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I was wondering what races would smoke? I know Eldar wouldn't. Dark Eldar would. Guard do, no effect on Marines so no reason to. Any others?What do you guys think.

Orks smoke cigars, lit by their burnas.

Forgot about Orks.

thats about it really, tau wouldnt, normal eldar wouldnt, nids would just consume it for its bio-matter, orks do, guard do, marines probably would too (chaos included), and dark eldar would. Thats all the main alien species so...

Throw a lil water on some Necrons and I'm sure the circuits would start smoking... not the same..

Razorspirit wrote:Throw a lil water on some Necrons and I'm sure the circuits would start smoking... not the same..

Meh, close enough.

Why wouldn't the Craftworld Eldar smoke? Maybe not cigarettes or cigars, but they might use those Middle-Eastern smoking...jars?

Tadashi wrote:Why wouldn't the Craftworld Eldar smoke? Maybe not cigarettes or cigars, but they might use those Middle-Eastern smoking...jars?

The proper term is a hookah, I believe. And they wouldn't smoke because pleasure made Slaanesh eat most of 'em so now they hate physical pleasure which is what smokin' is.

Thanks. I think might just use a hookah instead of cigarettes and cigars.

There's a million habits you could ask about and the answer would be the same: unconfirmed but plausible. It seems that orks sometimes do things humans do, like smoke. The others are largely unconfirmed since canon doesn't care if a Tau smokes or how a carnifex poops or if eldar play video games. I wonder why.

I wonder what the Eldar version of Kamasutra is like...

Tadashi wrote:Thanks. I think might just use a hookah instead of cigarettes and cigars.

Hookahs are where it's at. Little tobacco, lots of flavor and a smooth non-acidic taste. Yeah!

Anyhow, I question why the Tau would not smoke, wouldn't the earth caste grow some sort of smokable crop to sell the everyone as sort of a pleasantry crop. Not a luxury one mind you as all are equal but rather one to simply enjoy the time off

Can you imagine the crazy stuff the DE smoke...

Ah, essence of pain...three hundred years, finely aged...

I see dark eldar as Heroin sort of characters, maybe Methamphetamines. Smoking seems above them.

I can see space marines smoking, or more commonly found amongst their IRL counterparts, dipping. The Marines dip a lot. I've seen a lot of combat footage where a bunch of dude's lips are just full of the stuff. Nasty habit, really. Puts your hands where they don't need to be and eventually causes mouth cancer.. Bleck.

I now have visions of a Marine with a lho-stick mounted in a long holder quoting Oscar Wilde with a silk opera scarf wrapped about his neck. "Oh I'm terribly sorry dear boy, but are you one of those ghastly xenos?"

Dark Eldar wouldn't bother with cigarettes. They probably don't get out of bed every morning without shooting drugs stronger than crystal meth.

Sparks_Havelock wrote:I now have visions of a Marine with a lho-stick mounted in a long holder quoting Oscar Wilde with a silk opera scarf wrapped about his neck. "Oh I'm terribly sorry dear boy, but are you one of those ghastly xenos?"

That made me laugh

I'm sure the DE use chemicals that would make Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards think twice

No, they use ESSENCE OF OZZY AND KEEF.

The only drug in the galaxy strong enough to get 'em off.

I hear they take it a step up and splice it with tiger blood and essence of Sheen.

chromedog wrote:No, they use ESSENCE OF OZZY AND KEEF.

The only drug in the galaxy strong enough to get 'em off.

I would suggest essence of tyler & perry ( aka the toxic twins Steve tyler and joe Perry from areosmith. Along with Keef probley supplied a few cartel moguls with their 401K seed money.)

Perhaps Tyler and Perry were what it was cut with, to extend it.

Essence of ozzy has been known to kill lesser men, after all. And we don't know WHY Keef still lives.

"The next generation will have to wait for Keith Richards to die, so they can smoke his ashes, as there won't be any drugs left he hasn't already taken".

chromedog wrote:Perhaps Tyler and Perry were what it was cut with, to extend it.

Essence of ozzy has been known to kill lesser men, after all. And we don't know WHY Keef still lives.

"The next generation will have to wait for Keith Richards to die, so they can smoke his ashes, as there won't be any drugs left he hasn't already taken".

Ahhh so simple why didn't I see it ?

Come on Keith Richards is never going to die, he's going to outlive you, me everyone. Hell he will be playing with Fry and Bender in the head museim.

I cant picture Marines smoking, seems like a distraction from the holy dutys of the Emperor.

Space Wolves tho, I can see them with cigars bigger then a normal human arm.

After a nuclear war, all that will be left are cockroaches and Keef. And Keef will outlive the cockroaches.


Anyway, I agree with Squig. Most of the races could, plausibly.

Klogger wrote:Space Wolves tho, I can see them with cigars bigger then a normal human arm.

Can't see that, to be honest. Space Wolves get drunk, certainly, but I can't see them smoking. Orks now, they obviously smoke cheroots, or at least their Burna's do. I could see a Captain of Deathwatch, with silver hair, smoking half a cigar, punching in xenos heads and announcing that he loves it when a plan comes together.

Oh God-Emperor, image of Deathwatch Drop Pod in my mind now, dropping towards a planet, black with a bright scarlet stripe slashing up it, with the A-Team music resounding across my mind.

Must admit, I'm still rather liking the idea of Oscar Wilde Astartes. Perhaps I should make them a Chapter, with each Marine named 'Ernest'.

Farseer has an Eldar smoking IIRC.

I wonder what type of cigars Orks have?

Do not mix Ozzy with sheen. That is just asking for brain = exploded.