necromunda model a capriote. There's no way they're doing Ratskins.

Ratskins are tribal guys with giant sewer rat as totem. A shamanistic tradition that guard and hide away the destructive technology that will destroy civilisations. Trying to live by the guidance of the mystic spirits of the hive city.

Surely there are enough themes in the old gang to make them more 40k than hinting at stereotypes..

Lean harder on the techno-cult aspect. Imply that the “great spirits” are the machine spirits of the various hive systems. Or just straight up drop the allusion and call them “great machine spirits” and make the ratskins specifically have beef with the power and water guilds because they keep messing with the hive to get more.
Give the “shamans” mechadendrites wrapped in rat-tail leather to disguise them.

Necromunda back then was pretty gnarly with their Native America. Looking ratskins and the KKK vibes of the Redemptionists. I am glad GW kinda moved away from that without losing the spirit of that faction.

 Lord Damocles wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
But I can't recall a single ill word about the Ratskins.

I saw plenty of mewling about noble savages, r ed atskin name, being 'primitive', scalping people, becoming drunks regularly, being native american themed at all (background and models), them being oppressed by later colonisers (and working for them as trackers).

This is GW who were too feeble to give a Necromunda model a capriote. There's no way they're doing Ratskins.

Necromunda is also one of their more Modern Audience games. I've never seen as many girl bosses, female protagonists etc as in the new Necro background.